Football used to be an easy game. The big lads played at centre-half and centre-forward, the hard lads played at full-back, the bright lads played at inside forward, the hard lads who were a bit bright and the bright lads who were a bit hard played at wing-half, and the little, quick lads played on the wing. Left-footers played on the left and right-footers played on the right. And the one with no mates went in goal."Used to be"? Isn't 99% of football still like this? (Give or take some positional mutation, of course.) Nevertheless, this is another example of Jonathan Wilson being quite good.
Read this yesterday too and thought the same. great intro.
ReplyDeleteApropos of not much: did you Sid Lowe's description for Messi's close control? I'm paraphrasing but: the ball is like an obedient dog at his feet.
I'm not a big Sid man myself, but that's a spot-on image.
Ah yes:
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't even seem to kick it most of the time: like a faithful dog, it just runs alongside him.
As you say: spot-on, especially with regard to the way he beat the first fella for that goal (not the man he dispossessed -- the next one).
Ha, I thought it was a very good... if a few days behind myself and even further behind When Saturday Comes...
ReplyDeleteStill, he is top class!