"Scoring is not up, but injuries are up," Tallon said of the current rule last week.
They expect me to put the ball in the net, stop the headers going in, stop the opposition from scoring.
"The thing that makes Trotty so special, as everyone knows, is that he is very driven by scoring runs – and that's the thing that he maybe lost a little bit when he was struggling at the start of the summer.
It was on that trip that the 33-year-old demonstrated to the Lions coach, Mark Robinson, he was back to his best, both on and off the field, scoring an unbeaten 211 in Paarl in the first of two unofficial Tests against South Africa.
He might just have won over one or two new admirers by scoring the winner against Sampdoria on Tuesday, in a game that otherwise might easily have finished as a goalless stalemate between uninspired teams.
Haris Seferovic opened the scoring after 10 minutes and doubled the visitors' supremacy 13 minutes later.
Blerim Dzemaili made it 3-0, leaving Xherdan Shaqiri to complete the scoring after 79 minutes, to round off a good night for the visitors.
True to their style, one that has made them arguably the most enjoyable team to watch in Spain this season, the team that went on a 28-game run of scoring in every match, Villarreal showed personality as well as precision and pace.
Four goals in 14 minutes took him past Sergio García, Aritz Aduriz, and Nolito as the top scoring Spaniard in La Liga and made him the first player ever to score four for Rayo Vallecano.
MacKinnon opened the scoring for the home side after 16 minutes and there was no reply from Saints, who came closest when Steven Anderson was denied by the woodwork in the second half.
Few people will be surprised that Australians have the best reputation, with Americans and west Europeans also scoring well.
