I thought he was just adding detail for the sake of a longer sentence with no real hidden motive. Quit being fannies.
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Originally posted by heelswxmanI didn't want to be the one to say it...
BTW watch out for Everton, sixth place here we come.
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I'm a soccer noob too and I'll defend him in saying that it's actually kind of hard to pick an English (or European) team to follow. Americans don't have the luxury of just choosing the home team which is what we mostly do for American sports. The easiest teams to keep up with are going to be the biggest teams and you'll get that stigma of being a "front runner". On the other hand, you can follow a smaller or 2nd tier team, but it will be difficult to stay up with the team and you'd also be entering into a futile fandom.Comment
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I'm a soccer noob too and I'll defend him in saying that it's actually kind of hard to pick an English (or European) team to follow. Americans don't have the luxury of just choosing the home team which is what we mostly do for American sports. The easiest teams to keep up with are going to be the biggest teams and you'll get that stigma of being a "front runner". On the other hand, you can follow a smaller or 2nd tier team, but it will be difficult to stay up with the team and you'd also be entering into a futile fandom.
Sure, I'm not seeing the 10-15 matches I get for free in HD if I was a Man U fan, but fuck it, I watch those anyway because I want to see any soccer.
If someone wanted to become a Zaragoza fan, then fine, I'd agree it's going to be tough going. Google Translating newspapers loses it's lustre after the 15th mistranslated word.
Look, I'm not begruding anyone becoming a soccer fan. It was more the tone of the note 'hey, look how smart I am, I picked City before they got in to the Champions League'. If he picked Blackburn and then came back next year after they made the CL and said 'I picked them before Venky's bought them, :smugface:' then I'd bow downComment
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I'd agree if it was any other league than the Prem. Between Sky, BBC, Guardian, team sites, fan forums, etc, anyone with half a brain can find more than their fill for any team in the Premier League. You'll also get a decent number of matches on ESPN. As an NUFC fan, I think I saw maybe 5 matches on Sportsnet/SN1 in the past season. Not great, but it's about a 7th of the season. If I had the money for Setanta or for the Premier League pass, I could see even more. Not to mention the illegal streaming options.
Sure, I'm not seeing the 10-15 matches I get for free in HD if I was a Man U fan, but fuck it, I watch those anyway because I want to see any soccer.
If someone wanted to become a Zaragoza fan, then fine, I'd agree it's going to be tough going. Google Translating newspapers loses it's lustre after the 15th mistranslated word.
Look, I'm not begruding anyone becoming a soccer fan. It was more the tone of the note 'hey, look how smart I am, I picked City before they got in to the Champions League'. If he picked Blackburn and then came back next year after they made the CL and said 'I picked them before Venky's bought them, :smugface:' then I'd bow down
The problem does arrive when you look elsewhere, however. Because I have a friend at college from Brasil I've adopted his team as mine, and support Fluminense as best I can, but who the hell follows Brazilian soccer and where do I catch all the news/games??? Same goes for trying to follow the Russian PL and all the rest of the European leagues to some extent. All is well tho and I'll figure out how to get my fix worldwide.Comment
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Do you think Leighton Baines and Jack Rodwell are still with Everton by the time the summer transfer window ends? There's some big money rumored to be paid for each of these guys. I would think it'd be hard to turn down.
Who is Everton targeting to add during the transfer window? Talksport says they're competing with Bayern for some hot young J-League player.Comment
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Who is Everton targeting to add during the transfer window? Talksport says they're competing with Bayern for some hot young J-League player.
List of players who have been rumored for Everton. Some have already turned them down or have been moved to another team.
Jay Bothroyd
Michael Owen
Miroslav Klose
Joey Barton
Charles N'Zogbia
Guy Moussi
Gervinho
Kieran Westwood
Steven Defour
Shane Long
Bruno Ecuele Manga
Demba Ba
Scott Dann
Kevin de Bruyne
David Vaughan
Charlie Adam
Gary Taylor-Fletcher
Craig Mackail-Smith
DJ Campbell
Wes Brown
Danny Welbeck
Sebastian Larsson
Yannick Djalo
Gary Woods
Georginio Wijnaldum
Jelle Vossen
Dedryck Boyata
Neil Taylor
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Sergio Canales
Nicolas N'Koulou
Chris Eagles
Rasmus Elm
Craig Bellamy
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