I grew up dedicating half my time out of school to watching sports and the other half to playing. Now it's really Arsenal.
At different stages, much of my time would go towards
Football - watching Juventus, Kaiserslautern, Rangers, Marseille as much as I could
Non-football - NBA (Lakers - particularly the Lake Show that preceded Shakobe), tennis, F1

Nowadays, it's really Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal, and then Champions League and Europa games involving Real, Borussia, PSG, Juve - all of which are significantly more enjoyable to watch than Wenger's footballing frankenstein.

i've lost a bit of my racing lust. i really would like a series where the only differentiators are the quality of your driver, your pit crew, and your race strategist. keep everything else equal as much as possible.
i think Formula 1 is even less likely to see a Leicester story than top flight football. it basically comes down to 1-2 teams competing for the drivers' champions every season. i'd rather shave my nut sack with a butter knife

I have got back into watching the NBA this season after pretty much a decade out of the loop. Probably watched way too many teams and games to really get a feel for it, but now feel I'm on top of it again. Was actually a big shock after 10 years out, because the game is so different from what it was! Impossible not to fall in love with the GSW, and it really pisses me off that OKC is such a bunch of chokers. That OKC team is every bit as talented as GSW and the Spurs IMO.

Rosenborg e lage mitt, et eventyr i svart å i hvitt.

As far as other sports go I follow the NFL and some college football, cycling and the tennis majors.

Qwiss! wrote:

I'll watch just about any PL game thats on if I have time to sit down and watch it. Used to watch more before they split the games between Sky and BT. I don't have BT now and sometimes it just feels like too much hassle to boot up my streming laptop and watch games that aren't ours. I don't follow any other teams, tend to watch the other English sides in the CL or anyone whos competing with us, like Leicester or Spurs up until last week . I like to have some sort of investment in a game so I enjoy watching games where I can cheer against Spurs, Chelsea, United, etc Sometimes I'll watch games to see how the Irish lads are doing.

Not big into any other sports, used to go Gaelic football matches both at county and inter-county level but its been a long time since I've paid more than a passing interest to that. Used to follow F1 but stopped around the time Jordan were sold.

I absolutely love Jordan in the past. Fantastic livery and a great character at the helm of it. Miss teams like that. Nowadays it's mostly a procession and I just watch out of habit, especially because Mclaren is shit nowadays and Merc is too dominant. I have just a wee bit of hope that Ferrari/Williams can challenge for the top, Mclaren is closer to the front runners and Haas/Manor ain't too slow this season. Otherwise it's yet another write-off.

Had a real soft spot for the AC Milan side with Nesta, Stam, Cafu, Maldini, Pirlo, Kaka and Shevchenko. Such a classy team that was and I saw them whenever I could. Still remember fondly how they beat United 3-0 with consummate ease. Even though they bottled it Arsenal style in the final vs Pool...

Kaka was out of the world those days. Still feel he is too underrated when he was at his peak.

Ah, it was the Milan team earlier than that which was the shit! The team with Gullit, Rijkard, van Basten, Savicevic - and of course Maldini, Baresi, Costacurta, Massaro, Boban... Fuck me, what a team that was!

I became a casual Boston Celtics fan during the Paul Pierce years especially after the hard-fought battles with LeBron James. I'm still a big fan of Garnett, Rondo and Doc Rivers. I loved their old-school approach. Pierce and Garnett have both said that they have not spoken to Ray Allen after joining Miami Heat. In a current sports world where opposition players post pictures of each other on Instagram/swap shirts at half-time I really liked Pierce's and Garnett's attitude.
The Celtics also have a great GM in Danny Ainge who is willing to take risks, make the necessary moves, looking for trade opportunities in order to make his team successful which is something I don't see at Arsenal where everything is played extremely safe.

Indeed Rex now there was team.
I was lucky enough to have seen them play.
Serie A was the best league in the world in those days.

Btw I think this tread was intended to discussion other football teams people admire.
We have a thread for all other rubbish sports.
http://onemoreinthetolly.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=570

Rex wrote:

I have got back into watching the NBA this season after pretty much a decade out of the loop. Probably watched way too many teams and games to really get a feel for it, but now feel I'm on top of it again. Was actually a big shock after 10 years out, because the game is so different from what it was! Impossible not to fall in love with the GSW, and it really pisses me off that OKC is such a bunch of chokers. That OKC team is every bit as talented as GSW and the Spurs IMO.

