They've been doing this more and more in real football over the years too. It was rare to see anyone make religious gestures after scoring a goal once, but hardly a game goes by now, on match of the day at least, without some egotistical foreign player thanking God, Jesus, Allah, or whoever for helping them score a goal or win a match.
Mind you, that's not to say we're immune from the insanity because we did have Glenn Hoddle, a born again Christian who was sacked from the job as England manager because he believed in reincarnation and thought disabled people were being punished for past sins through karma.
Mind you, that's not to say we're immune from the insanity because we did have Glenn Hoddle, a born again Christian who was sacked from the job as England manager because he believed in reincarnation and thought disabled people were being punished for past sins through karma.