Sist uke var vi innom Roofe og om han hadde kommet på kant med Bielsa… (ting skrevet i de tider han dro kunne tyde på det).
I et nylig intervju med Daily Mail ser det ikke ut til å være saken lenger, i alle fall.
Moscowhite rapporterer:
More relevant to our recent times is Kemar Roofe, talking to the Daily Mail about life in Belgium, where Anderlecht fans have given him what sounds like a true, true honour:
He has scored five goals in seven games and the fans have reacted by reallocating the chant once reserved for back-up goalkeeper Davy Roef.
He's quite interesting on Bielsa, though:
'He opened my eyes to a different way of thinking about football,' said Roofe. 'I'm grateful for having worked with him. He came in and changed so much, but within two weeks we all realised how simple it was. It's the sign of a genius, really. You think — why didn't I think of that?'
And this bit about not having the energy to practice finishing is worth pausing over, especially when considered with Bielsa's claims that you can't teach it, and Bamford's general Bamfordness:
"You're coming off the training pitch properly tired. You'd be empty. You couldn't go and do extra finishing. Before every game we'd work on about five different formations and our individual roles in each of those. There were times when I was playing as a No 9 but it looked like I was playing as a central midfielder to set us up in a better way to attack when we got the ball. You might defend in one position and attack in another."
The emphasis on fitness worked for Kemar, though:
"People thought we'd die off but our stats showed we didn't. Our training load didn't die off, either. If anything, he upped it through the season. You're told you'll get fatigue and you can only do a certain amount of kilometres during the week before a game, but he blew those theories out of the water. His style was to play quick, attacking, aggressive, front-foot, positive football — perfect for me — and I learned the body can do so much more than you believe."
The mind boggles.