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A_LAcki

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Dec 23, 2002
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there you go...
You have a point here, Fli.

We would all loose the interest in supporting Juve, as weouldn't have the same coverage. I don't think, that I could follow Serie B matches in Austria and I highly doubt that Channel 4 or any other English website would continue to write about Juve.

Sure, we would all still love our Juventus, but it wouldn't be the same.
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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++ [ originally posted by Fliakis ] ++
and everyone is a bit of glory hunter, after all we chose to support juventus, not messina or cagliari.
Incorrect actually. Juventus was the first European club team I have ever seen play. I didn't know much about the team at all when I first saw them.
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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++ [ originally posted by A_LAcki ] ++


You have a point here, Fli.

We would all loose the interest in supporting Juve, as weouldn't have the same coverage. I don't think, that I could follow Serie B matches in Austria and I highly doubt that Channel 4 or any other English website would continue to write about Juve.
That's also incorrect. Channel4 gives weekly reports on Napoli's struggle to win promotion into Serie B, giving match reports and current information on the club. If they do it for Napoli I assume they would do the same for the biggest club in Italy.
 
Sep 28, 2002
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Incorrect actually. Juventus was the first European club team I have ever seen play. I didn't know much about the team at all when I first saw them.
and bang, you saw them and became a hard core ultra... you started supporting them when you knew something about their history, their players, their victories...


you do have a point, me personally started following juve after i saw their jersey in a shop, i liked it and when i knew what team is it i started folowing it. once again, had it been a small team i wouldnt have started following them, just because of lack of info. same for you imo, you saw them because they were big, and you started following them because they were big. im not calling you a gloryhunter in a sense that if juve dont win anything for 5 years you'll turn to milan, no. but 95% of those who follow big teams are a bit of glory hunters.
 
Sep 28, 2002
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That's also incorrect. Channel4 gives weekly reports on Napoli's struggle to win promotion into Serie B, giving match reports and current information on the club. If they do it for Napoli I assume they would do the same for the biggest club in Italy.

again, thats napoli, 4th most followed team in italy. but if they stay in the 4th league for 10 years, you think their coverage will be just as big? i believe nottingham forest had plenty of fans back in their day, but how many of those are remaining? most of them i believe still have a spot for that team in their hearts, but they dont call themselves diehards anymore...
 

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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and bang, you saw them and became a hard core ultra... you started supporting them when you knew something about their history, their players, their victories...
After I learned more about them of course I'm going to become more of fan. Almost every club is that way.

If I took the easy way out and liked Real Madrid in 98 because they won I wouldn't be here right now.


you do have a point, me personally started following juve after i saw their jersey in a shop, i liked it and when i knew what team is it i started folowing it. once again, had it been a small team i wouldnt have started following them, just because of lack of info. same for you imo, you saw them because they were big, and you started following them because they were big. im not calling you a gloryhunter in a sense that if juve dont win anything for 5 years you'll turn to milan, no. but 95% of those who follow big teams are a bit of glory hunters.
No, I didn't start following them because they were big, I started following Juve because they were the only team I knew along with Real Madrid at the time. The first ever European match I saw was Real-Juve in 98, and I personally liked Juve better because of the Italians I enjoyed back in the 94 WC here in the states. I liked the Italian NT back then as well.

But like I said Juventus at the time was the only European club I knew, and it's stuck with me ever since. I sort of liked Barca in 99 but not that much, except for Rivaldo.
 

jaecole

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Apr 7, 2005
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++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


After I learned more about them of course I'm going to become more of fan. Almost every club is that way.

If I took the easy way out and liked Real Madrid in 98 because they won I wouldn't be here right now.




No, I didn't start following them because they were big, I started following Juve because they were the only team I knew along with Real Madrid at the time. The first ever European match I saw was Real-Juve in 98, and I personally liked Juve better because of the Italians I enjoyed back in the 94 WC here in the states. I liked the Italian NT back then as well.

But like I said Juventus at the time was the only European club I knew, and it's stuck with me ever since. I sort of liked Barca in 99 but not that much, except for Rivaldo.
The way you are trying to hard to put this off is a little silly. Fact is you choose to support a Champions League team that were perhaps the best in Europe at the time.

You still choose them as much as anyone else. Again I called no one a glory hunter, I just don't think you have any case to go around calling others.

You choose Juve as much as Gino did. It wasn't fate or something. Gino is even Italian, living in Turin for christ sakes and people are ripping on him?
It's just so wrong :D

You've been a fan since 98. You don't even know anything other than glory except 1 season where Juve finished 7th? Coming second in a league is glory. Knowing your team are going to be there at the end fighting for it every season is glory.
 

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