Since it's quiet, something's been disturbing me since the Bromley game.....
When Tuna tucked away the penalty, dozens of kids who'd run round behind the goal to see it understandably leapt around and shared the moment. Average age was probably about 12-13 but among them were two guys who seemed to be about late twenties. A good 30 seconds after their initial "euphoria" (YESS! with full on clenched fists) had subsided, they then felt the need to stage the whole thing again, complete with angsty faces for extra effect so that the "moment" could be captured on a mobile and doubtless despatched to Facebook etc.
Now, why would they (you?) do that? Was it:
a. Because they were really excited that we'd clinched a late win in a meaningless leg-stretch at Bromley?
b. Because they were taking the pee? (didn't look like it)
c. (far more disturbing) Because they thought that's what they were supposed to do having seen it all in ads by Pepsi, Nike, and all the other companies that've jumped aboard since football became fashionable, and wanted to look like "real" fans?
Along the same lines is the nauseating false "passion" that people over the age of 14 feel obliged to demonstrate as the Sky camera pans along the front of any given crowd. More than once we've been treated to despondent crest-fallen fans (who stay in the empty stadium after their team's been relegated hoping to be filmed) leap up and wave to the camera once they've appeared on the big screen. Funny how soon you can forget something that's left you so distraught!
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e. you look far much into these things
Sounds a bit like it se7. Must've touched a nerve!
didn't hit a nerve at all mate