🚨🎙️ Ian Wright defends Bruno Fernandes from the harsh criticism of Roy Keane
“No bro, not Bruno! Come on Roy, if you’re gonna dig someone out, don’t dig him out every single time. Who brought them back into the game when things were looking dead? It’s not Bruno, – when we’re talking about someone who can actually do something to save you lot, it’s Bruno! Yeah, maybe he’s not that captain like Tony Adams, Roy… but what he’s doing week in, week out is saving you – those killer passes, the goal, the vision. If Bruno’s not there, United are deep in the relegation places, trust me! You can talk about mentality and leadership all day, but the lad is a footballing genius who’s carrying this team.”
Watching @ShreyasIyer15 perform that acrobatic fielding to assist in taking the “team catch “ made me appreciate how fielding has evolved since my retirement. For a long time, I felt like the “father of fielding”, but watching these modern athletes with their timing and awareness on the boundary line, makes me feel like the “grandfather of fielding”! I spent 99% of my career fielding in the inner circle, and when I started working as a fielding coach, there was no focus on the modern day “hotspots” on the boundaries. It was only when I started working with @mipaltan and saw Kieron Pollard, and then Glenn Maxwell, performing these incredible “airborne saves” on the boundaries that we started focusing on not only taking catches off balls that were already beyond the rope, but even saving the ball from going for a sixer, and forcing the batters to run only 1 or 2. With impact players transforming the way that batters can continuously attack the bowling, even with the loss of 4-5 wickets, bowlers need to be backed up by their fielders, and Shreyas’ spectacular“catch and release” was a perfect example of that. But let’s face it; when your head coach is @RickyPonting, one of the greatest fielders in the game, it should not come as a great surprise to see such incredible feats in the field!
What an extraordinary feat! Take a bow, Team India 🇮🇳🫡
Also, if I wan an 8-year old kid today, I would’ve this poster in my room, The G.O.A.T - @Jaspritbumrah93 ❤️❤️❤️