This, but the "haters of anyone wearing black jersey" on this site will always paint them as the demons - their opposition (whoever they might be) are always the angels. Someone commented earlier that there weren't any Kiwi postersin this thread - its not hard to understand why. This used to be a great forum, but it has slowly degenerated into an echo-chamber for NH haters, who seem hell-bent on picking their villain. How that Richie has retired, they have latched on to Read. Its become another Planet Rugby
Well I'm done with it. This will be my last post here until at least after the World Cup. I have joined another forum, one where you get reasoned debate, not a bunch of haters venting their spleen because the enemy won (again) as they look for any excuse to claim they should not have.
Good luck!
A Munsterman would be proud of the chip on your shoulder there.
People are allowed disagree with you about a referee decision without being engaged in some evil campaign against the team.
There isn't a campaign against Read the exact same way there isn't one against Reece Hodge, people just want to see dangerous play punished. Most, if not all of the complaining I see on the internet about Read is from AB fans who think he's a poor captain, no one has ever painted him as some kind of perpetual cheater. It takes an Olympic level of mental gymnastics to see people call out a high shot after the game, which happens in loads of games involving loads of teams from several different fanbases all the time, and decide it's part of a hate campaign against the player involved. There isn't one against Kieran Read, the same way there isn't one against Ken Owens, Devin Toner or any of the many other players that people called on to be cited during the buildup to the tournament.
And sorry to burst your bubble, but basically no one in the NH actually thinks of you as the enemy (at least in the way you're using the word). Again, people can disagree with ref decisions without it being because they hate you. As it happens, I think the ref got a lot wrong for both sides, that NZ would probably have won anyway if every call had been made correctly, and that people disagreeing with you doesn't mean that the debate isn't reasonable.
You've latched onto the ramblings of a few trolls/idiots, taken them far too seriously and decided they're the motive of comments from people who are neither of the above. You shouldn't take NH clowns seriously, the same way most of us don't take the many many arrogant, stuck-up, childish and superior NZ fans all over the internet seriously. I've been to NZ and know that most real people aren't like that, you should stop thinking that a few trolls represent the opinion of an entire hemisphere.
But, in the end, your loss. If irrationately thinking the rest of the world hates you makes you happy, then you do you and go for it.
