So when the radio source stopped twinkling, Frail's team could measure its apparent size in the sky and, knowing its distance, calculate its actual size.
This cliche has been maintained more recently by Cameroon's indisciplined backline in 1990, where they conceded two penalties in a 3-2 quarter-final defeat by England, and boss Sven-Goran Eriksson's concerns about his talented, but defensively frail, Ivory Coast team four years ago.
In particular, targeting the frail, an interdisciplinary team structure with clinical control of care, and long-term follow-up, tend to be associated with effective programs.
The truth Wenger referred to was the scale of Arsenal's task in attempting to turn around a 3-1 deficit and reach the last eight of the Champions League in Bayern's Allianz Arena on 13 March - a job which is surely beyond his frail and failing team.
It is very important to include a dentist and a hygienist in the frail elderly care team and also to educate the nurses and the carers to perform oral hygiene for those who are unable to do it themselves.
To meet the care demands of the growing population of older frail people, more specialised team-based care according to the concept of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment – which is possibly best provided by older-friendly hospitals – appears as a constructive solution for reaching high degrees of both staff and patient satisfaction in geriatric care.
One model involved providing primary care in the home for frail elderly people, with a team that included a family doctor, nurse, geriatrician, case manager and physiotherapist.
"Frail but confident," was how team-mate David Moyes described him.
That was his priority, and it spread through a team that was mentally frail against Orlando.
WEAKNESSES -- This team is built around two frail stars.
