I have Italian friends . . . I digress, I think you misunderstood my post . . .THe top level game has become driven by money, results league position and trophies generate it . . . Players get given it, shit loads of it. whilst I/you/we don't think about money when they take the field, and we...
Absolute bollocks, we produced some of the best shithouse players. :rolleyes:
Hi stakes = high risk
TOtally agree about officials, not fit for purpose in the PL, which is an embarassment, at least it should be for the PL and refs.
Elite level anything is all about business and money, F1, PL, IPL, etc etc, you need to drop several rungs before you get to competition driven sport. It's impossible to define but sunday league and banger racing are purer sporting events than PL or F1