Enjoy!

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  No, I don't think that you are stupid, this is why your first question (how does that make it the most popular sport on earth??) seemed strange to me given that you tend to avoid this type of comments and support with arguments any idea you express in the forum. Now, I don't have any data to support my comment referring to soccer as the most popular sport on earth, but I think it is pretty obvious.
 

i guess i'm just asking a rhetorical question. . .but how is listing teams in the UEFA champions league proof that soccer is the most popular sport in the world?  for example, if i listed the playoff match-ups from the baseball playoffs this year, how would that be any different than what you said?  the reasoning is exactly the same. . .after all, mexico, dominican republic, cuba, japan, and south korea all have baseball leagues as well.
 
 i'm not arguing whether soccer is the most popular sport, but how what you said is proof that it is.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
 
 
 The teams there were all european because I was talking about the European Champions League, the equivalent to the Libertadores Cup in South America and others in Asia and Africa.

To play the part of the devils advocate because there are a ton of other facts that prove soccer is the world's most popular sport, but most of Europe could fit in the states, so by showing the Spain is playing England is playing Germany is playing Itlay, etc, does nothing to prove your point.  It's similar to saying New York is playing LA is playing Boston equalling 3,000 miles and hunders of millions of people.

[vansmack]

I like:
 
 Barca
 United
 Arsenal
 Real Madrid
 Inter Milan
 Lyon
 Leverkusen
 PSV

[Barcelona]

My comment came from the fact that I am working in South America and it was pretty amazing the coverage that papers and tv stations gave to the draws in the last sixteen.
 
 Yes, countries like Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela have their own national baseball leagues and I believe they play a regional tournament with their best teams, but this is a pretty small sample of Latin American countries. On the other hand, you have the Libertadores Cup with teams from all around South America (except for the small three countries north of Brazil) and Mexico (teams from other countries in Central America don't play but that is not because soccer is not popular, other reasons). You also have continental cups in Africa and Asia. This is pretty difficult to find in other sports, except maybe in tennis with the Davis Cup. But anyway, I wasn't trying to argue that soccer is more popular than any of the four main sports in the US. It is just that it is pretty nice how countries all over the world follow the European Champions League, something that doesn't happen with other sports.

Soccer is for Bear Guys.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  No, I don't think that you are stupid, this is why your first question (how does that make it the most popular sport on earth??) seemed strange to me given that you tend to avoid this type of comments and support with arguments any idea you express in the forum. Now, I don't have any data to support my comment referring to soccer as the most popular sport on earth, but I think it is pretty obvious.
 

i guess i'm just asking a rhetorical question. . .but how is listing teams in the UEFA champions league proof that soccer is the most popular sport in the world?  for example, if i listed the playoff match-ups from the baseball playoffs this year, how would that be any different than what you said?  the reasoning is exactly the same. . .after all, mexico, dominican republic, cuba, japan, and south korea all have baseball leagues as well.
 
 i'm not arguing whether soccer is the most popular sport, but how what you said is proof that it is. [/b]

Football/soccer, is in fact the most popular sport in the world. Anyone who doesn't know that must be a fucking moron.  

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  I like:
 
 Barca
 United
 Arsenal
 Real Madrid
 Inter Milan
 Lyon
 Leverkusen
 PSV

Smackie, you disapoint me....how could you? A good United fan will always favour the opponent to Arseholes, even if it's DC United or some other god-awful abortion of a team.    
 
 Seriously....just look at their domestic record....they can't beat the top teams of England, let alone Europe....look at this season alone, scraped a draw with Chelski, got stuffed by United, got stuffed by Liverpool, managed to squeeze a draw with Bolton. Henryetta is invisible when playing a team of any quality. He's the most overrated player in Europe if you ask me.

[Venerable Bede]

42. . .this isn't worth it anymore.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
  Smackie, you disapoint me....how could you? A good United fan will always favour the opponent to Arseholes, even if it's DC United or some other god-awful abortion of a team.    
 
 Seriously....just look at their domestic record....they can't beat the top teams of England, let alone Europe....look at this season alone, scraped a draw with Chelski, got stuffed by United, got stuffed by Liverpool, managed to squeeze a draw with Bolton. Henryetta is invisible when playing a team of any quality. He's the most overrated player in Europe if you ask me.

I know Manc, but don't confuse betting on and rooting for - it's Bayern F'ing Munich for Christ's sake!  Just the thought of playing an English team makes them quiver.  Their record against English squads is abysmal and I just don't see them beating the Arseholes.  It's not about Arsenal as much as it's about Munich.
 
 As for Barca however, I think they will be the most creative team Chelski has played against and will cause them fits.  This is a damn good Barca team.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  42. . .this isn't worth it anymore.

SEEEEE YA! Go to some hitty-runny sleepfest thread or something.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by O'Mankie:
   

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  42. . .this isn't worth it anymore.

SEEEEE YA! Go to some hitty-runny sleepfest thread or something. [/b]

i continue to be amazed at how you criticize baseball for being boring, yet you are a soccer fan.  
 
 as for why i deleted my post, barcelona still hasn't answered my first question, and i don't feel like keeping this thing going.