ChrisVillan Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I don't give a toss about England anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Why not? Many people find international football totally insignificant and choose to focus on club football. It's their choice. That's fine but they would never have taken an interest in the first place. It's the people who say "I don't give a toss about England anymore" that I'm talking about. But KHV didn't say 'anymore'. He just said he has no interest in watching England because they are 'shite'. Implying that he would have an interest in watching if we weren't 'shite' i.e. he takes more or less of an interest depending on how good we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I think you have to be a bit of a mark to get passionate about most international sport nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I would probably be interested in watching England if they were any good but they're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 What about Manchester United supporters? They would agree with chappy. "Why should I support my local team just because I was born here. I didn't choose to be born in this city" Going way off topic sorry mods but I was born and raised in Sheffield and have never lived in Birmingham? Should probably support Wednesday or United... I don't think anyone should have to support their local team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I'm going to be supporting Croatia this summer because Rakitic is a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I'll be "supporting" Argentina for betting purposes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 A little treasonous perhaps but I've always been fond of Germany. Their industry and mentality has always impressed me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 27, 2014 Moderator Share Posted March 27, 2014 I like the idea of only playing International football every two years - stitch the qualifying into the month before a major tournament and dump all the rest of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 What about Manchester United supporters? They would agree with chappy. "Why should I support my local team just because I was born here. I didn't choose to be born in this city" Going way off topic sorry mods but I was born and raised in Sheffield and have never lived in Birmingham? Should probably support Wednesday or United... I don't think anyone should have to support their local team. I think you should support your local team unless you have a good reason not to e.g. family. People supporting their local team actually makes football more competitive. Imagine if everyone in the country supported Man U. Football would be dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 28, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2014 I actually still love International Football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I think you have to be a bit of a mark to get passionate about most international sport nowadays. but that seems a mainly English mentality. most other countries care passionately about their national teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I think you have to be a bit of a mark to get passionate about most international sport nowadays. but that seems a mainly English mentality. most other countries care passionately about their national teams Probably because their players care passionately 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 28, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) I wonder if everyone would suddenly get really passionate again if we get to the world cup final. I'm sure everyone in here saying they don't care would be watching something else on the telly that night Edited March 28, 2014 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I think you have to be a bit of a mark to get passionate about most international sport nowadays. but that seems a mainly English mentality. most other countries care passionately about their national teams Probably because their players care passionately How do the English players not care passionately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I'm going to be supporting Croatia this summer because Rakitic is a beast. You also support Sevilla? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) I'm going to be supporting Croatia this summer because Rakitic is a beast. You also support Sevilla? Yeah, my great grandpa was born there... Edited March 28, 2014 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I support England because I'm English. It wouldn't feel right to support another international team. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy watching other international teams who play better football than us. Similar to supporting Villa even though there's plenty of teams who play better football than us. I'd be delighted if England could win something just as I was when we won the Rugby World Cup. On a side note what makes the England players worse than any other football players? Are we all supposed to hate Villa because Gabby slept around a bit? Add to that that most of the traditional hate figures don't start for England anymore (Terry, Cole etc.) and the hatred for the current lot of players seems odd. It just seems like its become the 'cool' thing to do to hate England and I don't know how that'll ever change now. Don't rate our chances much in the Summer but I'll be supporting England and hoping that they'll shock us all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted March 28, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2014 I **** love watching England in competitive games (euros, world cup). Really couldn't care about friendlies though. Watching football tournaments in the pub is one of my favourite ways to spend a summer, and it's even better when there's an England game on. I don't understand how you couldn't enjoy the atmosphere in a situation like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I **** love watching England in competitive games (euros, world cup). Really couldn't care about friendlies though. Watching football tournaments in the pub is one of my favourite ways to spend a summer, and it's even better when there's an England game on. I don't understand how you couldn't enjoy the atmosphere in a situation like that. I'd agree with that but surely therefore an attempt to replace friendlies with something a bit more meaningful is worthwhile. It needs to get to a stage where all international matches mean something and not just a few points in a broken ranking system. Obviously a massively different sport with much fewer competitive nations and much less money at club level but rugby is a good example of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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