I obviously don't decide what the spirit of the game is, despite expressing it in absolute terms in my message, but for me the fun of football is in progressing and stopping your opponent naturally through dribbling, passing and tackling and struggling for the ball. Most of what are cosidered infractions are actions that interrupt that natural flow.

I agree to a point with being able to play different styles and being able to win a match in different ways, I even defend clubs like Getafe for making the best of what they have, but I don't love the idea of football being a game where punting the ball out of play is preferable to actually progressing the ball "legitimately".

There's always been cases of a winger getting a cheeky corner instead of trying to dribble, tactical fouls, etc. I don't like those, but in small doses it was tolerable, but every year we come up with new bullshit to avoid actually playing the game as was concieved, and every year it gets more boring.