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rusty1983
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If all goes according to plan Im taking my exam class to the pub with me. Now I just need to find a pub in Manchester suitable for a class full of foreigners to watch the England game in relative safety, two of them are quite heavily pregnant too  |
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kiknkorea
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And England moves on.
See, nothing to worry about. Now we get treated to a few more days of high drama, more if they beat Germany! |
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DeMayonnaise
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| So...the US won the group and England got second. They tied in a head to head match. So by all accounts, that means that the US and England are even in terms of soccer playing ability, right? If the US beats Ghana and somehow England beats Germany, we'll be better than England, right? Not bad for our 6th or 7th most popular sport. |
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chellovek
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| DeMayonnaise wrote: |
| So...the US won the group and England got second. They tied in a head to head match. So by all accounts, that means that the US and England are even in terms of soccer playing ability, right? If the US beats Ghana and somehow England beats Germany, we'll be better than England, right? Not bad for our 6th or 7th most popular sport. |
School yard sporting logic. Me and my friends back in Primary School used to sit around talking like that. If lowly/mediocre team X beat the mighty team Y, then team X must be way better than the seemingly also superior team Z.
Alas our calculations always turned out to be false, and although team X might indeed do well some of the time and get surprise results, when they came upon team Z they get beaten roundly.
I guess American sports fans haven't maybe progressed beyond this level. However, don't fear, I am always here to tutor.  |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| DeMayonnaise wrote: |
| So...the US won the group and England got second. They tied in a head to head match. So by all accounts, that means that the US and England are even in terms of soccer playing ability, right? If the US beats Ghana and somehow England beats Germany, we'll be better than England, right? Not bad for our 6th or 7th most popular sport. |
Well, soccer may indeed be the States' 6th most popular sport, but the US also has about 6 times the population of England... |
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rusty1983
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| DeMayonnaise wrote: |
| So...the US won the group and England got second. They tied in a head to head match. So by all accounts, that means that the US and England are even in terms of soccer playing ability, right? If the US beats Ghana and somehow England beats Germany, we'll be better than England, right? Not bad for our 6th or 7th most popular sport. |
Yes that's the way it works. In fact, the USA actually beat Spain last year so they are the current European Heavyweight Title holders and number one contenders for a shot at Bret Hart's Intercontinental SuperSoccerMomBall World Series Bowl. |
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cj1976
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If the USA put more effort and attention into football, they could be a serious force. I'm surprised that they don't take it more seriously because it is the world's number 1 sport, and there is real revenue to be had from it.
The major barrier to this is that it's played in 45 minute halves, and it seems American audiences can't concentrate for more than 15 minutes without seeing an advert for cheeseburgers.
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