Here’s a fine guest blog from Congy Red.

We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving.

So said Fulham’s most famous fan. Rallied by that stirringly nauseous song, I thought I’d ‘start giving’ by writing an article for the WSA blog.

I have a rough idea what the rules of Association football are, but the rules as applied by far too many teams are these: Rule 1 – Stop the opposition playing. Rule 2 – Hope they make a mistake and score from a set-piece or breakaway.  I don’t want to watch a game with these rules. I thought I was a hopeless dreamer, but something gave credence to the idea that lots of fans may genuinely agree with me. It happened at Stoke.

Tony Pulis was Stoke’s most successful EVER manager. He has never been relegated and looks like he might rally the submarine(worse than a sinking ship!) that was Palace. When Stoke first got in the Premiership under Pulis the ground was filled with season ticket holders creating a raucous din. Last season many fans I knew said they were not going to renew their season tickets, and they didn’t! Stoke’s fans actually got bored of watching Premiership football because of their teams chosen application of The Rules.

Fundamentally teams want to win the game. The rules of the game dictate how that can be done. I see the only way for me to get to watch better football is to change the rules. Rule changes have been commonplace, with one currently being trialled in obscure leagues. The trial is to replace throw-ins by kick-ins. I would call this type of change a practical change, what I want is a philosophical change.

I want teams to be rewarded for playing creative attacking football. This is a change in philosophy from teams being solely rewarded for scoring more goals. I propose that, rather like in boxing the referee decides who is the ‘better’ team when the scores finish even. The ‘better’ team  would get two points, the other gets one, as now.

Hyde have played some great football this year, in my new world they wouldn’t have done any better!, they would still have lost most games. But perhaps they wouldn’t have? They would have been playing teams conscious that drawing a game was potentially costly, and therefore giving Hyde’s creativity a chance to blossom. Wouldn’t the National sides also benefit from better creative play throughout the pyramid? Who is your favourite ever Wrexham player (mine’s Bobby Shinton)? Is it a clogger or a wizard?

In the words of Everton’s most famous supporter, I shall always continue “My struggle” to get to watch attractive football. (That’s a bit obscure, who is it?)

About Me
I have followed Wrexham since 1976/77 , often from afar. I’ve lived in some exotic locations such as Abermorddu, Bwlchgwyn, and currently Congleton, but I am always glued to The Net for news of WFC. My Wrexham claim to fame is that I bowled a cricket ball at Ian Edwards. What really makes me stand out from the crowd on a National scale was when I crashed my car outside Russ Abbotts House. No autograph requests please.

Congy Red