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Lol, I probably wasn't born then, just can imagine the football scene in those times after having seen "The damned United" movie
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Mike S.
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Colin hit the nail on the head. While I suspected that you meant no malice by your choice of words, it had to be brought to your attention to avoid offending needlessly.
Mike S.
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I'm jubilant, Germany won the World Cup for the fourth time. Glückwünsche ein Jubel!!
Blue Thunder
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As I work in three continents, I can see many sides of a prism 
Mankind is different all around. In US the soccer game is seen like this:
First: My fellow US colleages don't understand a game where the final result can be 0-0. As a matter of fact this is an excellent point of view: spending 90 minutes passing the ball, then more 30 and nothing happens ... and finally some deadly shots put an end to a boring game.
Second: They also don't understand a game where outside the penalty area, fragile players don't have a place to be. However inside the penalty area, the slightest touch result in an artistic fall similar to pool diving.
Third: They also don't understand a game that is live broadcast at the stadium, the referee commits a mistake, he sees countless times his mistake in gigantic screens, the crowd whispers loudly ... and he keeps his mistake on.
Fourth: They also don't understand a game where a coach brings 21 players ... but only 3 are replaced ... and permanently.
Fifth: Finally they don't understand a game where there is no time to strike or progressive lines to cover: A team can be all the time in his middle field passing the ball and everything is ok
But youngs, specially latin youngsters have a different point of view: A ball and an abandoned street are all kids need. The annoying part of the game, I showed above, is adult stuff: You see american latin kids playing soccer all around, the same way you see black kids dominating basketball in every courtyard you can find. I remember being in a Hotel in L.A. and there was a public courtyard about a mile away: By 7:30 AM there were already kids practicing to become the next LeBron James.
Regarding US sports in Europe - it's like this: Mankind is different - American sports are high on adrenaline and spectacular ... however we Europeans prefer calmer things. As weird as it can be, we prefer to see a hour and half race in a corner, where the cars pass only each minute and a half, rather than an oval with a roaring crowd of cars being smashed all around for about four hours.
We are more bucolic that is the primary difference. Once I saw a US NBA game, and it looks like an European game at twice the speed. Americans feel the opposite: FIBA games are NBA at slow speed
Mankind is different all around. In US the soccer game is seen like this:
First: My fellow US colleages don't understand a game where the final result can be 0-0. As a matter of fact this is an excellent point of view: spending 90 minutes passing the ball, then more 30 and nothing happens ... and finally some deadly shots put an end to a boring game.
Second: They also don't understand a game where outside the penalty area, fragile players don't have a place to be. However inside the penalty area, the slightest touch result in an artistic fall similar to pool diving.
Third: They also don't understand a game that is live broadcast at the stadium, the referee commits a mistake, he sees countless times his mistake in gigantic screens, the crowd whispers loudly ... and he keeps his mistake on.
Fourth: They also don't understand a game where a coach brings 21 players ... but only 3 are replaced ... and permanently.
Fifth: Finally they don't understand a game where there is no time to strike or progressive lines to cover: A team can be all the time in his middle field passing the ball and everything is ok
But youngs, specially latin youngsters have a different point of view: A ball and an abandoned street are all kids need. The annoying part of the game, I showed above, is adult stuff: You see american latin kids playing soccer all around, the same way you see black kids dominating basketball in every courtyard you can find. I remember being in a Hotel in L.A. and there was a public courtyard about a mile away: By 7:30 AM there were already kids practicing to become the next LeBron James.
Regarding US sports in Europe - it's like this: Mankind is different - American sports are high on adrenaline and spectacular ... however we Europeans prefer calmer things. As weird as it can be, we prefer to see a hour and half race in a corner, where the cars pass only each minute and a half, rather than an oval with a roaring crowd of cars being smashed all around for about four hours.
We are more bucolic
that is the primary difference. Once I saw a US NBA game, and it looks like an European game at twice the speed. Americans feel the opposite: FIBA games are NBA at slow speed Nice résumé,
And I do hope that it stays as it is, even so with all this technology around ......even so Americans are not interested, there are other 6 billions persons who are interested to the beautiful game.
Great Job Germany, this Tetra (4) start is well deserved.
Ciau
And I do hope that it stays as it is, even so with all this technology around ......even so Americans are not interested, there are other 6 billions persons who are interested to the beautiful game.
Great Job Germany, this Tetra (4) start is well deserved.
Ciau
Ron Tamburrini
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Mike you must remember that English is not Rodrigo's first language which might make things sound a little coarse.
Ron
Ron Tamburrini
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Just a little note on our boring game . Get yourself along to an old firm game in Glasgow and you will get all the excitement you need then pick your way thru the wounded to get home .
Oops nearly forgot that doesn't happen anymore as rangers are no longer in the top league
Oops nearly forgot that doesn't happen anymore as rangers are no longer in the top league
DEL
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Just a little note on our boring game . Get yourself along to an old firm game in Glasgow and you will get all the excitement you need then pick your way thru the wounded to get home .
Oops nearly forgot that doesn't happen anymore as rangers are no longer in the top league
Pish ........ anywhere Rangers are IS the top league.
DEL
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Did you have your pinky extended as you sipped from your china teacup when you wrote this ........ very Kelvinside
Ron Tamburrini
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Ron Tamburrini
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Mike S.
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I'm aware of that, which is why I alerted him before he dug himself into an even deeper hole.
theBaron
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Yeah, well, I'm a native speaker of English, and I can't understand youse sometimes
Prost!
Brad
Prost!
Brad
Mike S.
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Wrong geographic area for the pronunciation "youse" Sir! I may be a "Yank" to the English, but descending from a long line of Southerners, I am most assuredly not a Yankee.Yeah, well, I'm a native speaker of English, and I can't understand youse sometimes
Prost!
Brad
Ron Tamburrini
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None of you guys speak English ,Yankee's or Texans in fact most English find the language difficult yi need ta come fae scotland ta understand
yi need ta come fae scotland ta understand
theBaron
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Wrong geographic area for the pronunciation "youse" Sir! I may be a "Yank" to the English, but descending from a long line of Southerners, I am most assuredly not a Yankee.
Neither am I. Yankees are from the other side of the Delaware, especially once you cross the Hudson, heading east and north. "Youse" is common here in the Mid-Atlantic region, except in Pittsburgh, where they say "youinz'.
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