haha I read that post and I was like, okay, you can think what you like, but your thesis on why RM fans are better than Barça fans is "I bet Barça fans would be less classy if the situation were reversed"? looooooooool. we have entered a logic-free zone! nobody warned me! there should have been one of those little pop-up window notifications! you're totally right, it's exactly what your ninth-grade English teacher would have told you not to do because it ignores all the contrary evidence, but it's also the kind of paper that sounds REALLY CONVINCING to someone who hasn't actually read the book. (can you tell that I spend a lot of time bullshitting papers? I have this shit down to an art!)
most of the things she's complaining about did happen (I still think getting upset at Messi for taking that tumble is wrong - when my commentator saw that tackle he was horrified, and that shit happens to Messi ALL THE TIME), so ok, whatever. don't think Pique showing five to the home fans is disrespectful (and if you don't want him to do that how about you don't get scored on five times...) but interpretations are going to vary. the thing is - a lot of Barcelona fans admit that Pep shouldn't have done what he did. it was atypical of him. (not going to lie and say I didn't enjoy the aftermath, but I'm shallow and Victor Valdes is hot when he's angry.) we're not all proud of the Pinto whistling incident. if Messi did dive (he got an elbow to the face, I'm pretty sure that is a carding offense, but whatever) I'm not proud of that either. but the fact that Barcelona fans spend less time apologizing for their team doesn't necessarily mean that they're more forgiving. it could just mean there's less to forgive. (look, I'm sorry, I have never seen ANY Barcelona player do something comparable to straight-red fouling the opposition's player and then shoving both their captains on the way off the field.) idk, I'm not saying it's always true. but I saw a lot of fans leaping to the defense of Alonso and Ramos over the deliberate cards, for example, and Guardiola responded to that incident by taking Pique off so he wouldn't get carded again. sometimes the team really does just give us less cause for embarrassment.
Barcelona, IN GENERAL, gets fewer cards and commits fewer fouls than other teams because of the way they play. it's part of their philosophy, right up there along with "receive, pass, offer". the fans are self-righteous, I'll freely admit, but the team does its best to give justification for that. ugh I'm sorry for rambling, you're right, it just kind of hurts for some reason to see my team and its fans slagged off. ♥ you!
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I have eloped with your analogy.
Date: 2010-12-01 09:51 am (UTC)most of the things she's complaining about did happen (I still think getting upset at Messi for taking that tumble is wrong - when my commentator saw that tackle he was horrified, and that shit happens to Messi ALL THE TIME), so ok, whatever. don't think Pique showing five to the home fans is disrespectful (and if you don't want him to do that how about you don't get scored on five times...) but interpretations are going to vary. the thing is - a lot of Barcelona fans admit that Pep shouldn't have done what he did. it was atypical of him. (not going to lie and say I didn't enjoy the aftermath, but I'm shallow and Victor Valdes is hot when he's angry.) we're not all proud of the Pinto whistling incident. if Messi did dive (he got an elbow to the face, I'm pretty sure that is a carding offense, but whatever) I'm not proud of that either. but the fact that Barcelona fans spend less time apologizing for their team doesn't necessarily mean that they're more forgiving. it could just mean there's less to forgive. (look, I'm sorry, I have never seen ANY Barcelona player do something comparable to straight-red fouling the opposition's player and then shoving both their captains on the way off the field.) idk, I'm not saying it's always true. but I saw a lot of fans leaping to the defense of Alonso and Ramos over the deliberate cards, for example, and Guardiola responded to that incident by taking Pique off so he wouldn't get carded again. sometimes the team really does just give us less cause for embarrassment.
Barcelona, IN GENERAL, gets fewer cards and commits fewer fouls than other teams because of the way they play. it's part of their philosophy, right up there along with "receive, pass, offer". the fans are self-righteous, I'll freely admit, but the team does its best to give justification for that. ugh I'm sorry for rambling, you're right, it just kind of hurts for some reason to see my team and its fans slagged off. ♥ you!