When I was a youngster, learning the basics of the game at Heathfield Rovers, our ever-patient coach Gene Vecchio used to repeat the phrase "if you don't train like you play, you will play like you train".
But we'd had a full-day of school, and we thought his accent was funny, and most of us were taller than him, so none of us heeded what he said.
Besides, it was far more fun to wear the witches hats on your head.
In retrospect though, Mr Vecchio was correct, and as a result we never won a thing...
Stunned with the demolition job that Germany did on Argentina overnight, and looking for answers, Gene's words came back to me.
Hmmm... I wonder what Argentina training is like?
Mr Vecchio - you have been vindicated!
2 comments:
What? You made that up! He never made that much sense, and you still aren't taller than him! Making fun of "Cookie" was also pretty funny tho...
Well he obviously wasn't a Nigredo!
Nigredo training = 4 pints at The Cranker.
Don't tell Al!
And we were highly successful!!
I think we still hold the world record for most goals scored in an indoor soccer match and one in which every on-field player scored a hat-trick!
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