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It seems common sense to me that kids should learn that a first touch is not a means to an end. you don't trap the ball, then think, what can I do with it, you control the ball into the area that you wish to run/shoot/pass. Xabi was a great example of this and used it to beat a man but it actually got him into trouble as the opponents realised he did it every time and stopped pressing him as he received a pass they just moved to where the ball was going to be after his first touch. Obviously he adapted to this and varied it. Shelvey does this, he is also comfortable receiving the ball under pressure, this is not a coincidence IMO.

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Compare and contrast that to what other teams have produced over that same 20 year period. 5 is really not very much at all. In my opinion it starts with the kids, as long as winning the game by having bigger and stronger and faster lads is the most important thing then technique will struggle to flourish and only truly exceptional technically gifted players will be on a par with those brought up on this style of play in other countries.

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f***, so we now have 1 striker at the club till January. The ballad of Clint Dempsey will be in due course.

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The couple also recounted an incident in which Ian punched magician Paul Daniels as they drank in a bar after a show in Jersey. He said: "I was a bit punchy when I was in my 30s. "I think he must have said something to contradict what I was saying. "I just went bang and he went off the chair and the whole bar applauded and said it was time somebody did that."

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From the BBC Hillsborough probe 'to be UK's biggest into police conduct' The biggest ever independent investigation into police wrongdoing is to be carried out following a damning report into the Hillsborough disaster. The IPCC police watchdog and director of public prosecutions have announced they will both launch inquiries into possible crimes committed by police. The IPCC said both serving and former officers would be investigated over the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans in 1989. The Hillsborough Family Support Group said it was "too good to be true". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19922092

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