Yup.

My ex is from Oklahoma, she got me into watching them about 4 seasons ago. Full of potential and talent but that club is going nowhere right now

They are like the Arsenal of the NBA

Jens wrote:

Rosenborg e lage mitt, et eventyr i svart å i hvitt.

Se iwo ro boya iwo nikan lo gbo ede miran ni?

Segway wrote:

Had a real soft spot for the AC Milan side with Nesta, Stam, Cafu, Maldini, Pirlo, Kaka and Shevchenko. Such a classy team that was and I saw them whenever I could. Still remember fondly how they beat United 3-0 with consummate ease. Even though they bottled it Arsenal style in the final vs Pool...

Don't forget Inzaghi, Seedorf, Pirlo, Gattusso, Ambrosini. I believe even old man Ronaldo made a few cameos for them at the time. One of the greatest squads ever assembled.

SimplyThePest wrote:

They didn't win two championships, Asterix...

Ah, you're right. Only one Premiership. No Grand Final wins, but I'm a traditionalist. Winning the home and away season demonstrates the best team. Winning the Grand Final gets you the Toilet Seat.

Jens wrote:

Segway wrote:

Had a real soft spot for the AC Milan side with Nesta, Stam, Cafu, Maldini, Pirlo, Kaka and Shevchenko. Such a classy team that was and I saw them whenever I could. Still remember fondly how they beat United 3-0 with consummate ease. Even though they bottled it Arsenal style in the final vs Pool...

Don't forget Inzaghi, Seedorf, Pirlo, Gattusso, Ambrosini. I believe even old man Ronaldo made a few cameos for them at the time. One of the greatest squads ever assembled.

Lol somehow forgot Seedorf. My favourite non-Arsenal player.

Seedorf is up there as one of the greatest players ever, criminally underrated. Classy character too.

Aw, how cute. Norwegian banter.

jones wrote:

Seedorf is up there as one of the greatest players ever, criminally underrated. Classy character too.

I can never get over this goal. So absurd the way he struck it. It's like if the net wasn't there it would still be flying through the air now.

Every time I see Seedorf I'm reminded that Inter sold him. We give Arsenal a lot of stick for failing to identify great players, but Inter went out of their way to get rid of Baresi, Pirlo and Seedorf. The three of them went on to win like a billion trophies for Milan.

Dont forget Bergkamp and more recently Coutinho

Barca and Schalke

I was born and partially grew up right near Selhurst Park, always followed Palace with interest.

Coombs wrote:

I was born and partially grew up right near Selhurst Park, always followed Palace with interest.

Hope you channel your inner Crystal to help them win today.

Doesn't seem to be working out.

Savz wrote:

Dont forget Bergkamp and more recently Coutinho

Yeah, but both were flops in Italy. Those three guys went on to become legends for Inter's worst rival. Selling Seedorf, Pirlo and Baresi to Milan is like if we had sold Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Tony Adams to Spurs just before they broke through. There would be riots.

Klaus, Inter didn't sell the better Baresi to Milan. I think they had both Baresi brothers for trial and only signed the older one.

As for Seedorf and Pirlo (and Cannavaro too), what they got in return was . Some of the worst swap deals ever.

Yeah, I know they technically didn't own Baresi. It's almost as bad though! Possibly the greatest defender in modern time and they turned him down because they thought he was too small. Jesus wept.

Inter got the world beater Dražen Brncic in return for Pirlo, didn't they? That has to be the most epic swap deal in history.

I had to look at that name , but yeah it was him.

Another Seedorf clip:

I love how Cuper looks like he's all: "Shit. Now I have to play him in the next game." How many great players did Inter lose under him? Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Seedorf, Crespo... costly manager.

Bryant wrote:

I had to look at that name , but yeah it was him.

Another Seedorf clip:

I remember watching that game, was rooting for Juventus as my Italian friends' family were all hardcore Juve supporters but couldn't help but be in awe of those two strikes. Football as a sport and spectacle peaked in Serie A between the late 80s and early 00s.

Also talking of Seedorf reminds me of this pic

Faaaarrrk Is that real?
Clrnc is ripped!