Biggus
Established Member
I don't want to drag this thread in the direction of what is/is not beautiful football because that, like art is a matter subjective opinion.
But football is not an art- although the creation of beauty and controversy are sometimes a by-product of it thats not it's function, because it has a definite purpose and there is a real outcome that must be achieved and that outcome is not open to opinion- there is a result, Barcelona are better than Stoke for one reason only, they've won more.
So therefore the reason the game is played is to achieve this result a win by scoring more goals than your opponent and the best team in a series of games wins a trophy and everything must be subjugated to this brutal fact.
As I always say if you want entertainment go to a movie, football and competitive sports in general speak to very different primal human needs.
But football is not an art- although the creation of beauty and controversy are sometimes a by-product of it thats not it's function, because it has a definite purpose and there is a real outcome that must be achieved and that outcome is not open to opinion- there is a result, Barcelona are better than Stoke for one reason only, they've won more.
So therefore the reason the game is played is to achieve this result a win by scoring more goals than your opponent and the best team in a series of games wins a trophy and everything must be subjugated to this brutal fact.
As I always say if you want entertainment go to a movie, football and competitive sports in general speak to very different primal human needs.