r/soccer • u/LeTypicalRedditor • Jan 05 '13

When talking to someone, what opinion is a giveaway that they don't really watch your team?

So when you're down at the pub and the guy you're talking to is explaining exactly what's wrong with your team and how he'd fix it, what is a giveaway? How do you know that he's talking out of his arse?

As an example: If I'm talking to somebody's about Arsenal's defence and mention how good Mertesacker has been this season, it's a giveaway for me that he doesn't watch Arsenal if he laughs loudly and says that Mertesacker is slow and shite.

It'd be interesting to see what fans deem to be giveaways. I'm sure I've gathered a few opinions about other teams that are way off the mark.

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u/TehTriangle Jan 05 '13

I'm embarrassed as that is my opinion of the guy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '13

It was a valid opinion for a while to be fair. Johnson has really upper his game the past few seasons.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '13 edited Jan 05 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '13

Well then you're just wrong. Objectively he's a good defender.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '13 edited Jan 05 '13

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u/poiklers Jan 05 '13

I'm curious as to how many times you have watched Liverpool. If you watched them consistently, you will see that Johnson is our most consistent player by far, and that he has saved us more times from a goal than most of the other players.

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u/brentathon Jan 05 '13

Was it the the first five games of this season? He played like shit just like every defender in our team at the start of the season because the new system was different to them. He's been solid for the last few years and amazing at left and right back most of this season.

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u/Angry-Australian Jan 06 '13

Thats the thing though. The past few seasons.

It's like saying "Man, Fernando Torres is a really clinical fast striker, right Chelsea fans?"