You can still have that though. Those Madrid-Barca games were a contest.
I'd rather play than watch ninety percent of the time.I'm not anti skill anti technique, I just need the contest to come first and to be fierce and hard fought or I'm not interested. It's just men prancing around in shorts otherwise. Don't need it.
People moaned about that but they kept winning (until they didn't) - I'd like people to moan if it were me, the point is not to complain about the way someone beats you, the point is to figure out how to beat them.Depends. I get really frustrated watching teams like Mourinho's Inter or Simeone's Atletico at their most cynical. I don't mind reactive football, but when it's taken to an extreme like that it's just irritating. Likewise when Spain took the possession game too far and started playing without a striker. I don't want to watch 90 minutes of sideways passing.
That doesn't make it fun to watch. That's a completely different discussion. I'm talking from the perspective of a spectator. I never played against them.People moaned about that but they kept winning (until they didn't) - I'd like people to moan if it were me, the point is not to complain about the way someone beats you, the point is to figure out how to beat them.
I dunno. The suspicion is that Spain could have played any way and been good so why play like that... whereas Charlton's Ireland had to to avoid getting blatted.That doesn't make it fun to watch. That's a completely different discussion. I'm talking from the perspective of a spectator. I never played against them.