Surely that is a decision for the footballing authorities.
Furthermore, their footballing heroes tell them to stay at school, and by and large they do so.
In modern footballing jargon, my role tonight is that of sweeper.
Failing that, we will find ourselves playing football without a full defence, at the risk of labouring the footballing analogy.
In footballing terms, we would say that there is no point in changing a winning team.
We have certain football trainers who are excellent at dealing with knee injuries and others who are competent at handling other forms of footballing injuries.
Attendance is sharply down and many clubs—in fact most except a few at the top—are no longer paying their way through their footballing activities.
In footballing terms, they are goalkeepers, defenders, midfield players and strikers all in one.
