it's about appreciation of the style of football, many want gung ho always forward football,but modern football isn't played that way any more, the object is ball possession and players are groomed nowadays not to give the ball away with rash forward passes that won't maintain possession. If you watch many top continental sides the ball goes round and round and forward and back but having it is all that matters, the chessmen move forward slowly until someone is in space and can burst forward. It strikes me that many posters wouldn't enjoy watching Milan or even Real very much at all.I noticed this when i was watching Liverpool the other day, they've gone from Benitez's successful round and round the garden style to hoicking it forward all the time, they of course lose the ball and keep getting beaten.