I don't think it's silly to root for a team you enjoy watching. I said earlier in the thread how much I love watching Liverpool play. The same goes for both of this season's Madrid squads, Everton, Dortmund and Arsenal when they are firing, and pretty much any match involving 2 really good teams. But I don't consider myself to be a fan of any of these clubs. I just really love watching the sport played at it's highest level.

I do, however, think it's quite silly to muster up hate for your club's rivals and proclaim your disgust for those clubs all over message boards. It just reeks of fake, fanboy, wanna be diehard bullshite to me. That being said, all of this may just be rooted in my mostly cynical opinion on the subject

Now if you truly are a genuine fan and that fandom came about organically, rather than just picking a cool team with sweet unis or something similar, then I'm not talking to you.

BTW I wasn't referring to you crazy4lsu. I just replied to your post because of the quote I wanted to use.

ETA Now that I think about it, my soccer viewing habits are very similar to how SFP described his. Seeing some of these incredible individual talents (Ronaldo, Messi, Bale, etc.) playing against each other is just so damn fun to watch.

This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 4:04 am

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Posted by RandySavage

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Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:51 am to mynamebowl

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Now if you truly are a genuine fan and that fandom came about organically, rather than just picking a cool team with sweet unis or something similar, then I'm not talking to you.

How do you draw that line? What is an acceptable path to fandom for you? Are there certain things, on a checklist or something, that must be accomplished in order to achieve true fandom?

I mean obviously if people "like the way a team plays" and "root" for them but then abandon said team when players/managers change then of course they aren't a real fan. But what about those who picked, or got "picked", and have stayed with the team over the course several years through multiple player/manager/style changes?

I just am not following the difference between what you, and some others, deem acceptable and what is "fake, fanboy, wanna be diehard bull shite".

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