Top 5 most annoying football debates

1) Messi vs Ronaldo

This one deserves to be number one. No other football argument has transcended beyond the sane boundaries of discourse to complete lunacy. What started out as usual banter has now grown into fight for an identity bordering on personal hatred.

Forgetting that they are players with strengths that are influential in their own way, these fans have almost stuck to a bandwagon of sorts and religiously support either player as if their life was genuinely affected by the outcome of their personal squabbles with rival fans. Ironically, both players have great admiration for each other and owe it to the delusional bunch that they could use their time debating things that matter. Personal issues, financial matters, charity contributions and bizarre facts are thrown about as if they influenced the outcome of Messi and Ronaldo on the football pitch.

Instead of acknowledging their genius and being privileged to watch two heavyweights in one era going head to head, time is wasted on who pays their taxes and who has the hotter girlfriend.

I love football with all my heart, but sometimes, pointless banter drives me to take a break watching a sport as unappealing as cricket.The word “banter” has lost all meaning.