People talk about being spoiled for living in certain eras. Watching Tony play all those years was a bit like that. Now feels like it was all just a dream.
The white Maldini. Few wingers got the better of him. Not the greatest going forward, but never hid from the ball. We certainly would concede less with him in the team.
I loved Tony for what he was. But I really wouldn’t want the 2023 respawn.
But if we’re being honest he shut down our attacking threat on the right for near a decade & those sliding tackles were honed in the forges of a career spent slightly out of position.