So many advantages come with having a deadly long-range pass in your arsenal.
You can take the pressure off your defence by finding a teammate rather than just wildly kicking it out for a throw-in. You can nullify opposition full backs by pinging balls in between them and centre-halves. And, you know, you can annoy your friends when they’re having a piss.
Paul Scholes enjoyed all three techniques in his lengthy career and poor ol’ Phil Neville revealed that he fell victim to the latter when they would train at Carrington.
Scholes’ accuracy was so deadly that he’d be able to find the back of Neville’s head as he popped into the training ground bushes to relieve himself.
Scholesy may not be the most outspoken man in the world but it turns out that he’s mighty craic with the ball at his feet.
