I have a question

If "pragmatic" football (by which I presume to mean not possession based, more direct, etc) trumps 4-3-3 possession based technical football, why don't more successful teams play it?

I don't think it's about style, "philosophy", tactics, or whatever you want to call it. Look at the amount of intensity, pace, fitness and intelligence the top teams have. I think we, or any promoted team, won't be able to compete no matter what type of football. A combination of buying all the best players, staff and facilities and (in my opinion) dodgy medical practices (by which I mean I don't think it's unreasonable to suspect possibilities of doping at the top level) have effectively killed what we used to know as the competitive football pyramid.

Is this not true?

Posted By: APB, May 20, 15:28:07