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Post by DimArtist on Mar 14, 2015 13:14:18 GMT
Well, thank you Nemanja! Κανένα πρόβλημα. Nice!
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Post by DimArtist on Mar 14, 2015 10:59:44 GMT
Well, thank you Nemanja!
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Post by DimArtist on Mar 14, 2015 10:22:22 GMT
By the way, have you noticed that the most fans who call us glory hunters are from lower league teams? Just noticed it and it makes you think.
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Post by DimArtist on Mar 14, 2015 8:37:01 GMT
I'm not only talking about United. I mean any club. If a European team has success name it Bayern, Real, Barca many football fans worldwide there will be keen to follow that team and be fans. Just like me when I watched the UCL final in Barcelona and I fell in love with them. Sure, they can. Everyone has that right to support any team. United had a serious decline of fans (depending on the likes at the Facebook page) just because they had a shitty season last year (and probably this one).
As I said Greek football is corrupted and most of all it's 'unwatchable'. It's shitty but we still have basketball which is top level and Olympiacos is a top European team among others. It's the only thing that I can actually watch even though I am not that fan of basketball.
I am not a fan of globalisation (in the political way). Yes my favourite music comes from England, football from England and Spain, food from Italy etc. but what I really don't like is that money has brainwashed in such a level football teams that make tours and playing shitty friendlies in non European fields and they don't make a serious preparation for the new season. Money talks and that's how it is but sometimes I'm against to that kind of capitalist logic that modern football follows.
I'm terribly confused because I don't know if I'm obliged to only follow a shitty local team in a shitty league or can I support more than one team.
And this thing runs in my head for 2 weeks and it's the only thing I really think of. Sick, I know.
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Post by DimArtist on Mar 13, 2015 19:47:51 GMT
Sure, we can support whoever we want but the sad truth is that we will never reach the passion and the support of people who actually were born raised and live in Manchester. I don't think it's the same, that is what I'm saying. After waatching this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V3DtsTtU4s) it made me wonder that I'm probably a glory hunter because I have no real geographical connection with the city of Manchester. Someone who is from London or Greece like me will never understand what your city (Manchester) means to have achieved success. I also support Olympiacos but if I ever see someone who lives abroad and tells me that he is a die hard supporter of Olympiacos I will probably laugh. It makes more sense to support a team which is 10 miles from your home than millions of miles.
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Post by DimArtist on Mar 12, 2015 4:00:11 GMT
I'm 26 years old and I am a MUFC fan since the UCL final in 1999 at Camp Nou when I fell in love with Manchester United. Lately, I have been researching about this kind of philosophy that you must and only support one team and that must be your local team and I'm kind of confused. I was born in a west suburb of Athens of Greece named Peristeri. Sure we have a local football team named Atromitos FC, I played in this team for some years at the youth section of the team. But I never got any emotional bond with the team. I barely knew the line-up. I was just playing because my father sent me to and because it had and currently has a good reputation on making good footballers. In Greece, the football is totally corrupted combined with poor performances. There is no way you can enjoy a football match. Yes, the atmosphere is fantastic and the fans go crazy as hell but there is no real skillful football. The good matches happen only three or four times a year. I support Olympiacos just to answer the question "Hey, which team do you support?". I will make myself ridiculous if I answer "I don't, I just don't watch greek league's football, I watch only foreign football, mostly Premier League and La Liga; I'm a supporter of Man Utd". I've been following MUFC for about 16 years and when United loses I'm gutted for days. I only have that emotional bond with MUFC. This never happened with any other team. The thing is that I don't live in Manchester, I don't live next to OT. I live in Athens, Greece and it's extremely far away from Manchester and I hope someday I will be able to visit Manchester and OT. Sure, glory hunters (people who two years ago were Dortmund fans and this season are fans of Wolfsburg, constantly changing teams because of which team is on the top of the table and swap team shirts and being not loyal etc.) are the worst. But noone can tell me which team should I support and I can't support anything that I don't have any emotions with this club. I will only stop supporting Man Utd when my comrades, Man Utd fans, tell me so. In conclusion, football is a worldwide sport. TV and Internet have achieved what in decades ago seemed impossible. Any guy can watch a football club and be part of it. Man Utd was born in Manchester but I believe that it's a global football team with supporters from all around the world. I would love to read your opinion. Thank you very much for your time. Sorry for the long post. P.S. Food for thought: (1) www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-...-wrong-with-not-supporting-my-local-team.html2)
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