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Posted April 05, 2016 03:02 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:43

[/quote] how is he an idiot? For pointing out bad displays of football? Or lack of football

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Perhaps by forgetting Football's code of conduct:

Play to Win
Winning is the object of playing any game. Never set out to lose. If you do not play to win, you are cheating your opponents, deceiving those who are watching, and also fooling yourself. Never give up against stronger opponents but never relent against weaker ones. It is an insult to any opponent to play at less than full strength. Play to win, until the final whistle.

You play to win. It's the first thing in Football, everything else comes after that. Football isn't about playing pretty, it's about winning and there are very many strategies to do that. If you can win and play pretty well good job. But if you prefer to play pretty and are happy to lose, change the way you play because by putting prettiness before winning you are cheating yourself and your opposition. And if you like to play pretty but can't deal with long-ball football then you just aren't good enough. This is the crux of it in Dunedin I think. Teams aren't good enough to beat certain other teams and so they take up the high-brow argument, "They only win cos they play long, but we play 'better' Football". That's just a load of old cobblers. The best Football approach is the one that wins. And I'm not talking about kids playing u-5s so don't go there - I'm talking about competitive Football.

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Unknown editor edited March 18, 2021 07:43

[/quote] how is he an idiot? For pointing out bad displays of football? Or lack of football

[/quote]

Perhaps by forgetting Football's code of conduct:

Play to Win
Winning is the object of playing any game. Never set out to lose. If you do not play to win, you are cheating your opponents, deceiving those who are watching, and also fooling yourself. Never give up against stronger opponents but never relent against weaker ones. It is an insult to any opponent to play at less than full strength. Play to win, until the final whistle.

You play to win. It's the first thing in Football, everything else comes after that. Football isn't about playing pretty, it's about winning and there are very many strategies to do that. If you can win and play pretty well good job. But if you prefer to play pretty and are happy to lose, change the way you play because by putting prettiness before winning you are cheating yourself and your opposition. And if you like to play pretty but can't deal with long-ball football then you just aren't good enough. This is the crux of it in Dunedin I think. Teams aren't good enough to beat certain other teams and so they take up the high-brow argument, "They only win cos they play long, but we play 'better' Football". That's just a load of old cobblers. The best Football approach is the one that wins. And I'm not talking about kids playing u-5s so don't go there - I'm talking about competitive Football.