Apart from transfer rumours, commentary on managers probably forms the bulk of football chatter.
Before, during and after every game, every decision is scrutinised; every minute move debated;
tactics, strategy, man-management, motivation, appearance all feed into an endless discourse
debating whether any given manager is succeeding or not.
"Just this one afternoon started the whole thing off - there was no prolonged courtship ...
In a desperate and percipient attempt to stop the inevitable, Dad quickly took me to Spurs to see
Jimmy Greaves score four against Sunderland in a 5-1 win, but the damage had been done, and the six
goals and all the great players left me cold: I'd already fallen for the team that beat Stoke 1-0
from a penalty rebound.
