Pure class, Mr A.
https://youtu.be/QA3l0XU1nos
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Pure class, Mr A.
https://youtu.be/QA3l0XU1nos
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Pure class, what a player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
He's no Leo Fortune-West....
In his latter days with Man City Aguero became a victim of false number nine syndrome. Granted, towards the end of his time at Man City, Aguero wasn't quite the player he was, but was his decline so great that it merited the false number nine approach adopted by Man City for most of last season? I'd say that, given that we're talking about the Premier League Champions and Champions League runners up, maybe it did, but going back about fifteen years, Craig Levein, rightly, got terrible stick when he picked a Scotland side without a striker and yet within about four years, Spain were winning major tournaments with their false number nine system. Of course, having Xavi and Iniesta in your midfield as well as other players athletic and intelligent enough to make up for the lack of a traditional striker helped and that's the point really, it seems to me that the lower down the football pyramid you go, the less likely it is that a false number approach will work.
Although at their best, Wales have the sort of players that might make a false number nine work pretty well (see Wilson's goal in Belgium and some of our play against a Finland team reduced to ten men), we're still talking about potential at international level when it comes to the likes of Brooks, Wilson and James, while Ramsey showed few signs of making a success of the role in the first half on Saturday and only started showing what he is capable of when we brought Moore on.
I think the OP was right to call Aguero one of a disappearing kind and can only think that the old "fox in the box" type striker in particular is now almost extinct because it was thought that they did not contribute enough in other areas of the pitch, but if and when a great one like a Greaves or Aguero comes along in the future, as I'm sure they will, I can see them having an absolute field day against defenders who have grown used to coping without them.
I might be wrong on this, but I was thinking the OP was referring more to Aguero's humbleness, rather than his undoubted prowess on the football field (as well as his benevolence!)Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
I'm sure he was, but I thought I'd expand things a bit because I'd like to think that there are quite a few footballers out there who are capable of the sort of gesture Aguero made given that sort of money they can earn now - in fact, I'd say that there may be more of them about now than in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
There's also the fact that I forgot to look at the video before typing :hehe:
I was, RFoF. His generosity of spirit is a wonderful lesson to us all. However, Bob's post was interesting. Likewise I'd like to see these modern day full backs trying to cope with proper wingers from the 60's-70's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
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I reckon the over lapping flying wing back of today would be severely caught with his pants down on many occasion if facing the likes of Best, Willie Morgan, Summerbee, Callaghan, Thompson, Paine, Connolly etc. Imagine those lot on the snooker table like pitches of today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
Yup, you're right. I think Zola, when he was at Chelsea, did a similar thing, gave all the staff expensive watches.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
His teeth are offside
Apparently and According to Manure supporters
I thought I saw somewhere in the last 48 hours that his Range Rover has been put up for sale on E Bay.
did anyone see that?
I think that's dreadful.