The Exiled Robin

For a supporter who has grown up on a series of left-backs cast out of the same mould, it has become one of those quirky 'golden' positions for me at City. Martin Scott, Mickey Bell, Matty Hill and Jim Brennan (briefly) held the No.3 shirt for years and were all legends or cult-heroes to differing extents. It's fair to say Jamie Mac has been a dependable owner of the shirt for the past few seasons, and I'm one of those still loathe to overly criticise any of the players who brought us up and got us to Wembley in 2008. Although there has been an under-current of feeling amongst many fans that we could do better, there has certainly been a groundswell of pressure building to get decent cover in at the very least. It's been so long I can't actually remember who the last 'regular' reserve left-back was. So the signing of Ryan McGivern, on the face of it, was treated with some excitement. Surely a player recently handed a new two-year contract by gi...