dunlopp9987 Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2161748-everton-should-be-americas-de-facto-favorite-team-in-2014-premier-league-season Bleacher Report is an American sports site. Went on tonight and this was the lead story, not just in the soccer section, but the entire site. Was pretty awesome to see that. Matt, Toffee_in_LA and Howardshands 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenosetoffee Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) What I liked to see is that Everton were the EPL club of choice on the left hand side when voting. Arsenal: 18.2% Chelsea: 12.9% Everton: 25.4% Liverpool: 11.4% Manchester United: 15.5% Manchester City: 5.5% Tottenham: 6.6% Other: 4.5% Total votes: 6,688. Ok so not that many votes but Everton are still top. Howard with his WC antics! Edited August 14, 2014 by bluenosetoffee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verreauxi Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 Decent read, not sure if I agree with the comparison to the NY Mets; someone here on this forum made a better analogy with the Oakland A's; Everton find young talent, or take old talent and make it better, then sell off the talent. But analogies are American sports writer's favorite "go-to" heuristic device when writing about soccer...they sound clever at first but are generally useless. The comment section on that thread is atrocious. Cornish Steve and Quinn31 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 Agreed. The better analogy is with the Oakland A's. Please please please don't compare Everton with the Mets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gusto181 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 The Mets? Terrible. No one likes the Mets, even Mets fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 The Mets? Terrible. No one likes the Mets, even Mets fans. My dad brought me home a Mets jacket from a business trip to the US in about 1970 so I loved them! No idea who they were or what they did but I loved the jacket (it was blue and shiny) so that didn't matter . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gusto181 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Without even seeing that jacket, I know exactly what that jacket looks like. I'm not a Mets fan and I don't necessarily dislike them. But from afar, it's pretty bleak being a Mets fan. Well, at least since '86. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMax Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Without even seeing that jacket, I know exactly what that jacket looks like. I'm not a Mets fan and I don't necessarily dislike them. But from afar, it's pretty bleak being a Mets fan. Well, at least since '86. I'm an Astros fan, so I HATED the 86 Mets..still do! Please, no Mets analogies!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) I'm an Astros fan, so I HATED the 86 Mets..still do! Please, no Mets analogies!! I didn't know there were any Astros fans left? Thought after 20 years of terrible they would move the team elsewhere or relegate them to AAA. Edited August 17, 2014 by markjazzbassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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