There is another facet to all of this.
What’s this business of playing three man triangles – including the GK – in and around your own box? This often occurred for a dangerous three quarters of a minute or so. The tiniest slip and …
It’s stark staring bonkers and happened a lot – especially in the earlier games of the tournament.
(Furthermore, that can also be followed in the Scunny Defensive Play Manual.)
The amount of people I spoke to in the last month, who decried this nonsense as their first words to me the day after each game, was remarkable.
