Fat Cigar Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Leading on from the brilliantly titled thread last week about England. Personally, my passion/interest for the England national team has been severely tested over the last few years, with Euro 2016 being the final straw. Be interested to see what people think re: the poll. If I'd set this poll 10+ years ago, I would have (probably) answered England. Now? Bristol City winning promotion every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 9, 2017 Admin Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, Fat Cigar said: If I'd set this poll 10+ years ago, I would have (probably) answered England. Now? Bristol City winning promotion every time. Completely agree, used to say England as it would be such as massive thing to enjoy with all friends But nowadays it would be City every day of the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanker Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Bristol City are my team every day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaspberryRed Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Said it before. The more I watch England the more I realise it's only City I love and care about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Same as above. Twenty years ago it would have been England winning the World Cup, no question at all. Now I take the view that if the majority of the England team can't be bothered then I don't see why I should be either. The Bristol City players do very much still care about their team so that's who I want to succeed. I didn't watch a single minute of the two England games; twenty years ago I wouldn't have missed a single minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzos Only Goal Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 I didn't even watch the highlights of the last two England games, from the sounds of it wouldn't have been a huge amount of time to take them in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 City every time. Far more realistic and all mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 I used to follow both ardently and attended Mexico 86, Germany 88, Italy 90 and Sweden 92 plus a couple of games at Euro 96 and Germany 2006. Now, I'll watch England on the tele but am not really that bothered. The fact Russia are hosting and then Qatar doesn't help but it's CIty all day long for me. I will watch next summers world cup and would love England to do well but won't get too carried away like I used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 8 minutes ago, RaspberryRed said: Said it before. The more I watch England the more I realise it's only City I love and care about The more i watch the premier league the more i hate it. World cup win for me it's a bigger achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 It has to be City. Whilst I would love to see England win the world cup in my life time, it would be a buzz for a few weeks - at most to the next failure friendly a few weeks later. With City this is a minimum of one season with many sold out games against the so-called "cream of the crop". We will also end up finding out if Pack IS better than Henderson !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Bristol City or England? The answer is Bristol City. But Premiership promotion v World Cup isn't a like for like comparison in my opinion. I should see BC in the Premiership in my lifetime but I doubt England will win the World Cup so I chose the latter. Premiership Champions v World Cup winners and I'd chose the Prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 I didn't even know we had Scotland in our group until the other night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 To break the pattern it is England to win the World Cup over anything City will ever or can achieve. Let's not kid ourselves, if England by some miracle find themselves in the Semis next summer then all the crap football will be forgotten and almost everyone will be watching. And when/if we ever win it again, the national hysteria and celebration will far exceed anything that City could produce. I don't think it'll happen any time soon, but it isn't really comparable in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Not even close: as stated previously on here, I would trade England never qualifying for anything else for as long as live in exchange for City winning a trophy of note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elruliri Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 City 24/7 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDLEE Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 City all day long. Used to get caught up in the media hype going into every tournament, but since the so called golden generations shoot out failures and Rooney's outburst against the fans in 2010, my patience for England has ran out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Bristol City should be an independent country. Stupid question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Cigar Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 54 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: Same as above. Twenty years ago it would have been England winning the World Cup, no question at all. Now I take the view that if the majority of the England team can't be bothered then I don't see why I should be either. The Bristol City players do very much still care about their team so that's who I want to succeed. I didn't watch a single minute of the two England games; twenty years ago I wouldn't have missed a single minute. You know, I'm not sure that's true. We're just not that good anymore. Loads of reasons why we always underachieve (which I won't go into), but I do believe the players care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Cigar Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 49 minutes ago, WolfOfWestStreet said: The more i watch the premier league the more i hate it. World cup win for me it's a bigger achievement. Can we at least get to the Prem and then hate it afterwards??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Surely it should be winning the premier league? Not sure getting there should be compared to a world cup win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Cigar Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 42 minutes ago, Neo said: It has to be City. Whilst I would love to see England win the world cup in my life time, it would be a buzz for a few weeks - at most to the next failure friendly a few weeks later. With City this is a minimum of one season with many sold out games against the so-called "cream of the crop". We will also end up finding out if Pack IS better than Henderson !! I actually think the atmosphere in the country would be amazing. And last several months. But, City first for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Cigar Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 29 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: To break the pattern it is England to win the World Cup over anything City will ever or can achieve. Let's not kid ourselves, if England by some miracle find themselves in the Semis next summer then all the crap football will be forgotten and almost everyone will be watching. And when/if we ever win it again, the national hysteria and celebration will far exceed anything that City could produce. I don't think it'll happen any time soon, but it isn't really comparable in my opinion. True. But it ain't gonna happen is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Couldnt give a t0ss about England. Players are dreadful but are so overhyped i guess they believe theyre superstars even though a lot of them wouldnt stand out a great deal at championship level. Negative mindset, tactics and this incessant need for meaningless keep ball in our own half drives me mad. English football was always wing play, pace, power and strength and failing that, very direct. Why we try to be like everyone else is beyond me. Wish we’d go back to basics and not try to conform to the Spain tippy-tap bullsh1t we have spent years trying to replicate ( very badly ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Cigar Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, Super said: Surely it should be winning the premier league? Not sure getting there should be compared to a world cup win. I'm trying to be realistic. More chance of England winning the WC than us winning the Prem. Ok, Eng are useless, but surely that's more likely to happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaspberryRed Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Lorenzos Only Goal said: I didn't even watch the highlights of the last two England games, from the sounds of it wouldn't have been a huge amount of time to take them in. There wern't any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Club before Country every time for me. C O Y R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Definitely City. England winning the world cup would be amazing but: a) Bristol City getting promoted would feel more special to me personally. b) England winning the world cup would lead to embarrassing scenes of every non-football supporting politician, TV host and celebrity trying to make it all about them. c) the hype for future tournaments in the press would be unbearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 28 minutes ago, Fat Cigar said: True. But it ain't gonna happen is it. But that's not the question being asked though is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Club before country for me now. Agreed if asked this 10 years ago would have said England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Easy answer as my national team wear red shirts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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