Do we lavish too much praise on footballers?

[the_idiotb_stardson]

I started watching, football in the early 70's. I remember my Dad watching a Liverpool game in tv and tutting as a heavily permed Kevin Keegan indulged himself by running into the kop after a goal.

My old man said ' it was way over the top' and that in his day, it was a pat on the back and a handshake between players after a goal. I thought he was being old fashioned but now I feel the same.

Watching Ronaldo's monstrous ego in the Portugal game and Bellingham, standing arms out- stretched like Christ the Redeemer is way over the top, for people who play a game for a living.

I think they have lost all perspective because we build them up too much.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Quick answer - yes

[Lolmorgan]

Especially those we make out to be world class but are no more than good.

[UlleyMiller]

I'd take the theatrics and excessive praise over some of the other trends which seem to come with today's game.

1. Throwing beer around in fan zones etc when a goal is scored.
2. Pseudo-experts overcomplicating the game - "he's the best number 10 in the league, but he's rubbish if he's 3 inches further back and doesn't have the right sort of deep-lying, left sided, semi-Makalele, half-twist double-pike player behind him"
3. Complaining about footballers having opinions (whilst also complaining that today's players are dull and have no personality...?!?!?)

[CAMiller]

I'd take the theatrics and excessive praise over some of the other trends which seem to come with today's game.

1. Throwing beer around in fan zones etc when a goal is scored.

They do that at the games here in the US, so f*&king annoying!

[gru]

Let young uns have their heroes I've had mine.

[UlleyMiller]

Let young uns have their heroes I've had mine.

My keyboard will barely let me type this... but I agree with Gru.

[the_idiotb_stardson]

Let young uns have their heroes I've had mine.

Stanley Unwin by any chance?

[KerrAvon]

My keyboard will barely let me type this... but I agree with Gru.

It's worse for me. I agree with Grist.

[UlleyMiller]

It's worse for me. I agree with Grist.

There must be some sort of seismic event on the horizon.