EPTscrap that sturridge torres and terry im going to watch this sounds like a good mauling
2011-2012 football (soccer) thread - Page 379
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Denzil
United Kingdom4193 Posts
scrap that sturridge torres and terry im going to watch this sounds like a good mauling | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
Chelsea's Absolutely crushing QPR right now. Still a chance to make it into CL without winning the whole thing. | ||
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
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Stimp
South Africa780 Posts
On April 29 2012 19:51 sc4k wrote:No Chelsea...you must have missed the page where I said how the victory v barcelona was one of the best nights of my life lol. From Chelsea too... Meh I think people who support teams from a different area to where they are from is okay a) if they are foreign, or b) if they have a relative who got them into that team. Pretty much any other reason, in my mind, makes them dubious. But still it's true if you support the club and stay true...your voice and money are as useful to the club as anyone else. Brother! The game at the moment is very very entertaining after the high tension barcelona games. A nice stroll in the park. | ||
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Aristodemus
England2014 Posts
On April 29 2012 22:00 WArped wrote: This is depressing to watch as a Spurs fan. TT Beautiful to watch as a Bolton fan, you get your turn on wednesday  | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28911 Posts
On April 29 2012 21:23 Denzil wrote: it was either 4-2 or 5-2 I can't remember but I know Messi mauled Wayne Bridge all game and Ronaldinio did something special and scored on the edge of the box that goal was absolutely outstanding | ||
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Zexion
Sweden971 Posts
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
 . Revenge for the 1-0! | ||
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Timurid
Guyana (French)656 Posts
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fbs
United Kingdom2476 Posts
still 25k a week, could be worse eh Cech face is great "..the fuck?" | ||
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Surrealistic
311 Posts
On April 29 2012 21:35 Littlemuff wrote: A glory hunter is someone who keeps changing to the team that wins. Its like callings someone a Glory hunter because they started supporting Arsenal in 03/04. Not really a glory hunter if they are now sticking with them through the ruff. Maybe if they then started supporting Chelsea under Mourinho and now City then yeah. Thats a glory hunter. Also the people who magically became Barca supporters over the last few years. They are glory hunters. Well you say that, but if you only support a team, even if at first, because they're winning - then that surely makes one a glory hunter? It's funny you mention Arsenal, because this fan group particularly erks me in some other football based forums. At the start of the season they all wanted Wenger out, posting stuff about how he knows nothing etc - when the vast majority of them only support Arsenal because of the Invincible team you mentioned - and thus thanks to Wenger. Read Chelsea fans booing Ferdinand. Stoke fans booed Ramsey. What the fuck. | ||
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Timurid
Guyana (French)656 Posts
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kyllinghest
Norway1607 Posts
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Denzil
United Kingdom4193 Posts
On April 30 2012 00:10 kyllinghest wrote: semi-interesting article regarding "Why we follow football" 90 per cent of English fans of Chelsea in 2006 had not supported the club in 2003. But that translates into SC2 and other sports. Being a fan is situational and dependant on many things. A lot of people will have been fans because their Dads were fans and in turn those Dads are fans because of their Dads and so on, other people support because of marketing and getting the name out there. 95% of Scarlett fans weren't fans prior to IPL4 90% of NesTea fans weren't fans prior to him being in GSL Works in a lot of things but exposure and publicity and constantly being out there makes people more aware of teams to support. | ||
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kyllinghest
Norway1607 Posts
On April 30 2012 00:28 Denzil wrote: But that translates into SC2 and other sports. Being a fan is situational and dependant on many things. A lot of people will have been fans because their Dads were fans and in turn those Dads are fans because of their Dads and so on, other people support because of marketing and getting the name out there. 95% of Scarlett fans weren't fans prior to IPL4 90% of NesTea fans weren't fans prior to him being in GSL Works in a lot of things but exposure and publicity and constantly being out there makes people more aware of teams to support. I agree with you, thats how it is these days. I still think its laughable when people switch teams, or start supporting teams because they win. You can switch house, car and even wife, but not your football team! | ||
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
On April 30 2012 00:56 kyllinghest wrote: I agree with you, thats how it is these days. I still think its laughable when people switch teams, or start supporting teams because they win. You can switch house, car and even wife, but not your football team! Yeah it's different with football and SC2 because the football teams have been there since before we were born in most cases, sometimes for a century. If you're a football fan you grow up supporting a team and if you switch as an adult...it's literally a thousand times worse than murder. + Show Spoiler + Well okay not that bad In other news, I believe Blackburn have yet to have a shot on goal in this game? Spurs might be a shambles atm but even we can beat a team that seems to have no inclination to attempt to score. | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On April 30 2012 01:42 The KY wrote: Yeah it's different with football and SC2 because the football teams have been there since before we were born in most cases, sometimes for a century. If you're a football fan you grow up supporting a team and if you switch as an adult...it's literally a thousand times worse than murder. + Show Spoiler + Well okay not that bad In other news, I believe Blackburn have yet to have a shot on goal in this game? Spurs might be a shambles atm but even we can beat a team that seems to have no inclination to attempt to score. I definitey second this. In Starcraft, players come and go much more quickly, and you don't really learn about most players until they actually perform well, so it's not really bandwagonning in SC2. Back when I first started watching Starcraft, my favorite player quickly became NaDa. Sure, he's the most successful player of all time (Flash might actually challenge him now, don't follow much any more), but how could you really know who NaDa was before he started winning, especially with how coverage works for an e-sport and how quickly he came on to the scene? With professional sports, the teams have been there for a long time, and there are things like your birth place, current residence,or parents'/family members' teams to influence who you root for. For instance, the first team I ever liked was the Jacksonville Jaguars (American football) because I was born there. Now I have an intense pride in the Jags, even though I grew up in and still currently live in Minnesota. Even my love for BVB goes deeper than any SC player because of the fact that I follow these teams throughout years and years, cheering for them even when they have completely different players from when I first started cheering for them. And yes, betraying your club/team is one of the worst sins imaginable.  Florida is an embarrassment to this nation politically, yet I couldn't live with myself if I ever stopped cheering for the Jaguars. You stick with your teams through the worst. | ||
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mememolly
4765 Posts
On April 30 2012 00:10 kyllinghest wrote: semi-interesting article regarding "Why we follow football" 90 per cent of English fans of Chelsea in 2006 had not supported the club in 2003. people want to leach off other's success because it makes them feel good, not hard to figure out why people support successful teams or players, it's a self esteem thing | ||
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Maenander
Germany4927 Posts
http://vimeo.com/41091230 Incredible game sense and vision for a 22 year old midfielder. | ||
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
On April 30 2012 00:10 kyllinghest wrote: semi-interesting article regarding "Why we follow football" 90 per cent of English fans of Chelsea in 2006 had not supported the club in 2003. I got really pissed off when we were taken over by Roman Abramovich because it made me think 'everyone will whine about how we have money now, ffs', it actually put me off football for a few years lol. I was kind of like a reverse glory hunter. | ||
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