The worst each league has to offer Pt. 2
First, I apologize for the long delay between posts.
Anyway, after looking at the worst the Bundesliga and Premierleague has to offer fan- wise, on to the next part...as always not to be taken quite seriously...
The Serie A whiner
The Serie A whiner is characterized by the need to complain. About everything. How unfair it is that the Europaleague accounts for an equal amount of Coefficient points as does the Championsleague (despite these rules being in place for years). How this disadvantages Italian clubs because they can't be bothered to take this "loser" competition seriously as oppossed to their German and Spanish counterparts. How Platini should immediatly reform this, it is all a giant UEFA conspiracy against Italy anyway ( though interestingly all fans always seem to think that their league is singled out for discrimination by UEFA for the most spurious of reasons). How everybody in the International press only focusses on the negatives of Italian football (match- fixing, diving, empty stadia, violence and racism). Though I concede they may have a legitimate gripe with the last point. But the reason for the malaise is always attributed to external factors instead of engaging in a bit of self- reflection
The La Liga Purist
The La Liga purist sneers at teams that don't play a certain style of football. God beware that someone plays a bit of a more physical game, as characterized in its most pure form by Stoke, or that a referee takes a more lenient line towards tackling and the use of physical tools in a game, the poor sod will be torn apart by fans and press afterwards. The really grating thing is that the non- physical, passing game (as embodied by the admittedly brilliant Barcelona) is elevated to a position of religion, no alternative styles accepted. It is not the preference for one style of football over the other that is so irritating, it is the negation that it is especially the difference between the different ways of playing football that actually make the beautifull game "beautifull".
The MLS Inferiority Complex
I read a lot of US- American and Canadian soccer blogs, and one thing noticable is a bloody irritating inferiority complex MLS fans struggle with. Yes, it is a relatively young league, and football is not the major sport in the USA or Canada, but this is no reason to go into deep bouts of navel- gazing, including the tedious topic of whether you call it "soccer" or "football", what everybody will think about MLS, David Beckham, etc. Or conversely go the other way complaining about "Eurosnobs" and see insults and condescendation whenever there are reports about the MLS in the non- American press. Just relax.
Anyway, that is all for now.
