One of the game’s true innovators.
Some point to Andy’s role alongside Martin Tyler
and Richard Keys in the creation of The Greatest League
in the World as his finest hour. Along the way to this
achievement, he has pulled off some admirable feats
of bluster.
But this is as nothing compared to the extraordinary
work he has done in the research and development of
the PACE (Pace Awareness, Calibration and Evaluation)
scale, a complex measurement system now used by all
commentators to assess the speed of a frontman with
a little bit of what Big Ron might call "turbo"
at his disposal.
As far as Andy is concerned, the PACE scale operates,
in reverse order of paciness, something like this:
8. Tell you what, Martin, the little number seven
has a bit of pace.
7. Watch the Norwegian fella. He’s big, brave,
and pacy.
6. They might put do a double-banking job on the left
winger. He has got bags of pace.
5. Heh, heh, heh, Richard. There’s no substitute
for lightning pace.
4. If you stand off this fella, he’ll kill you.
Unbelievable pace.
3. If this fella can get it out of his feet, he has
got frightening pace.
2. What an out ball he gives them. This guy has got
pace to burn.
1. You just can’t legislate for genuine
pace.
THE GRAY GUFFBANK
"That's bread and butter straight down the goalkeeper's
throat."
"I watched the game and I saw an awful lot of
it."
"It's what I call one of those 'indefensible
ones' - you can't defend against them."
'The one thing that tackle wasn't was high and dangerous"
"For my money, Duff servicing people from the
left with his balls in there, is the best option."
"People say footballers have terrible taste in
music but I would dispute that. In the car at the
moment I've got The Corrs, Cher, Phil Collins, Shania
Twain and Rod Stewart."
"When he beats it away, he beats it away, it
doesn't just drop in front of him."
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