by Sabre » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:27 pm
And now an answer to Bigmick related to his dogma thread. He mentioned several posters in it, not me, but the topics which he touched are relevant to ongoing discussions like this one.
He mentions people need to admit when they're wrong. He's right, we're all wrong sometimes and myself the first one.
He mentions aswell the danger of dogmas. Myself, I hate dogmas, so I fully agree that aswell. But let's go deeper.
We have that word in Spanish too, it comes from the greek, and it means a belief that it's assumed as a truth.
So when someone asks me to believe something as a truth unconditionally, I don't usually do that. I can't accept as a dogma that rotation doesn't work nor is the KEY factor to explain why we didn't challenge in the past. I can't accept it as a dogma, but I can accept it as a respectable opinion, needless to say.
Is that because I won't accept I'm wrong? No, I just accept I'm wrong when I'm sure of it. Note that, I'm foreign, I hear different pundits, I hear Toshack every week talking about the team, I'm used to other things, so I naturally have an "alien" approach to things. But as strange as they are my views, I don't want to make them a dogma. I don't pretend I was right all along. I just want to be told why I'm wrong and discuss on a player. I want the people disagree with me. Just in case.
For instance, when Alonso was told he bossed the midfield alongside Mascherano, he dismissed that claiming saying the key was Kuyt going lower. When I see the impact of Riera and Keane, I also see that their game help Alonso. Especially when Alonso complained last season in a local radio of Babel's decissions. For me, much of the credit of Xabi playing well, is thanks to his team mates. Of course he also is better because right now he's not recovering from injury. But should I ignore Alonso's words on Kuyt? Should I ignore Toshack's opinion? Should I ignore my own thoughts when I see the matches?
I'm ready to be told I'm wrong. I'm ready to be told I know nothing of association football. But I won't buy dogmas that I disagree. Alonso has improved yes, but thanks to his team mates, thanks to he hasn't problems with injuries, and thanks to a slight improvement of form. That's my opinion. If I have to accept that Alonso has been cráp for 18 months with no further explanation, then that's the very definition of dogma.
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Sabre on Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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