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If this is the one I'm thinking of, I had it on VHS. He talks about breakfast with Greaves and Hoddle having feet like hands. I must give it a look later.
According to Wiki, Mackay did play as a sweeper a bit. So that's probably the reasoning that allows Venables to get his desired players in.Thanks for posting that Lilbaz, I hadn't seen it before. Most enjoyable, and made moreso by featuring the late, great Brian Moore. Not only his narration but also some of his incomparable match commentary.
Venables knows his shit, so it's hard to disagree with him, but I'm going to on one point. I'm not having the great Dave Mackay at centre back when he played most, if not all, of his career with us in midfield. He gets in the team without question - in my view he's our greatest ever player - but in midfield, not at the back.
Yeah, El Tel is using a 4-3-3 and he's clear on his conviction that Hoddle needs to be there.According to Wiki, Mackay did play as a sweeper a bit. So that's probably the reasoning that allows Venables to get his desired players in.
Yeah, El Tel is using a 4-3-3 and he's clear on his conviction that Hoddle needs to be there.
You know all that stuff people complain about Eriksen over? They did the same with Hoddle. If he'd been any kind of European nationality, he'd have had teams built around him. Instead he was English so we played Peter Reid.I was too young to remember Glenn at Spurs, so I was quite surprised when the first thing out of Venables' mouth in that vid was the need to defend him
Surprised me that Glenn had critics
Which makes it all the more perplexing that he ignored Le Tissier when he was England manager.You know all that stuff people complain about Eriksen over? They did the same with Hoddle. If he'd been any kind of European nationality, he'd have had teams built around him. Instead he was English so we played Peter Reid.
Reading that Inverting the Pyramid book, you can see that there's the deep seated suspicion of natural talent, if not coupled with "British grit and honour"... i.e. not getting stuck in, and indulging in fancy dan clever passing and flair... that's been around since the late 1890s.Which makes it all the more perplexing that he ignored Le Tissier when he was England manager.
Remember buying this as a kid and watching it loads of times. Surprised it only has 91 views.