The Preston defence, playing around with the ball in defence with the carelessness more suited to a Frank Lampard managed team, were robbed of possession by Stoke striker Lee Gregory. Or at least he would be in any other year. He’s still a meat and potatoes, f*ck fun and stick the ball in the back of the net kind of striker. Still, this isn’t Neymar we’re talking about. That, in fairness, does him a disservice – he’s actually very skilful, as evidenced by his brilliant flick to send Sam Clucas through on goal in Stoke’s 1-0 win at Preston on Saturday. The Scot, these days sporting slicked-back hair, hipster beard and tattoos, increasingly resembles an Edinburgh high-street barber as he matures, but most casual observers would have him pegged as an ‘old-fashioned No.9’. Having spent four pretty successful years at Sheffield Wednesday, Steven Fletcher moved to Stoke City on a free transfer this summer. However, perhaps the year’s most surprising development was a Stoke striker attempting to score with a rabona during a professional football match – and almost pulling it off. Nobody would have expected society to grind to a halt for months or for Piers Morgan to undergo a cautious public reinvention. The year 2020, the events of which are destined to be poured over by academics centuries from now, can be best summarised by a line from a Smiths song – ‘has the world changed or have I?’
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