Recent content by okie fox

Admittedly, he has never been a natural goalscorer, but I think you are underestimating how good he used to be at times (e.g., LCFC 5 Sunderland 2; Germany 1 England 5). You portray him as a clumsy clown who fell over and gave the ball away all the time. This is far from the truth.

You obviously don't remember the Heskey that used to run at defenders and gave Argentina a torrid time: see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/654325.stm http://www.gabrielbatistuta.net/friendly/afa_news02252000b.html

It was a collapse but Leicester were only one point ahead at the top of the table, with 8 games left (9 left for the chasing teams). After they were overtaken, the team went off the boil as the players' thoughts turned to not getting injured before the cup final. Man U were near the bottom of...

Don't understand why we can't join a reserve league and loan out players. Other clubs do this.

Re: Christian Bermúdez How does a Mexican with one cap get a work permit?

You obviously never saw him shouldered charged off the ball and dumped on his back side in his own penalty area by the Leicester reserve centre forward, who then put the loose ball into the net!

Wellens was the best player on the field.

Agree. Also, his first touch is not good and he is outmuscled a lot. His main asset is his quickness.

Rowley being so left footed seems to be a myth in his obit in the Guardian. I also read on a Man U fan site that he couldn't head! One of the tributes on http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/03/22/sport_arthur_rowley_feature.shtml correctly states that he could use either...

I don't remember Arthur having a useless right foot. Sure he used his left foot when he scored from 35 yards, but inside the penalty area he would shoot with his right foot when the ball was on that side.

The Norwich and Portsmouth defenders were quaking in their boots!!

Sheen will sue if he's left out.

No because they are the same! But a modern defensive midfielder is completely different from a centre half. It matters little.

You also said in an earlier post: "No, it's not. A centre-half was a position popular decades a go (Billy Wright was a centre-half for example) that is virtually never played in the modern game. It was much more akin to the modern defensive midfielder, than the modern centre-back." From...

Sorry, but you are wrong. Billy Wright was originally a right half, who became a centre half (the equivalent of a single centre back in modern parlance). He marked the centre forward and was the last defender in the middle of the pitch in the W-M. I played right back in the W-M in my school...