In Reply to: The problem with soccer fans posted by Dr.Bruin on June 20, 2026 at 12:19:30
pops in not to contribute to the conversation at hand, but to deliver a snide remark that has nothing to do with the topic being discussed, people getting ticked off is not being defensive, it's reacting to someone who's just being a dick. If you want to bring up why you don't like soccer, start your own conversation instead of butting into other people's chat to lay a turd.
Yes, soccer has some flaws, and I have no problem with discussing the areas where I think the game can be improved. Sure, handball rules are constantly changing and not always for the better. Sure offside rules can be kinda dumb at times. My enjoyment of the game does not get sullied by someone bringing these points up as a way to improve the game.
That is *not* what you're doing. You're inseting yourself in a conversation just to heckle.
I watch roughly aboout 40 Aussie rules games a year (23 regular seasons,maybe two games a week, plus the finals, i.e. playoffs). What I don't do is to stick my nose into a couple of Aussies chatting about an awesome save some player made in some game and insert a belittling comment however humorous I fancy my comment to be (which, in your case, also happened to be seriously outdated.)
(Not that it matters wrt what I'm talking about, but I do watch quite a few more games in a year than 40, all at the professional level, some national team games, mostly club games. I also assume I have quite a few years on you in terms of my futbol watching experience lifetime. So you're not gonna be able to pull rank on me on that front.)