| Sports talk Man U, Chelsea or Arsenal; Time for "don't give a toss" to dominate. The Premiership is so diseased by the money motive ... |
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| Man U, Chelsea or Arsenal
Time for "don't give a toss" to dominate. The Premiership is so diseased by the money motive that the tradition of the league is no more.
Time to follow Ebbsfleet?
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04-06-08, 09:56 PM
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On behalf of all Americans, I'd like to say... 
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Originally Posted by CoffeeMan  On behalf of all Americans, I'd like to say... | There are plenty of American Ebbsfleet owner/fan | |
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Originally Posted by Scucca There are plenty of American Ebbsfleet owner/fan | That vast majority of us don't even know what an Ebbsfleet is. Me included. | |
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Originally Posted by CoffeeMan That vast majority of us don't even know what an Ebbsfleet is. Me included. | I'm sure you can catch up and join your brethren | |
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I prefer Man Utd, I've always like Northern clubs more than Southern softies.
If you're going to whine about commercialisation or money at least write more than one sentence about it. Then maybe a debate would start...
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Originally Posted by Slainte I prefer Man Utd, I've always like Northern clubs more than Southern softies. | Isnt that rather poorly thought out, given most Man U fans come from Surrey? Quote: |
If you're going to whine about commercialisation or money at least write more than one sentence about it. Then maybe a debate would start...
| I'm not interested in your understanding of the economics of football though. Hatred dominates | |
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Originally Posted by Scucca Isnt that rather poorly thought out, given most Man U fans come from Surrey? | Not really, they're still a club from the North, I didn't say they were my favourite team, I prefer them to London clubs though. Quote:
Originally Posted by Scucca I'm not interested in your understanding of the economics of football though. Hatred dominates | 
What's the subjectof this thread supposed to be?????? | |
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Originally Posted by Slainte Not really, they're still a club from the North, I didn't say they were my favourite team, I prefer them to London clubs though. | Given the number of coaches traveling up the M6 to Old Trafford, I couldn't possibly agree Quote: |
What's the subjectof this thread supposed to be??????
| Already said: hatred. I'd leave the economics of sport for the economics forum. | |
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I think there's been a mistake. This is a sports forum. What's a soccer thread doing in here?
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