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**Frownland** · 05-08-2018, 10:03 AM

What the **** are you guys even talking about?

**Janszoon** · 05-08-2018, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

LCFC is from there

If it is formed, located and based in that city and has been for 100+ years, never moved and likely never will, and contributes massively to tourism and the local economy, employing hundreds if not thousands of local workers, how is that having less to do with that city than a musician who was just born there?

You said the reason it was big news in Asia was because the owners were Thai and the reason it was big news in Italy was because one of the players is Italian. So how exactly is it representing Leicester around the world? Sounds like it's representing Italians to Italy and Thais to Asia.

**Janszoon** · 05-08-2018, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

What the **** are you guys even talking about?

Some sports thing.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-08-2018, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

You said the reason it was big news in Asia was because the owners were Thai and the reason it was big news in Italy was because one of the players is Italian. So how exactly is it representing Leicester around the world? Sounds like it's representing Italians to Italy and Thais to Asia.

No I didn't. I said it was especially big there, not solely because of some staff coming from those countries.

And also, because the name of the club is Leicester City.

**Janszoon** · 05-08-2018, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

No I didn't. I said it was especially big there, not solely because of some staff coming from those countries.

And also, because the name of the club is Leicester City.

You said the reason it made the front page in Italy was because of a guy named Claudio. And I don't think I'd call the owners "some staff".

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-08-2018, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

You said the reason it made the front page in Italy was because of a guy named Claudio. And I don't think I'd call the owners "some staff".

That isn't the reason it was news though.

**Janszoon** · 05-08-2018, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

That isn't the reason it was news though.

It's the reason it was front page news, apparently.

Trollheart · 05-08-2018, 10:46 AM

It was news because it was one of the biggest sporting upsets in history. It would be like if Liechtenstein (yeah I'm not checking the spelling) won the World Cup or, I don't know, Indiana won the World Series? Who knows? The point is, that no matter how much you want to pretend it wasn't, Jansz, it was huge news, all around the world. I watched Sky News the day after the title was won and I was amazed at how many languages it was being reported in, and how many cities, countries, places that you would think wouldn't give a curse about football.

It was big news because it was something that had never happened before and will in all likelihood never happen again.

@Frown: talking about Leicester City, team who came up from the lower division to the Premier League (highest tier in English football) and the season they were pegged to go right back down (be relegated) beat the odds and won the entire championship. The odds were, as Monkey says, five thousand to one. A lot of people made a lot of unexpected money.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-08-2018, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

It's the reason it was front page news, apparently.

So? It doesn't change that it was covered around the world on major news networks including in the US.

**Frownland** · 05-08-2018, 10:47 AM

When was this? Being reported on a major news network isn't exactly indicative of something being a household name.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	What the **** are you guys even talking about? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	It was news because it was one of the biggest sporting upsets in history. It would be like if Liechtenstein (yeah I'm not checking the spelling) won the World Cup or, I don't know, Indiana won the World Series? Who knows? The point is, that no matter how much you want to pretend it wasn't, Jansz, it was huge news, all around the world. I watched Sky News the day after the title was won and I was amazed at how many languages it was being reported in, and how many cities, countries, places that you would think wouldn't give a curse about football. It was big news because it was something that had never happened before and will in all likelihood never happen again. @Frown: talking about Leicester City, team who came up from the lower division to the Premier League (highest tier in English football) and the season they were pegged to go right back down (be relegated) beat the odds and won the entire championship. The odds were, as Monkey says, five thousand to one. A lot of people made a lot of unexpected money. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

05-08-2018, 10:47 AM	#220 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	When was this? Being reported on a major news network isn't exactly indicative of something being a household name. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x