Arsenal 0-0 Everton. 16th April @ 19.45.

[johnnydawg68]

The way Arsenal play and act is why many Americans hate soccer. Seriously. You tell the average American sports fan to give it a chance and they watch that squad of 14 year old girls rolling around and crying for 90 minutes and they will look at you and say "you want me to like this?".

This is supposed to be a game for men. A physical game. A contact sport. I love great tackling. I love it just as much as a great pass or a trick. It's all part of the game. If you take that out, you have taken away the soul of the game.

 

[Allezfan]

The way Arsenal play and act is why many Americans hate soccer. Seriously. You tell the average American sports fan to give it a chance and they watch that squad of 14 year old girls rolling around and crying for 90 minutes and they will look at you and say "you want me to like this?".

That is Arsenal's one redeeming value, like.

 

[johnnydawg68]

That is Arsenal's one redeeming value, like.

The other part (the passing and movement) is fine. Good for them. They embarrassed themselves last night though.

 

[Blue Truth]

The way Arsenal play and act is why many Americans hate soccer. Seriously. You tell the average American sports fan to give it a chance and they watch that squad of 14 year old girls rolling around and crying for 90 minutes and they will look at you and say "you want me to like this?".

This is supposed to be a game for men. A physical game. A contact sport. I love great tackling. I love it just as much as a great pass or a trick. It's all part of the game. If you take that out, you have taken away the soul of the game.

yep. yesterday was the first time i hvae watched arsenal in a while and my god what a bunch of whingeing little girls

 

[Chang Elephant]

The other part (the passing and movement) is fine. Good for them. They embarrassed themselves last night though.

Don't know what the US commentators were like but the nobs here were asking for bookings even when the replays were showing good fair tackles.

 

[Allezfan]

The other part (the passing and movement) is fine. Good for them. They embarrassed themselves last night though.

Yeah but honestly I don't want american's to like soccer. If it was up to me, they'd show just a slideshow of all the worse dives in stead of games whenever an american tries to watch it.

 

[Blue Truth]

and for what sagna did yesterday (feign head injury when barely kicked in leg) there should be some kind of retrospective punishment. its ****ing disgusting seeing players do that

 

[bluebottle]

Yeah but honestly I don't want american's to like soccer. If it was up to me, they'd show just a slideshow of all the worse dives in stead of games whenever an american tries to watch it.

You are an incredibly intolerant xenophobe though, lets not forget.

 

[Allezfan]

You are an incredibly intolerant xenophobe though, lets not forget.

It's one of my better qualities.

 

[Blue Truth]

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[Allezfan]

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I want everton to be an all english/scouse team, the way bilbao is. And I've made no bones about it.

I don't really like people who aren't not just english but also northern.

 

[johnnydawg68]

Don't know what the US commentators were like but the nobs here were asking for bookings even when the replays were showing good fair tackles.

We had Craig Burley and some other fella doing play by play, so we don't get US commentators. Burley did mock Sagna though. That was refreshing.

 

[Bungle]

I want everton to be an all english/scouse team, the way bilbao is. And I've made no bones about it.

I don't really like people who aren't not just english but also northern.

I think you'll find Bilbao aren't an all english/scouse team.

 

[johnnydawg68]

I want everton to be an all english/scouse team, the way bilbao is. And I've made no bones about it.

I don't really like people who aren't not just english but also northern.

That's not what you told me last night.

 

[Allezfan]

I think you'll find Bilbao aren't an all english/scouse team.

Gone right off them, then.