RedTillI'mDead
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A quote from White Men Cant Jump. A brilliant film for any of you youngsters that may have missed it. It doesn't lose its edge with time.
Anyway, on the point and this is loosely linked to Ole and him being considered as a permanent candidate.
Would you rather keep things fun and attacking like they are now and over the season lose a few more points from a certain level of naivety and thus maybe not win the big trophies, but enjoy watching every game. Or have LVG/ Mourinho football and win more trophies.
I'm not trying to be too specific on this, but broadly lots of fun, but not so many trophies, or not much fun but lots of trophies.
I feel like we have been spoilt as fans so in many ways I'm not desperate for trophies. But after having the last 5 years of shite I am desperate for more of this free flowing attacking football and frankly I don't mind if it costs us points.
Putting it another way entirely would you rather Simeone comes in the summer and wins us a title next year, but with boring as fcuk football. Or stick with Ole, make top 4 and enjoy watching every game.
In reality I think the best form of defence is attack anyway and for every game you lose you'll still gain more points than the pragmatic play that often gets you draws. E.g. 2 wins and 1 loss gives you more points than 1 win and 2 draws.
Attacking football and winning are not mutually exclusive even in today's more compact style of play, so this topic is more about mentality than reality.
Interestingly when I was a footballer I felt much the same. I'd rather take the extra touch, go on a run, try a penetrating pass than turning around and laying off a backwards or side pass. I always got shouted at for this, but for every couple of times I overdid it there were a couple of times where things opened up so in my opinion it felt justified.
Some people just prefer to keep control longer, but possession alone doesn't win you games.
Anyway, on the point and this is loosely linked to Ole and him being considered as a permanent candidate.
Would you rather keep things fun and attacking like they are now and over the season lose a few more points from a certain level of naivety and thus maybe not win the big trophies, but enjoy watching every game. Or have LVG/ Mourinho football and win more trophies.
I'm not trying to be too specific on this, but broadly lots of fun, but not so many trophies, or not much fun but lots of trophies.
I feel like we have been spoilt as fans so in many ways I'm not desperate for trophies. But after having the last 5 years of shite I am desperate for more of this free flowing attacking football and frankly I don't mind if it costs us points.
Putting it another way entirely would you rather Simeone comes in the summer and wins us a title next year, but with boring as fcuk football. Or stick with Ole, make top 4 and enjoy watching every game.
In reality I think the best form of defence is attack anyway and for every game you lose you'll still gain more points than the pragmatic play that often gets you draws. E.g. 2 wins and 1 loss gives you more points than 1 win and 2 draws.
Attacking football and winning are not mutually exclusive even in today's more compact style of play, so this topic is more about mentality than reality.
Interestingly when I was a footballer I felt much the same. I'd rather take the extra touch, go on a run, try a penetrating pass than turning around and laying off a backwards or side pass. I always got shouted at for this, but for every couple of times I overdid it there were a couple of times where things opened up so in my opinion it felt justified.
Some people just prefer to keep control longer, but possession alone doesn't win you games.