Everyone's so comfortable in possession these days that you don't want to get mugged off diving into challenges, so nobody teaches tackling anymore. Not even Fat Sam apparently.
Blame football video games.
Originally Posted by Sir C
and it was nice to see a little urgency and pace in attack, I couldn't help feeling that we look a little, well, fey.
Norwich aren't exactly peal-Pulis Stoke, are they? Yet our players seemed extremely lightweight in the tackle.
And, riddle me this: how is it possible for the opposition to simply jog through the centre of our defence, take their time to pick a spot, and then pass the ball into the goal, without anyone making a challenge? Twice? How is that possible?
I think I didn't realise just how low we have sunk.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."