Top fans are the ones who stick with their clubs thru all adversities, which is why respect is due to those Pool fans who stuck with their club thru their barren years. Committing to a club is like committing to a wife. You don't swap them ever (although its becoming more common place in our culture sad to say). Of course, there are those who just watch the game for the sake of it. Like I know a dude who just throws his support behind a club becoz its wat he thinks a guy should do, but has no fecking idea how the offside or backpass rules work. Baffling really. He started off as an Arsenal fan, changed to United, then Chelsea. Last I talked to him, he was behind Hull (early season wat-the-Hull), I can guaran-damn-tee you he's changed it a couple of times again since then.

What separates a top fan from an ordinary fan is his/her loyalty to the club. Always optimistic about their chances. On the issues of players and managers thought, obviously ideally we would want them to be one-club-men like the Totti's or G. Nev's of today. In the real world though, just like us, we have certain aspirations for our careers. Would Ronaldo have become the player he is today if he were to stay at Lisbon? Would Torres be as effective if he continued plying his trade at Atletico? Moves and transfers are all part and parcel of football, just like how job-switching is.