Football vs Cricket, Long vs Short Game

There's an argument that cricket is the slow game, played over days, more nuanced. Football is more immediate.


But I think it's flawed.


YES those points are true if you assess the game as from start to finishing whistle. 


BUT that's not really what supporters are about. 


90mins of football is just one over in cricket to the fan of the football league. 


To them the game is played with every transfer of a player, every sore throat that stops someone training, every morale sapping tabloid scandal. Football is the longer game! The bit on the pitch is just the busiest bit.