Well. My view would be that financial interests have bought the branding of the EPL as 'exciting' 'fast paced' 'any team can beat any other' and turned it into a spanish dancing competition, where the best squads, from the largest financial powerhouse owners, have an intrinsic built in advantage (from the rules, the officiating, the governance, and the marketing) to ensure that the rich stay richest, and the also rans don't have a chance. People have been conditioned to think that possession stats, completed passes, xG, and the like, are the be all and end all of 'good football'....and it's complete bollocks.
There has always been more than one way to win a football game. The way we play now is a direct descendent of how Forest played when they were the best in the world. It's absolutely good football - where to me good football involves taking the attributes at your disposal, with team spirit, and application, to maximise what you are as a team.
You wont see a better game than yesterday...largely because it was two very different sides, both playing to their strengths, and leaving it all out there (as opposed to dicking around with mostly sideways passes to 'probe' without putting the ball at risk). It was a deserved draw...and deeply entertaining, because it was very different sides both trying to be the best version of themselves, rather than conforming to an aesthetic.
The world has changed though. People don't really like football anymore, it's been rationalised into branding, spreadsheets, and stats. To appeal to a wider demographic who have no idea what they are looking at, and want to be able to bet thinking they have a level of insight.
Anyway, don't think about it, dumb it down. Who is the best player in the league, are they the best player in the world? Do arse-an-all need a striker? Who is in PSR trouble? Steer clear of the actual football bits wherever possible.
