Do we lavish too much praise on footballers?

[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!