Perhaps some people are forgetting that the game is not there simply to provide the spectators with an "excitment at all costs" spectacle. There is a game to be won or played to their best ability by two teams. If it results in a nil all draw it is labelled as "boring", never mind that the players have tried their hearts out for 90 minutes.

Of course teams are going to protect a 1 - nil lead by flooding the defensive areas. They are after all, trying to win.

It is painfully obvious that some of the posters are "armchair experts" and have little or no understanding of the intricacies of this wonderful and ancient game.