oh those wacky germans and their laughing balls!There’s been a bit of dis­cus­sion up here at Welling­ton­ista Tow­ers as to just who we should be sup­port­ing in the World Cup. We need a team with whom we Welling­to­ni­ans can iden­ti­fy with — soc­cer’s equiv­a­lent of the Hur­ri­canes: a team that blows hot and cold; a team full of star names, but who inevitably fall at the final hur­dle; a team that are a joy to watch, but typ­i­cal­ly lose to more dour, joy­less sides.

To that extent, we came up with a short-list of four: Hol­land, Spain, Por­tu­gal and Mex­i­co. All these teams have been frus­trat­ing their fans for years, mak­ing the lat­ter stages on rel­a­tive­ly reg­u­lar occa­sions, only to lose to more method­i­cal plod­ders like Ger­many or Italy, or falling to the pere­nial­ly bril­liant Brazil­ians.

At the moment, we’re veer­ing towards Spain, part­ly because they’re sure to be a good source of sport­ing ups and downs, but most­ly because they’re our Earth Sand­wich part­ner, and if that does­n’t count for some­thing, what does? Any votes from any­one else?

And, tell you what, there’s some ‘inter­est­ing’ hits for “World Cup” on Google image search. Keep your eyes on the ball, son!