Confused Clarity Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Not all of us are lucky enough to have a team at the FIFA World Cup, so have to find a team to lend our allegiance to in the hope that we get to follow them to World Cup glory. There are myriad reasons that lead people to their choices, what are yours? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused Clarity Posted May 24, 2014 Author Share Posted May 24, 2014 Posting my choices as a separate post. I'm going for two teams this time around, the one I always go for & another for South American support. 'Murica - Always support them at World Cups, love the passion of their fans & enjoy seeing how the game & support has evolved & developed over the years. Chile - like the cut of their jib & they have Gary Medel. Easy decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 I'm not Dutch yet. So, I'm supporting every opponent. If the Netherlands score, the whole neighborhood screams. If the opponent scores, I can scream alone and as loud as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Jeroen Thijssen Posted May 24, 2014 SI Staff Share Posted May 24, 2014 I'm not Dutch yet. So, I'm supporting every opponent. If the Netherlands score, the whole neighborhood screams. If the opponent scores, I can scream alone and as loud as possible. You'll never be Dutch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 I'm in Germany but obfcoursiously I support the (not always so) mighty Oranje. If (well, when) they go out before Germany, I switch to supporting die Mannschaft. After that, it's usually anyone but... stuff. Usually against Brazil or Italy ^^ Then again, who wants to see yet another Spanish championship? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hall Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Can I join this thread after the group stage? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanydude Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Argentina for betting purposes and then Anyone but England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbert_o154 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 If (well, when) they go out before Germany, I switch to supporting die Mannschaft. Same here, and that's something that only a few years ago I would have thought I'd never say. I'd like to see them win it this time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Jeroen Thijssen Posted May 25, 2014 SI Staff Share Posted May 25, 2014 Holland, and Anyone but England or Spain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused Clarity Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 You're bloody Dutch, how are you Orphaned if you're supporting your team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Can I join this thread after the group stage? Yeah I think we'll be joining this thread pretty soon Honestly expect us to finish pointless. Probably be following Spain in the knock-out stages because of my interest in Spanish football/Atletico. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Jeroen Thijssen Posted May 25, 2014 SI Staff Share Posted May 25, 2014 You're bloody Dutch, how are you Orphaned if you're supporting your team? I could pass for being Welsh or Irish or Scottish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggaeBwoy Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Posting my choices as a separate post.I'm going for two teams this time around, the one I always go for & another for South American support. 'Murica - Always support them at World Cups, love the passion of their fans & enjoy seeing how the game & support has evolved & developed over the years. Chile - like the cut of their jib & they have Gary Medel. Easy decision. Chile will certainly will be one of, if not the most attractive side to watch at this world cup. Jamaica are not even in it as usual so not decided who I am supporting just yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I could pass for being Welsh or Irish or Scottish? Gingerland didn't qualify Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Jeroen Thijssen Posted May 25, 2014 SI Staff Share Posted May 25, 2014 Yeah, I always support the ginger players... are there actually any in the World Cup? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Kevin de Bruyne for one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I'll be having my cake and eating it; I'll gladly support England, then laugh at them when they get knocked out. Other than that, I'll generally favour teams according to the following criteria: If they contain Celtic or Liverpool players If they play an attractive brand of football If they're the underdog in any particular match So I'll be keeping an eye out for Uruguay, Honduras, Nigeria and Greed in particular, and then supporting any plucky underdog who avoids playing hoofball to try to squeeze out a boring result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbert_o154 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 I'll be keeping an eye out for Uruguay, Honduras, Nigeria and Greed in particular, and then supporting any plucky underdog who avoids playing hoofball to try to squeeze out a boring result. Greece, for lack of a better word, is good. Greece works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Jeroen Thijssen Posted May 25, 2014 SI Staff Share Posted May 25, 2014 If they employ the workrate of the average Greek, there will be a lot of strikes. Probably not on goal... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Greece, for lack of a better word, is good. Greece works.Actually, I think you'll find that Greece is the word.It's funny that you used a quote from a film about financial mismanagement for a country which has succumbed to financial mismanagement itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre168 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Should be pretty easy to buy the Dutch team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Chile (liked them at the last WC and it's pretty much the same lot from then; they play some good football; have an exciting team - namely Alexis & Vidal ) and Bosnia (get my Balkan vote. Their first WC ever and it's their 'Golden Generation', have a talented side and a coach who was a legend as a player) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EhvanHSV Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I'm half German, so when Wales aren't playing my support goes to Germany. Other than that, I've got the usual Welsh sport biases, pretty much. There are a few HSV/ex HSV players I've got a soft spot for in the Croatia squad, so would like to see them do well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin_trott_hoof Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Usually my second team is one of the Scandinavian / Nordic teams but this is the first World Cup in which none of them have qualified since 1982. So it'll probably be Mexico who tend to be fun, South Korea, Japan and whichever underdog surprises everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 maybe easier to state countries you hate, dislike and want to see failing at the world cup rather than adopting another country *maybe* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I dislike Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Germany, Croatia, and South Korea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggaeBwoy Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I dislike Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Germany, Croatia, and South Korea. You dislike teams that play exciting football? