Sick Of The Royism
As a devoted Roy Race fan I've had quite enough of the suggestion that 'trying to be be Roy of the Rovers' is somehow a bad thing, and your latest article about Steven Gerrard is the last straw. In it you write that Gerrard accepts 'that at times he has tried to be Roy of the Rovers, running around with huge energy but not always great focus'. Roy Race is the last person you could accuse of this, but it gets worse. Gerrard himself says, "You can't afford to be Roy of the Rovers all the time against top sides. If I'm wandering off all over the place my team-mates will come unstuck".
This insinuation that Roy Race 'wandered off all over the place' is an insult to someone who scored a record 436 league goals and won no fewer than 10 league titles, 10 FA Cups, 3 European Cups, 4 Cup Winners' Cups and 1 UEFA Cup. Admittedly he had a mixed record in the transfer market, particularly in 1985 when he brought Emlyn Hughes and Bob Wilson out of retirement, and signed Steve Norman and Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet, but overall his record speaks for itself.
You can't afford to be Roy of the Rovers all the time against top sides? You can't afford not to be.
Andrew, London
As a devoted Roy Race fan I've had quite enough of the suggestion that 'trying to be be Roy of the Rovers' is somehow a bad thing, and your latest article about Steven Gerrard is the last straw. In it you write that Gerrard accepts 'that at times he has tried to be Roy of the Rovers, running around with huge energy but not always great focus'. Roy Race is the last person you could accuse of this, but it gets worse. Gerrard himself says, "You can't afford to be Roy of the Rovers all the time against top sides. If I'm wandering off all over the place my team-mates will come unstuck".
This insinuation that Roy Race 'wandered off all over the place' is an insult to someone who scored a record 436 league goals and won no fewer than 10 league titles, 10 FA Cups, 3 European Cups, 4 Cup Winners' Cups and 1 UEFA Cup. Admittedly he had a mixed record in the transfer market, particularly in 1985 when he brought Emlyn Hughes and Bob Wilson out of retirement, and signed Steve Norman and Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet, but overall his record speaks for itself.
You can't afford to be Roy of the Rovers all the time against top sides? You can't afford not to be.
Andrew, London
