Mr C and the arm wrestle

Does anybody find themselves kinda routing for Mr C to win the arm wrestling match?

He's a horrendous loathsome character but he's played by a fantastic actor, and he still visually represents Cooper.

I remember watching this for the first time and looking forward to him just crushing the other guy.

It could be that some of my affection for Cooper/Dougie easily transposed onto Mr C because they're played by the same actor.

There could also be some meta-commentary baked in there as some sort of "sympathy for the devil" situation. But im not sure