Johnson signing shows the importance of full backs in the modern game
Gianluca Vialli once wrote that the right back of a football team tends to be the worst player in the side. It wasn't that he had any particular gripe with Gary Neville, or Albert Ferrer, or even his old friend Moreno Mannini, he had a more rational and logical explanation.
To Vialli, an under-rated commentator on the modern game, and co-author (along with the equally impressive Gabriele Marcotti) of one of the most thought-provoking football books of the last decade- The Italian Job- the logic was simple.
Anfield Red @ Jun 30, 2009 5:34 PM EDT | Blog Profile
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