Sickboy Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Just woundering, is anyone else here a fan of american football? If so who do you guys support? Im a bears fan myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 As I like most sports I don't mind a bit of american football, have a soft spot for the Raiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 too stop start for me, but when i play madden (which is good) i play as the seahawks or the pats, so i guess either of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Are you sensing a bit of deja vu Crac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Jaguars, coz my family live near there. but the game itself, fuckin shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Are you sensing a bit of deja vu Crac? 44301[/snapback] lol a little bit haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Now this is just an opinion, but.................. I would rather suck diahorhea out of a dead baboons arse than even listen to Gridiron talk. Have you noticed the Yanks had to develop their own sports to be any good, apart from Athletics obviously. World series my arse, the only team I know of outside the USA, who play in it are the Toronto Bluejays. ATB Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Now this is just an opinion, but.................. I would rather suck diahorhea out of a dead baboons arse than even listen to Gridiron talk. Have you noticed the Yanks had to develop their own sports to be any good, apart from Athletics obviously. World series my arse, the only team I know of outside the USA, who play in it are the Toronto Bluejays. ATB Mac 45313[/snapback] yeh, but players from all over the world go to play there, it's like having 1 football league, where all the players go, the fact it's mostly playedi n the US, it's still compromised of world athletes ... WORLD SERIES OWNS let's go red sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 I was thinking more of a recent attempt by a Japanese base ball side to gain entry to the league which would allow them to qualify for the "World Series of Baseball", the powers that be were sore afraid that the treasured and revered "trophy" would leave the US of A, so they put the kybosh on it. The USA have been very precious of what they consider a sport, I refer you to an interview with that "legendary" actor Christian Slater. "where do you guys get off calling it the World Cup (refering to the recent debacle in Germany), no-one watches that girls game". He then preceeded to draw an analogy between American soccer moms and The FIFA World Cup. The WC drew TV crowds of BILLIONS, not millions. Spunk stain (him, not you Mike). This is in no way a dig Mike, but I do question the American way of life that slates that which they are no good at. ATB Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Now this is just an opinion, but.................. I would rather suck diahorhea out of a dead baboons arse than even listen to Gridiron talk. Have you noticed the Yanks had to develop their own sports to be any good, apart from Athletics obviously. World series my arse, the only team I know of outside the USA, who play in it are the Toronto Bluejays. ATB Mac 45313[/snapback] Can I just say that was a superb comment Mac, I could'nt have but it better myself, I was about to type I would rather pluc my arse hairs out using chopsticks but yours was just as good if not better. Nothing agaisnt people who like it, but myself I fuckin hate the sport and any other sport that Americans conjure up to make themselves feel important. Its a stupid game for stupid people. (NO OFFENSE TO ANY AMERICANS OR PEOPLE WHO LIKE AMERICANS OR THEIR SPORTS, ITS JUST THAT I DON'T LIKE THEM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Ian, I respect the right of any man, woman or child to follow the sport of their choice, but Ice Hockey, Basketball, Gridiron and Serial killers are not what I would base a culture on. This is in no way a slur on the many Americans whom I know and love, just on the way the USA see themselves in the world. By all means we all love your burgers, hotdogs and such, but please, the world has enjoyed Association Football for over 145 years, just don't piss on our national game or we will do the same to yours. ATB Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluenose Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Now this is just an opinion, but.................. I would rather suck diahorhea out of a dead baboons arse than even listen to Gridiron talk. Have you noticed the Yanks had to develop their own sports to be any good, apart from Athletics obviously. World series my arse, the only team I know of outside the USA, who play in it are the Toronto Bluejays. ATB Mac 45313[/snapback] like the budwieser advert american panelist 1: hey brad, just found out that there are OTHER COUNTRIES in this word cup Brad: we have to learn them and fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 lol, i understand what you are saying, but baseball is an american sport, it is their oldest sport, and it has the prestige, i used to feel the same way, but i do liek the sport, and i've grown to realise how many people from all over the wolrd play there, the japanese league is sort of like a championship or serie b, at best ... pretty much ALL good players will go to an american side. it's kind of like a champions league in a way although it would be nice to see all countried play, and it's starting to get popular in other countries, but the US do have games with the likes of the Dominican Republic (extremely good at baseball), and there is talks about comign to england for games i nthe future, and they've set up camps and stuff in european countries to try and get more peopel into it. football is different really, everyone plays it, it's much more global, you couldn't really have a world cup of baseball because let's face it, there would only be like 2 or 3 teams in it, so it's going to stay as it is. it's an american sport, and anyone good enough goes to america basically. it mighn't have competing nations on a scale of like the world cup, but it has competing nations within the teams, it's very much free to anyoen to go and play if you're up to it, so in my opinion...just to call it the world series is just because as in the world cup, the best players from all nations across the world compete for the ultimate prize.... but as i say, i understand your opinion, this is just mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 lol, i understand what you are saying, but baseball is an american sport, it is their oldest sport, and it has the prestige, i used to feel the same way, but i do liek the sport, and i've grown to realise how many people from all over the wolrd play there, the japanese league is sort of like a championship or serie b, at best ... pretty much ALL good players will go to an american side. it's kind of like a champions league in a wayalthough it would be nice to see all countried play, and it's starting to get popular in other countries, but the US do have games with the likes of the Dominican Republic (extremely good at baseball), and there is talks about comign to england for games i nthe future, and they've set up camps and stuff in european countries to try and get more peopel into it. football is different really, everyone plays it, it's much more global, you couldn't really have a world cup of baseball because let's face it, there would only be like 2 or 3 teams in it, so it's going to stay as it is. it's an american sport, and anyone good enough goes to america basically. it mighn't have competing nations on a scale of like the