Im looking for older members on here to answer this question. Those of you who have been watching football for 30+ years..........
I have taken extract in red from a BBC article about the video technology argument and how the game as changed due to speed.
So the question is-
Do you think that the game has really changed so much in terms of speed? Im just wondering because we often compare players and teams of today to Legendary Liverpool teams of the late 70's and early 80's. Is football today really played at twice the speed and if thats the case then are today's elite much superior to those who mastered the game 20 years ago at the top level?
Where to start? By common consensus, football at the top level - premier European and South American leagues, elite continental competitions (ie the Champions League), and international tournaments - has become much quicker than, say, 15 years ago.
Watch, for example, a match between Arsenal and Chelsea from 1993. The ferocity and commitment will be just the same as it is today. But, crucially, the pace is unrecognisably quicker and the all-round technical ability, to a man, a shade or two higher.
"Match officials are slightly overwhelmed by the speed of the (modern) game"
William Gaillard
Uefa director of communications
The result? The flow of play, generally, is moving around the pitch at virtually twice the speed it used to (think of an era when every player wore black boots and back-chat was not commonplace).
I have taken extract in red from a BBC article about the video technology argument and how the game as changed due to speed.
So the question is-
Do you think that the game has really changed so much in terms of speed? Im just wondering because we often compare players and teams of today to Legendary Liverpool teams of the late 70's and early 80's. Is football today really played at twice the speed and if thats the case then are today's elite much superior to those who mastered the game 20 years ago at the top level?
Where to start? By common consensus, football at the top level - premier European and South American leagues, elite continental competitions (ie the Champions League), and international tournaments - has become much quicker than, say, 15 years ago.
Watch, for example, a match between Arsenal and Chelsea from 1993. The ferocity and commitment will be just the same as it is today. But, crucially, the pace is unrecognisably quicker and the all-round technical ability, to a man, a shade or two higher.
"Match officials are slightly overwhelmed by the speed of the (modern) game"
William Gaillard
Uefa director of communications
The result? The flow of play, generally, is moving around the pitch at virtually twice the speed it used to (think of an era when every player wore black boots and back-chat was not commonplace).
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