The Truth: Are Set Pieces Hurting Football's Entertainment?
Welcome back to The Truth! Sam & Dougie are back in the studio and today they're taking a look at the increased use of set pieces to score goals across the Premier League this season, and whether it has a detrimental effect on the watchability of games...
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Show Notes
It's time for The Truth!
Sam and Dougie are back in the studio to look at the proliferation of set pieces across the entirety of the Premier League's clubs this season, and the impact that it is having on games and entertainment value.
We discuss the direct nature of games this season, the rise of better organised defensive units and the fact that set pieces offer a tangible way to crack tight games open, as well as the fact that football tends to turn in cycles - with a famous quote from a game in 2005 that could just as easily be applied to certain games this season.
So, is this just the cyclical nature of the footballing wheel taking another turn, or the harbinger of something more worrying within the game? As ever, The Truth is somewhere in the middle...
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