Against The Flow — A Lost Fish In The Ocean

Resisting the flow of the sea stream is hard, and exhausting. Swimming against the stream is usually, impossible. And still, many continue doing so, in the hope that they will reach their goal, their destiny. From outside, it is impossible, it is madness. But from the first person point of view, there is a way. There must be. It’s about working hard, right?

Many players are like this, especially young player. With the hair covering their face and their vision fixed on the ball, the outside world has no importance, it does not exist. They live in their own universe. Against the flow of play, against the flow of logic, they are praised, independently of the long-term consequences of a dangerously rebellious behavior. Them, against the world. And sometimes, against their own team.

Surely, by now, the reader will have identified an upcoming bright talent of their own favorite team, or any popular youngster. It can be Joao Felix, but it could be so many others? How often have players being praised, for playing against flow of play, often enough said to be ‘the only ones that are still trying’. What if I told you that you have been praising rebellion instead of hard work, like you one thought? Is that spirit of rebellion necessarily positive or negative?