Quote Originally Posted by joecity View Post
Football countered pass n move teams like the old Liverpool n later Bsrcrlona with athletism n drive. Loads of Norwegian types flooded the premier league. Erik Bakke ' Flo, fjortovdt, Risse, they went to the foreign leagues ,, they got done eventually by pep n ticki . tacka n variations there of. Football is cycles. Don't reckon the ball means as much these days as compared to an old team who would say the ball is everything and should be cherished.
One could argue that pep made bayern a little boring after Jupp Heynckes made them that fast powerful counter attacking team that dismantled barca, real Madrid adopted a similar style to dismantle bayern