He has proven he has the ability, he needs to harness it, which he’s shown signs of doing over the last 6 months or so, inbetween unfortunate injuries.

Several well-informed commentators have suggested he “over-trained”, bulking up unneccessarily, which lead to his lack of pace and loss of form all round. If this is true, it will take him possibly years to readjust his body back to how it should be, so we should give him all the time he needs.

He cost us nowt, he’s still a kid, he could be the very best, to hound him out would be lunacy in my humble opinion.

“The great Australian cricketer Shane Warne once said that Monty Panesar, an England spinner, had not played 37 tests, but he had played one test 37 times. This statement was based on the fact that Panesar never thought for himself, never seemed to learn and always relied on others to do his thinking. And I can’t help but feel the same way about Richards.”

That is a brilliant conclusion on its own and a master of a paragraph.

Another thing you should have perhaps highlighted a tad more is the effect Dunne had on him. That was massive and like you say, i would pinpoint his departure as the downfall of Micah.

COuld cut the grade in another side in the premier league, he is good enough, but not good enough when compared to the likes of world cup star Boateng and general boss Zabaleta

Great article, and an idea for the next play feature i think should be a striker….but thats up to you, you are the boss!!

If he deletes his blog, stays out of the media spotlight and knuckles down then I say ‘Keep Him’

If he don’t then I say had enough and ‘Sell Him’.