It's good entertainment at times (like today). But it's more like a stock market than a sport.DominicDecoco said:In a sorry state?
You are not really a fan of football, though.. are you..?
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It's good entertainment at times (like today). But it's more like a stock market than a sport.DominicDecoco said:In a sorry state?
You are not really a fan of football, though.. are you..?
goggalor said:It's good entertainment at times (like today). But it's more like a stock market than a sport.
Not really. Cycling is an individual sport, so you can't buy wins the same way you can in (club) football.DominicDecoco said:So is cycling.
goggalor said:Not really. Cycling is an individual sport, so you can't buy wins the same way you can in club football.
BMC, Sky, Katusha and Astana don't win races, Cadel Evans, Cavendish, Rodriguez and Gasparotto do.DominicDecoco said:BMC, Sky, Katusha, Astana disagrees.
goggalor said:BMC, Sky, Katusha and Astana don't win races, Cadel Evans, Cavendish, Rodriguez and Gasparotto do.
It's just a personal thing. I just can't get excited about a sport where it's impossible to contend for anything unless you're filthy rich. The same teams win over and over and get richer and richer. Once in a while a new Arab sheik or Russian oligarch decides he wants in, and an arbitrary team is chosen and gets to join the elite. It just bores me, and when players are bought for 100 million euros, it is to laugh.DominicDecoco said:So what?! Of course the sports differ from each other. But money still has got a bigger influence in cycling - just as in football. Leopard got second in WorldTour Rankings last year because of a sugardaddy.
Btw, Christiano Ronaldo wins matches as well. He needs help to do it though - just like Evans, Cavendish, Jrod and Gasparotto do.
Sorry to tell you but that's how it is, will be and probably always has been.
DominicDecoco said:Is correct. And they won't win next week. That's for sure.
Amsterhammer said:Is not correct. They have already qualified for EL football because they won the FA Cup. Of course, they would rather play CL.
What an incredible climax to the PL season this afternoon. You could not have made this up. Congrats to the loyal Citeh fans who have waited 34 years for this.
Amsterhammer said:Is not correct. They have already qualified for EL football because they won the FA Cup. Of course, they would rather play CL.
What an incredible climax to the PL season this afternoon. You could not have made this up. Congrats to the loyal Citeh fans who have waited 34 years for this.
Caruut said:About 10 friends and I took over the common room with 1 game on TV, and all the others on live feeds on laptops. It was like the Soccer Saturday studio, amazing afternoon.
gooner said:That was epic.
Arsenal won the league in `89 when they played Liverpool and they had to win by 2 goals and they won 2-0 at Anfield to win it with a last minute goal by Mickey Thomas. But I think yesterday even tops that. I was in the pub for it yesterday and it was full of Man Utd and City fans and what an atmosphere it was.
gooner said:That was epic.
Arsenal won the league in `89 when they played Liverpool and they had to win by 2 goals and they won 2-0 at Anfield to win it with a last minute goal by Mickey Thomas. But I think yesterday even tops that. I was in the pub for it yesterday and it was full of Man Utd and City fans and what an atmosphere it was.
gooner said:Seen that earlier.
Merson is a character.
"They have got lovebites and everything". Brilliant.
gooner said:England squad in full:
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart, Rob Green, John Ruddy
Defenders: Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Phil Jones, Joleon Lescott, John Terry
Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Ashley Young, Stewart Downing
Strikers: Andy Carroll, Jermaine Defoe, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck
Stand-by list: Jack Butland, Phil Jagielka, Jordan Henderson, Adam Johnson, Daniel Sturridge
Surprised to see Downing in the squad. He had a poor season this year. It will be interesting to see what Hodgson says later about Rio Ferdinand`s exclusion.
DominicDecoco said:That's not a team winning the Euros. Sorry to say. Such a mediocre midfield - at least based on this season.