When I still had good eyesight Sir Brian was one of the two Villa player's I could always tell from their eyes where the shot was going. He would gather the ball, do his shimmy, look up then plonk the ball right where he had looked. Wally Walters was the other one. He had great big eyes he would open wide like a great white shark and roll them in the trajectory the ball would take.
I once pulled the leg of the friend who sits to my right. I said I still had the gift despite all my eye surgery but there was only one player whose shots I could read. Who? He said. Tonev I replied.
