ON YOUR BIKEY Nutcase trialist sent-off

As a trialist, how do you go about getting yourself a contract? You certainly don't win friends and influence people by getting sent off for head butting an opponent in retaliation to a bad challenge, but this was the approach taken by Andre Bikey which marred the 2-1 win (Convey and Seol the scorers) at Swedish top flight outfit Orgryte last night on the final game of the tour. The incident, described by Steve Coppell as "inexcusable" must raise a real question mark over the mentality of the 21 year old Cameroonian who is desperate to leave Lokomotiv Moscow. Floyd on Football reasons that if this kind of behaviour is typical of Bikey's attitude then Coppell would be best off looking elsewhere for defensive cover.