Sepp is developing nicely ... Looks like he'll be a good CB at worst at this level.
EPL Week 26 Other Matches - February 10-12th
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It was always a bit of snobbishness about it though. "The beautiful game" etc.
It's business. Always has been. The good teams could just afford to have a bit more flair. Now flair isnt statistically viable.
Arteta is Arsenal’s excuse, years of David Moyes indoctrination…..even Mourinho’s Chelsea had more flair than Arteta’s set up. Probably been watching the good old years of boring boring 1-0 to the Arsenal under George Graham on VHS.
Just like baseball and basketball, analytics showing the most efficient route to a result are making the game less watchable.
No one wants to see NBA players chuck up 40 three pointers per game or the entire field shift in MLB because we know exactly where this player hits it. But players and managers are hired, paid and fired based on results.
I don't mind the long throws and attention on set pieces tbh. But the time taken to deliver them needs to be capped or else we might as well just run a series of discontinuous plays like American football.
