it makes much more fun when your team is winning
I suppose it does; but when your team is defeated you suffer out of love and you console your team with your pain and tears. It's like Katharsis, and then you love your team even more! ♥ ♥ ♥
It's nice to be at the top of the table
Bookies no longer see England as the favourites though. Oh, well... maybe the English are saving the best for the knock-out stage.