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Football Hipster Behaviour


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23 hours ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Have met a lot of Irish lads over the years who support the Mancs but stay in Liverpool because they like the atmosphere here when they are over for games and find Mancs cold.

 

I have come across a few myself. I honestly don't know how you could square footballing passion for a club with a distaste for the city it is based in. The level of cognitive dissonance that creates must be something else.

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18 minutes ago, Em City said:

 

I have come across a few myself. I honestly don't know how you could square footballing passion for a club with a distaste for the city it is based in. The level of cognitive dissonance that creates must be something else.

I'd say most OOTs are in the same boat.  But let's not get into that one. 

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Controversial opinions that you make out to be grounded in pure perceptiveness, but are actually blind fan loyalty - there's nothing wrong with being one-eyed and hypocritical, it's part and parcel of football fan culture and, if you ask me, one of the perks of it. But take this as a case in point: idly reading through the comments section on a Guardian article on Paul Pogba (I know, I know), and there's a circle-jerk of mancs agreeing with each other that Andrea Pirlo was overrated and inconsistent, and actually just a mainstream, inferior, "cool to like" version of...

 

wait for it...

 

wait...

 

Michael. Fucking. Carrick.

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