I’ll begin with a confession. I hate seeing any English club other than Liverpool succeeding in European competition. As far as I’m concerned, I simply cannot fathom the rationale that implies the existence of some form of moral obligation on my part to actively support – in any way – clubs with whom Liverpool aspire to compete, domestically. Regardless of the competition, they’re rivals. It’s as simple as that in my mind.
“But you should support the English club”, comes the inevitable response. Patriotism, for many, should take precedent over any domestic allegiances and subsequent rivalries. In essence, we should support any and all of our nations representatives on the continent. Or so i’m told. But does that really happen? Were the white half of North London on their feet when Giroud equalised for Arsenal last night, for example? Should the football followers of Merseyside be uniting behind their red Manchester neighbours in Sociedad tonight? Would a Leicester City supporter cheer for Derby County, or a Norwich supporter for Ipswich? Should they?
I don’t think so. I cannot understand the logic. But what about you? Do you support the English teams in Europe, despite any domestic allegiance, or, like me, do you find the very notion, well, alien?
I’m genuinely interested to see where people stand on this.
The Grobbelramble 