Tiger in NY

re: How do y'all rate Josh Brolin as an actor?

Posted by Tiger in NY on 8/5/26 at 2:02 pm to FAT SEXY

Good actor, shite person. Who beats up Diane Lane?

Movie/TV Board

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re: How warm is your pool now? Do you like warm or cold pool water.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 8/1/26 at 2:38 pm to UptownJoeBrown

It would be 93 but I run the chiller to keep it at 89

re: Let’s recall Covid hysteria - OT edition

Posted by Tiger in NY on 8/1/26 at 12:32 pm to ell_13

My goodness, that thread is embarrassing for a bunch of bootlickers.

re: Taxpayer-funded trans dolls w/ removable genitalia to hit classrooms for kids as young a 4

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/25/26 at 8:24 pm to Night Vision

Not federal funding. You get what you vote for.

Political Talk

re: The Blue Angels buzzed Pensacola beach this morning

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/16/26 at 9:25 am to RadRob

The air show is in Pensacola this weekend. They are practicing.

re: Grill Talk: Can some of you share your recent experiences buying grills?

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/10/26 at 7:21 am to justinking042

I had a monument, it lasted 2 years before the base completely rusted and collapsed. It was great otherwise.

re: Grill Talk: Can some of you share your recent experiences buying grills?

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/9/26 at 7:36 pm to DiamondDog

Weber durability sucks, especially in salt air. Napoleon makes a superior gas grill. I have a Rogue Pro and love it after the first few months. The base is much sturdier than the Webers I have had.

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re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/9/26 at 5:02 pm to Broyota2

Athleticism doesnt matter, meanwhile France is on the best run in their history over the last decade and coincidentally their team has gone from all pasty baguette eaters to entirely african immigrants.

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re: Why do white American athletes not seem up to par compared to European counterparts?

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/9/26 at 3:19 am to PrimeTime Money

The best white American athletes are playing football and baseball. Guys like George Kittle, Dylan Ctrews, and Bobby Witt Jr are just as good athletically as any white Euro.

re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 7:03 pm to SOBmustpay

I wish Fox would have found a graphic to display the salaries of the Americans. I think young kids seeing that Tillman and Mckennie make almost $6 million a year would help kids realize that there is a path in soccer.

re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 12:15 pm to glassman

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He's 6'3" and one of the best defenders in the world. I watch him every week because he plays for the team I follow.

Everybody is the best at something until someone bigger, faster, stronger, and with a higher sports IQ comes along

re: Dan Wetzel blames "Travel Ball" for the lack of development of US Soccer

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 11:39 am to real turf fan

He is mostly right.

Like baseball, the focus is on winning 13 "World Series" per year, rather than focusing on drilling and individual skill development.

re: Dan Wetzel blames "Travel Ball" for the lack of development of US Soccer

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 11:36 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Our best athletes arent going to play soccer because they wont get extremely wealthy playing soccer.

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Wro g.

Top soccer players make top NFL qb money, and there are about 1000 soccer players in the world making over $1 million per year.

The top ~250 soccer players all make over $10 million per year.

re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 10:37 am to Sun God

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But at every level of soccer I've watched or participated usually the best players were those who understand the game and processed what was happening better/faster than anyone else

Jesus Christ

Lol, and what happened when those same guys that were better at processing things were also better athletes. These numbnuts seem to think these 2 things have to be mutually exclusive.

re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 9:58 am to PrimeTime Money

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If soccer was the main sport, we’d be producing guys who are both elite athletically in every way that makes up a great sportsman, while also being elite in the skills department. In every position on the field.

2. People mostly just talk about NFL and NBA players. Think of all of the thousands and thousands of very athletic and skilled players who may have made fantastic soccer players but either never made it to the NBA or NFL or washed out quickly because they were only 5’10” and 180 lbs. So many players out there never grew into the size required to play in the NFL or NBA yet would be been the perfect size for soccer.

Exactly this. Put every young baseball, football, and basketball athlete into a soccer bucket and see who rises to the top. The argument against is completely ludacris.

re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 8:16 am to RemouladeSawce

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Europeans - you know, people who actually watch the sport - are coping

They are. They have no idea what America really is and what the makeup of our people are. They are fed lies and believe that we are all fat dumb rednecks.

quote:
objectively stupid opinions

:rotflmao:

Opinions, by their very nature, cannot be objective. They are always subjective, and the counter to them is as well.

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re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 8:14 am to Sun God

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very basic sport

Hmmm

Yet guys like Ed Reed and Troy Polomalu could never have been good at it.

re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 8:13 am to lsucoonass

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I honestly don’t know what the problem is. It can’t just be solely money

Wrestling doesn’t generate revenue that any of the three big sport do yet we have plenty of Olympic and World champs.

It requires to be taught very early typically like soccer

The youth setup in America is not conducive to establishing elite individual skillsets. That has been established.

Beyond that though, the fact that the available pool of athletes is miniscule because kids start out playing other sports HAS to be a factor. A big one.

re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 7:55 am to SlowFlowPro

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Very few, if any, teams intentionally put slow players at winger or fullback

shite, I think I would have taken prime Ed Reed with zero soccer training over Ream the other night. Just told him to "mark this guy"

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re: I know it’s cliche, but our best athletes would dominate Soccer.

Posted by Tiger in NY on 7/8/26 at 7:39 am to RemouladeSawce

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This thread is focused on how the focal characteristics of pure athleticism d

No, it didnt. You soccer guys came in and tried to imply that. The argument was always "how good would US soccer be if it were America's #1 supported sport"?