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Regarding Robert (Green)

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Perhaps there is more to this omission
Than meets the eye
The velvet hand inside the goalie’s gloves
Tipped angled shots are all very well
When Saturday Comes
But the journey from city to country
Begins with nerves of steel
As Raymond Williams states
“To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing”.

Notes

From Martin Samuels (c) The Times (2008)

‘England’s forgotten man’

“On form, the best goalkeeper in the country is Robert Green, of West Ham United. As Fabio Capello, the England manager, is no fool and works with two goalkeeping coaches, one must presume he knows this. Yet Green was missing from the last international squad, so remains sixth in line behind David James, Paul Robinson, Scott Carson, Joe Hart and Chris Kirkland.

The story goes that, under a previous England regime, Green was called up and performed so badly in training that he was discounted from selection almost instantly. He has played one half for England, under Sven-Göran Eriksson, on the same day that Zat Knight won a cap. Capello selected Green but dropped him just as quickly. Might Green’s nerves have got the better of him again? It seems the only explanation given his club performances.”.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/regarding-robert-green/