As you have probably been aware due to the fact that your life has no doubt been on hold for the past ten days, I've been a bit sidetracked with the old job hunt, meaning I've not updated this site as often as I should have.
I'd drafted a piece in response to the England win over Wales, largely reflecting on the merits of Ooh Scotty Parker and his brilliant throwback hairstyle and no-nonsense likeability. Obviously I failed to get that posted in a timely fashion and after a few days it seemed pointless to reflect on a game that was almost instantly forgettable.
Truth is, with the international break I've been scratching around a little bit, trying to find something to form the topic for my next post. Nothing much was grabbing my attention or sparking my inspiration.
My muse came in the form that it so often has over the past 20 years.
Everyone knows my hero is Matthew Le Tissier, Southampton's greatest ever player and without doubt one of the most technically gifted and outstandingly brilliant footballers of the 90s. Even Xavi says so.
Each week, the excellent Guardian Sport website posts a column called 'Classic Youtube' in which they showcase a range of sporting clips from the hilarious to the nostalgic to the downright awesome. Imagine if you will my excitement when the image used to link to this week's Classic Youtube was none other than Le God himself.
The headline feature on the column this week? The video below. It features Matt's early years, a lot of goals that you might not have seen. Set to the music of Mozart. I don't know what the plural of genius is...geniuses? Geniui? Whatever it is, I now know exactly what it looks and sounds like.
not gonna lie to you mate, as a montage of bad kits and worse goalkeeping that is unsurpassed!
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