Betting Boys
20:18, 12 Jan 2012Updated 14:19, 03 Feb 2012
It used to be David Fairclough..then there was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Now the mantle of Supersub firmly belongs in this era to Javier Hernandez.
Manchester United's Little Pea looks a brilliant prospect..and another Cristiano Ronaldo in the making.
He came off the bench against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road to score another cracker in midweek.. his sixth goal as a substitute.
That makes it 10 goals in just 25 games wearing the red of United. A certain Wayne Rooney would kill for a current strike-rate like that.
So if the Mexican wonderkid is that good coming off the bench, what's he going to be like when he's let loose from t h e s t a r t a g a i n s t Southampton's nervous defenders tonight.
Fergie is bound to unleash his Magic Mexican at St Mary's -and Hernandez will surely relish the opportunity to enhance his reputation in tonight's live FA Cup tie.
He's quick, he's skilful and he leaps higher than a salmon even though he's barely 5ft 9inches in his stocking feet.
Most Premier League strikers are priced between 7/2 to 5/1 to score first when they're matched up against Premier League defenders.
So Little Pea, still offered at 4/1 with Blue Square and Bet365 to open the scoring against League One players, looks a steal to us.
As your old Mum would say.. make sure you eat up all your Peas.
The feel-good factor is definitely back at Birmingham after their thrilling Carling Cup semi-final win. But it's the feel-knackered factor that is drawing us to oppose the Blues today.
Brum boss Alex McLeish admits that many of his side are shattered after their midweek heroics -and will definitely shuffle his pack for the visit of Coventry.
The Sky Blues have already carved their name in Cup folklore back in 1987 -and at 9/2 (Ladbrokes, S James) they are too big to ignore.
Crawley Town may have the romantics all excited but Torquay (6/5, Ladbrokes) are solid at home and we fancy them to end the non-leaguers dream.