Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Alioune DVToure wrote:Mikhail Chigorin wrote:[highlight]To say that Gareth Barry is a "chess type player" is a simplistic affront to the game of chess itself, which is far more intricate and complicated.[/highlight]It's obviously the comment of an ignoramus.
Gareth Barry's forte is the apparent simplicity of his play which, if translated to the sixty four squares, would never win anything.
Bollocks. Poor man's draughts.
You think so ??
No not really.
As for the footballers who most remind me of chess pieces, I'd suggest Crouch for a bishop, Nani for a queen, Lescott for a rook and Aaron Lennon for a pawn.