The "Totally More Random Comments, Questions, and Thoughts" Thread [R]

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  1. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    continuar aquí: ;)
     
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  2. Kawklee

    Kawklee BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 30, 2008
    Miami
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    speaking of spanish...

    I live in a so/so part of Miami, so when I'm walking around I try to keep my head up

    I'm walking back from the 7-11 with a gatorade and a cuban kid I'd seen in passing before mumbles something underneath his breath as I pass by. I get pretty annoyed by people trying to take pot shots at me because I'm a gringo, so I puffed up my chest and turned to him, and with my lowest-class drawl I growled back, "Oye.. que dijiste? Q tu quieres?"

    Poor kid looked honestly taken aback, he stuttered for a moment, and then gave back, "dije que 'buenas noches'" It took me a moment for me to match the mumbling to this reply and yep.... it checked out. I sure felt like a jerk. "O, yeah.. gracias. Buenas noches."

    I guess sometimes you can't judge a fohawk and skateboard delinquent by their cover
     
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  3. B.A.

    B.A. Member+

    Sep 12, 2007
    IL
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I believe I have discovered my summer intern's true father:

    [​IMG]
     
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  4. liverbird

    liverbird BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 29, 2000
    Mars
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Gingah!
     
  5. B.A.

    B.A. Member+

    Sep 12, 2007
    IL
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think he needs to sit down and have a talk w/ his mother.
     
  6. imasyko

    imasyko Member+

    May 16, 2002
    Spring City, PA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  7. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England


     
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  8. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    All Star Games are silly, but Kansas City is really gonna put on a show tonight ... looking forward to it :)
     
  9. liverbird

    liverbird BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 29, 2000
    Mars
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hope you have a fun time!
     
  10. newterp

    newterp Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 6, 2007
    North Potomac, MD
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    you know what would be nice - if f'ing ESPN would have the All-Star game on the front page to help the buildup.
     
  11. kopiteinkc

    kopiteinkc Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Shawnee
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Local media has been kind at least - http://www.kansascity.com/sports/soccer/

    5 or 6 stories in the paper's website in the last 24 hours alone. Two huge concerts Monday and Tuesday night. Player appearances everywhere. Local public radio did a piece earlier this morning and all kinds of billboards and ads at the airport welcoming people. Local sports radio is broadcasting from the game tonight and local sports TV anchors reporting live from 4pm onwards.

    Nice SI piece and NYTimes piece in the last week also
     
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  12. newterp

    newterp Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 6, 2007
    North Potomac, MD
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bradley and Strootman owned the MLS all stars. I'd take either one on liverpool (and I know Strootman was discussed once upon a time).
     
  13. LiverpoolFanatic

    Liverpool FC, Philadelphia Union
    Feb 19, 2000
    Lancaster, PA
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  14. jeffcoop

    jeffcoop BigSoccer Supporter

    Jul 11, 2006
    Central Indiana
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It is seriously annoying to see the downtown streets of my city teeming with Chelsea fans. Not as bad as it was for Colts fans when the Patriots played in the Super Bowl here, but definitely annoying.
     
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  15. liverbird

    liverbird BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 29, 2000
    Mars
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good thing the seats are blue cause lots of them are empty. I also saw that they brought the plastic flags with them. Not a single home made flag or any actual song was seen or heard on TV. Huge contrast with our supporters last year in Boston never mind Melbourne. So what makes a big club?

    It has been nice having lots of football to watch all week
     
  16. jeffcoop

    jeffcoop BigSoccer Supporter

    Jul 11, 2006
    Central Indiana
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Some of it's the nature of Chelsea support (there are a bunch of plastic flags across the aisle from me), but some of it's also Indy. If tonight was supposed to show a substantial, smoldering local passion for the game, I think it faed. I put the crowd at maybe 20,000.

    (There is smoldering local passion for the game, but I wouldn't call it substantial).

    ETA: they also miscalculated when they priced the tickets. My decent but unspectacular seat was $75. That's a lot in this market.
     
  17. KopRules

    KopRules Member+

    May 31, 2011
    Beautiful South KC
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    one of the contradictions of free market capitalism. As Marx once said -- exchange value and use value have nothing to do with eachother.
     
  18. Kawklee

    Kawklee BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 30, 2008
    Miami
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    these pre-season games are always frustratingly way overpriced
     
  19. jeffcoop

    jeffcoop BigSoccer Supporter

    Jul 11, 2006
    Central Indiana
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    A few more observations from last night:

    (1) The announced attendance was almost 42,000. No way. Thirty, possibly. But given the vast swaths of empty seats in the upper deck and behind the goals, I can't imagine the place was more than half full.

    (2) The match was not exactly a great showcase for the game. Once Inter went two goals and a man down, the "action" was reminiscent of that Simpsons episode:



    (3) Damn plastics.

    (4) With all that, it was still fun to see a match with big names and a decent crowd in my home city (and to see Lucas Oil Stadium with genuine grass).

    (5) Back in college, one of my hobbies was sports photography. I don't get many chances to indulge that interest these days, but last night I brought along my camera, even though my seats were in the second deck. Soccer is a hard game to photograph. A few shots are here.
     
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  20. B.A.

    B.A. Member+

    Sep 12, 2007
    IL
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They said 43k on the broadcast.
     
  21. blanconi

    blanconi Member+

    Aug 25, 2008
    Care to elaborate a bit on that? I'm intrigued.
     
  22. liverbird

    liverbird BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 29, 2000
    Mars
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They were counting plastic flags too
     
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  23. Red Bird

    Red Bird Member+

    Sep 30, 2003
    Oxford
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Doctors and surgeons are reportedly more useful (valuable) to society than footballers given what they contribute, yet their exchange value (how much each hour of their time is worth and paid for) is significantly lower than that of footballers who are inherently less valuable but paid much more (low use value but high exchange value).
     
  24. StiltonFC

    StiltonFC He said to only look up -- Guster

    Mar 18, 2007
    SoCal
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    and understanding the several factors contributing to the vast disparity between the best football players and best doctors is important. some doctors, namely neuro- and cardiac surgeons, average salaries in the range between 600K and 800K, and if you take football players throughout all the leagues in the world, i would imagine that their average salaries would be lower.
     
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  25. Red Bird

    Red Bird Member+

    Sep 30, 2003
    Oxford
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Average as in ... mean, median or mode?
     

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