jean valjean wrote:BaggyTrousers wrote:jean valjean wrote:Don't believe cave tried to flick the ball up with his foot but was rather trying to stop the pass. It was bit of luck that it flicked up, the quality was having the awareness to find timoney on the inside.
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I assume you have not taken the trouble to watch it several times before pronouncing? Should you take the trouble to rewatch it you will see that he clearly plays at the ball with his foot and there is no delay in moving to the ball, no reaction delay, no suggestion that he threw a hopeful foot out & then reacted, it was done as one movement.
Was there clearly an element of good fortune in that it worked perfectly? Of course but you are selling him short if you think he just got lucky.
Watched it several times baggy. Cave was no more than a metre away from where the ball was flicked off the ground at pace. It then looped into the air giving him time to adjust and catch it. A good piece of thinking to block the ball but a serious stretch to say he deliberately flicked it up into his hands.
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Sorry ould hand but if you have watched it repeatedly I'm afraid your brain cannot process what your eyes see.
If someone tries to simply block the movement of the ball, the action is usually a kind of lunging or planting of the foot, that did not happen, it was fluid. It was not one movement an adjustment and a further movement following the good fortune to knock the ball up, it was as I've described as a fluid movement, no pause no thinking time just one smart piece of play.
Good fortune, of course, to work so perfectly but the thought was to do just that.
At times like this, I'm reminded of a wee brown specky lad who used produce the odd gem:
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.