Great power in that shot alright, handy thing to have in the tool-kit.He was referring to this on Off The Ball the other night too. It's covered in the Athletic article too. We all know there were concerns about the company he was keeping. Then, there's his playing style too - he was someone who could produce absolute magic and is clearly mercurially talented (remember his U21 goals v Sweden). It feels like everyone involved with Troy (and Troy himself) is very clear that the flash player and flash lifestyle image that he probably had needed to be balanced and appears to have been balanced. Now, one the playing side, everyone is talking about how hardworking and industrious he is, during games and in training - his club manager, fans and international management and himself. On the personal side, Kenny and co referring to his character offsets the perception that he was living a flash lifestyle or maybe the flash lifestyle is the wrong way to put it but we have all seen the photos in the tabloids.
What I loved about his performance the other night is that he came in and absolutely ran the life out of himself. He was very keen to take the game to Lithuania and did it aggressively. Hard work - tick. Then he produces that goal. Mercurial talent - tick.
There's an image of him striking the ball which shows his body position and how he struck the ball with his two legs (standing and shooting) at a right angle to one another. Yet, he produced such a true strike and generated such power and accuracy. There's the distance it covered, the fact the keeper couldn't see it and then there's the ball hitting the back of the net. The ball hits the bottom of the net and skims the back of it and entire top of it.
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