Of course I’m bias, but it really is genius. None of this seems logical, but yet the United players now (finally) are working to a plan, even if it is a plan of chaos that only they understand. Barca were lulled into a false sense in the 1st half, then hit from every angle in the 2nd. Then thrown on a maligned lad who hasn’t played for weeks to score the winner. At one point Varane was the furthest man forward. I saw AWB pop up on the left wing and midfield. I counted at least 4 different United players playing No.10 during the match. Ten Hag basically pi$$ed all over his strategy and half-time talk. Xavi, who is no mug, looked genuinely shocked on the sideline at what he was seeing from United in the 2nd half. In fact, I’d say that if Klopp is Heavy Metal, then Ten Hag is pure Punk Rock.ĭIY, on-the-fly, play the instruments in a different way and “borrow” the instruments you don’t have. After last night’s match I see no reason to change that opinion. I wrote to the mailbox after the Leicester match saying that I thought Ten Hag was attempting Total Football with some controlled chaos. ( Where have all the 2 footed freekick takers gone?) Waterford. Not a bad legacy.īut Johnny Nic? He opened Pandora’s Box and he’s never been the same since.īrian Morrissey. Their voices will always be commentating on those clips. To a degree lesser or more depending on who you are, these people narrate moments we live with forever. Football fans are now 90% online and only care about results because it means they either can or can’t “cook” opposition fans.) Because that’s what happens when death brings perspective. Because, in spite of everything I’ve just said, I choose to believe that if John was to redo his Column once more again for Motty those comments would overwhelmingly beautiful and positive. John must have needed goggles for most of it. And I don’t blame him at all.Īsking twitter for its opinions on a black female pundit? What could possibly go wrong. John needed to go somewhere warm and cozy and nice for a very long lie down. Especially when it was a woman being profiled. This deluge of hate and abuse had such a profound effect on John that he very soon afterwards moved to Tibet and began writing “Why we all Love” pieces. Football Twitter happily obliged, and John had to read all of them. John had asked Football Twitter for it’s personal opinions on high profile pundits and commentators. “Loves and Loathes” or something like that.īut you can see where this is going. Some valid criticism was always added for balance too. He would always add these at the end of his piece and everyone liked seeing their nice comments chosen. He asked people on twitter to give their thoughts, good or bad, on the next person to be profiled. John didn’t just write a critique of his own. A weekly in which he profiled a pundit or Commentator. You see, for those who don’t remember, about 7/8 years ago Johnny started a column. Staring at the screen and seeing right through it all. We all have that Richard Dunne Thousand Yard Stare now. John Motson.ĭid you come out cleaner on the other side John? I fear not. Read more: John Motson: You took us from childhood to adulthood as the voice of football RIP Motty the voice of every fans football. “And I suppose Spurs are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now than any other time since the first half of this season, when they weren’t ever in it anyway.” “He’s got the taste of Wembley in his nostrils.” “Middlesbrough are withdrawing Maccarone the Italian, Nemeth the Slovakian, and Stockdale… the right-back.” …Just thought I would take a break from my United ramblings and give you a couple of pearlers from the late great John Motson. There’s a little less joy in the world today. You could picture him stumbling across a game of football in the park and staying to watch to the end before heading off to do the cup final. His commentary work was a joy, his contributions to shows like the Monday Night Club on 5 Live really showed his depth of knowledge of the game at all levels. Better, more coherent words will be written over the next 48 hours, but I will say this: of all the commentators in my 40 years watching football, none have managed to convey their obvious love of the game through the radio or the TV in quite the same way as John Motson.
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