Our midfield 20 years ago had Mikel Arteta, Tim Cahill, Gravesen, Osman, Fernandes, van der Meyde.We had Nyarko, Stephen Hughes and Scott Gemill. Are any more technically gifted than KDH, Grealish or N’Diaye?
But I am speaking generally, not cherry picking a few players to suit my argument. Football is not as entertaining for me as it was 20 years ago. Not even 10 years ago.
This is not just down to players of course, but style of play deployed by managers and said managers micro-managing players to death that they become risk-averse. And of course, the sport being less and less accepting of tough tackling.








