Whoa Jonno, didn't know you were that ancient

But anyway to all football fans, just a question, does your enthusiasm wear off? I mean, I think I may have lost my footballing mojo a little bit. When I was in high school, I would watch every match televised [and I am not exagerating] but since then, now in college, I have tended to miss a match here and there. I must admit, I have missed a couple of United matches this season [Roma, Pompey and League Cup]. So does this make me any less of a real fan?

I am a consumer and I am looking for a superior product and it is of my opinion that Malaysian football as a product is of inferior quality which is why I resort to the EPL, not La Liga and not Serie A. You can go at great lengths about patriotism and saying it's no point knowing a lot about Manchester United when you know nuts about your own national team but fact of the matter, is I don't really care and I don't need anyone's approval [best word I can think of right now] to call myself a real Manchester United fan.

Errr...if I were a supporter of Perak or god-knows-where, why would I 'progress' to the foreign leagues? The reason why I don't even support any of our local teams is because I think that the product [football, commentary, how it is marketed and everything] is inferior. I would only look elsewhere if that were the case and sadly, it is so. And, your claims that consumers cannot be loyal is fallacious. Haven't you heard of brand loyalty? I started consuming Manchester United but then, there's an emotional affinity that goes beyond rational preference.

And as I have said, I really do not need your approval to prove myself as a real fan. I can go on and say all the right things about any team in the world but that would mean F all as no one would truly know how I feel but me.

This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Feb 8 2008, 05:59 PM

Now, what I don't get is why would we progress to foreign leagues if the Malaysian league was good enough? If I were in England (born and bred), why would I support Madrid or Barca? I would support my local team since the league system and everything is alright. However, since the local league's crap, hence me watching a foreign league and supporting a foreign team.

Secondly, I know nuts about Malaysian football but so? Is literature on it widely available? NO! Try googling Mokhtar Dahari and see how many results provide information. Secondly, ever come across anyone reading about a club, then only supporting them? I'd be amazed if madmoz or air_mood started reading about the clubs' history before starting to watch a clubs' match! So I don't support the national team or any of the local clubs, as such, why read on them?

This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Feb 9 2008, 02:18 PM

If I were an ex semi-pro, I would have achieved as much as you would have, which is nothing. Secondly, just because you were a semi-pro doesn't give you more of a right to express your opinion over anything. You don't have to be a former Prime Minister to critique the government. Otherwise, the thing we call freedom of speech? It wouldn't exist. Stop deluding yourself thinking you have more of a right than us. Learn to type properly before anything

And the opinions of UK fans aren't better than ours or anything. So just because they agree with you doesn't make you right. Go on and tell them about us? What are you going to do?

This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Feb 9 2008, 06:59 PM

Considering the fact that you'll know what we say why don't you reply the posts that we are about to post to save us the time. Has the number of headers you've contested affected your brain? I mean, seriously, the shit that you type, just makes no sense. I know this is the Internet but surely even the Internet has a limit for daftness.

The guy is a well known troll. He went into Education Essentials and spewed crap on why UK education is superior, only to get taught a lesson by azarimy and he never came back there again........

Do you seriously get that F-er's argument with 'natural progression'? Because I don't. Why would I progress to a foreign league if the current local league were good and entertaining enough? I'd only bypass it because it's shite. And he was referring to all EPL fans when with the 'glamour pondan' remark, no?

Any chance your cousin's called Kimberley?

You can't just utter crap and then hope to bail yourself out by saying no offense. It doesn't work that way.

LOL, oh gosh, is there really a need to prove yourself as a real fan over the Internet? I'd be amazed if there's a definite period to feel sad over a result to be a real fan! Personally, depends on circumstances of the game and what I have in 'real' life as well lah. If I have a big exam/date/function to attend to, little time to cry over spilled milk.