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IAN ASHBEE

TIGERS NEED CHANGE AT VERY TOP
By Chris Dunlavy

Former skipper’s hope for Hull City

IAN Ashbee is talking about facing Luka Modric and Xabi Alonso when I say that the illustrious duo are very similar players.
“I don’t think so!” guffaws the former Hull City skipper, before realising he has misheard. “Oh, you mean to each other? I thought you meant to me!”
Nobody, it’s fair to say, ever mistook Ashbee for a silky playmaker. Gnarled and scarred, the Brummie battler spent most of his career in England’s lower leagues, scratching a modest...

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