Comments on: Xavi’s limited left-foot helps to make him brilliant and forms his legacy http://backpagefootball.com/xavi%e2%80%99s-limited-left-foot-helps-to-make-him-brilliant-and-forms-his-legacy/8825/ Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Surreal Football » Archive » Ethan Dean-Richards: C.V. http://backpagefootball.com/xavi%e2%80%99s-limited-left-foot-helps-to-make-him-brilliant-and-forms-his-legacy/8825/comment-page-1/#comment-27722 Surreal Football » Archive » Ethan Dean-Richards: C.V. Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:49:15 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=8825#comment-27722 [...] websites: Written pieces for Who Ate All the Pies and Backpage Football. No deadlines ensured that I was not haunted by these experiences as I am by my time at Goal.com. [...]

]]> By: Losing a bet to the Bolton Offside. - - The Offside - West Bromwich Albion Football Club Blog http://backpagefootball.com/xavi%e2%80%99s-limited-left-foot-helps-to-make-him-brilliant-and-forms-his-legacy/8825/comment-page-1/#comment-10517 Losing a bet to the Bolton Offside. - - The Offside - West Bromwich Albion Football Club Blog Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:35:48 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=8825#comment-10517 [...] to romanticise Bolton Football Club – trying to give it the kind of sheen that one might when describing Xavi – the first thing you might think of is either Sam Allardyce chewing aggressively, yet [...]

]]> By: Nick http://backpagefootball.com/xavi%e2%80%99s-limited-left-foot-helps-to-make-him-brilliant-and-forms-his-legacy/8825/comment-page-1/#comment-10331 Nick Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:49:29 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=8825#comment-10331 Paul Scholes is another deep playmaker similarly one-sided. The left is used regularly to control incoming passes in a manner that allows him to face the most advantageous direction, but once the ball is under his spell it is only the right foot that is employed, characterised by passes frequently using the outside of the boot.

]]> By: Neil Sherwin http://backpagefootball.com/xavi%e2%80%99s-limited-left-foot-helps-to-make-him-brilliant-and-forms-his-legacy/8825/comment-page-1/#comment-10322 Neil Sherwin Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:43:00 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=8825#comment-10322 Really interesting piece about my favourite player over the past decade.

It is amazing how limited he is on the left side. In a way it’s rather surprising given he came out of arguably the best academy in the world. I know as a kid it was always drilled into me to use both feet.

Maybe that’s where I went wrong!

]]> By: Eamonn Power http://backpagefootball.com/xavi%e2%80%99s-limited-left-foot-helps-to-make-him-brilliant-and-forms-his-legacy/8825/comment-page-1/#comment-10308 Eamonn Power Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:27:28 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=8825#comment-10308 Excellent article, can’t say I ever really noticed it as clearly before but must look out for it. In terms of players with similar medal hauls and issues, is Ryan Giggs his main competitor?

]]> By: Varun http://backpagefootball.com/xavi%e2%80%99s-limited-left-foot-helps-to-make-him-brilliant-and-forms-his-legacy/8825/comment-page-1/#comment-10302 Varun Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:13:48 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=8825#comment-10302 Ah the Xavi 360 Turn, a wonderful delight.
It goes to show just how good he is, with that level of 1 footed-ness he still dominates midfield.
Opposition should be glad he only has 1 foot :)

]]> By: OffsideSarah http://backpagefootball.com/xavi%e2%80%99s-limited-left-foot-helps-to-make-him-brilliant-and-forms-his-legacy/8825/comment-page-1/#comment-10301 OffsideSarah Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:08:18 +0000 http://backpagefootball.com/?p=8825#comment-10301 But you forgot to mention some of his physical assets – the huge, wideset eyes give him a wider range of vision and his enlarged ears ensures he hears any players trying to sneak up on him…

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