Evian v Saints

[up and away]

I would strongly suggest it was that everyone in the Championship knew he could do that and the keepers were much better so his success rate would have dropped significantly, so instead we worked on numerous variations on the 2 CB far post routine - and scored from a few of them.

 

Also, he's slimmed down a fair bit in the last year, small changes in your body shape and how the muscles lie can make it difficult to repeat a technique over time.

 

The only reason to go to the "numerous variations on the 2 CB far post routine - and scored from a few of them." is because you are no longer scoring directly. Never given the time of day when they were going in from all angles with a far higher return than the occasional assist at the far post.

 

Ricky was Ronaldoesque in the manner he took free kicks, getting the ball up and down with power and pace. That technique stopped suddenly to be replaced by something not even in the same league. It is very difficult for me to understand why you suddenly dispense with a method giving you untold success to a non event. Why change so suddenly unless your body is forcing you?

[dune]

What's with all the poncey boots?

 

Boots should be black.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

The only reason to go to the "numerous variations on the 2 CB far post routine - and scored from a few of them." is because you are no longer scoring directly. Never given the time of day when they were going in from all angles with a far higher return than the occasional assist at the far post.

 

Ricky was Ronaldoesque in the manner he took free kicks, getting the ball up and down with power and pace. That technique stopped suddenly to be replaced by something not even in the same league. It is very difficult for me to understand why you suddenly dispense with a method giving you untold success to a non event. Why change so suddenly unless your body is forcing you?

 

It's a tangent but I'd like to know why Gareth Bale doesn't score free kicks anymore too