How many F1 fans turned off in frustration during the Michael Schumacher domination era? I know I did. Domination is boring. I don't care if these guys play really nice football, we don't need a month's buildup to something that happens at least twice a year, and we don't need it being treated as if no other match in the world is important. And if we treat it like it's the only important game it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, especially as the league turns more and more into a two-horse race.
You could argue that we were watching the best in the World Cup final, and that was boring as sin. In fact, the last entertaining World Cup final probably took place before I was born. But when it only happens once every four years, it's a big occasion. This happens twice a year, and I'm bored of it being given the same sense of occasion.
On the occasions when I actually watch these two teams playing, I almost invariably root against them. I'm fed up of them, bored of them being stuffed down my throat. And to be honest, often when I do watch them, I end up switching off before full time because it's boring. The best Barcelona games this season have been the one on the waterlogged pitch at Bilbao with the last minute equaliser, and them losing to Gijón and going ballistic hitting the woodwork in injury time. A close match between poor teams is always better than a walkover for a brilliant team, and it's always been better when they're out of their comfort zone that they've been entertaining.
El Clásico... It's hardly River Plate vs. Boca Juniors, is it?