Also the changes in the game these days like the predator boots and how light the ball is have had a huge impact. Not too many players back in the day could hit the ball so hard and accurately like Tommy Gemmells rockets , if he were playing with todays boots and ball it would either burst (which happens quite often) or it would land in another country. The way the ball moves through the air is a beautiful thing to see when it's done right, even the balls nakamura scored with v man utd (sublime) , those balls were different from what's being used now. Theyre becoming more and more like what we used to call a blow away ball as kids 50p R.S. McColls