It certainly has; it is faster, more technical on far superior playing surfaces and with different interpretations of the laws of the game commensurate with all of that.forevertufc wrote: 27 Sep 2017, 18:31All this talk and the good old days and drinking clubs, it's utter nonsense, that may well have worked in 1970's and 80's, but the global game has moved on since then massively.....
Different style and weight kits, footwear and footballs. The game is as different now than it was twenty years ago as it was in my time from thirty years before. My first pair of brown leather boots in the late fifties had nailed in leather studs that my father used to bang in on his last; my first shin guards (so bulky were they we referred to them as shin pads) were made of lengths of cane pushed through a canvas covering and now sixty years later I can balance one of my son's 'boots' on one finger they are so light, and his shin guards are so light yet so durable they need to be held in place by specifically made lycra hose. Tie ups are redundant because the socks are self supporting and are generally worn over the knee until the joints have warmed up!
So all that requires a different technique, road to fitness and an emphasis on speed, recovery and agility that was never dreamed of when players went out on the lash and even ate steak before matches.....time never stands still.
