Rishworthian
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I only saw Mannion a couple of times in his final season at the Boro. He was undoubtedly a good player even then. The main thing I noticed that he was very rarely caught with the ball.
That seems to be a common theme of his team mates in the England set up of the time. If he couldn't do it himself he passed the ball to someone who could and a man in space too. I can't remember who said it but I think it was either Finney or Matthews - " I like playing with Wilf, he makes me look good"
The comment from Wilf about the little fellah was that he sometimes held onto the ball a bit too long
I concur with the remark above about Clough - the best striker I ever saw and remember that I've seen Bocsik, JFH and Viduka and Clough scored very few headed goals
That seems to be a common theme of his team mates in the England set up of the time. If he couldn't do it himself he passed the ball to someone who could and a man in space too. I can't remember who said it but I think it was either Finney or Matthews - " I like playing with Wilf, he makes me look good"
The comment from Wilf about the little fellah was that he sometimes held onto the ball a bit too long
I concur with the remark above about Clough - the best striker I ever saw and remember that I've seen Bocsik, JFH and Viduka and Clough scored very few headed goals