Not That My Friend is Casting Aspersions on the Intellectual Capacity of European Footballers. Or Anything.

Skype conversation between me and a soccer-loving friend about the apparent turn-around of a previously tantrum-prone European player:

Me: That interview that talked about [certain European player] growing up and maturing may have been true. He's starting regularly and scored again today.

Friend: He sounds like he had therapy. The simple fact that he recognized his actions were the result of his father's lack of love doesn't sound like the type of thing a professional athlete would conjure up himself.

Me: What, you don't think they talk about these things in the locker room?

Friend: Oh, right. That and cold fusion.