Genuine question. These are people who are objectively more talented, more disciplined, and more successful than 99.9% of the population. They’ve dedicated their entire lives to reaching a level most fans couldn’t even approach in their prime, yet every weekend you see keyboard warriors dissecting their performances like they’re experts.I’m not saying pros are immune to criticism, but the confidence with which some fans talk down to elite athletes is wild. Miss one chance or have one bad game and suddenly a guy who’s trained since childhood is “trash,” according to someone whose biggest athletic achievement is not getting winded walking up stairs. What makes it worse is that most fans have no idea what it actually takes to become a professional in a top league. Years of academy football, constant competition, injuries, being cut and re-selected, mental pressure, and performing under global scrutiny...none of that is visible from the couch. These pros are literally the top 0.1% of the top 1%At what point did spectating turn into this bizarre sense of superiority? Why do so many fans speak as if they’d do better given the same pressure, scrutiny, and competition when the evidence clearly says otherwise?
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>>152470089>At what point did spectating turn into this bizarre sense of superiority?Non6footballers yelling abuse at footballers is as old as football and an integral part of the sport
>>152470148thanks, thought the op was edited now i see it
>Genuine question. These are people who are objectively more talented, more disciplined, and more successful than 99.9% of the population. They’ve dedicated their entire lives to reaching a level most fans couldn’t even approach in their prime, yet every weekend you see keyboard warriors dissecting their performances like they’re experts.>I’m not saying pros are immune to criticism, but the confidence with which some fans talk down to elite athletes is wild. Miss one chance or have one bad game and suddenly a guy who’s trained since childhood is “trash,” according to someone whose biggest athletic achievement is not getting winded walking up stairs.>What makes it worse is that most fans have no idea what it actually takes to become a professional in a top league. >Years of academy football, constant competition, injuries, being cut and re-selected, mental pressure, and performing under global scrutiny...none of that is visible from the couch. These pros are literally the top 0.1% of the top 1%>At what point did spectating turn into this bizarre sense of superiority? Why do so many fans speak as if they’d do better given the same pressure, scrutiny, and competition when the evidence clearly says otherwise?
>>152470148thank you for your service o7
>>152470089This is part of what the footballers are paid for, to serve as the receptacles of the repressed anger of the average worker
>>152470148Lel
>>152470089I'm autistic so I pick up on patterns quickly and can usually tell if a player is legit, overrated, underrated, could be very good if they improve in a certain area or fraudulent
>>152470089>These pros are literally the top 0.1% of the top 1% of people that can kick a ballbelieve me these retards would be living under a bridge if it were for me
>>152478166I believe you, who is your favorite player and who are the biggest talents?
>>152470089cuck
I root for the personal failure and misery of all professional football players
>>152470089do you think this footballer could do your job?
>>152470089They're taller than Messi and live vicariously through Haaland or RonaldoOr maybe they're lying about who they really are because soccer to them is just more /r9k/ or /int/ idpol bullshit and they don't actually care about the sport itself
>>152470089Smart people can still say bullshit from time to time. You can recognize someone is better than you and still hold him to standards - especially if that person earns loads of money and is hailed as an exemplary role model by the public as well. It's also your right to have an opinion on people involved with things you hold dear in general. Most people will both criticize and praise players depending on the situation, and both sides are completely fine. People genuinely considering an athlete beneath themselves is not the norm. The element of immersion and involvement is as old as the sport itself and generally a good thing since it signifies emotional value ... but I think I agree with you that it has become a bit more unhinged in recent years, probably due to the football sphere becoming more and more detached from everyday life and "traditions", financially and so on ... and due to the anonymity and desensitization anonymous conduct on the internet can cause
>>152470089everyone ive met who was any good at soccer was a dick. fuck soccer players
>>152470089Several reasons. People's lives are empty. Most of their opinions are fueled by resentment, anger, racism and boredom. Some of what you read are knee-jerk emotional reactions to whatever happens to be going on at the moment. Players can't succumb to whims of moments or else they would never make it as professionals.Occasionally you see a mentally weak player crumble and you see why they can't continue or never made it.I don't think most professions care about criticism or praise, they're seen tides change quickly and they know fans are fickle.But you're correct, most people are just making themselves look stupid when they post strong personal opinions about players.
