The urgent football with which Graham Taylor propelled Rocket Man Elton John's Watford from the bottom to the very summit of English football was at odds with the creativity and elite skills demanded by the international game.
That conflict brought Graham and myself into disagreement, sometimes sharply expressed, during his disappointing period as England manager.
I did not approve of the long-ball methods which were so successful at Watford being employed in the development of young players with England potential.
The style favoured by Taylor and others — including academics at the FA — became something of a cult.