eire-red
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I understand where he is coming from and he is right to an extent, but under his logic Mourinho should never have been as successful as he has been because he never played the game at the highest level, or anywhere near it. Similarly, not every great player has gone on to become a successful manager, and not all successful managers were exceptional managers.
His assumption is like saying sporting professionals are perfectly rational, and therefore have greater ability to make tactical decisions with a much deeper knowledge of the game. While of course managers and players have a much greater understanding of football, as they should because that is what they are paid for, this does not make all of our thoughts and opinions on the game invalid. The beauty of football is that no two people see the same game.
For example, almost all coaches have favourites who play week in, week out, or systems that might not suit a team but it is what they are used to, or the system that they have built their philosophy on how the game should be played. Does this mean that a coach is right? Or that they cannot be questioned because they are percieved as an expert? Football is completely subjective, no two people see the same game. To suggest that fans who dedicate hours and hours to watching football on a yearly basis "know nothing" is a bit more than ignorant, I do understand where he is coming from to an extent.
Regardless, you don't need to know how to build a watch to tell the time.
His assumption is like saying sporting professionals are perfectly rational, and therefore have greater ability to make tactical decisions with a much deeper knowledge of the game. While of course managers and players have a much greater understanding of football, as they should because that is what they are paid for, this does not make all of our thoughts and opinions on the game invalid. The beauty of football is that no two people see the same game.
For example, almost all coaches have favourites who play week in, week out, or systems that might not suit a team but it is what they are used to, or the system that they have built their philosophy on how the game should be played. Does this mean that a coach is right? Or that they cannot be questioned because they are percieved as an expert? Football is completely subjective, no two people see the same game. To suggest that fans who dedicate hours and hours to watching football on a yearly basis "know nothing" is a bit more than ignorant, I do understand where he is coming from to an extent.
Regardless, you don't need to know how to build a watch to tell the time.