Comments on: Death to the 4-5-1 http://www.epltalk.com/death-to-the-4-5-1/176 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:14:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rampart http://www.epltalk.com/death-to-the-4-5-1/176#comment-164 Rampart Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:42:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/07/03/death-to-the-4-5-1/#comment-164 This is like the 1995 New Jersey Devils killing offensive-minded hockey with the boring but effective neutral zone trap.<br/><br/>I agree that the 4-5-1 has really turned off a lot of new viewers to the game. Many of my friends, who gave the sport a watch at my insistence, found the sport to be as boring as the US media makes it out to be.<br/><br/>So, how do you get away from the 4-5-1? (FIFA President) Sepp Blatter made a comment about the low scoring games, and he seems to be unhappy about it. Could some sort of new rules be put in place to add to the offense? This is like the 1995 New Jersey Devils killing offensive-minded hockey with the boring but effective neutral zone trap.

I agree that the 4-5-1 has really turned off a lot of new viewers to the game. Many of my friends, who gave the sport a watch at my insistence, found the sport to be as boring as the US media makes it out to be.

So, how do you get away from the 4-5-1? (FIFA President) Sepp Blatter made a comment about the low scoring games, and he seems to be unhappy about it. Could some sort of new rules be put in place to add to the offense?

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