Whatever happened to the good old days of players like Jimmy Buzzard?
Buzzard: Good evening Brian.
Interviewer: Jimmy, at least one ageing football commentator was gladdened last night by the sight of an English footballer breaking free of the limpid tentacles of packed Mediterranean defence.
Buzzard: Good evening Brian.
Interviewer: Were you surprised at the way the Italians ceded midfield dominance so early on in the game?
Buzzard: Well Brian... I'm opening a boutique.
Interviewer: This is of course symptomatic of a new breed of footballer as it is indeed symptomatic of your whole genre of player, is it not?
Buzzard: Good evening Brian.
Interviewer: What I'm getting at, Jimmy, is you seem to have discovered a new concept with a mode in which you dissected the Italian defence, last night.
Buzzard: (pauses for thought) I hit the ball first time and there it was in the back of the net. (smiles and looks around)
Interviewer: Do you think Jarrow will adopt a more defensive posture for the first leg of the next tie in Turkey?
Buzzard: (confidently) I hit the ball first time and there it was in the back of the net.
Interviewer: Yes, yes - but have you any plans for dealing with the free-scoring Turkish forwards?
Buzzard: Well Brian... I'm opening a boutique.