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re: Englishman Says Americans Like You Annoy the Hell Out of Him
Posted on 6/6/14 at 2:06 am to thesoccerfanjax
Posted on 6/6/14 at 2:06 am to thesoccerfanjax
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I always thought the scarf thing was pretty lame.
no point in wearing them unless its super cold out at the game
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Posted on 6/6/14 at 2:22 am to StraightCashHomey21
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Ever since a ball was first kicked into a net, it has been an inviolable law of the game that Dempsey should be shortened to Demps. Just like Michael Bradley gets cut to Bradders, John Brooks to Brooksy and Jermaine Jones to Jonesy, or perhaps JJ, at a push. (For the record, Mix Diskerud can still be known as Mix Diskerud.)
This is about the only thing I agree with.
Who cares if MLS fans copy from across the pond and south america. They have to start somewhere and the fans in the MLS are much better than 10 years ago. Games had little energy and little passion outside a few fan bases like DC, C-bus and LA. Now its a total 180. Some fan bases take on one type of style while others take a mix. Portland has a very German feel to it. Seattle and Philly have a very English feel. Toronto a super English feel while those dumb frenchies act like French Ultras. Then you have fan bases like DC and LA that mix both England and Latin America into one.
US National team supporters are awesome b/c its different and we go over the top like other american sports. We bring a different vibe to the global scene.
People can be critical of the MLS( I know I am) and US soccer but our fans really isn't one of the things to bash.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 2:49 am to StraightCashHomey21
What makes Portland seem German and Seattle English, if you don't mind me asking?
Also, I met a Scottish guy in Iceland who had been to a Timbers game and said that he loved it. Atmosphere was better than European games he had been to. Even bought a jersey.
Also, I met a Scottish guy in Iceland who had been to a Timbers game and said that he loved it. Atmosphere was better than European games he had been to. Even bought a jersey.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 2:55 am to cwil177
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What makes Portland seem German
The way the bounce, the huge arse flags, the rhythm they clap to.
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Seattle English
I just has an english feel, nothing too over the top but loud.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:35 am to New York Yat
For real though, screw that dude. He literally contradicted himself multiple times in his own article. And I bet he fricking loves Top Gun and wishes England would have made it with the RAFs.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 3:39 am to KG5989
And because I can....
This post was edited on 6/6/14 at 3:45 am
Posted on 6/6/14 at 5:52 am to New York Yat
So some khunt recycled an old trope 
get back to me when they stop going on about the past...America is the future 
get back to me when they stop going on about the past...America is the future Posted on 6/6/14 at 6:18 am to New York Yat
Posted on 6/6/14 at 7:50 am to FunkasaurusReb
Posted on 6/6/14 at 7:59 am to DestrehanTiger
How did the WSJ find that fit to print? I don't cry every time someone writes an editorial that I disagree with, but one had less polish than most Bleacher Report articles.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:48 am to ohiovol
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I actually do think it's a little weird to say things like "pitch" and "kit" or to refer to the game as "futbol" when speaking English. Stupid article, though.
Futbol, yeah. Soccer is perfectly fine.
Pitch and kit are more understandable (kit probably less so), since most of us consume the Premier League through English announcers and publications.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:51 am to StraightCashHomey21
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This is about the only thing I agree with.
The way that the English abbreviate names is fricking stupid. I don't want to call people Gazza or Kezza or Brazzers or Brooksy. That's probably the worst thing in the article.
Overall, the article doesn't make me too angry. I took it as more humorous than anything. Even if I'm wrong, at least I don't have to get angry about it.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:53 am to joey barton
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The way that the English abbreviate names is fricking stupid. I don't want to call people Gazza or Kezza or Brazzers or Brooksy. That's probably the worst thing in the article.
giggsyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:54 am to StraightCashHomey21
Come up with an actual nickname like Adulterer or Ape Chest
Posted on 6/6/14 at 8:57 am to joey barton
Gerroooooooooooooooooooo
Posted on 6/6/14 at 9:08 am to StraightCashHomey21
What he really wanted to say is "the British invented football, you know."
Every country has a different culture when it comes to celebrating the game. I could pick out things in every country that I don't like. Who gives a shite?
Every country has a different culture when it comes to celebrating the game. I could pick out things in every country that I don't like. Who gives a shite?
Posted on 6/6/14 at 9:44 am to PeepleHeppinBidness
He seemed to miss that the US being a melting pot means our soccer fans are a melting pot too. So there is a blend here of different styles and expression that he doesn't see in England.
USA fans of Latin descent are going to be different than USA fans from New England. So how can he say there is a correct way to support the Yanks? His way?
frick him
USA fans of Latin descent are going to be different than USA fans from New England. So how can he say there is a correct way to support the Yanks? His way?
frick him
Posted on 6/6/14 at 10:18 am to cwil177
As for the contradictions of the author:
Sounds like he only pounces on them because he is already pissed off about the "fake authenticity," so he vents by calling the posers out when they slip up. Makes total sense to me if you have that sort of attitude to begin with.
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These soccer snobs are so intent on maintaining an aura of authenticity that when they make a slip-up or use an incorrect or ill-advised term, I feel compelled to pounce on them with all the force of a Roy Keane challenge.
Sounds like he only pounces on them because he is already pissed off about the "fake authenticity," so he vents by calling the posers out when they slip up. Makes total sense to me if you have that sort of attitude to begin with.
Posted on 6/6/14 at 10:38 am to NOTORlOUSD
Posted on 6/6/14 at 10:49 am to joey barton
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I don't want to call people Gazza or Kezza or Brazzers or Brooksy. That's probably the worst thing in the article.
This..
Don't bitch at me for trying to be too English and then bitch at me because I don't want to use the English nicknames of everyone.
Plus, I agree that there are too many fans from too many soccer cultures to characterize the "best" way to support.
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