World Soccer thread III

[Agathon]

It was a bit of no-brainer really, it was easy to get Liverpool a place in the CL and the sh1t UEFA would 've caught for not doing it far outweighed the need to do a little bit of re-juggling.

I know. I can't understand why they took the bet.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Locutus
Then again, the same strategy should work for them

Are there still tickets on sale (for Enschede)? Maybe I'll come over for the quarter final.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Agathon

It was a bit of no-brainer really, it was easy to get Liverpool a place in the CL and the sh1t UEFA would 've caught for not doing it far outweighed the need to do a little bit of re-juggling.

I know. I can't understand why they took the bet.

Well, Imrans a yank but MikeH really should 've known better

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Locutus
I doubt there'll be many actual Americans attending the game, we don't have too many around here. Most of the audience will be German (being only 5 miles from the German border and all)...

Then again, the same strategy should work for them

Do Americans know the theme to Dambusters? I know some Germans do

[Lawrence of Arabia]

we dont have any chants - we just idiotically shout "USA! USA! USA! USA!" over and over again, faster and faster.

then youll fit right in.

[reds4ever]

Don't you have songs? What about at club level, different clubs must have different songs?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Guess I misunderstood Europe's predilection for changing the rules on a whim.

[Maquiladora]

Does Imran really have to pay reds $20? Not like he can enforce it.

Next Fantasy PL people should put money in though. LIke send $5 each to someone trustworthy, then they pay the winner at the end.

[Adam Smith]

Originally posted by Locutus
However, I don't know any American football chants. .... Are there any? Could someone post a few examples?

After the opposition scores:
"That's allright, that's OK, you're going to work for us someday."

This is usually applied when better schools (e.g., Northwestern, Stanford) play schools with better football teams (e.g., just about anybody else), but I think it might be adapted to the Euro case.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Zopperoni
Are there still tickets on sale (for Enschede)? Maybe I'll come over for the quarter final.

Yeah, there's still a fair number of seats available. Not in the very best 'vakken', but you wouldn't be condemned to the worst seats either.

I've sort of made an agreement to see all (interesting) matches in Enschede with a buddy of mine, but we haven't ordered our quarter final tickets yet (we first wanna see a few group matches to make sure it's worth it) so I'm sure we can work something out if you're interested in meeting up.


And Americans not having chants:

No wonder you s*ck arse (at football, that is)

Oh well, we still want you to beat the Germans, so we'll have to be creative

[Agathon]

Americans don't tend to have any forms of crowd behaviour that are spontaneous. You are supposed to spend the game stuffing yourself with hot dogs and ten dollar beers.

Canadians are not quite as bad, but at the first Jays game I went to I nearly doubled over when the big video board started telling people when to cheer.

[C0ckney]

me and my mates were just talking the other day about how much fun it would be to turn up to a match where no there's no chanting or singing (like a fulham game ) and just start abusing everyone.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Guess I misunderstood Europe's predilection for changing the rules on a whim.

Guess you'll be needing my email addess to pay me $20? (I'll sort your new avatar out later on this afternoon)

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
Does Imran really have to pay reds $20? Not like he can enforce it.

All bets are only 'gentlemens agreements' in the UK, even when you bet with a registered bookmaker you are relying on them to do the honourable thing and pay up.

[Imran Siddiqui]

No, I'll definetly pay up... I just have to know where. I *could* write 'reds4ever' on a $20 and put in a bottle and throw it into the Atlantic, but I'm not sure that'll work .