world cup, but it has competing nations within the teams, it's very much free to anyoen to go and play if you're up to it, so in my opinion...just to call it the world series is just because as in the world cup, the best players from all nations across the world compete for the ultimate prize.... but as i say, i understand your opinion, this is just mine 45507[/snapback] I heard that about it coming to England, cricket clubs have been talking about letting them use cricket grounds. I think the Oval was one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 (edited) yeh, possibly for an all star game, at least at first .... i'd kill to go to an all star game not sure how much itnerest there would be tbh, if it was an all star game i can imagine a LOT of americans coming over lol ... not sure if a cricket ground would hold enough, maybe the mlb will inject some money into it actualyl speaking of the mlb, my fantasy team needs a tweaking Edited August 15, 2006 by CraccerC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 OK so a thread that's been dead for more than eleven years but what the hell. Good story this. Sibdane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 26 minutes ago, MikeO said: OK so a thread that's been dead for more than eleven years but what the hell. Good story this. Happy for them that they made it. Made me curious about how long the Browns had been out of the play-off picture (0-16 this year) and was surprised they made it in 2003. I actually thought the Browns had the longest post-season drought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 49 minutes ago, tonkaroost said: Happy for them that they made it. Made me curious about how long the Browns had been out of the play-off picture (0-16 this year) and was surprised they made it in 2003. I actually thought the Browns had the longest post-season drought. i watched the games all weekend because my dad is a football fanatic. i was rooting for the bengals the whole time so the bills would go, great fans, they deserve it (even though they will get stomped by the jags). as far as the browns, we went 10-6 in 2007 (?) but missed the playoffs because the ravens and bengals were also 10-6 or better and they had the tie breaker. it was crazy, on the NFC side there was a team with a 8-8 that made it to the playoffs. So technically we should have made it then too. But we are now the laughing stock of the NFL. well deserved. the 0-16 parade is next weekend, i'm debating going to tell the owners a big fat FUCK YOU for being so shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 On 15/08/2006 at 22:24, CraccerC said: lol, i understand what you are saying, but baseball is an american sport, it is their oldest sport, and it has the prestige, i used to feel the same way, but i do liek the sport, and i've grown to realise how many people from all over the wolrd play there, the japanese league is sort of like a championship or serie b, at best ... pretty much ALL good players will go to an american side. it's kind of like a champions league in a way although it would be nice to see all countried play, and it's starting to get popular in other countries, but the US do have games with the likes of the Dominican Republic (extremely good at baseball), and there is talks about comign to england for games i nthe future, and they've set up camps and stuff in european countries to try and get more peopel into it. football is different really, everyone plays it, it's much more global, you couldn't really have a world cup of baseball because let's face it, there would only be like 2 or 3 teams in it, so it's going to stay as it is. it's an american sport, and anyone good enough goes to america basically. it mighn't have competing nations on a scale of like the world cup, but it has competing nations within the teams, it's very much free to anyoen to go and play if you're up to it, so in my opinion...just to call it the world series is just because as in the world cup, the best players from all nations across the world compete for the ultimate prize.... but as i say, i understand your opinion, this is just mine The mention of baseball reminded me. When I was about ten or twelve years old, my grandfather took me and my brother to Goodison Park to watch a baseball game. Can't remember who the teams were.I was bored out of my skull and the only thing I remember is an old guy who was stood on the terrace about 10 yards in front of us, got hit on the head by the ball. Knocked him out. Decided right there that baseball was a no, no. That would be about 1946/47. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Eagles are back in this year so very excited (even without Wentz)! markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, Formby said: Eagles are back in this year so very excited (even without Wentz)! they looked unstoppable with him, i was bummed he went down, great qb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, markjazzbassist said: they looked unstoppable with him, i was bummed he went down, great qb Yup, I think they had a great chance to win with him. Just can't see it with Foles but, who knows, a filthy cold day at the Linc could even things up. Philly's D is as good as anyone's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 09/08/2006 at 13:01, Sickboy said: Just woundering, is anyone else here a fan of american football? If so who do you guys support? Im a bears fan myself Chiefs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Used to support Green Bay Packers but haven't watched American Football for years. Too many stoppages and each one takes an age to sort out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Used to support Green Bay Packers but haven't watched American Football for years. Too many stoppages and each one takes an age to sort out.Green Bay is my team. Well-run by management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 I follow the Cardinals still, but to say I'm a supporter or a fan would be a gross exaggeration. I tried getting into it, but just wasn't for me. I enjoy watching the occasional game but that'll be as far as it ever goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Said it before but I'm a Patriots follower (but like Matt I wouldn't go as far as to call myself a fan), but not a bandwagon jumper. Started when I saw them get twatted by Chicago in super bowl xx in 1986, first full game I watched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Green Bay is my team too, was a nice coincidence when picking a team, started when my cousin told me to pick a team when we was going to America so I randomly chose Green Bay, turned out their QB has the same name and birthday as me and that season they went on to win the Superb Owl. Since then they have done fuck all mind. Sibdane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 1 hour ago, aaron said: Green Bay is my team too, was a nice coincidence when picking a team, started when my cousin told me to pick a team when we was going to America so I randomly chose Green Bay, turned out their QB has the same name and birthday as me and that season they went on to win the Superb Owl. Since then they have done fuck all mind. They were playing well this season but then Rodgers broke his collarbone, and it was downhill from there. Rodgers is a class above! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Just now, tonkaroost said: They were playing well this season but then Rodgers broke his collarbone, and it was downhill from there. Rodgers is a class above! I know I am Sibdane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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