The Manifesto

Ever got frustrated with commentators or pundits whose analysis of a cracking goal boils down to "well, the lad's got good vision, he picks his mate out, he's beaten the offside trap, and the keeper's really got no chance there". It winds me right up. I can see that! You're supposed to be telling me things that I don't know!

Why was the player who provided the through ball allowed enough time to measure the pass? Why was the striker free enough to get on the end of it?
Should the defenders have done better?
Why was that goal actually scored?

Questions that, on the television, go unanswered all too often. Therefore, I've decided to do their jobs for them. I'll take a recent goal and explain exactly why it was scored, without telling you anything that a slightly dim chimpanzee (or Julian Dicks) could have picked up the first time he saw it.

From time to time I'll also branch out into other bits and pieces that commentators have missed and I think are worth pointing out. I'll also flag up any instances of commentators or pundits being particularly un-insightful. However, I'll try never to forget my roots, and my roots are: goals! goals! goals!

Why was that goal scored? Let's find out.