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Started by Liep, March 11, 2009, 02:57:29 PM

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Josquius

#2655
July 28, 2013, 05:19:16 AM Last Edit: July 28, 2013, 05:24:53 AM by Tyr
Quote from: The Larch on July 26, 2013, 11:47:58 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 26, 2013, 05:55:17 AM
Its weird Canada can't play football considering the amount of British migration it got/gets.

Because other anglo countries are such powerhouses...




Australia have always been pretty respectable. For much of their history they suffered from being in Oceania however and having no real teams to play.
South Africa struggled due to apartheid. Football is  mainly black sport whilst the whites like cricket and rugby, so...it's only recently it has been able to develop.
The US have always been somewhat decent, never a world beater but perpetually there on the fringe.
NZ is small. And in Oceania. Does ok considering its positionthough
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Viking

#2656
July 28, 2013, 05:55:17 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 28, 2013, 05:19:16 AM
Quote from: The Larch on July 26, 2013, 11:47:58 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 26, 2013, 05:55:17 AM
Its weird Canada can't play football considering the amount of British migration it got/gets.

Because other anglo countries are such powerhouses...




Australia have always been pretty respectable. For much of their history they suffered from being in Oceania however and having no real teams to play.
South Africa struggled due to apartheid. Football is  mainly black sport whilst the whites like cricket and rugby, so...it's only recently it has been able to develop.
The US have always been somewhat decent, never a world beater but perpetually there on the fringe.
NZ is small. And in Oceania. Does ok considering its positionthough

Until the 1995 Rugby world cup in south africa sports was apartheid. Soccer was anti-apartheid, rugby and cricket were pro-apartheid. Things has changed here, but still the south african rugby and cricket teams are white with a few blacks on it and the soccer team is black with a few whites on it.

As for australia. Soccer is played by the greek, italian, serbian and croat immigrants NOT by the decendents of the anglo and irish "locals". The best Australian soccer player of all time, Christian Vieri, came to australia as an infant and was discovered by an italian scout which playing for an ethnic italian club in melbourne.
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Josephus

#2657
July 28, 2013, 06:50:53 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 27, 2013, 07:21:19 PM
Apparently Spurs turned down a €100 million offer for Bale :blink:

Appently they changed their minds
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Liep

#2658
July 28, 2013, 06:59:13 AM
€100 million could change my mind about a few things, too.
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Josquius

#2659
July 28, 2013, 08:24:53 AM
Whatever happened to this financial fair play stuff that is suppose  to be coming in? Hmm....
100 million is crazy money for anyone. But Bale?? Good player certainly but not the sort of superstar who breaks records like that
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The Larch

#2660
July 28, 2013, 10:53:29 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 28, 2013, 05:19:16 AM
Quote from: The Larch on July 26, 2013, 11:47:58 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 26, 2013, 05:55:17 AM
Its weird Canada can't play football considering the amount of British migration it got/gets.

Because other anglo countries are such powerhouses...

Australia have always been pretty respectable. For much of their history they suffered from being in Oceania however and having no real teams to play.
South Africa struggled due to apartheid. Football is  mainly black sport whilst the whites like cricket and rugby, so...it's only recently it has been able to develop.
The US have always been somewhat decent, never a world beater but perpetually there on the fringe.
NZ is small. And in Oceania. Does ok considering its positionthough

As you've already been told, British influence in those countries has very little to do with their footie prowess. There'd be a better case to be built with Nigeria or Ghana, they have football clubs that are older than many European counterparts.

FunkMonk

#2661
July 28, 2013, 05:07:39 PM
Klinsmann wins his first trophy as USMNT manager.  :)

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Josephus

#2662
July 28, 2013, 06:00:00 PM
Nice win.

I prefer the blue jersey to the Where's Waldo stripes.
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PDH

#2663
July 28, 2013, 06:07:55 PM
Geez the last 10 minutes was a wrestling/boxing match.  Still, it is nice to raise a trophy.
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Warspite

#2664
July 29, 2013, 07:48:21 AM
Quote from: Tyr on July 26, 2013, 05:55:17 AM
Its weird Canada can't play football considering the amount of British migration it got/gets.

