Re: Soccer fans' behaviour
Reply #28 –
The irony is people calling soccer boring yet being followers of test cricket.
The game isnt all about scoring. Anyone too focussed on goals is not appreciating the tactical arm wrestle that occurs when the game is played adeptly.
The issue with Australian soccer is more to do with quality and smarts than it does anything else. My wife looks at the proffesional soccer players and cannot differentiate between us amateur part timers which is either a massive compliment to us(unlikely) or speaks for how bad your average top flight players are (bingo).
There is much absolute rubbish being touted as fact in this topic. Fans dont get frustrated from a lack of scoring leading to violence. Ive seen plenty of borin high scoring soccer and Afl games, likewise i have seen plenty of close contests from both codes with the similar level of apprehension about the result.
Violence follows violent people. It doesnt have anything to do with a sporting code nor does it have anything to do with a match itself. Just sometimes people are f-wits.