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 No, for various reasons. You're right for Spain, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradz FM Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Colombia is my adopted team this year, like a few of the players and the jersey. I always like England to do well...but no too well (as most Irish do!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopra_hill Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 South Korea for Kim-Bo Kyung and whoever I end up betting on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 South Korea for Kim-Bo Kyung and whoever I end up betting on. gotto live up to the tattoo hey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopra_hill Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 gotto live up to the tattoo hey :cool: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengedragon Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Nigeria - family Italy - long standing love of all things calcio Argentina - not sure on this one, can only come up with the fact that maradona was king of the world when i was at an impressionable age Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_W Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Not a popular view amongst Irish people, but I would like to see England do well. I watch the Premiership more than any other league and I like a lot of the players as a result, and I never really got the whole anti-England/Britain thing in a sporting sense. Preferably them doing well with Hart getting injured and Forster in goal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluedave Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 My back up team is probably Italy. And chances are one of us will go out in the group stage so should be a smooth transition. As long as they don't beat us annoyingly. Then anyone but Germany. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Águia Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Not that fan of Brazil as I used to be years ago, but I'll support them. After Brazil, I'm cheering for Portugal, I have also empathy for Colombia and Chile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegr8anand Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I feel like supporting Argentina this WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottMac Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Hoping Argentina win for betting purposes but genuinely want them to win also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I'll support the underdogs in general, and Latin American teams (not Brazil though). I will love if Argentina win, especially if Messi does well, he still needs a World Cup to fully convince everyone that he is as good as or better than Pelé and Maradona were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leppard Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Not sure. Spain - supported Spain since my friend bought me a David Villa Spain shirt just before Euro 2008. Germany - used to live in and hopefully will live in Germany again soon. Either way, it's a win-win, I think. I want Argentina, Belgium, and Ecuador to do well, though, for friends and stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoW Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Not sure.Spain - supported Spain since my friend bought me a David Villa Spain shirt just before Euro 2008. Germany - used to live in and hopefully will live in Germany again soon. Either way, it's a win-win, I think. I want Argentina, Belgium, and Ecuador to do well, though, for friends and stuff. Worked out pretty well for them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearcey_90 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Outside of England I'll be supporting Bosnia. Been gutted for them in recent qualifyin campaigns just missing out in the play offs to like Portugal So was happy they finally made it so will be hoping they make a good impact Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSaint Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 no one rooting for Belgium then? Surprisingly the majority of Swedes would support us. That was before yesterday though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggaeBwoy Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 no one rooting for Belgium then?Surprisingly the majority of Swedes would support us. That was before yesterday though. I am Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Anyone England are playing against Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD nawrat Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 To be honest I don't actively go against one team in particular, barring probably Spain. I do of course favour some teams more than others, though. Italy - always loved Italian football plus some of my favourite footballers are Italian. Always support them over anyone (bar Scotland ofc), so they basically become 'my' team. France - second to Italy. I love France, basically, is all it comes down to. Plus growing up watching Zidane had a big hand in it, I think. Germany - nowhere near as supported as the above two, but their style of play and the imagery surrounding the German national team is great. Love it. Wouldn't mind seeing Belgium (Kompany, the mass amount of talented youngsters too I guess), Ivory Coast (Yaya, Drogba, Kolo etc), Bosnia (Dzeko), Mexico, Russia or Brazil (not sure why for these three sides though) succeeding either. All teams I have a soft spot for. but like I say, there's no one side I actively want to lose bar Spain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSaint Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Let's not forget the worlds best goalkeeper there JD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD nawrat Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I never actively support England mate (Although being serious for a minute, I rate Buffon as the best GK in the world and it's part of the reason I love Italy) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorando Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 no one rooting for Belgium then?Surprisingly the majority of Swedes would support us. That was before yesterday though. Now they realised we play the most boring football known to man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama3 Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Greece, for lack of a better word, is good. Greece works. Germany works... So, if/when England go out, it's probably Germany due to the large amount of German's in the Arsenal team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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