Fullerene Posted May 26, 2018 Posted May 26, 2018 I realize that some people are totally predictable about any game involving England, Germany or Argentina - but what about the rest? For example, Senegal versus Poland or Belgium versus Panama? Would you watch the game as a neutral or would you choose a team and then hope they win?
BFTD Posted May 26, 2018 Posted May 26, 2018 Genuine neutrality kills interest in a match, in my experience. Looking at all the teams that qualified, I could probably find a reason to want any one to win over the other, no matter how petty it might be (I won't be upset if the culinary geniuses of Mexico have a good tournament, for example). Generally I side with the underdog, though. Serbia v Switzerland is probably the tie I'd find hardest to give a shit about, appropriately. Thankfully I got one of them in the sweep
gruppenfuhrer Posted May 26, 2018 Posted May 26, 2018 morocco v iran, has to be morocco, but as for teams i'd like to do well uruguay iceland mexico peru egypt morocco don think any will get passed r2 but you never know, portugal spain argentina nigeria poland senegal england belgium france russia saudi can all f**k off,
King Kebab Posted May 26, 2018 Posted May 26, 2018 Genuine neutrality kills interest in a match, in my experience. Looking at all the teams that qualified, I could probably find a reason to want any one to win over the other, no matter how petty it might be (I won't be upset if the culinary geniuses of Mexico have a good tournament, for example). Generally I side with the underdog, though. Serbia v Switzerland is probably the tie I'd find hardest to give a shit about, appropriately. Thankfully I got one of them in the sweep [emoji14] Do you like Toblerone???
BFTD Posted May 26, 2018 Posted May 26, 2018 21 minutes ago, King Kebab said: Do you like Toblerone??? Pretty neutral on the vexed question of triangular cocoa products. Actually, the Nazi gold issue might swing it for me. Pretty disgusting behaviour, and not the kind of thing I'd expect from the Serbs during times of war.
King Kebab Posted May 27, 2018 Posted May 27, 2018 Pretty neutral on the vexed question of triangular cocoa products. Actually, the Nazi gold issue might swing it for me. Pretty disgusting behaviour, and not the kind of thing I'd expect from the Serbs during times of war. Their chocolate is shite as well!!!
NotThePars Posted May 27, 2018 Posted May 27, 2018 Pretty neutral on the vexed question of triangular cocoa products. Actually, the Nazi gold issue might swing it for me. Pretty disgusting behaviour, and not the kind of thing I'd expect from the Serbs during times of war. Serbia is the England of the Balkans though which works against it.
Richey Edwards Posted May 27, 2018 Posted May 27, 2018 I tend to want the underdogs to win. Unless the underdog happens to be England, in which case I hope they get dicked.
itzdrk Posted May 27, 2018 Posted May 27, 2018 15 hours ago, Fullerene said: I realize that some people are totally predictable about any game involving England, Germany or Argentina - but what about the rest? For example, Senegal versus Poland or Belgium versus Panama? Would you watch the game as a neutral or would you choose a team and then hope they win? Whit?
Peppino Impastato Posted May 27, 2018 Posted May 27, 2018 Only absolute bellends have to support a team. How old are you? Ten?
Nastro Posted May 28, 2018 Posted May 28, 2018 Wanting England to do well is frowned upon then? Oh well.
Ira Gaines Posted May 28, 2018 Posted May 28, 2018 I've both watched and attended games as a neutral countless times and had no problem enjoying it.
BFTD Posted May 28, 2018 Posted May 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Nastro said: Wanting England to do well is frowned upon then? Oh well. I hope you enjoy your time in our country, stranger from a faraway land.
nsr Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 I can enjoy World Cup matches as a neutral provided they're entertaining. They tend to be pretty cagey affairs unless one of the teams is sufficiently superior or sufficiently mental. Usually I will wait to find out which team the arseholish English commentators are favouring (for whatever tenuous reason) and hope they get creamed.
Marten Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 15 hours ago, Nastro said: Wanting England to do well is frowned upon then? Oh well. I know plenty of English people who aren't even bothered with the England team themselves anymore...
forameus Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 20 minutes ago, nsr said: I can enjoy World Cup matches as a neutral provided they're entertaining. They tend to be pretty cagey affairs unless one of the teams is sufficiently superior or sufficiently mental. Usually I will wait to find out which team the arseholish English commentators are favouring (for whatever tenuous reason) and hope they get creamed. This. Football's supposed to be entertainment, and you don't need to have a horse in the race for that to happen. I've never seen the point in picking some arbitrary country to "support". You'd think I would have, given there's only really one tournament in my own living memory where a team I actually support participated. So in the spirit of half-and-half scarves, I just hope everyone has a wonderful time. Closest I'd go would be that I like Italy and Germany as countries, but one isn't there and the other I'm still raging at for not getting to the Euro 2016 final when I was in Berlin that weekend (fan park was very sad on the day of the final).
Nastro Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 18 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: I hope you enjoy your time in our country, stranger from a faraway land. Thank you very much. Your weather is pish.
BFTD Posted May 29, 2018 Posted May 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Nastro said: Thank you very much. Your weather is pish. Ethiopia respectfully disagrees.
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