Effective or Football

In recent times, when a team comes to either Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge or The Emirates, they try to play football with a mind-set that there is no use putting 9 men behind the ball. What this has done is, to make United, Chelsea and Arsenal into fantastic counter-attacking teams. So much so that, they've started to rely on counter-attacking football to score goals.

This was very evident during the United-Sunderland game, where Sunderland parked their bus for 90 minutes and United could not get the breakthrough. Then comes the 91st minute, where a corner for Sunderland turns into an United goal. Off the counter-attack of course. The question is, should Sunderland have allowed United to counter?

A better question would be, should all teams coming to the above mentioned grounds follow Sunderland's example?

As a United, Arsenal and Chelsea fan, I wouldnt like it. As any other team's fan, I would love it.

As a football fan, I would just switch off the TV.