Oranges038
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I really don’t think that’s true. Football is different but it’s not like there’s not still a gulf between the richest teams and those below. Tactically I’m not sure many, if any teams, you can say are light years ahead of teams like Ancelotti’s Milan, Pep’s Barca, Mou’s Inter to name three completely different styles from that time. Most of the best teams today are still playing variations of 433, it’s not like there are groundbreaking tactics revolutionising football outside of fitness/conditioning. We’ve been rehashing the same game for decades and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Was talking to an older Liverpool fan last week, and he is fairly adamant that aside from moving the ball around the back, that what he's seeing now, is not all that far removed from what he was watching and playing in the 70s. He's been around long enough and has been going to games in Anfield and abroad since the 70s.
Tactically the game might have moved on, but from a purely technical and aesthetic point of view, it's not better than what we were watching 20-30 years ago.