Snowball136
And anyway, whether someone is languid or not doesn't preclude guts,
going in where it hurts. Compare Noel Hunt to Simon Church, for example.
Who have we got that we could think are "heroic"? McShane, El Habsi, Quinn might be
But neither of our fullbacks, or Norwood, or Kermogant. or HRK, or McCleary, and not Williams
Even Matt Mills had balls
If you want "balls" watch boxing instead. See photos of Gunter after the Hull game? He put his head where it hurt, and given where those stitches were, he could have lost an eye. But what was the actual result of that? He had to go off, and we conceded while down to 10 men. We might have been better off if he'd bottled it.
Karacan was lost to the club for a year after a stupid "gutsy" tackle.
I want to see our players making an effort. But diving in to prove they're men? Nah.
I liked Noel Hunt because he never ever gave up. On his man, or on the game. We could do with a bit more of that. But it has nothing to do with "going in where it hurts".