Quote Originally Posted by MikeSB View Post
Its probably why football was far more enjoyable to watch as a spectator sport back then ............



On that we can agree ......although I can only go back as far as the 70s!

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough, I have never said football is more enjoyable nowadays - indeed , I say quite the reverse!!
The advent of the Premier League and the huge influx of foreign players saw to that!
And are Man City that great to watch? Where's the fun in watching a team retain possession for 80% of the game?
They slowly but surely stifle the opposition into submission.
Give me high tempo, end-to-end any day.

My point though was things change, it happens, it's unavoidable - not necessarily for the better, not necessarily progress but what used to work then doesn't always work now. And just because we won the World Cup in our back yard with no (or little) coaching and no academies, it doesn't mean we could do the same now. Not unless every other footballing nation does the same. Can't see that happening!