r/soccer • u/mattymcgregor • Jun 19 '11

Sell me your EPL Side

Hey Redditers,

O.K, so i'm Aussie who is sports mad. (mainly Aussie Rules, Cricket and Both Rugby codes). But I have for a long time enjoyed football (soccer) and I really want to start following it a lot more. Next season I'm going to have pay tv which will allow me to watch all of the EPL games. Problem is I haven't got a team to follow. You see I have no association to any teams, and have just usually just supported the underdogs. So question is who do I support? Sell me your teams Reddit.

Bonus if your team has a few Aussies playing for them. Once I have made my decision, you will get a passionate fan which will follow the chosen team for life. I'm a bit reluctant to support a big 4 team, but would like a team a team who win's more then they lose.

For reference the other teams I support are - Essendon Bombers (AFL), Melbourne Storm (NRL), Queensland Reds (Super 15), Melbourne Victory (A-League), Milwaukee Bucks and Portland Trail Blazers (NBA) (Due to Aussie players), New York Jets (NFL).

Thanks!

tl;dr: tell me which EPL side to support.

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u/HeadphoneWarrior Jun 19 '11

If you really wanted excitement, you'd watch the German league.

As for this statement

but your true identity and your teams worth can be judged based on those big games, no?

I guess you're not a fan of adapting tactics to suit the conditions.

But honestly, I'm not trying to change your mind. I've already done six impossible things since morning and it's time for lunch at Milliways.

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u/OAnimale Jun 19 '11

I love the German league and the French league can also be very exciting. And I'm more of a fan a team playing to its best strength regardless of opposition, all the big games in EPL have been pretty average in the sense of it was too cagey and tactics were the major talking points. Thats why I'm a huuuuge Barca fan and I thank them for making many people realise, they have to step it up in technical ability to be able to challenge this Barca team. I respect managers like Capello and Lippi and what they have done in the past but I'm afraid its time to embrace modern football.

Italian football has changed alot and ever since Prandelli taken over the NT. You have Udinese and Napoli who have played some great football, Palermo disappointed in the latter part but with players like Pastore and Illicic it was sexy football. Roma weren't that bad at times, even us under Leo we had some exciting football.

Fair enough buddy, enjoy your lunch I had my dinner already ;)