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"In the entire history of football no one made more people happy. When he was out there, the pitch was a circus ring, the ball a tamed animal, the match a party invitation. Garrincha nurtured his pet, the ball, and together they created such mischief that people almost died laughing. He jumped...

I remember talking to the late Mel Hopkins about how to stop a winger. Interceptions before the winger got the ball was best (but if you miscalculated the winger got a head start, so recovery speed was important). Failing that shepherding him on to his weaker foot was valid, which in those days...

Volleying a cross ball with the weak foot is the easiest of weak foot tasks as the cross has some of the power. Or if the ball bobbles nicely from a clearance. As an inverted winger, beating the man and crossing with the weak foot should be in the realms of possibility. What I think is harder...

I think the natural aptitude is genetic. I was very much like an opposite Knockaert, power but no control over my weak foot. Defenders knew which way I would go and I was not quick enough to spurt away, so the defender could recover and catch me up.