Yeah exactly lol. Was just about to comment "in other news, the grass is green"

>“let’s pretend we can pass around like a European team but for gods sake don’t ever shoot the ball”

I was just talking to a friend of mine about how much of overkill the passing in the attacking third or in the dying minutes of the game has been by literally every other team in today's football. You're not fucking Man City or the Tiki Taka Barca or the 2010 Bosque coached Spain side. And the worst part that absolutely tilts me to no end is the dying minutes of a game where a match is still drawn (especially between sides who've been equally good in the game) and either side has the ball, or, a losing team has the ball, and there's literally no direct ball being played and there's still 5 players by the fucking half line and they're not even attempting to crowd close to the box and try to create a chance, and then the final straw is when the team in possesion here does a sideways or a backward pass and the ref blows the whistle to end the game. Now I've been watching football for 20 something years and I swear I can't recall too many games 10-15 years back where a team in the situations mentioned above would do that. I remember all teams in situations like that would show the desperation to get a goal and that would be exciting to watch. Today it's just fucking boring as a spectator to witness this crap that is being pulled so often.

And if you think I'm making this shit up, just check the last minute of the recently concluded Ecuador vs Netherlands match. The Dutch got possession with some 20 seconds remaining in added time, and they played 3 fucking passes in Ecuador's half close to the half line. And then Blind has the final touch where he could've literally punt the ball towards the box even if it would be a bit wayward but there'd be a chance it could land in the box and the ref would let the play be completed if the ball was played ahead. But no, the man plays a totally backward pass to Van Dijk or someone in the centre and the ref blows the whistle to end the game.

Whaat??