Originally Posted by Man like Monkey
(Post 1889149)
I dunno man, that's the only thing that stops me from wanting it to grow in North America.
I don't have anything against individual supporters personally, but another 300m people on top of the entire continents of Africa and Asia following the same handful of teams in England wouldn't be good for my club or anyone else outside of the Sky 6.
i can understand that. i just hate the MLS and while i want to support a more local football league, i can't get behind their attempts to americanize the sport.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
(Post 1889153)
Do you know where I could watch some games of the team? A season with a narrative might be interesting enough to make me care.
doubt you'll be able to find full games but if you're interested there are a ton of documentaries available on YouTube about their season. i genuinely think witnessing what happened could turn a non-fan into a die hard. it's the ultimate underdog story. you cannot write something more unbelievable than this.
Cuthbert
10-30-2017 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
(Post 1889153)
Do you know where I could watch some games of the team? A season with a narrative might be interesting enough to make me care.
It's only ten minutes. Wouldn't recommend looking for old games really. All the big moments will be in that.
*BORING FOOTBALL INFO POST*
To appreciate what they did, you have to understand that the league has been monopolised by a handful of teams spending hundreds of millions of pounds every year, with the top five or six squads absolutely stacked with star internationals. Any time a team outside of that elite group starts to progress by building a team capable of challenging, the billionaire clubs buy their players, they are back to square one and the cycle continues. The only way to do it is to spend billions yourself if you get taken over by foreign investors, but this club spent next to nothing on no mark players.
That league win bucked the trend, they are a small club who had never been champions in their 100+ year history (their manager had never won the league either) and were in the lower leagues a year or two before, hence 5000-1 odds.
Cuthbert
10-30-2017 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Qwertyy
(Post 1889155)
i can understand that. i just hate the MLS and while i want to support a more local football league, i can't get behind their attempts to americanize the sport.
Yeah that's fair enough tbh.
I reckon MLS will grow, might have said before that eventually I think top players will start to go there during their peak years. If the wages were on par with top European clubs then why not play over there? Especially if there was an intercontinental competition where the European elite played against the North Americans. That would mean you could play in the US and still play in top level competition.
I'm talking decades here though.
Ol’ Qwerty Bastard
10-30-2017 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey
(Post 1889163)
Yeah that's fair enough tbh.
I reckon MLS will grow, might have said before that eventually I think top players will start to go there during their peak years. If the wages were on par with top European clubs then why not play over there? Especially if there was an intercontinental competition where the European elite played against the North Americans. That would mean you could play in the US and still play in top level competition.
I'm talking decades here though.
yeah it's inevitable. i hate the idea of football in a 20 team, one league format though. with play-offs at the end of a season and no relegation/promotion. drafts and salary caps. signing players out of college and all the sleazy actions that accompany it. the thing is, in america business owners frequently buy sports teams just as an asset. it's not like football where you have smaller local teams who give the Jamie Vardy's a way to make a name for themselves, or big teams a la Leeds getting relegated and changing the shape of a league. these variables are what gives football the most unique professional sport system in the world.
You're in a gourmet restaurant, money is no object because your wealthy friend has the bill covered, and monkey is tonight's special. Your friend suggests that you try it.
[MERIT]
10-31-2017 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Frownland
(Post 1889322)
You're in a gourmet restaurant, money is no object because your wealthy friend has the bill covered, and monkey is tonight's special. Your friend suggests that you try it.
I think it would have to be a survival scenario for me. Like, if I'm starving to death and there is a monkey around? Monkey soup motherfuckers.
Frownland
10-31-2017 12:30 AM
I'd most certainly do it in that situation. In my scenario, it would depend on the restaurant and how much faith I have in the chefs. If my friend was already getting it and it looked well prepared I would definitely try it.
I guess I'll also extend the question to apes too.
