Mate. Come now. You need to improve your similies. F1 cars don't sacrifice basic functions for speed. Thats my point in a nutshell.
Going back to what you said in an earlier post about evolution. To some extent I agree, but I think tactics are more cyclical than purely advancing forwards. What annoys me is I know in a few years the cycle will change and there will be a new upcoming coach or two who play a style more akin to late 90s football, more direct, defenders who keep it simple or go long. Yet what will happen is it will be touted as something new and different. It won't be 'whacking into the channel' or 'hoofing it up to the big man', it will described as an inventive way of 'playing over the press' or 'vertical possession' or some other such hipster nonsense.
Its also overly disparaging to CBs of past eras. The likes of John Terry, Vidic, Rio, Campbell, King, even Carragher were no dopes on the ball. Im not even sure the likes of Lindelof are much better on the ball than they were, if he even is at all. Yet he is considerably, immeasurably worse at actually defending.