Stuff you never see in football anymore

I think a lot of teams will eventually go back to a much directer style. Every sh*te team is trying to win the possession battle. Sounds good but it's usually in poor areas of the pitch and they pose little or no threat. Modern defenders aren't as used to direct football and teams that use it would get joy as a result. Not talking about elite teams. Southampton are an example. I was at Blackpool Derby at Easter. Commented first half on how tidy Blackpool were and how they retained possession. It became clear that much like Kenny's Ireland most of this was done at the back and they had no threat past the half way line

Yeah not much muck you'd think but players would have a few boots nowadays, don't think youth players would clean them now not at the big clubs anyway,  sure I'd imagine majority of the u21 team at say Man City earn more in a week then most would in a year. Players are pampered now

I doubt the jung fellas have to scrub them

Suppose you have to get 76 passes in along your back line first these days before thinking of attacking.