The real puzzle is why England isn't any good, despite having the infrastructure and culture to play the game.
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Josephus

#2665
July 29, 2013, 04:55:32 PM
England hasn't been good at much of anything really for a long time.
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katmai

#2666
July 29, 2013, 05:51:54 PM
QuoteWell, Premier League fans were promised coverage like they'd never seen before, and the NBC Sports Group appears to have delivered.

The network announced its EPL schedule through December 1 on Monday, and it features an impressive commitment to the league. NBC itself will air 10 matches live on Saturday afternoons, while NBC Sports Network (soon-to-be rebranded as NBCSN) will air 57 matches on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. CNBC will chip in with two additional Sunday matches, while Telemundo and mun2 will handle Spanish-language broadcasts of 27 matches.

NBC will also make every game available via TV Everywhere (the NBC Sports Live Extra App) and via a new package that works similar to the MLB Extra Innings or NFL Sunday Ticket packages. This is known as Premier League Extra Time. To date, AT&T U-Verse, Cablevision, Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH and Suddenlink have opted to carry the Extra Time package. Verizon hasn't agreed to carry Extra Time, but does grant access to the NBC Sports Live Extra app. 100 other partners have also opted in. If you'd like a definitive yes or no, perhaps leave the name of your provider in the comments and we'll get it sorted out.

The way things work is as follows: typically, NBCSN will air a game at 7:45 a.m. ET that has already been scheduled. At 10 a.m. ET, they will air a match that will be determined as the season goes along (a spokesman for NBC told me to expend the announcement of the first month soon). NBC will air 10 matches between now and Dec. 1 live at 12:30 p.m. ET. It is the largest-ever commitment to EPL (or really any soccer league) by a broadcast network in the United States.

Arlo White is the lead play-by-play man for the EPL on NBC. He'll call two matches per week with either Lee Dixon or Graham Le Saux. Rebecca Lowe hosts NBC's studio show for all Premier League coverage.

What follows is NBC's 69-game schedule of EPL matches through Dec. 1. Note that some matches are subject to change due to things like Europa League matches moving games back from Saturdays to Sundays, but most of the matches listed here are fairly set in stone.

