I hate time wasting. I get it that winning ugly is better than not winning, and I think we have been in the receiving end far more than giving it out, but for me the game is there to be played, not to be avoided.
Interesting article from BBC statisticians last season about the amount of time actually played.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40993250
They reckon a typical premier league game has between 47 and 60 minutes of actual play.
For anyone who is as interested in this kind of statistic as me, there is a BBC “More or less” podcast on the topic that accompanied this article