User blog comment:Hogwild94/World Cup Predictions Game/@comment-27162079-20180717005110/@comment-4700688-20180717215636

I’d understand cheering for the local team if they primarily consisted of people native to that area, but I can’t get behind teams named after English cities where English players are a minority. It’s not a game of local/national pride, its a game of finances where the biggest budget for international players wins, and even if you look past that, how do you pick a favourite between Manchester United and Manchester City if you live in Manchester? That’s what’s so good about the World Cup, people represent exactly what they’re named after.

but that’s just me I guess