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re: Its nice to see more African Americans playing Youth Soccer
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:13 pm to mynamebowl
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:13 pm to mynamebowl
quote:you obviously don´t know Spain. I believe we are the biggest in Europe per capita, except for the Balkan peoples.
basic physiology of the majority of Spanish people
Football is a common man´s game, and a love of all people.
It´s not chic to play football. If you´re good, however, it is. If you´re great, it´s fantastic. If you´re elite, you´re a demigod.
Normal and bigger people, of middle class level or better, play basketball, handball, rugby, tennis, swim, etc.
This post was edited on 12/7/13 at 10:17 pm
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Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:15 pm to Jazzbass13
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:16 pm to Dandy Lion
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You do know that Germany scrapped their system, and remade it, based upon the Spanish rise? They went technical, upon seeing Spain´s U surge, two years before Spain beat them in the Euro 2008.
Ok. So, using the same system of play, but with bigger, better "athletes," Bayern beat the shite out of them, twice. Once at the Camp Nou. Does this not reinforce the point I've been trying to make? Or have I not explained it well? I've been drinking whiskey.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:19 pm to mynamebowl
Dandy are you from Spain or did you just move there a long time ago?
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:19 pm to Dandy Lion
quote:
you obviously don´t know Spain. I believe we are the biggest in Europe per capita, except for the Balkan peoples.
I don't. Forgive my ignorance. Regardless, Spanish footballers are not the biggest in Europe.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:26 pm to cwil177
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... along with every other country I think.
Exactly.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:27 pm to mynamebowl
quote:You´re talking about a one off. You´re not talking about the definitive demise of a system. Jesus, you´re so fricking American. Bayern, by the way, were not all German, as Barça were not all Spanish (or Catalonian, if you like).
Ok. So, using the same system of play, but with bigger, better "athletes," Bayern beat the shite out of them, twice. Once at the Camp Nou. Does this not reinforce the point I've been trying to make? Or have I not explained it well? I've been drinking whiskey.
When they were smashing everybody previously, were you saying the sky was falling? I don´t think so.
They did revolutionize football, proof of that, is Guardiola being in Munich (he wouldn´t be there if they didn´t think he could do something über important and historic).
There was total football, which he enhanced into attacking football. Well, he didn´t, he was credited with it. A little curly haired genius taught him this style of play. Lillo. He also gleaned things from others, but basically, Juan Manuél Lillo.
A sort of full court press.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:28 pm to Dandy Lion
yo Dandy... you ignoring my question or did you miss it?
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:29 pm to mynamebowl
quote:No biggie, I still get the vibe that people are not capable of discerning between Spain and Latin America, in the USA. Much less, but I sometimes get that vibe.
I don't. Forgive my ignorance. Regardless, Spanish footballers are not the biggest in Europe.
This post was edited on 12/7/13 at 10:38 pm
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:31 pm to cwil177
quote:I am like Judas. I am Spanish, but was born here. The majority of my life has been spent in Spain, much time here, and some in England, but I did go to, and graduate from, The University of Georgia (hence the G next to my moniker).
Dandy are you from Spain or did you just move there a long time ago?
I carry both passports.
This post was edited on 12/7/13 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 12/7/13 at 10:54 pm to Dandy Lion
When I read most of what you post on here, I don't have a clue what you're talking about dude. I don't mean that as an insult, I think it's intended on your end.
Best compliment I've ever received.
quote:
you´re so fricking American
Best compliment I've ever received.
This post was edited on 12/7/13 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:02 pm to mynamebowl
No problem, I´m cool with it, as I see you are. No harm, no foul.
By the way, Lillo is from Álava, if I´m not mistaken, so he was kind of a prophet in a hostile land (it´s the North, and of a classic rough and tumble type of football).
The ´you´re so fricking American´ wasn´t an insult, it was a comment, nothing more.
In general, and in IMHO, Americans tend to be extremist, and one game, or a tie of matches, signal an utter and complete change or reversal. It´s not always that way.
IMHO Many have a short attention span, pay attention to garbage adverts and propaganda, and act accordingly. Many, not all.
This has been my experience. Experiences may vary, of course.
By the way, Lillo is from Álava, if I´m not mistaken, so he was kind of a prophet in a hostile land (it´s the North, and of a classic rough and tumble type of football).
The ´you´re so fricking American´ wasn´t an insult, it was a comment, nothing more.
In general, and in IMHO, Americans tend to be extremist, and one game, or a tie of matches, signal an utter and complete change or reversal. It´s not always that way.
IMHO Many have a short attention span, pay attention to garbage adverts and propaganda, and act accordingly. Many, not all.
This has been my experience. Experiences may vary, of course.
This post was edited on 12/7/13 at 11:20 pm
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:20 pm to Dandy Lion
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The ´you´re so fricking American´ wasn´t an insult, it was a comment, nothing more.
Anyone who would be insulted by that probably doesn't know how insults work. There's almost literally nothing better to be in the world than American.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:23 pm to mynamebowl
You´re correct.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:32 pm to Dandy Lion
quote:
In general, and in IMHO, Americans tend to be extremist, and one game, or a tie of matches, signal an utter and complete change or reversal. It´s not always that way.
IMHO Many have a short attention span, pay attention to garbage adverts and propaganda, and act accordingly. Many, not all.
This may all be true. What America has given the world however, is the greatest athletes, great fans who don't kill each other (mostly), and more successful and well organized leagues than anything Europe has ever come up with, in a shorter amount of time.
Our basement may be really low, but our ceiling is far higher than anyone else's.
Posted on 12/7/13 at 11:45 pm to mynamebowl
Enjoy your whiskey.
This post was edited on 12/7/13 at 11:46 pm
Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:01 am to Jazzbass13
quote:
better athletes
were you trying to be racist, or…??
Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:03 am to chRxis
quote:I don´t think so, in an overt sense. Covertly, yes.
were you trying to be racist, or…??
Posted on 12/8/13 at 12:06 am to Dandy Lion
quote:
I don´t think so, in an overt sense. Covertly, yes.
that's how i took it….
Posted on 12/8/13 at 11:38 am to Jazzbass13
It's because their parents won't let them play football because of injury risk.
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