When the going gets tough . . . Instead, he seems to have spent his free-time watching all those James Bond movies where the hero executes a thrilling rescue just as disaster s about to strike.
Replays are for perverts.
Yes, drama demands suspense, but suspense requires continuity. Cup clashes must reach crescendo at the end of a single encounter, long before passions subside or the goal posts have time to shift. The League and the Cup are different. The penalty shoot-out is splendid entertainment, as far as I m concerned. Sure it makes a mug of the misser and a hero of the hitter, but high drama is all about heroes and villains.