Gnidrologist
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Nobody's following your retarded verbose ass lmao. Maybe stop posting walls of flagrant dross in every single thread whenever you wake up from another torpor.
9 - Robert Lewandowski
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Maradona37
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Maradona37
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Last page or two is me moaning about the joke that is patriotism (TemporaryFan feels an affinity towards Lewandowski as they are Polish).
TemporaryFan
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Patriotism as a phenomena permeates and manifests itself, to a lesser or higher degree, in outer layers of one's "personal" culture, such as hobbies and interests. Sport is definitely one of them. If an athlete wins an Olympic gold medal, the nation is happy to hear their national anthem. If you can't feel the pride when your countryman is the best in the World, then you are that much poorer in getting the most joy in life from those who can.
Lewandowski was on the podium for a long time. First BVB, FC Bayern, now FC Barcelona is a platform, a reputable theater, a renowned dancing partner. His success is their success, their success is his success. To that symbiosis I can subscribe to and it works for me. But, by itself, a 'foreign' club is just an empty building where I can't feel emotions or thrill when they play. It'd be different, if I were a Catalonian, or lived there, in Barcelona, long enough.
Lewandowski was on the podium for a long time. First BVB, FC Bayern, now FC Barcelona is a platform, a reputable theater, a renowned dancing partner. His success is their success, their success is his success. To that symbiosis I can subscribe to and it works for me. But, by itself, a 'foreign' club is just an empty building where I can't feel emotions or thrill when they play. It'd be different, if I were a Catalonian, or lived there, in Barcelona, long enough.
TemporaryFan
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Maybe what I said did not resonate too well on FC Barcelona forum, especially, if most of its members are Catalonians, in the sense that Catalonia and Spain are not necessarily interchangable terms. The notion of patriotism must be somewhat different there. Nonetheless, the separatist sentiments are still pronounced there, that means they are driven by nothing else but patriotism to their own culture and land. Poland is different in the sense that It is nationally and culturally very homogeneous.
JustAnotherBarcaFan
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For me, Barcelona has always been a club that I supported more or less, ever since I started to be interested in football as a child (Rivaldo, Overmars, de Boer times) as I mentioned earlier. Then I was amazed by Ronaldinho and then by TikiTaka and of course Messi. Tikitaka in particular was something I admired because I thought it was the essence of football - a team-play where everybody was involved. And because of this sentiment I still support Barca, even without Lewandowski or Szczesny. I will support Barca if they play against any other team in the World…except Polish one 🙂.
And I understand that someone can feel different way and doesn’t feel that connection to his/hers country but calling others „creepy” because of that is unacceptable for me.
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He does but hes too hesitant sometimes. I wish he did that more often, even if that means sometimes the ball is won back by the opposition. I understand vs teams like Madrid who are tough on the counter, but he was afraid to do the final pass vs 10 men midtable team
@Maradona37 but do you like Brest?
And would you like then any less because they are French?
And would you like then any less because they are French?
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