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My argument/moan isn't against barca talking about the clubs philosophy its the faux intellectualism adopted by a lot of people as a result. It's the footballing equivalent of the sixth form student rocking up to college with a copy of Proust/Camus/Satre under their arm. Too many people adopt...

There seems to be an increasing trend to intellectualise football, as seen in an obsession with formations and the naming of 'new' positions (inverse wingers, false 9's etc etc). It is, IMO, mostly bollocks. Formations are just a very simple representation of what goes on on the pitch. As...