Club or Country?

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:24 am

Does what it says on the tin - interested to see how this turns out.

seanworth · Post by **seanworth** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:30 am

Must be dyslexic as I could have sworn I clicked club. Might as well it is not like Canada nor Thailand will be at the World Cup.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:34 am

Country for me. Should be the highest aspiration for any player - but it's becoming less so in favour of doing what the paymaster says.

screech powers · Post by **screech powers** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:36 am

Club every day of the week. I can watch England, support them and want them to win, but their failure doesnt bother me as much as Bolton's. If England won the world cup, id be happy, but nothing compared to seeing Bolton in Europe, in a cup final or just playing any game.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:56 am

Club for me - because, whilst I am fiercely proud to be English, I have long held the belief that the FA care little for us and clubs like us. Sell a decent player to Spurs or West Ham and they'll get a couple of caps. Caps they would not get at BWFC. You may not agree, but that's how I feel.

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:44 am

seanworth wrote:Must be dyslexic as I could have sworn I clicked club. Might as well it is not like Canada nor Thailand will be at the World Cup.

We've evened out, I clicked club but meant country.

As worthy says, national football is the pinnacle, nothing for me compares to the excitement of a major finals, every game is a bit more special than a weekly club game which you get the chance to see up to 50 times a season.

And nothing compares to gut wrenching so-near-yet-so-far reverses like not beating Holland by enough in Argentina, not beating a ten man Uruguay, doing everything but score against Brazil, seeing Alan 'two left feet' Hansen prove why he should never have played for Scotland ahead of any of Miller/McLeish/Narey/Hegarty against Russia, the highs of beating France twice only to fall at the last hurdle against Italy at home conceding a late goal from a corner that was actually a goal kick. The list as a Scotsman goers on and on, but clubs games, while they have their moments, can be rectified the following week, with national teams the hurt stays longer, the chance to make amends that bit longer in coming around.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:51 am

Club.

International football is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:54 am

Wanderers first, second and last.

Am not really engaged by England - have never seen live, nor made any attempt to do so - but would if someone offered me a ticket and I was in London that day anyway.

Not fiercely proud of being English and always hated the twattish behaviour of the moronic wing of england's support.

But my club, that i care about, wherever i am, anywhere in the world, i want to know how we did...

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:04 pm

William the White wrote:Wanderers first, second and last.

Am not really engaged by England - have never seen live, nor made any attempt to do so - but would if someone offered me a ticket and I was in London that day anyway.

Not fiercely proud of being English and always hated the twattish behaviour of the moronic wing of england's support.

But my club, that i care about, wherever i am, anywhere in the world, i want to know how we did...

I've been to one England game.

I have no real feeling for the English national team, or some of the morons who follow them. And not just the hooligans either. The annoying kids who have never seen any other football other than England and idolise Beckham or Rooney etc and are fed on a diet of Fifa, Man Utd and Engerrland.

Hate it, hate it, hate it!

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:16 pm

Club but only just.

as · Post by as » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:34 pm

Club.

Find it hard getting the same motivation for England, when it's the same old big four w******rs getting a game.

For some reason getting behind that cripple Wes Brown does nothing for me.......

H. Pedersen · Post by **H. Pedersen** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:24 pm

Hard call for me. My gut says that in a match between the USA and Bolton I'd be rooting for the USA. That said, I spent far more time following Bolton. There are more games, I'm more familiar with the players, I love transfer season, etc.

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:37 pm

Club. It used to be country in the old days before the internet. The club couldn't be followed via nothing and the national team was on TV during tourneys and such.

Now though, I get excited during the World Cup, but my footballing pleasure is derived from the Wanderers mainly.

Wandering Willy · Post by **Wandering Willy** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:12 pm

No BWFC or no national side. No contest. Club every time.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:27 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:Club for me - because, whilst I am fiercely proud to be English, I have long held the belief that the FA care little for us and clubs like us. Sell a decent player to Spurs or West Ham and they'll get a couple of caps. Caps they would not get at BWFC. You may not agree, but that's how I feel.

I do agree... but as I would so love to see the national team win something, I'm saying country. It's what all players aspire to, and so the pinnacle argument is as valid as Zulus in that sense.

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:27 pm

There appears to be some confusion over the question.
Some people are reading it as to which to you support more where others are reading it as how should a player prioritise his loyalties.

I'm reading it as player priorities so it's a country vote from me.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:31 pm

Afraid it's club for me. I used to love the internationals (particularly the home ones) but it's so obvious that everything's about money these days that even club players have no sense of loyaly except to the pound sign. There was a time when playing for country was the pinnacle of any career. It just doesn't work like that any more in just the same way that Henry's cheating isn't punished and costs another country its chance when a blatant mis-deed was alloed to stand unpunished. Bolton will always be Bolton for me, good, bad or indifferent.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:49 pm

Wandering Willy wrote:No BWFC or no national side. No contest. Club every time.

Good point WW. I voted Country, but if I had to pick no BWFC or no England, then I'm afraid the national side would cop it as I'm much more closely engaged with Bolton than England.

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:52 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:There appears to be some confusion over the question.

Some people are reading it as to which to you support more where others are reading it as how should a player prioritise his loyalties.

Deliberately obscure? Me?

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:56 pm

blurred wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:There appears to be some confusion over the question.

Some people are reading it as to which to you support more where others are reading it as how should a player prioritise his loyalties.
Deliberately obscure? Me?

What do you reckon Stevie G's response would be Blurred?

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