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NOW THE DIDDY MEN ARE OUT OF FASHION

CALL: Darragh MacAnthony

TWENTY years ago, the success of highly physical teams like Bolton and Chelsea sparked a rush for beefy specimens.
For a while, nobody wanted tiny technicians. Then Barcelona came along.
All of a sudden, Xavi and Iniesta were making mugs of men twice their size, while the equally miniature Lionel Messi rose to become arguably the best player in history. Overnight, there was no such thing as too small.
Now high-intensity pressing football has supplanted Tiki Taka as the tactic of choice, are we seeing another shift?
After Leeds beat Everton last Monday, D...

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