Originally posted by OurManFlint
Alright, this pissing contest is useless. First off, I do hate bandwagoners and glory hunters, and I've met plenty of them. They started watching the game 2 years ago and chose Man U as "their" team without really understanding and appreciating different leagues and getting aquainted with the game.
But lets not forget the fact that English football is no longer "English" football. It is now a global brand. How many english players are playing in the EPL? So, what if the world wants to join in on the fun. If someone from Côte d'Ivoire wants to support Chelsea because of Drogba, I don't see anything wrong with this.
And for the people across the pond, put yourself in the position of a person from America, North and South. I grew up supporting a club from Veracruz Mexico. But the best football is played in Europe. It attains and keeps the best talent in the world, and has the grandest competitions. Most people outside that relm want to get caught up in the fun, and picking some team to support allows you to jump in with a point of reference. Also, the matches aired mostly show the bigger clubs, so to ask someone why they don't support WBA is stupid because no one will ever see their matches. Some of you blast American arrogance, but look at yourself if you can't step into somebody else's shoes and see things from their perspective.
What he said
Dervish
The whole point is that if you don't support your local team... you won't have a local team long.
It's just like where I'm from, no one supports the local team hence they are . It's a vicious cycle.
If you really love football support your local team. No matter how they are.
Ian
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Originally posted by nchs09
the 20.. prob not...i could give a try at maybe 10 or 15..
Barca
Madrid
Valencia
Villareal
Getafe
Osasuna
Valladolid
Racing
Gijon
Recreativo
Sevilla
Athletic Bilbao
Atletico madrid
depor
thats all...
'vilbao' is athletic bilbao anyway :p
Almeria, Betis, Valladolid, Espanyol, Malaga and Numancia. All off the top of my head. Shame my sporting knowledge won't get me a job, unless alan hansen s off from motd
Dervish
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Originally posted by Ian
'vilbao' is athletic bilbao anyway :p
What a pedantic !*
EDIT: *You might want to look a page back. :p
Ian
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Originally posted by Dervish
The whole point is that if you don't support your local team... you won't have a local team long.
It's just like where I'm from, no one supports the local team hence they are . It's a vicious cycle.
If you really love football support your local team. No matter how they are.
my 'local' team is down next to bottom of the something or unibond division 1 or something. We lost all our players thro financial issues (ground sale fell through) and half the team now were at school with me. Haven't won a game since but should escape relegation thanks to one team being even worse! I support them & hate their rivals, but chose to support bolton because it was a local club to where the only grandparent i never knew was born plus my dad, grandad & grandfather all had different teams so I could never pick the same as any of them else be accused of bias to one person :p
I love being a bolton fan. we have good times, bad times, and really bad times but just being a fan of a team like ours allows us to appreciate the good ones so much more than someone who just chooses to support a 'big' team.
verndogs
I'd support the local team here (Red Bull New York) if it wasn't such a pain in the ass to get to the games
SYSTEM-J
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Originally posted by wotyzoid
This is such bull, you assume I don't follow Brazillian soccer closely and even worse you assume no one else does either. I support Palmeiras and have for all my life. But can't I also follow european soccer and root for a team I have for more than 10 years now? What's wrong with that? I like good soccer, period. I followed Chelsea long before Maurinho got in there and made it what it is today. You really know nothing if you say Brazillian soccer has no fans.
So you support two teams? For sake, and here I was actually assuming you'd support one club and get behind it. If you're just someone who follows the results of a distant club I don't even class you as a supporter. I like watching AC Milan in Italy and I follow their results and try to watch them, but that doesn't make me a "fan" and I don't have any "pride" in a club I have no connection to.
I wouldn't give a about people who root for teams, but it's the people who turn up in threads like these gloating about a team's performance. It's just following a club for bragging rights. We call people who do that "glory hunters".
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Originally posted by OurManFlint
But like I said in another post, I don't support a club, but I enjoy watching certain clubs. I wish more people would do the same instead of bandwaggoning.
That's the kind of perspective I respect. Someone who can appreciate a team's football without saying "we" and bragging about that team in conversations with genuine fans from somewhere. If I were talking about Serie A I wouldn't say "we" as if I'm part of the Rossoneri or brag about anything Milan have done.
Dervish
As a don I've seen my team get beaten 0-6 and should have been relegated. Also saw them last year beat Copenhagen 4-0 (live), draw with Bayern Munich and play well away against Atletico Madrid (live) along with a travelling support of 16,000 other dons.
And can basically be pretty sure we won't win the league in the next ten years either.
wotyzoid
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
So you support two teams? For sake, and here I was actually assuming you'd support one club and get behind it. If you're just someone who follows the results of a distant club I don't even class you as a supporter. I like watching AC Milan in Italy and I follow their results and try to watch them, but that doesn't make me a "fan" and I don't have any "pride" in a club I have no connection to.
I wouldn't give a about people who root for teams, but it's the people who turn up in threads like these gloating about a team's performance. It's just following a club for bragging rights. We call people who do that "glory hunters".
Haha, ok man. I'm not going to repeat myself. LOL OMG SOMEONE SHOOT ME, I AM A FAN OF TWO TEAMS WHO HAVE NEVER FACED EACH OTHER IN THE HISTORY OF SOCCER AND HAVE NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER!!!!1 :stongue:
SYSTEM-J
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Originally posted by Dervish
As a don I've seen my team get beaten 0-6 and should have been relegated. Also saw them last year beat Copenhagen 4-0 (live), draw with Bayern Munich and play well away against Atletico Madrid (live) along with a travelling support of 16,000 other dons.
I remember that Bayern Munich result because Josh Walker scored, and we'd loaned him out to you for the season.
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Originally posted by wotyzoid
Haha, ok man. I'm not going to repeat myself. LOL OMG SOMEONE SHOOT ME, I AM A FAN OF TWO TEAMS WHO HAVE NEVER FACED EACH OTHER IN THE HISTORY OF SOCCER AND HAVE NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER!!!!1 :stongue:
Arf, maybe you should re-read. I'm laughing at the plastic Chelsea and 'Pool fans and you're the one coming in with "ridiculous, deluded, bull" comments when your "pride" gets stung. So laugh it up, mate. You got a lot more pissed off than I did.
Dervish
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I remember that Bayern Munich result because Josh Walker scored, and we'd loaned him out to you for the season.
Yeah he's a good mature player for someone so young. Should have got more games when he was with us though.
Should have damn well won it though we had the same shout (exactly) for a pen that they got at the end to make it 2-2 as we had for one at the start of the game.
Had a quid on Walker to score first (which he did) and us to win 2-1 as well ..... at 450-1 (wasn't usually a starter, but did take freekicks sometimes when he came on)!!!! Bastards! :mad:
My little bro was in the Bayern end for it said it was tough gong ahead twice and not showing he was in the wrong end. :stongue:
Still got this guy though:
SYSTEM-J
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Originally posted by Dervish
Had a quid on Walker to score first (which he did) and us to win 2-1 as well ..... at 450-1 (wasn't usually a starter, but did take freekicks sometimes when he came on)!!!! Bastards! :mad:
Hard luck mate, you must have been absolutely gutted at the end.
