@Voice of reason, There was a time, not so long ago, when even saying “long ball” was to recreate the “Jehovah” scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The worst of the English “Route One” game was really sky ball, in which the orb was punted, or scooped, to a tall striker who would receive it with his back to goal or nod it down so an onrushing midfielder could win the “second ball”. At its most crude, it was eyeball death, perdition, an insult to the idea that football could be a game of grace and self-expression. A disgrace to the culture of football.
@Voice of reason, There was a time, not so long ago, when even saying “long ball” was to recreate the “Jehovah” scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian. The worst of the English “Route One” game was really sky ball, in which the orb was punted, or scooped, to a tall striker who would receive it with his back to goal or nod it down so an onrushing midfielder could win the “second ball”. At its most crude, it was eyeball death, perdition, an insult to the idea that football could be a game of grace and self-expression. A disgrace to the culture of football.