- Jul 28, 2012
- 11,074
- 10,426
- AFL Club
- Geelong
- Other Teams
- QPR, Buffalo Bills
Hate is a very harsh word. I don't hate anyone, I don't like a lot of people and things, but I don't hate them. In football terms, the target is always a perfectly hateable caricature we invent to avoid glimpsing the true enemy staring back at us from over the fence when your team is 5 goals down with 2 minutes to play in the game. The average fan hates the team that inflicts the defeat.
The list is interesting, Essendon get all the hate over the drugs scandal and Geelong come next out of pure envy, they have been too successful for such a long time, many fans can't sleep at night. (Fans hate them because Aussie's are experts at the tall poppy syndrome and tearing down the best at everything) People have been waiting for their downfall for 18 odd years.
Some imbeciles on here actually believe Geelong have some sort of Drug connection? Utter balderdash and total fabrication, not a scrap of evidence exists and it's the invention of jealous tiny minds plus AFL fans are not the sharpest tools in the shed. It's just been a well-run club.
I don't hate any team, there are games I hope we win more than others (Hawthorn for example) But I don't hate a team enough to wish for their demise. Collingwood and Carlton go without saying, we love to win those games because of their success over 100 years. It feels good to beat them more than anyone else.
Hating about sporting teams is probably the fourth most common talking point of every hack comic, right after bad drivers, airline food and how weird the opposite sex is. You may or may not get much consensus on the latter, (guys, just do what they say and don't lose the remote) but sporting teams is an impossibility! Every fan is an expert and all opposition teams are the enemy. There is no compromise.
The list is interesting, Essendon get all the hate over the drugs scandal and Geelong come next out of pure envy, they have been too successful for such a long time, many fans can't sleep at night. (Fans hate them because Aussie's are experts at the tall poppy syndrome and tearing down the best at everything) People have been waiting for their downfall for 18 odd years.
Some imbeciles on here actually believe Geelong have some sort of Drug connection? Utter balderdash and total fabrication, not a scrap of evidence exists and it's the invention of jealous tiny minds plus AFL fans are not the sharpest tools in the shed. It's just been a well-run club.
I don't hate any team, there are games I hope we win more than others (Hawthorn for example) But I don't hate a team enough to wish for their demise. Collingwood and Carlton go without saying, we love to win those games because of their success over 100 years. It feels good to beat them more than anyone else.
Hating about sporting teams is probably the fourth most common talking point of every hack comic, right after bad drivers, airline food and how weird the opposite sex is. You may or may not get much consensus on the latter, (guys, just do what they say and don't lose the remote) but sporting teams is an impossibility! Every fan is an expert and all opposition teams are the enemy. There is no compromise.