My wifes family are all Crows supporters and I'm a Port Power supporter, but I'm not really invested in the sport (like, never even watched a game from start to finish in 30 years)
The showdown was this weekend, so I saw the game with the family-in-law and was able to go home gloating that my team was the best. Unfortuantely they were also (jokingly) saying I wasn't a true supporter because I didn't know any of the names of the players on the team, let alone any of their history (I didn't even realise they won the premiereship in 2004!). Don't worry, it's all in love that we pick on each other.
I want to flip the script on them next year and come prepared as a true Port supporter. What can I do over the next few months to secretly study up on the team, the game and the players?
The next time we get together to watch the game, I want to be able to tell them all the specified stats of players or even the names of the players. Basically going to be a big long running 'jokes on them' kind of scenario.
Except it won't be, coz they've seen how you are now. If anything it would look pretty desperate