by azriahmad » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:53 pm
Club...LFC...over country anytime, anyday.
My country does not have a hope in hell of qualifying for the World Cup. I have lived in England in 2 spells, 1975-77 as a kid during the time which I developed my love for Liverpool Football Club much to the bemusement of the local boys who supported the local team, Norwich City, and 1988-1993 and England is like a second country for me. I have a lot of affinity with England.
Even World Cup qualifiers do not stimulate much intertest, unless Liverpool players are expected to play starring roles, then I would tune in. I follow England all of the time but with not so much interest.
The World Cup, or any tournament of nations, is purely a spectacle for me, with no real attachment to any particular team. However, I tuen in to watch England every time just to see how Liverrpool players perform and root for them rather than England. Also, I tend to support teams who play attractive football or are the slight underdogs - in 2002, I followed England and Germany, for their grit and never-say-die attitude despite having an average team and also because of Didi Hamann. Brazil had real luck of drawing such easy opponents in 2002 and Ronaldinho apart, were nothing really special and I rooted for any team that faced them.
Even if I were English, I'd behave the same way in club vs country.