jonh wrote:
Only problem with Greg was he couldn’t pass off one hand.
He had to turn his back to pass rather than use his weak hand.
Amazing brain though as Vasty has said, also good speed off the mark.
The lack of British qualified midfield generals these days is baffling given it is something we were once famed for.
Easy to explain for me.
Our coaches are obsessed with Aussies, with size and speed, having players who don’t cause trouble and are safe.
Above all they simply don’t give British players the chance to grow.
Danny Brough was bother from day one but he was one of the few who got a second chance. Even then he had a few years in the wilderness and then he had to pretend to be a 9 even though he was an obvious HB. Even now he doesn’t get the plaudits he deserves, an absolute talent.
No way would he get through now, he’d be screened out. Yet in Australia he’d be welcomed as yet another bad boy HB, flawed genius and much loved and hated by fans.
Until we start looking for RL players rather than athletes we will get nowhere. Surely for every ten athletes there has to be room for the diminutive skinny youth with a brain as sharp as a razor, even if he’s a bit of a gobs•ite
