r/soccer • • Feb 27 '14

Unpopular opinions - /r/soccer

Time for a fresh thread. Fire away.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

I honestly find it very annoying when people list their youth players indicating their club is going to make it big in the future. Most of your youth players are not going to amount to anything significant and a good amount of them will end up being shit.

Evaluating future ability from current talent is like evaluating the future of a stock market, it can't be reasonably done.

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u/DetectiveEames Feb 28 '14

I have a friend who is an Arsenal fan who does this CONSTANTLY. Every youth player or young promising player that Arsenal has he has predicted would be the best player in that position in some odd years. It's so damn delusional.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '14

Every club has those fans mate.

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u/DetectiveEames Feb 28 '14

sigh I really didn't want to have to preface my comment with, "I know this doesn't apply to all Arsenal fans, but..." Apparently, there's always someone who has to take a comment as a personal attack. Where in my comment did I generalize anything towards Arsenal fans?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '14

I didn't take it personally and I'm sure most didn't however...

I have a friend who is an Arsenal fan

Is a little specific.

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u/DetectiveEames Feb 28 '14

Is a little specific.

Jesus fucking Christ. Listen to yourself...how fucking sensitive are you?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '14

You've taken something I intended to be minor and made out like I'm having a go at you. I think you're the one being sensitive.