In this Fifa world cup, do you always have to strongly support your national team, predicting win for them even though being a good football fan, you definitely know that their opponents are far better than them? that is looking at the calibre of players the opponents have and their skill level, your national team is below their standard and will therefore lose.
2006-06-13 00:47:25 · 16 answers · asked by kobby 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
The only thing you have to do in this life is die. The rest is voluntary.
Therefore there no obligations whatsoever to support a team that is from your country or your city. If you live in Liverpool or Glasgow, most people would argue you cannot support Liverpool AND Everton. Celtic AND Rangers (there is a religious divide in each case) but I don't see why not, if you want to do so. It may be unusual but it is not unthinkable.
Simply support those teams that look worthy of your support. The ones that play fluent, exciting football.
Put it this way. You are not obliged to bet on your local team and risk your money on their doing well. If you don't think they will do well, you save your money instead. Similarly, you are not obliged to support and cheer for your local team if you think they are no-hopers, You save your breath instead.
The problem of course is the conventional thinking of many football fans, "my country, right or wrong" (blind unswerving patriotism) is transmuted into "my team, good or useless".
They expect you to conform to their thinking. But if you think differently, act accordingly. It is not a matter of loyalty. It is simply a matter of using your time well and not investing your emotional energy and belief in a team that won't repay that support with results.
When Nottingham Forest were riding high in the early 80s and they had three strikers in the England Team and won the European Cup two years in a row, they were a team worth supporting. But Woodcock Birtles and Francis all were sold within 2 years, they slid down the table and the team regularly got relegated, They haven't really been very interesting tp watch since Cloughie hit the bottle and since Roy Keane was sold in 1993.
So I don't support them any more. Would you?
It is no fun being an emotional punchbag and just like a marriage breaking up, being let down by a string of poor results means you leave.
If you have any sense, you do!
If "being with your mates" means a series of depressing wakes, following one defeat after another, I can't see the point. What kind of cameraderie is that? Get yourself some new mates and a cause worth supporting, I would argue.
You have to be willing to swim against the tide.
And another thing, this unthinking jingoism created by "law of bloke" fails to take into account that people have multiple and complex identities, eg they arrived here as a refugee from another country, or they have parents from two different countries and are living in a third. Are they to ignore these sides of themselves because Law of Bloke says so?
I can remember when Viv Richards was the most attacking batsman in the world and West Indian friends of mine felt guilty for supporting the West Indies when they played Test matches against England: they felt obliged and pressurised to support their adopted home country. "Don't be daft!" I told them and explained that I had gone out of my way to watch Viv Richards bat, because he was a brilliant batsman and the sheer entertainment value of a Richards century when he was on song, was what made cricket entertaining for me. What did it matter where he was from?
So like a manager, a fan has to talent-spot and follow the very best and most exciting players, wherever they are playing, and whoever they are playing for. Loyalty to talent and quality over-rides loyalty to a particular team.
2006-06-13 01:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
No, of course not. You can support whatever team you like, or none at all. I don't care much for Football and don't support any team. However, when I have the time, I will watch a few games and just enjoy the world's top players matching their skills in fair contest. May the best team win. They will anyway, with or without my "support".
2006-06-13 00:53:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A supporter never forces himself to support something that he doesn't like of something that he does not have any feelings to. There are many reasons why you should support a football team and nationality is one of them. Of course, there are many other reasons why, such as skill, teamwork, a favorite player in it... But ultimately, it depends on your choice. Try to find out what makes you favor a team, and judge your support according to that. Although backstabbing might be an issue, imagine yourself as a member of the football team. Would you boast of a strong cheer-on team, whose heart is not with you? Or a smaller group of staunch supporters?
2006-06-13 00:59:57 · answer #3 · answered by smashingly.smashing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i cannot believe you asked this question,
by the law of bloke, you must support your national team, believe wholeheartedly that they will win, and any lost games are down to the other side cheating / a blind referee.
it's not about winning or losing, it's about patriotism and going down the pub with your mates. it's about bringing the world together and having a laugh.
every team in the finals is a great team, they needed to be to get this far. unless you are brazilian, the likelyhood of your country winning is small. that doesn't mean you can start supporting brazil... that is treason...you could be shot. and that is perfectly reasonable given the circumstances.
come on england.....we (possibly) can do it!!
2006-06-13 01:00:44 · answer #4 · answered by ben_r_coupland 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't have the basic instinct of supporting your nation in whatever they do, you might as well skip the world cup, can you imagine a german supporting Brazil just because the bookies say they have a better chance?
Support YOUR team, if your team isn't there, go with your heart.. did your nan grow up in Togo? your Aunt live in Portugal?
any reason is a good one ... just have a reason!
2006-06-13 01:11:18 · answer #5 · answered by amfillery 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres a difference between supporting your national team and being blindly arrogant (ie saying they'll win when you're sure htey wont) I support England (my national team) no matter what, but i'm not so blind that i cant see that some teams will probably beat us.
2006-06-13 01:29:54 · answer #6 · answered by Master Mevans 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what you mean by support. Obviously, you'll always be hoping that your national team will win, and supporting them to do so. That said, it's totally possible that your team clearly is not as good as the team you're playing. In that case, predicting wins is clearly not going to help, *cough USA cough* but optimism is always refreshing.
2006-06-13 01:06:39 · answer #7 · answered by betterdazeuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People usually support their country's team, athough you don't have to. It's okay to criticize your team's performance and compare their game to others. My country didn't make it to the world cup but I still enjoy watchin and supporting other teams.
2006-06-13 01:41:34 · answer #8 · answered by WiTcH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
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