Jamie Vardy--The Boy from Nowhere by Frank Worrall

Author:Frank Worrall [Frank Worrall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786061898
Publisher: John Blake Publishing
Published: 2016-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

ON CLOUD NINE

Jamie had made it eight in eight games with his goal at the Hawthorns at the end of October 2015. The pundits, fans and players were all starting to really sit up and take note of his exploits and the talk in the pubs and on the terraces was whether he could keep his cool and match, or even surpass, Ruud’s record – or whether he would crack under the pressure. As we have already seen, it was unlikely he would crack under the stress of it all – as he simply refused to accept there was any pressure. As far as Vardy was concerned, the only people getting hot under the collar were those outside Leicester City FC. Certainly he was not putting himself under any, as he continued to maintain that the main thing was how the team played and how the team fared. Any personal glory was purely incidental: he would always maintain he was a team player first.

But there was little doubt that the headlines regarding the record were growing every day and when he scored a week later, for the ninth time in a row in the Premier League, they reached saturation point. It became more than a talking point: it became the talking point across the country. That No. 9 goal came in the game at the King Power Stadium against a team many had considered would be a fellow relegation battler with the Foxes. But, like City, Watford had proved people wrong. And, like City, they had done so by playing entertaining, attacking football rather than ‘parking the bus’, as many pundits had predicted. The Hornets were a credit to the game and another surprise package in this season of surprises in the English top flight.

Not that it should have perhaps been such a surprise given the positive nature of their manager. Quique Sanchez Flores was a former Atlético Madrid coach and led them to the Europa League title in 2010. As a player, he starred at Real Madrid and took charge of their youth team in 2001. His godfather was Real legend Alfredo Di Stefano, so it was hardly a shock that he liked his teams to perform with verve and ambition. It meant the match with Leicester, which many fans would have considered a turn-off a couple of seasons earlier, was now anticipated with a certain relish. Given the form of the teams, their managers and the attacking football both encouraged, it had the makings of a fine afternoon’s football.

Before kick-off Vardy revealed how modern technology was helping him become the league’s top scorer. He admitted that his iPad had played a key role, telling reporters, ‘We get given all the videos on an iPad to watch, to see what the opposition defence is like. You watch videos, then take that out onto the training pitch and try to put it into practice. I’m not really looking at the record. There’s still a way to go. I’ll get

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.