What disappoints me about this Leggy is that you, me and Malcolmson are same generation. Fortunately, I think I have managed to keep in touch with the modern game (just). I don't think you and Malcolmson have which is why your opinions generate such reaction. You might think that harsh, but back in our day, is not relevant to today. Back in our day we whipped the blacks and had them pick cotton. Might have been fine to tell them to toughen up then but today, it just does not happen because that does not happen. If Malcolmson can't stay in touch with the modern game and move on from 'his day' and accept that things are different and that the rules then are not the same as now, he needs to fudge off to a retirement home and stay out of the press. His comments do more harm than good.
Its compulsory to grow old, but not to grow up. Take this constructively but you gotta keep in touch with whats going on and look at the game through modern eyes and not the ones you wore when you were playing 'back in our day'