Utilizing animals or mammals to explain Chelsea gamers over the previous has all the time been a great way to do it.
Whether or not it’s Michael Essien as The Bison, or Marc Cucurella as a Jack Russell canine, I all the time assume it’s a giant praise to be in comparison with one thing like that. Moises Caicedo being in comparison with an Octopus is a large praise and such a great way to explain him.
Nope, he’s not a slippery creature. However he typically does play like he’s received 8 legs (arms).
Sure, I’ve typically assumed that Octopus’ have tentacles too….
The time period “tentacle” is usually mistakenly used for all of an octopus’s limbs, however the right scientific time period is “arm” as a result of they’ve suckers alongside their total size. Tentacles, that are distinct from arms, are sometimes discovered on creatures like squid and have suckers solely at their ends.
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However the way in which Caicedo wraps his legs round his opponents to nick to ball could be very Octopus like. It’s nearly like he has ‘Go go gadget’ legs (and now we’re doing retro TV on this web site – as I say, we do all of it right here).
Gamers should examine their shoulders, see that Caicedo is an effective 10 yards away, however then by the point they’ve turned again to make a move the ball is nicked off them by one in every of Caicedo’s extending legs!
Enzo Fernandez wished his midfield accomplice a cheerful birthday yesterday by calling him an Octopus. And I assumed to myself, what a praise, and what an ideal comparability for our greatest participant over the past two seasons!
Simon Phillips
