I tend to disagree

I understand what he is saying about the more athletic, muscular footballers being the way things are going. I do happen to think that this will only be a short term thing though.

If you look at rugby then with the advent of the professional game, the trend was for these great hulks who were all 6ft 4 and 17 stone of muscle. However what is happening now is that coaches are realising that to unlock defences you need more than that. You need guile and skill and by just sending out a bunch of robots you will eventually be found out.

I think in time football will go the same way and coaches will look for a bit more than size and power.

Posted By: earlydoors, Apr 6, 11:29:20