Whatever happened to those wide players who would pick the ball up in space, run at defenders, beat them and then play a pass or supply a dangerous cross ?
It seems that every wide player now has to collect the ball, tip toe up to a defender, allow the defender time for a couple of his mates to come and cover, and then (with their head down) twist and turn, to knock a ball backwards or to the closest Villa player.
The last player to take a run at full backs was Diaby, but we soon knocked that out of him.
