The Liverpool 1980s modelBack passes that get picked up, followed by a roll out to the defender, then a back-pass that gets picked up, etc.
Remember when commentators would say in an astonished tone-after what would now be a straight red-"Oh, the referee's shown him a yellow card!!!"It would be a straight red nowadays, but back then it was called 'letting them know you are there'
Michael Doyle in Leamington making girls queue up to kiss himCity players on the piss in town. Robbie Keane in Ikon, Micky Quinn in Pink Parrott, Dave Bennett everywhere
Apropos of nothing, I was wondering why don't you hear about footballers swallowing their tongue nowadays - it seemed to be quite a big thing in the 90s. And then I wondered what else used to be a regular occurence in football that you don't hear much about these days - there's the more obvious ones like defenders becoming makeshift strikers or outfield players having to play in goal, but are there other things you can think of?
Unsurprisingly Sean Dyche and Burnley were the last to do it in the Premier League a couple of years ago, even in their correct positions. (Well, correct for 4-4-2. Don't think we'd see even him playing a 2-3-5)The starting lineup wears shirt numbers 1-11.
Interestingly the last premier league team to play with 11 English players in their line up lost 4-1 to Coventry City in 1999 and it was ASTON ViLLAUnsurprisingly Sean Dyche and Burnley were the last to do it in the Premier League a couple of years ago, even in their correct positions. (Well, correct for 4-4-2. Don't think we'd see even him playing a 2-3-5)
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