“Football is a simple game, complicated by fools.†B. Shankly
And he’s totally correct. At the end of the day, it comes down to twenty two men striving to gain the upper hand on proceedings and determining the outcome of the game. The simpler the plan, the easier it is to execute.
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One gets the impression that if Alex Ferguson hadn’t made it as a football manager, he could well have been a successful architect. A desire for quality resources coupled with an eye for detail would have suggested many a successful project built precisely the way he envisaged. However, Ferguson doesn’t build houses or buildings – he builds football teams. Generally, successful ones with solid foundations, too.
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