User blog comment:Hogwild94/World Cup Predictions Game/@comment-27162079-20180717005110/@comment-25109076-20180717205022

With 38 rounds of 10 games, plus all the midweek changes as well, I think it's a little too much. If, however, Champions League or FA Cup were the options, I'd be up for it.

As for picking a favourite team, Toast it tends to have some sort of link to you. My dad, for example, was born near White Hart Lane, and he naturally became a Spurs fan. My brother supports Liverpool because he really liked watching Michael Owen when he was much younger. I myself am a Manchester United fan of 12 years because the first match I ever watched of football that I can remember was on New Year's Eve in 2005 when they beat Bolton and Ronaldo scored twice (I forget who scored the others).

People also tend to cheer on their local team as well, either alongside their other team or as their one and only team. Naturally then, I want Oxford United, Oxford City and Thame FC to do well in their respective leagues, but I don't follow them per se.

As for Premier League hype as a whole... well, it's football. A lot of people tend to get very passionate about football, like anyone with anything :P