you have to understand how tedious it is to see all the snarky and supercilious comments by freepers who come on to these threads and make their oh-so-witty comments. The first 50 are just about tolerable, after that it starts to wear. If you could think of something original and funny to disparage football, you're likely to get a more receptive welcome.
And in all fairness, Mr Irish has actally come onside.
Fighting Irish has seen the soccer chick pics and he's coming around. Also he's stuck around for the fun instead of dropping flames and running like the haters do.