Alright, I will take my beatings this time. I humbly step before you and offer that there will be an announcement made on or before my birthday this year. I'm probably wrong, at which point I will take my beatings. Reasons for my belief According to sources one bid has already been received - it is thought to be the Chester bid. Less is known about the other bidder, only that MLS extended the bid window to allow them to complete their bid. The bid window is supposed to close Feb. 28th AND at that time all real estate holdings, stadium plans, local approvals, and funds should be immediately available and in possesion of the bidder. If this is true and an announcement is made, the Sons of Ben should be invited. I chose March 13th selfishly when really it could be any date before the season starts. But I would try to make the biggest media splash by preceeding March Madness. Hopefully this all works out. When it does, there will be such a rise in interest in this board that Steve's Scarf Machine, Calcio's Formatting, and OKTerrific's O&A Man Crush will be considered inside jokes instead of board knowledge. Consider me optimistic and make fun of me when it blows up. It has been in my sig since the beginning of January.
It would be a great birthday present. If we have enough time to organize, we will have flags, drums and enough interested folks to really make an impact at the announcement of Philadelphia (Football Club, Independence, Athletic, etc.). Oh - also the Sons of Ben would like to petition for the use of Philadelphia Flag colors for the team - a lot of people also like Green and White.
the last prediction bryan had was sometime in mid-november. and for those who weren't aware, SP and i made sure he knew time was running out. may i refer you to page 2 of THIS THREAD, starting with post #24. that said, i didn't know b76 all that well then. so now, if his latest prediction doesn't come true, he has no idea what he's in store for.
I for one would never make fun of Bryan. I am jealous of his energy. Although I don't have his confidence in an exact date, being privy to similiar info and sources as Bryan, I tend to agree that an announcement should be soon. Time to start praying Philadelphia!
You weenie! Isn't that all we do here? Besides, it's sooo much fun , and we're just trying to keep the score even. I've been "praying" for a real team to STAY here since before Bryan was in diapers! Oh, oh - watch out for Dills' dookie graphic.
Well not all our time on BS is to make fun of Bryan. Occassionally we also post insightful comments involving Philly's MLS chances. But like I said, only sometimes.
And don't you forget it, Buster! But I wasn't nobody's "ball boy," Kiddo. That remains YOUR job. I was the MASCOT - my head was an anvil (and don't even bother your retort that it "still is," or I'll have to 'hammer' you!) Hey, this SoccerPrime dude is trying to get SERIOUS here! Throw him off the Forum. He thinks he's RUNNING things (into the Ground) Around (ain't woids great!) here.
Yeh, well, let's not get too carried away w/ THAT Sirius stuff, 'cause it won't leave us 'nuff time to bust Bry.
Did anybody else see this jersey on Perkins last night and think that would be a great Philadelphia uniform if we don't get the flag (Ajax) look
If our home uniform is as light in color as the Onore GK uniform shown above, would we have a dark change strip? White change strip? or something completely different? I think that the Onore design with the Philadelphia Flag Colors would be SHARP. But I am stumped as to what we should do as a change kit. Should we be the first to change away colors every two years (like English clubs). First cycle green, second cycle white, third cycle brown? I imagine that the changing away (or change) kit could increase uniform sales. Green would resonate more with Eagles fans. Gold and royal blue looks good too.
at first i was thinking brown would be hideous ... but after seeing the sp*rs brown kit (even though they're the sp*rs), i actually kinda dig it.