A lot of words there and I saw the word 'palpable' so I didn't read it all.

No I did really. And I agree, that's why I said "when in full flow."

Surely though that is the way to aspire to play football.

Also you make a valid point about them changing their style after Switzerland. They were mugged from memory, The Swiss defended deep and hit them on the counter, this set the template for how all the other teams played against them and would have left them vulnerable to it happening again had they played the same way.

This is why they adopted the style they did and it won them the tournament.

As I say they weren't in full flow which is when they are exhilarating to watch, Barca even more so as they have possibly the best dribbler in the world in their side in Messi which gives them even more and a different kind of threat.

Posted By: jafski, Oct 14, 11:14:25