I'm a huge football fan (Barcelona FWIW), so take what you will from the following comment. I watch way too many European games on late night cable, and the low

I'm a huge football fan (Barcelona FWIW), so take what you will from the following comment. I watch way too many European games on late night cable, and the low scoring complaint is kind of a fallacy when you watch most games in Europe. This season just gone, i think the average goals per game in England this year was about 2.5. Sure this average has an upward trend by games like a 7-0 thrashing that Chelsea dished out in the last game of the season. The German league has an even higher average goals per game (cant seem to find that stat at the moment..) There are low scoring games, but that is part of the way the game works, but I definitely would not say a low score is a regular thing week in week out anymore. As to the hooligans that truly are complete idiots, there is no other explanation for their behavior other than stupidity. Its a gang mentality that causes the problem, not the game itself. There are some epic rivalries in Europe where the fans do really hate each other, and it goes back to an identity/gang thought pattern.