Wednesday, April 2, 2008

soccer fan lesson fan

} They need to get a result, or only lose by one, and that not occurring in injury time.
) Only lose by one?? Is that what this once proud club has devolved into? It doesn't matter if we lose by one or five. It's all about the result at this point. PPG. Nothing else. The Kreis clock is ticking, and no "moral losses" will help.
} You know what? I say screw that. I follow the team because I like soccer, and I like the idea that I have a team to support, and if I think the team played well I reserve my right to be perfectly happy with a 1-point road loss to a team that may well be the best in the league. Especially with a group of guys who met in February. Screw that "culture of defeat" and "moral losses" crap and allow me a modicum of liberty in determining how good I perceive the product on the field to be. I think (and I don't want to blow anyone's mind or anything, but I'm crazy like this) that I could even be unhappy with a 1-0 win if I thought we played sloppy ball and lucked our way into an odd goal. How's them apples? Unhappy with 3 crap points, but satisfied with an occasional well-played loss? Hell yeah. If that makes me a bad soccer fan (don't give me crap about it being "a way of life" in other places, because I just don't care), then so be it, but please don't tell me how to judge my team.

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