Date    Time    Match    Network
Aug. 17    7:45 a.m. ET    Liverpool vs. Stoke    NBCSN
Aug. 17    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Aug. 17    12:30 p.m. ET    Swansea vs. Manchester United    NBC
Aug. 18    8:30 a.m. ET    Crystal Palace vs. Tottenham    NBCSN
Aug. 18    11 a.m. ET    Chelsea vs. Hull    NBCSN
Aug. 19    3 p.m. ET    Manchester City vs. Newcastle    NBCSN
Aug. 21    2:30 p.m. ET    Chelsea vs. Aston Villa    NBCSN
Aug. 24    7:45 a.m. ET    Fulham vs. Arsenal    NBCSN
Aug. 24    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Aug. 24    12:30 p.m. ET    Aston Villa vs. Liverpool    NBC
Aug. 25    11 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Aug. 26    3 p.m. ET    Manchester United vs. Chelsea    NBCSN
Aug. 31    7:45 a.m. ET    Manchester City vs. Hull    NBCSN
Aug. 31    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Aug. 31    12:30 p.m. ET    Crystal Palace vs. Sunderland    NBC
Sept. 1    8:30 a.m. ET    Liverpool vs. Manchester United    NBCSN
Sept. 1    11 a.m. ET    Arsenal vs. Tottenham    NBCSN
Sept. 14    7:45 a.m. ET    Manchester United vs. Crystal Palace    NBCSN
Sept. 14    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Sept. 14    12:30 p.m. ET    Everton vs. Chelsea    NBC
Sept. 15    11 a.m. ET    Southampton vs. West Ham    NBCSN
Sept. 16    3 p.m. ET    Swansea vs. Liverpool    NBCSN
Sept. 21    7:45 a.m. ET    Norwich vs. Aston Villa    NBCSN
Sept. 21    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Sept. 21    12:30 p.m. ET    Chelsea vs. Fulham    NBCSN
Sept. 22    8:30 a.m. ET    Arsenal vs. Stoke    CNBC
Sept. 22    11 a.m. ET    Manchester City vs. Manchester United    NBCSN
Sept. 28    7:45 a.m. ET    Manchester City vs. Everton    NBCSN
Sept. 28    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Sept. 28    12:30 p.m. ET    Swansea vs. Arsenal    NBC
Sept. 29    8:30 a.m. ET    Stoke vs. Norwich    NBCSN
Sept. 29    11 a.m. ET    Sunderland vs. Liverpool    NBCSN
Sept. 30    3 p.m. ET    Everton vs. Newcastle    NBCSN
Oct. 5    7:45 a.m. ET    Manchester City vs. Everton    NBCSN
Oct. 5    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Oct. 5    12:30 p.m. ET    Sunderland vs. Manchester United    NBC
Oct. 6    8:30 a.m. ET    Norwich vs. Chelsea    NBCSN
Oct. 6    11 a.m. ET    West Brom vs. Arsenal    NBCSN
Oct. 19    7:45 a.m. ET    Newcastle vs. Liverpool    NBCSN
Oct. 19    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Oct. 19    12:30 p.m. ET    West Ham vs. Manchester City    NBC
Oct. 20    11 a.m. ET    Aston Villa vs. Tottenham    NBCSN
Oct. 21    3 p.m. ET    Crystal Palace vs. Fulham    NBCSN
Oct. 26    7:45 a.m. ET    Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal    NBCSN
Oct. 26    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Oct. 26    12:30 p.m. ET    Southampton vs. Fulham    NBCSN
Oct. 27    9:30 a.m. ET    Chelsea vs. Manchester City    NBCSN
Oct. 27    12 p.m. ET    Sunderland vs. Newcastle    NBCSN
Nov. 2    8:45 a.m. ET    Newcastle vs. Chelsea    NBCSN
Nov. 2    11 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Nov. 2    1:30 p.m. ET    Arsenal vs. Liverpool    NBC
Nov. 3    8:30 a.m. ET    Everton vs. Tottenham    CNBC
Nov. 3    11 a.m. ET    Cardiff vs. Swansea    NBCSN
Nov. 9    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Nov. 9    12:30 p.m. ET    Norwich vs. West Ham    NBC
Nov. 10    7 a.m. ET    Tottenham vs. Newcastle    NBCSN
Nov. 10    9 a.m. ET    Sunderland vs. Manchester City    NBCSN
Nov. 10    11 a.m. ET    Manchester United vs. Arsenal    NBCSN
Nov. 23    7:45 a.m. ET    Everton vs. Liverpool    NBCSN
Nov. 23    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Nov. 23    12:30 p.m. ET    Manchester City vs. Tottenham    NBC
Nov. 24    8:30 a.m. ET    West Ham vs. Chelsea    NBCSN
Nov. 24    11 a.m. ET    Cardiff vs. Manchester United    NBCSN
Nov. 25    3 p.m. ET    West Brom vs. Aston Villa    NBCSN
Nov. 30    7:45 a.m. ET    Tottenham vs. Manchester United    NBCSN
Nov. 30    10 a.m. ET    TBD    NBCSN
Nov. 30    12:30 p.m. ET    Newcastle vs. West Brom    NBC
Dec. 1    8:30 a.m. ET    Hull vs. Liverpool    NBCSN
Dec. 1    11 a.m. ET    Chelsea vs. Southampton    NBCSN
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Ed Anger

#2667
July 29, 2013, 06:26:23 PM
Still needs Ian Darke.
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FunkMonk

#2668
July 29, 2013, 06:27:01 PM
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The Larch

#2669
July 29, 2013, 06:27:21 PM
Some riveting matches out there!

QuoteAug. 31    12:30 p.m. ET    Crystal Palace vs. Sunderland    NBC
Sept. 21    7:45 a.m. ET    Norwich vs. Aston Villa    NBCSN
Sept. 29    8:30 a.m. ET    Stoke vs. Norwich    NBCSN
Oct. 21    3 p.m. ET    Crystal Palace vs. Fulham    NBCSN
Oct. 26    12:30 p.m. ET    Southampton vs. Fulham    NBCSN
Oct. 27    12 p.m. ET    Sunderland vs. Newcastle    NBCSN
Nov. 3    11 a.m. ET    Cardiff vs. Swansea    NBCSN
Nov. 9    12:30 p.m. ET    Norwich vs. West Ham    NBC
Nov. 25    3 p.m. ET    West Brom vs. Aston Villa    NBCSN
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