Miss Match

When playing football in my youth I rarely missed a match through injury, partly due to a pre-disposition to avoid 50-50 tackles (preferring to wait for an opportunity to win the ball where the odds were at least 80-20 in my favour) but also due to playing irrespective of niggles, aches and pains; the continual wear and tear on my knees no doubt contributed to their current clapped out condition, which in turn meant I had to miss going to a game today and instead sit with my leg up on the settee.