Westwood52SCIAGWestwood52 The comment about the modern player not being two footed is very true.When I first started watching football,all the top footballers use to comment about working on their weaker foot.I seem to recall that our 2005 side only had one player who was genuinely two footed,and that was Doyle.Even at the top level the majority of players are not two footed.I remember during the Brazil World Cup;a great deal was made of Rooney being predominantly right footed,and Sturridge being predominantly left footed.Do modern top level coaches at junior level,even concentrate on working on players weaker foot.if not why not ?There are very few modern top level footballers who are genuinely two footed.
I wonder also in training what the RFC coaches do in training with regard to throw ins and in particular corners.We rarely score from corners.Yet some teams absolutely rely on set pieces for the majority of their goals;think Pulis and Allardyce teams.
Of course they do. Peofessional footballers these days are nearly always much better with their weaker foot than they used to be.
Kitson and Harper were both more two-footed than Doyle. Doyle always took set pieces with his right, Kitson mixed it up.
I just seem to recall seeing a list of the 2005 squad a few years ago;ie height,previous club ,birth place etc and only Doyle was listed as two footed.However your memory of the 2005 team would be better than mine.
The only true two-footed god of world football in recent years was Teddy.