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Might not even need to be able to head the ball at all in the future. It’s become increasingly clear that successive generations of footballers are succumbing to dementia so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it’s banned at some point. How would that impact the game, I wonder? Might have to consult AI!
As a light-hearted aside, E17, I wonder whether your expertise in obfuscatory language extends to overturning Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) and parking fines? There’s a few on this forum who might appreciate it!
Reminds me of Stuart Hall (sorry!) whose ‘thing’ was quoting Shakespeare or English Romantic poets like Percy Bysshe Shelley (‘Ozymandias, king of kings’ etc) while reporting on no-score draws between Accrington Stanley and Barrow.
One of my pet hates that, people who think hoops and stripes are interchangeable. In much the same way that some people (journalists usually) refer to Ub*r minicabs as ‘taxis’.
Edit to bring post back on thread by declaring my credentials as a childhood member of the Dennis the Menace Fan Club.