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We?

You are one strange dude, Gerrit...

PP

You support so many clubs. Why not just support one?

Give him a break. He has clearly outlined before that Rosenborg are his love above all.

Originally Posted by thejollyrodger

You support so many clubs. Why not just support one?

Comes to Ireland & chooses Shels clearly because they were the most successful recently. Chooses Rosenborg presumably for same reason... I'm sorry but bandwagon jumper if ever there was one...?

Lay off it. He can support who he likes.

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

We?

You are one strange dude, Gerrit...

PP

I could say the same about you and your team.

He supports a team who are on par with your team (and thats been nice) whats so strange?

Originally Posted by Poor Student

Lay off it. He can support who he likes.

Indeed. His choices of team are, well, idiosyncratic, that's all.

Originally Posted by jorge

I could say the same about you and your team.

He supports a team who are on par with your team (and thats been nice) whats so strange?

Could you indeed say the same, Jorge? Well, go on then, be my guest.

A Norwegian-supporting Belgian with a liking for one/two/several Irish football clubs - north or south, no matter - and you ask me what I think is strange.

And, for the record, you'll have to try better than that if you want to have a dig at me.

PP

Bandwagon jumper ? If that were the case I would not have gone to Tolka but sat in the pub supporting some English club, then I would not spit on the Champions League and G16 whenever possible, and then I'd not support Norway but Brazil or so... By the way, check my list of favourite foreign clubs, you will see the names of Vanspor, Ceuta and such appear ; hardly big clubs, or am I wrong?

"Why support so many teams?" - well, 3: one in my native country, one in the country I lived in for a year, and then Rosenborg. Not that many, isn't it?

By the way, I follow Rosenborg since 11 years now, so they were a true minnow when I first fell in love with them.

Originally Posted by pete

Comes to Ireland & chooses Shels clearly because they were the most successful recently. Chooses Rosenborg presumably for same reason... I'm sorry but bandwagon jumper if ever there was one...?

By the way, Shels was a coincidence rather than a choice. I got invited to the games, met some nice people and kept going back. It's not like I really picked a team because of reasons other than social, if those people I got friends with happened to support Dublin City then I'd have followed them

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

Could you indeed say the same, Jorge? Well, go on then, be my guest.

A Norwegian-supporting Belgian with a liking for one/two/several Irish football clubs - north or south, no matter - and you ask me what I think is strange.

And, for the record, you'll have to try better than that if you want to have a dig at me.

PP

I wont be your guest.This thread is about Rosenborg not oppinions on certain teams.

I don't know his full backround but he he must have had something to do with Norway.AFAIK he supports Shels i dont know about several Irish teams.

If i had a dig at You then you must have had one at Gerrit which I don't think you did.

Talk about easy to wind up

Originally Posted by pete

Talk about easy to wind up

Pete is a WUP! I demand he gets banned!

Wot's a WUP?

Oh well, everyone thinks what he/she wants. The only that matters to me are the facts. And those are: how can I be a gloryhunter when I research more about Luxembourg football than about English football and when I show more interest in Mongolia's national side than in the one of Brazil ?

For those who would suggest me gloryhunting: I will for once quote myself with a post from a few weeks ago (and the opinion expressed in that post is the opinion I tell everyone, just because I believe in it, even though most people blame me for it - yes, blame, reactions from my Belgian pals are sometimes harsh and they insult me for a "romatics seeker" )

And to make one thing clear: I disgust the Champions League with non-champions in it, and apart from Rosenborg's games in it I prefer to boycot it. For once, and that's a small frustration inside the "eureka feelings", a team of mine however needs that goddamn CL to make the season not entirely crap




By the way, I am on my way to launch a small informational website on small football teams and countries. Because most websites don't pay attention to the leagues of places like Falklands, Greenland, Mongolia or San Marino...

Well, I find those leagues more interesting than the big professional leagues, and as I cannot find anything on the net about it worth reading, I will just throw the stories on these often ignored places online myself. I will post the link once the site is finished (don't expect graphical beauty though, I'm a webbuilding rookie, it will be about content and not about quality webbuilding...)

Gerrit, you've been the victim of a wind up here. Everyone cool it off here or this thread will be closed. No one on this forum need justify who they support or be ridiculed for it.

Originally Posted by Poor Student

No one on this forum need justify who they support or be ridiculed for it.

What about Shels fans?

Originally Posted by Schumi

What about Shels fans?

eL wouldn't be covered by this forum.

Originally Posted by Poor Student

eL wouldn't be covered by this forum.

Nice one.

Oh, and one more thing (as a reply to PP's post): I never claimed to be normal. I know, a Belgian supporting Norway may sound strange, but that's my more or less normal side... I never claimed to be perfectly normal and rational.

I have my weird sides (I'm goth after all ) but I'd say it's not a bad thing. Special people are strange as well, but "special" sounds so much more friendly than "weirdo", so I'd just like to be labeled as special then if I need a label on my head



I have strong sympathies for lot of "weird" countries' teams: Luxembourg, Iceland, Faroe islands, Falkland Islands, Mongolia, New Zealand, ...
The reasons? My very strong interest in the true romantics of this sport (and those are NOT big stars and full stadiums, those are idyllic places where amateurs play only out of love for the sport, places where most people would not even want to expect football's played at all)

Some people blame me for this preference, but I can't help my own interests

Then supporting the Nordic countries is because of my lifelong dream to settle down in the Far North. I've been dreaming of the North since I was 5 years old and first looked at the globe, and the dream's still alive. I even learnt Norwegian to increase my chances of finding a job there. So that explains why I support Norway, the most fascinating country in the world in my eyes.