Originally Posted by
Marco
Yup, but league football is a *totally* different ball game (literally) to the international variety, as aside from anything else teams are bolstered by the quality of top foreigners - and that makes a HUGE difference to your likelihood of winning stuff.
In terms of bookies, that doesn't detract from the point I've just made. The point is, as a Scot, having to listen to such biased nonsense from the media, during tournaments, especially English commentators during matches [chuntering on about England, even when they're not even playing
], is a major bugbear and spoils your enjoyment of the tournament.
Marco.
So don't watch the punditry. I usually switch over to the channel showing the match just before kick-off so I avoid all that.
And as far as fans go, the times I have watched matches in the pub the crowd have been highly critical of the team in general, the manager and certain players. Unfairly so, sometimes. There's certainly no uncritical adoration going on from the fans.
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