Oh! Now I remember why I’m a dick about this. There’s nothing to be ignorant of. Your little game has no more complexity than a children’s game of tag. There’s no strategy of note in soccer, the players spend almost the entire game trying to get close enough to an enormous net to get the ball in but can’t because of it’s restrictive rules. This is why it’s the McDonalds of sports, bland simplicity for the masses who can’t be bothered to develop an appreciation of anything of sports that require skill, teamwork, strategy and management. It’s the only major sport I know of that can be played by 5 year-old children using the same rules of the pros, and end up with the same results.
Way to completely miss the point of his post. (and a completely misunderstanding of the strategy in soccer - I recommend “Inverting the Pyramid” by Jonathan Wilson if you are really interested in learning about this)
it is defintely simple to play and explain and spectate. That is one of the reasons for its widespread popularity. But simple does not mean there is no strategic or tactical side to the sport. I assume you’d also claim there is no strategy in basketball or hockey? If not, why not?
Ha! all sport is defined by restrictive rules. That is what sport is. Why on earth do they restrict baseball bats to those dinky widths? Why do they put the basket up so high? Why do they not allow you to wrestle basketball players to the ground as in rugby? Why are you only allowed five hockey players on the ice at any one time and why are the nets so small and the keepers allowed to bulk up wth padding and massive gloves?
They don’t use the same rules for 5 year olds as they do for the pros. Like I said above and as you keep displaying beautifully…you are ignorant, in the true technical sense of the word your posts show you have literally no idea what you are talking about.
You know what I do when faced with a knowledge gap? I either educate myself or bow out of the discussion and say “this is not for me” either is a fine and noble course of action.