How do you choose which team to support in an international game?

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Obviously going to be a combination of these, just choose the most important one.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Vague personal connections, like you once met someone from that country & they were ok	5
Other	3
Supporting the underdog on principle	3
Playing style of the team	2
Love/respect/animosity towards the manager	1
Love/respect/animosity towards the team	1
Love/respect/animosity towards the country	1
Personalities of the players	0
Political positions of the players	0
Animosity towards the actions/policies of the government of the country	0
Team known for cheating/diving/etc.	0
Long-standing grudges with no specific cause	0

― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 16 June 2024 19:31 (eight months ago) link

write-in - if I have no personal connection to the nation, I pick the nation with the players/playing style I like more.

bus parking teams get the wall

― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Sunday, 16 June 2024 19:32 (eight months ago) link

playing style is an option!

― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 16 June 2024 19:33 (eight months ago) link

other - better uniforms

― The Yellow Kid, Sunday, 16 June 2024 19:36 (eight months ago) link

wrote write-in because I was originally going to write "root for team other ilxor hates",then gavea real answer.

― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Sunday, 16 June 2024 19:38 (eight months ago) link

Whichever one is whiter

― Gigi Allen (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 16 June 2024 19:39 (eight months ago) link

gotta love a plucky underdog

― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Sunday, 16 June 2024 19:42 (eight months ago) link

the drama inherent in the contest itself

― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Sunday, 16 June 2024 19:43 (eight months ago) link

Follow-up question: which team at the Euros is the least fash right now?

― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 16 June 2024 19:49 (eight months ago) link

serbia

― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Sunday, 16 June 2024 20:45 (eight months ago) link

Vague personal connections; which means Portugal, followed by Ireland, followed by France. Could also be something about cheese quality tho

― frociaggine e figaggine (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 16 June 2024 20:59 (eight months ago) link

Does “player plays for the team I support” go under “vague personal connections” because I supported Poland earlier because I like Kiwior at Arsenal

― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 16 June 2024 22:10 (eight months ago) link

It's the fgti option, and then when they all get knocked out (get it together scotland) It's about supporting whichever nation is verging the team your annoying mates like

― H.P, Monday, 17 June 2024 08:09 (eight months ago) link

Versing

― H.P, Monday, 17 June 2024 08:10 (eight months ago) link

Combo of connections to my team, plays pretty and haven't crossed the cunt threshold tbh

― i love a man in a unicorn (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 June 2024 11:52 (eight months ago) link

Oh also depends if I hate the opposition team more obv

― i love a man in a unicorn (Noodle Vague), Monday, 17 June 2024 11:53 (eight months ago) link

Any team that annoys the English media, pundits and fans generally gets my vote.

― ILX: a violent left-wing mob who hate our country (Tom D.), Monday, 17 June 2024 11:59 (eight months ago) link

... so Italy and Germany mostly.

― ILX: a violent left-wing mob who hate our country (Tom D.), Monday, 17 June 2024 12:03 (eight months ago) link

I'll be supporting Serbia tonight. I won't support ANYTHING that you do, and I can't support a country that in turn supports genocice https://t.co/5sGEqCkxSi
— LynnieB -Socialism or die. #Palestine #Gaza (@LynnBraben) June 16, 2024

― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 06:54 (eight months ago) link

one month passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 22 July 2024 00:01 (seven months ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 23 July 2024 00:01 (six months ago) link

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