Comments on: Shedding Preconceptions http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/08/shedding-preconceptions/ contains extended scenes of moderate fantasy menace Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:16:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: PooterGeek http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/08/shedding-preconceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-66907 PooterGeek Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:59:44 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=2389#comment-66907 <blockquote>"Your father's right about Finney."</blockquote> <blockquote>"Your dad's in good company."</blockquote> Don't encourage him. (What with you two, my dad's two writerly female fans amongst the regulars here, and the reality TV producer who wanted to put us in a BBC documentary I'm going to have to give the grumpy old man his own blog.) <blockquote>"In all seriousness, what's the answer to that cardiovascular fitness question?"</blockquote> No idea. I remember reading somewhere in some sports physiology article that the general physical capacity of sportsmen had increased steadily over time and (<i>pace</i> Zidane) hardly any footballers smoke now, whereas most of them would have done in Finney's heyday. I'm sure he was a superb ball-player, but he simply wouldn't have the pace of a modern striker. (It's not a direct parallel, I know, but most sprinters of his time would be pushed to compete with contemporary athletes.)

“Your father’s right about Finney.”

“Your dad’s in good company.”

Don’t encourage him.

(What with you two, my dad’s two writerly female fans amongst the regulars here, and the reality TV producer who wanted to put us in a BBC documentary I’m going to have to give the grumpy old man his own blog.)

“In all seriousness, what’s the answer to that cardiovascular fitness question?”

No idea. I remember reading somewhere in some sports physiology article that the general physical capacity of sportsmen had increased steadily over time and (pace Zidane) hardly any footballers smoke now, whereas most of them would have done in Finney’s heyday. I’m sure he was a superb ball-player, but he simply wouldn’t have the pace of a modern striker. (It’s not a direct parallel, I know, but most sprinters of his time would be pushed to compete with contemporary athletes.)

]]> By: chris http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/08/shedding-preconceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-66707 chris Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:07:39 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=2389#comment-66707 Your dad's in good company. Back in the early 70s, Bill Shankly was asked how Tom Finney compared to Rod Marsh. Shankly replied: "There's not much in it, but I reckon Tom's a bit better." "Why do you say that" asked the interviewer? "Well", said Shanks, "Tom is almost 60." Your dad’s in good company. Back in the early 70s, Bill Shankly was asked how Tom Finney compared to Rod Marsh. Shankly replied: “There’s not much in it, but I reckon Tom’s a bit better.”
“Why do you say that” asked the interviewer?
“Well”, said Shanks, “Tom is almost 60.”

]]> By: James Hamilton http://www.pootergeek.com/2006/08/shedding-preconceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-66694 James Hamilton Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:16:16 +0000 http://www.pootergeek.com/?p=2389#comment-66694 Your father's right about Finney. In all seriousness, what's the answer to that cardiovascular fitness question? Did he really tell you? I'm putting together a book proposal for something on changing football coaching in England c. 1890-2002, and that kind of information is extremely hard to come by. (Largely because too many "coaches" were self-satisfied xenophobes it has to be said) Your father’s right about Finney.

In all seriousness, what’s the answer to that cardiovascular fitness question? Did he really tell you? I’m putting together a book proposal for something on changing football coaching in England c. 1890-2002, and that kind of information is extremely hard to come by. (Largely because too many “coaches” were self-satisfied xenophobes it has to be said)

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