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From: Enzo on 11 Mar 2010 21:09
On Mar 11, 10:05 pm, Lorik Atmos <asm...(a)invalid.mc> wrote:
> Those who like football must love one of those three teams, perhaps all
> of them.
>
> They are beyond nationalism, beyond sports. They are football. Thanks to
> them.
>
> --
> L.A.

You can leave out Argentina, they are rubbish. Man U has had a bit of
a transformation since the days of thugs like Keane and Cantona
( yes )
to the point where today I can watch them play their often
entertaining
brand of football without disliking them ( same cannot be said for
their
supporters ). Brasil has always been up there, one just needs to see
the
kind of support they enjoy everywhere, amongst all kind of people.

From: Bruce D. Scott on 12 Mar 2010 06:47
Lorik Atmos (asmdtc(a)invalid.mc) wrote:
: Those who like football must love one of those three teams, perhaps all
: of them.

: They are beyond nationalism, beyond sports. They are football. Thanks to
: them.

Why on earth do you have to like someone just because someone else says so?

--
ciao,
Bruce

drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: Lord of War on 12 Mar 2010 16:26
On Mar 11, 5:05 pm, Lorik Atmos <asm...(a)invalid.mc> wrote:
> Those who like football must love one of those three teams, perhaps all
> of them.
>
> They are beyond nationalism, beyond sports. They are football. Thanks to
> them.
>
> --
> L.A.

And yet Italy are World Champions.
From: REDDEVIL6 on 12 Mar 2010 18:24
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:26:50 -0800 (PST), Lord of War
<pencoca(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Mar 11, 5:05�pm, Lorik Atmos <asm...(a)invalid.mc> wrote:
>> Those who like football must love one of those three teams, perhaps all
>> of them.
>>
>> They are beyond nationalism, beyond sports. They are football. Thanks to
>> them.
>>
>> --
>> L.A.
>
>And yet Italy are World Champions.

And are so very boring!
From: Real Mardin on 13 Mar 2010 10:08
On Mar 11, 10:05 pm, Lorik Atmos <asm...(a)invalid.mc> wrote:
> Those who like football must love one of those three teams, perhaps all
> of them.
>
> They are beyond nationalism, beyond sports. They are football. Thanks to
> them.
>
> --
> L.A.


Ok, interesting statement.

If I'm neutral going into a tournament I do tend to root for
Argentina. Great brand of football (Maradona 86), but also cynical
when they need to be (WC 90) and never far from controversy (Maradona
again, the brawl at the end of the quarter final with Germany in
2006). But then I used to cheer for Million Dollar Man and Honky Tonk
Man in the WWF, so......

Brazil, yep, go to pretty much any country other than Argentina at
World Cup time and you'll likely see more than your fair share of
Brazil shirts. A team that is loved universally for their care free
brand of attacking football. I will cheer them under certain
circumstances but I do think they get away with murder sometimes,
being seen as the baby faces to Argentina's heels just because of
their attacking football, when they have dirty players of their own,
particularly in terms of diving or feigning injury (casepoint Rivaldo
getting Hakan Unsal sent off in the 2002 World Cup).

I guess your attitude to the above two depends if you're a ying or a
yang man? Or a Ric Flair or Hulk Hogan man?


Manchester United are quite a different kettle of fish altogether, the
one choice I would say you have got dramatically wrong. Other than
their own fans, they are only "loved" by people ignorant to the damage
they cause and they way they've stifled the Premiership over the past
15 years, usually people in emerging soccer "markets" who haven't got
to grips with the politics of the game yet (no disrespect to those
people -we were all at that stage once).

I would actually go as far as saying Manchester United are positively
despised by fans who are clued about the way the game works.

Oh, well, two out of three ain't bad, to borrow a song title.


RM

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