Excellent Miller and Roberts Interview
Alan Brazil (Tottenham Hotspur) and Ray Parlour (Arsenal) on the talkSPORT breakfast show had among their guests two former Tottenham Hotspur centre-backs, Paul Miller and Graham Roberts.
It was an amusing opening to the interview which you can listen to at the link below, they are introduced after 13.10 minutes and asked about Diego Costa to start with. Both felt they would have had him sent off inside 20 minutes and carried on from the previous guest who said for some strikers you just kick them to stop them.
It's lovely to hear the little stories ex-players tell about the games they played in and the antics of players, all things that the crowd don't hear or see and thus are unaware of happening. Get inside a players head and you can put him off his game, if he is bust half concentrating on chatting to you he may react slower to an opportunity, you may well have done your job without even touching the ball.
I must say I have to agree, I can see dele Alli overtaking other midfield players and making the England Euro 2016 squad. At MK Dons he was thought to be the next Steven Gerrard, his natural successor, which is why Liverpool tried to buy him, but as we know Pochettino insisted we get him and not to lose out. His judgement was backed, he impressed the pros in training and is now doing so whatever position he is played in.
Roy Hodgson is taking note and if he continues in the manner in which he has started the season then he is a must. The plan to ease him in this season has already been thrown out the window because of his ability. He is a serious player and fits the old adage, if you are good enough, you are old enough.
It was an amusing opening to the interview which you can listen to at the link below, they are introduced after 13.10 minutes and asked about Diego Costa to start with. Both felt they would have had him sent off inside 20 minutes and carried on from the previous guest who said for some strikers you just kick them to stop them.
It's lovely to hear the little stories ex-players tell about the games they played in and the antics of players, all things that the crowd don't hear or see and thus are unaware of happening. Get inside a players head and you can put him off his game, if he is bust half concentrating on chatting to you he may react slower to an opportunity, you may well have done your job without even touching the ball.
I must say I have to agree, I can see dele Alli overtaking other midfield players and making the England Euro 2016 squad. At MK Dons he was thought to be the next Steven Gerrard, his natural successor, which is why Liverpool tried to buy him, but as we know Pochettino insisted we get him and not to lose out. His judgement was backed, he impressed the pros in training and is now doing so whatever position he is played in.
Roy Hodgson is taking note and if he continues in the manner in which he has started the season then he is a must. The plan to ease him in this season has already been thrown out the window because of his ability. He is a serious player and fits the old adage, if you are good enough, you are old enough.
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