It is our job to be harsh, Rogg.Rogg wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:50 amYou'll find almost total resistance around here to the idea that being in the world's elite is even an achievement. The attitude can be pointlessly negative but totally preferable to the kind of unconditional cult grade reverence that caused a bearded 63 year-old to consider himself an idol to Beckham and a farmer to think he's Madonna. That's just fucking dangerous.
From the outside looking in, even getting a tour card is a huge achievement. Heck, even playing at Lakeside is, considering how many thousands of fuckers will never play there. We, as proud forum users though, shouldn't let out standards sink that low.
Why would I particularly give a fuck or praise a player who managed to scrape the top 32, when many others managed to get into the top 16? There are quite a few top 32 players I couldn't give a fuck about, Wilson, Jamie Lewis, Barneveld, Wattimena, couldn't care less.
We are celebrating when a fresh face like Dimi or Dobey makes it, but in the big picture that's still not what we really care for. We only applaud them as it's a step towards bigger honours. Ultimately, it's the top 10, the PL player status, winning majors or at least reaching finals. That's where it's at.