i realise i don't really tell people much about my actual thoughts on football, and i found this tag on tumblr so i thought i'd do it to let the few people who might care know a bit more about my love for the game:') although the theme of this is baso if they play for liverpool/barcelona/leeds, i love them
i promise an update is coming soon!
(tag by jpickfords on tumblr)
1. What's your favourite team?
a little team called leeds united:) may be in the championship but they're my faves
2. What team do you hate the most?
manchester united. comes with being a leeds fan
3. Who's your favourite player, all categories?
lionel messi and fernando torres (he was my first ever crush; fun fact)
4. Which league is your favourite?
championship really, but after that la liga
5. What's your favourite chant/song?
you'll never walk alone, the liverpool anthem. it actually comes from one of my favourite musicals of all time sooo
6. What's your NT? Is that also your favourite NT?
england!!! and yes, always. i love my boys so much even if up until this year we failed at everything<3
7. Who's your favourite player from your own country?
hard one. i don't really have a specific player because i lowkey don't like many of them as individuals (mainly because of the clubs they play for lol). so it's a toss up between harry kane/raheem sterling/dele alli/trent alexander arnold. i do also have a soft spot for harry winks
8. Who's your favourite European player?
virgil van djik (the netherlands) or depending on my mood, antoine griezmann (france)
9. Who's your favourite African player?
sadio mane (senegal)
10. Who's your favourite Asian player?
son heung-min (south korea)
11. Who's your favourite South/North/Central American player?
lionel messi (argentina), duh. i also have a soft spot for paulo dybala
12. What team did you support growing up? Do you still support them?
leeds united! will support them until i die
13. What's your favourite Premier League club?
liverpool<3
14. Favourite Bundesliga club?
i don't really watch german football?? so i'm just gonna say bvb for the pure fact that they have jadon sancho. but then bayern have james rodríguez. so i don't know
15. Favourite La Liga club?
barcelona 💙❤️
16. Favourite Ligue 1 club?
gonna be basic and say psg as i have a soft spot for neymar and mbappe
17. Favourite Serie A club?
juve. basic i know but when i say paulo dybala owns my heart i mean he REALLY owns my heart
18. Favourite club outside the Big 5 Leagues?
leeds unitedddd
19. Who's your favourite goalkeeper?
alisson becker (liverpool)
20. Favourite defender?
gerard pique (barcelona) and virgil van djik (liverpool)
21. Favourite midfielder?
mateusz klich (leeds united)
22. Favourite attacker?
lionel messi of course (barca)
23. Favourite coach?
jurgen klopp (liverpool) or pep guardiola (man city). although they're rivals they're insanely likeable. and then marcelo bielsa (leeds) for obvious reasons. i don't like valverde so.
(i also lowkey have a thing for diego simeone it's becoming a problem)
24. Which big tournament is your favourite? (WC, CL, Euros etc)
world cup!!!
25. What position would/do you play if you were/are a footballer?
i don't play now but when i did i was a midfielder:)
26. Which stadium is your favourite?
camp nou obviously
27. How many games have you seen live?
a lot of championship ones but that's it
28. Who's the most famous player you've seen live?
kiko casilla? i guess. i've only ever seen championship games live and he was real madrid's third choice goalie but he came on loan to leeds at christmas time
29. Who's the most famous player you've met?
i've never met any. big sigh
30. How many football shirts do you own?
4. all leeds united
31. Who's your favourite captain?
lionel messiiiii
32. Who's the best player in the world?
see above;)
33. Who's the best player ever?
see above;)))
34. FIFA/Football Manager?
i have fantasy premier league but that's it. am a bit obsessed and take it too seriously ngl
35. For how long have you been a football fan?
for as long as i can remember
36. Who was your first favourite player?
fernando torres. my god i fell in love with that man. even with all that blonde hair
37. Are your other family members football fans as well? If so, what teams do they support?
my dad is, he obviously supports leeds and liverpool. and my grandad was, he supported nottingham forest and as he was in a wheelchair i used to have to take him
38. Why/how did you start liking football?
guess i just got indoctrinated by my father into liking it
39. What local team of yours do you support?
neither. i live in nottingham in the uk and we have notts county and nottingham forest and i can barely tolerate either lmao
40. Put together your dream XI.
goalkeeper: alisson becker
defenders: dani alves, sergio ramos, gerard pique, virgil van djik
midfielders: bernardo silva, mateusz klich, miralem pjanic
attackers: lionel messi, sergio aguero, ronaldo (i don't like him but he's talented i can't deny that)
sooo. there you go. yeah an update will be up at some point i promise - am just recovering from the ucl lmaoo