A story emerges about a player who has 9 league titles across 4 major leagues. Due to win his 10th at the end of the season!!!!! Who could have signed for us.
But some of our fans blessed with the likes of Brett Angell, Sammy Koejoe, Marcus Nygaard, Andy ‘No Goals’ Johnson, Mikel Beck and Michael Ngoge during his era are glad we didn’t ever add him to that list.
Saw Leonardo on MOTD last week (he signed Ibrahimovic for PSG). They asked him about the emerging English talents like Sterling and Barkely. He said England have never had a truly great player; a Pele, a Messi, a Cristiano Ronaldo, a Maradona or a Romario because our mentality is different.
He said we don’t allow ego’s and individuals we crush players into fitting into a team ethic. But he said that’s where we go wrong because special players with special abilities need to be allowed this ego and indivudality. Leonardo said all those players a great because of this ego and indviuality “which allows them to be better than they really are”.
So I’m not surprised to have negative baseless commetns about him. Its why Adel was never accepted by many and never will be and soon Morrisson and Barkley will have the individuality crushed and battered out of them until the exert more energy running around for the team and instead of trying a shot or pass that no normal ‘team player’ wwould try they’ take the easy ball.
Such a shame that this country still has that mentality that stops us winning any international honours.
