I understand how you could assume that from the question I posted. I just hope you'll be able to understand that not all assumptions are true. .
See... you don't like it either when someone assumes you may not be able to understand something. So let' agree not to play that way together...okay?
Yes, I definitely agree that's possible. I guess what I was saying was that I'm not sure we'd refer to that as "full on dominance" by one team. Which comes from people here being used to watching games where if a dominant attacking team can be held to a tie score (before "sudden death" events), that says something good about both teams.
Good explanation. But I don't want to take up playing at 59 to learn something that I can see with my own eyes is true. And since I'd never be playing with or against players of World Cup ability, I'd only learn what you already mentioned: my buddies suck at playing the game.
And just to lend some transparency. I don't watch football of any other kind. Except for the Super Bowl (for religious reasons, per Lewis Black). And I don't have an opinion about whether footBall is better than handEgg. But I tend to pay attention any time a country with a buying population the size of this one gets interested in something they weren't very interested in before.
So I'd like to understand this game a little better, without having to invest any time into watching games. And something I hear a lot is that the low scores don't seem to make sense to the people who do watch, and that it's also a reason why some people here don't get interested enough to watch.
It's like the game is designed that way. So I'm looking for a better understanding of the fans who *like* the fact that's it works that way. Versus the people who prefer games where there's a lot of scoring.
Anyway, thanks for the replies and I do understand what you were both saying. Maybe some of the answer is that aggressive dominance is valued higher than successful defense. At least that would explain the idea that a team can totally dominate a game yet barely score in all that time on the field.
