Very interesting article in the Times today.
"Creativity can’t happen without mistakes. In the PL last season, Liverpool made the second-highest errors leading to shots. But this is why they were so dangerous - they sought out risky, defence splitting passes. British sport needs to embrace errors" During the two-month mini-season in June and July, one Bruno Fernandes gave the ball away 198 times — more than any other outfielder. He misplaced a league-high 106 passes in the attacking half. No one took more than his 13 unsuccessful shots from outside the box. He took needless risks. He tried absurd flicks when there was a simple ten-yard pass on. He attempted passes as surely doomed as the headstrong blonde who is seduced by 007 in the first 20 minutes of a Bond film. In short, he was a liability in possession. But he also happened to be the most impactful player in the league...As our opportunities for adventure, enjoyment and risk-taking narrow in the outside world, perhaps it’s doubly important that the football pitch is a place for all those things. Of all the players that quicken my pulse, the trio I’m most excited to watch again are Alexander-Arnold, De Bruyne and Fernandes: three torchbearers for the value of trying difficult things, and being unafraid to fail...
The conclusion is inescapable: the best players, those who electrify their teams and excite us as fans, are the ones who get things wrong most often."
Supports those principles encouraged in the FA DNA, particularly although not exclusively, in the Foundation phase. If they cannot make mistakes in this phase or learn that failing is not the opposite of succeeding, it is part of succeeding then when can they?
