With increased competition, the last three seasons have been most demanding for football clubs. Most clubs in Europe changed management in an attempt to cope with increasing pressure for club glory.
Last year, almost every other week, there was at least a club terminating manager’s or coach’s contract. Different managers had come in with sole football physolophies, but when they were proved dysfunctional and incapable of securing club success, they got sacked by club owners.
Instantly, review processes began that saw football physolophies and systems change to suit the changing times. Indeed this has had positive impact on most clubs. In England, one, as much as the big clubs themselves, must have seen surprises from re-evolved clubs –regardless of the history and size.
Styles, physolophies and systems of football for the affected managers had tended to satisfy mainly managers’ or coaches’ egos rather than the aspiration of the club –their fans and/or supporters and club owners. It must have been because of their failure to modify game approaches at such critical and change-need times that performance terribly served nobody well.
Now, with the new football age history is bound to get broken, as teams now come just to play one mindset; to win. They are fearless and play comfortably, no matter -who they are playing against. And at the end, they register full points.
Formulated phylosophies and systems cannot be permanent. They could serve the club excellently over years, and the temptations, then, could be that it (the system) continues to serve regardless.
One would reach the climax of saying no to change, where surely yes much applies. How useful would be any philosophy and so called system without winning games? How would it be for the fans who sacrifice time and money to see games? What about their cardiovascular health?
Of course any one would be grateful for what certain football phylosophies have done -like the ability to raise players who play what the system needs and display of entertaining football. However, it could be tiring, as well, playing such football without effect –in terms of wins rather than defeats.
Much as some managers have got almost all powers over the club development process, they must know though that they serve not only players or themselves, but the fan world as well. Their decision must be comprehensive enough to cater for the fans wishes, where apart from the beautiful soccer displays, players and player selectors work out everything to win games.
Effective passing of the ball must have connection with target. Players must show the burning fire to hit targets and fight their gut out against losing. Surely, that too could be a fan’s wish.
Other than fantasy football experimentation, the club must be in position to field different class of players for certain situations. For example; physical games would force a player like fabregas to strike the goal or play as forward, while Song and Denilson check the mid-field pressure. It may be any other -who the manager finds suitable for the game atmosphere. But it should not be similar set of players to face whichever club and all situations.
Other categories would be pressure-game players, experienced type, magic or impact players, no nonsense fight-hard players, instinct players, fast game and slow-down players, precision goal scorers –all contributing to all round needs of the team. Each or a mixture could be deployed to play depending on the nature of the opponent.
It seems though that entertaining football shows could be more effective at champion league level than physical premiership. There can be more player protection in the former than latter for any physical incident.
In addition, players’ varied game attributes must be revealed to them (prayers), so that they are let to know when their unique abilities and skills would be needed. They, also, must appreciate the diferent unique contributions each would offer for the betterment of the club.
Meanwhile the foot ball associations and club executive could perhaps need to consider the idea of a fan’s doctor –to cater for the health implications resulting from the “club choice” to lose games.
Many of the fans understandably watch matches for wellness purposes –when their favorite club or players consistently win games. If the habit turned out to be losses in games played for the next three to six games, then surely, some fans’ could need to save their lives by boycotting until normalcy evidently took root.
Jacob Waiswa
Situation Health Analyst
waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk
Waiswa is a soccer fan
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