I have often many teams that I fancy, but it varies from season to season quite often, I just love to watch a lot of games, and then some teams charm you.
In the Premier League I suppose that I admire Wolverhampton, I think they are punching way above their weight and it makes me admire them.
Some of you may have read my first ever TIA post, when I asked if I could join and etc. Well, I won’t rip open that again, just noting that I had fun supporting the totally wrong team as a very young kid before I completely fell out with football at around 17-18. Then I didn’t watch football for years actually, before I started to watch a lot the Norwegian league. It was often fun, but these days those games bore me (until recently with Bodø- Glimt). I think after I became an adult the first truly wow moment I had was watching Jurgen Klopp’s Borossia Dortmund in the Champions League. I have fancied Dortmund more than a bit since. But yeah, it was Klopp that made me a Liverpool fan, got to admit that. But it is very fascinating for me just how much of a fan I have become. The last two years I have missed maybe 3-5 official Liverpool games, no more. It has become a bit of an obsession, I have completely fallen in love with everything Liverpool FC.
Anyway, in terms of Norwegian football, I adore the current leaders in the league. Bodø-Glimt (I spent a year in the army in Bodø in 2004, even watched them and I know a few people up north) Why do I adore them ? Well, for one, they are the only northern Norwegian team currently in the top division, not good enough reasons to adore them for sure. Nah, it has to do with them never having won the league before and playing absolutely awesome offensive football. They are just so, so good this seasons, keeps winning 6-1, 5-0 etc., and their run like hell in attack and bombs their opponents. Really charming team. Also, if they now manage to beat their Lithuanian (we all in Norway think they will, their form is sublime) opponent in the Europa League Play Qualifier, they will meet AC Milan in the last Play Off! That is going to be awesome (and difficult for them), but if they retain their form, there may be a yellow surprise for Milan in a few weeks (yeah, Bodø-Glimt’s shirts are yellow).
So yeah, I like football. Watch a lot of different football. Now I watch primarily Liverpool these days, but I do try to watch most Premier League games if I have the time, since I love to know exactly how good the various teams in the league are.
But Bodø Glimt vs Ac Milan, you heard it here first ! That’s a game you all should watch if they get there, they really do play nice offensive football Bodø. On a lesser level obviously to the premier League, but there are always a lot of goals.