Roger Spry

[oxford_fan]

interesting little article here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/skills/6270994.stm

Capoeira is a 'fight-dance' martial art which was practised by enslaved Africans transported over to Brazil by the Portuguese in the 19th century.

The movements rely on surprise and improvisation, two integral traits of the Brazilian football philosophy.

"That is what Cristiano Ronaldo or Figo will do.

"These guys are very difficult to read because they never do the same thing twice. All their moves are based in their opponent's initial response to their first movements."


makes sense. english players try to "do" a man (oo-err) almost purely with their own skill, whereas our latin counterparts use their opponents movements against them.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

That man has got one sweet job. Interesting article though. At one time of course, this sort of stuff....

"They emphasise creativity, physical agility and dexterity and above all the ability to disguise"

...would have been dismissed as being "alright for those fancy dan foreign poofs but not for our lads" (In a Bernard Manning type voice)

In fairness though, these days our top (British) coaches are much more receptive to new techniques (Sam Allardyce for example)

Let's hope it catches on.

[RobertT]

Nah, Ronaldo does the same move a lot in games, in the olden times he'd have just had his legs taken out.

[ronnie21]

Nah, Ronaldo does the same move a lot in games, in the olden times he'd have just had his legs taken out.

Quite rightly so!!!