It is a coping mechanism. I love my Liverpool-fan friend to death, but he spent 4 years seeing them more dominant than ever in his lifetime, and he came out the other side with 1 PL trophy to speak of. He refuses to concede that we’ve been screwed over this season (at least, any more than Liverpool were screwed over for the past 4 years), but I can understand why.
It is a coping mechanism. I love my Liverpool-fan friend to death, but he spent 4 years seeing them more dominant than ever in his lifetime, and he came out the other side with 1 PL trophy to speak of. He refuses to concede that we’ve been screwed over this season (at least, any more than Liverpool were screwed over for the past 4 years), but I can understand why.