Mullet haircuts and footballers seem to go together, perhaps that is what is making you think that way. Or a poodle perm - they were popular with footballers in the 80's!!
When I was first getting into U2, someone said to me "U2 songs are too long!"
I though "What? No they're not!"
Though some of them are a bit long.
Now that I'm totally U2-infused... I think other people's songs are too short.
I actually just skipped Crawling. Probably gonna skip In the End too. I tend to not like singles as much, because they get overplayed. Unless I get the album early, and then it's just the first single that I don't like