Originally Posted by Paul
Reading the other thread about Rafa's progress (or otherwise) over the last four years, it struck me how taken in we've become about the notion that football is a science. Now, I'm not dimissing tactics or fitness or even rotation out of hand, but am I alone in thinking that the simple game has been over-complicated to the point of confusion? I mean, isn't winning trophies fundamentally about getting the very best players you possibly can and then letting them go out and do their stuff?
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No, it's about Prozone, analysing how far people have run, where they have run to and analysing how to negate their strengths by telling your players where to run to combat the oppositions movement.
But, first of all you must do a multitude of physical tests on your own players to decide who is going to play in the next game.
Finally, it's about convincing gullible fans that you can't compete with the best teams because of a multitude of excuses.