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Whether it was Archimedesâs eureka moment in the bath, Isaac Newtonâs in the orchard or Doc Brownâs in the toilet while hanging a clock, many of the worldâs most important discoveries have been made in the most unlikely locations. It is a list to which we can now presumably add the recording studio in which Rio Ferdinand presents his what-it-says-on-the-tin Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast. Of course, in discovering the principle of buoyancy, the law of universal gravitation or how best to transform a sports car with gull-wing doors into a time machine, the aforementioned scientists all chanced upon inspired moments of enlightenment that had never previously occurred to anybody else. When the lightbulb lit up over Steven Gerrardâs head while in conversation with Rio, he had clearly just figured out something rival fans have known for the best part of 30 years. Not so much a mic-drop as a penny-drop moment, it finally dawned on the former England international why the team with which he won 114 caps repeatedly failed to live up to expectation.
Iâve been reading the acute tactical analysis in all media outlets of the trend for taking supremely well-thought out kick-offs where the ball is played to the corner touchline, enabling an early high press, etc etc. I recall that when John Beck was manager of Cambridge United and employed this exact tactic, his team was derided for hoofing the game back to the Stone Age. And if memory serves, Beck was even more tactically astute â he kept the grass in the corners of the Abbey long to keep the ball in play. When do we get Jonathan Wilsonâs treatise on Nu Beckball and the enduring genius of Charles Hughes?â â Michael Hann.
I only read Big Website of course (ahem) but while I was catching up on the latest edition of Architectural Digest, I came across âSoccer Player Ben Chilwellâs Home Brings California-Cool to Surrey, Englandâ. The certainly-in-no-way-puff piece breathlessly states that âthe English national team memberâs house channels midcentury modern and LA contemporary in equal measureâ. Rather wonderfully, it also quotes Chilwell as saying that âI love my sleep, so being two minutes away from where we train was a big drawâ, which must be of great comfort to the player who signed for Strasbourg at the start of Septemberâ â Noble Francis.
Re: strange football lavatory stories (yesterdayâs Football Daily). On a wall in our loo is a framed 25-share certificate confirming investment in Berwick Rangers, the club based in England but playing in Scotlandâs Lowland League. When I bought the shares they cost ÂŁ1 each. Iâve failed in my inquiries into how much theyâre worth now. My wife has her viewâ â Nigel Robson.
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