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brb, putting all my savings on hull to win the league.
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Dec 27, 2016 13:18
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Most competitive league in the world, anything can happen
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I can't get enough of are Dan
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Xabi posted:Wrong thread.
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This is an absolutely disgusting comment, and shows the toxic mentality that's driving me away from this sub. I've been a part of this sub for several years now, and I've had some outstanding discussions with many of you, both current and past users. It was always a good place to come for a roundup of any news and to discuss with people passionate about this sport and mostly knowledgeable about soccer as well. You don't often get that in an online community. The biggest thing that /r/soccer used to be compared to most social media & forums, was inclusive & respectful of all soccer fans - those from Europe & those from America, those who became fans in the 70s and those who became fans after the last World Cup. One of the only rules, one that everyone enforced as a community & abided by, was essentially "don't be an rear end in a top hat". Everybody respect everybody's opinion, disagree but respect. That's just no longer the case anymore. And this isn't about anyone getting the downvote brigade because they're from America. There isn't any feeling of good humored banter anymore. It's gone to a very anti-foreigner, xenophobic atmosphere, particularly towards Americans - myself included, but many others as well. Downvotes don't really matter, but the amount of "most American thing I've heard today" and the like are just beyond silly ignorance. Many of the good-natured fun people have gone, but many of you are still here, yet you do absolutely nothing to combat this, not like you used to anytime someone was being a dick for no warranted reason. Your mods may not have the role of policemen, but they are certainly guilty of standing by and enabling this behavior just like everybody else. I guess at the end of the day, this sub is a microcosm of reddit as a whole. This isn't really a message "gently caress off" to the people who are saying the anti-American bullshit, as much as it is a message to those of you who aren't to make it unwelcome, because at this point, Americans aren't welcome here. There's a mild tolerance for Americans, but as soon as opinions disagree, the anti-American ignorance flows freely and is clearly the primary point in the counter-argument of the American commentor. How did this subreddit become so exclusive, xenophobic, even apologetic for anti-Americanism & more against those offended by it, etc.? This just doesn't seem like a place for me. Downvote away. Fill the comments with more "chill out", "why are you offended by anti-Americanism?". This is purely a message to the community I used to enjoy to encourage those who feel the same way to either do something or just go somewhere else, as I'm doing. Cue the top response being "gently caress off you American oval office".
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UnlimitedSpessmans posted:Cue the top response being "gently caress off you American oval office". this is how Bob Bradley was fired
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Man there you go, Sunderland has as much chance as Chelsea - so buck up, David Moyes
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You really need to link it so you can see the comment he's replying to. https://www.reddit.com/r/soccercirclejerk/comments/5jnewd/original_post_ii_american_here_who_has_been/
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The Bradley apologists are emergingquote:To say that this team wasn’t better than before or that this firing was deserved is a load of horse poo poo.
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Dec 27, 2016 22:24
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Hell,
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Dec 27, 2016 22:53
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stotty1982 posted:Said it at the time and I'll say it again, they shouldn't of sacked monk.
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Dec 27, 2016 22:58
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Fun to watch? They got slaughtered in nearly every match. And this: quote:They increased scoring over a 1/2 a goal a game. 
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trem_two posted:The Bradley apologists are emerging lol it's a worse goals scored to goals conceded ratio
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TheBigAristotle posted:Fun to watch? They got slaughtered in nearly every match. 
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i like turtles
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As an American who has been watching the US and English leagues and national sides for about 3 decades, i offer my expert analysis of what's really happening here: The English really don't want the US, their cultural bastard child who has somehow managed to rule the world they both helped destroy together, to be seen as their equals on the only stage they may possibly still surpass them on, the football (soccer!) pitch. The negativity Bradley got is a symptom of this. If a us coach is given a shot and proven to be a decent fit, then why not bring the lot of them ? Heck why not a Chinese coach for Chinese owners in 2 years? Right? Loads of US players , if they were scouted as teens, could do fine in the top European leagues in the next few years. It's when they get to 19years and no club to oversee their development that the falloff begins. If Bradley had made it, a lot of US kids would be given a look. The US National team does not represent the best the US has, it's just a political party that favors the middle to upper class kids at all levels, and leaves you with Altidore and Bradley's son in their final lineup as a consequence when they are all shown up as subpar from a silver spoon lifestyle. Yah that's my rant. I can't stand Bradley either, but hey at least give him the whole year to prove his incompetence with certainty. Next you'll have Bruce Arena and Alexi Lalas clamoring to work at Hull and elsewhere...
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That's nothing. The English have mocked and looked down on the USA since 1776. Like most of Europe, they view us as a mongrel nation full of hicks and rednecks with no culture. The derision Bob got pales in comparison to what English people and Europeans in general think of the average American.
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I've spent large chunks of my life in South America and in Europe. Basically all my blood relatives live in one of those two continents. I learned Spanish, French and Italian long before I knew a phrase of English. I've been among them as one of them, and let me tell you: they don't like Yanks. They may pretend they do. But they envy the USA. Guess who they were blaming after the Charlie Hebdo shooting? Or who they blame whenever the economy tanks because some clown like Kirchner can't tell lip service from political reality? I barely talk to my surviving relatives because of that. My parents chose to become Americans, and by golly that was a great choice. The more time I spend abroad, the more American I feel. And god's my witness I've been a "Liberal" all my life, but I can completely understand why some people lose patience with all the anti-American bullshit around.
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i hope bob bradley replaces our coach and heck, this is the right thread for this post
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Source your quotes.
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https://twitter.com/AlexiLalas/status/813851564653891584
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Right thread
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Dec 28, 2016 13:26
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holy poo poo
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Dec 28, 2016 15:44
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He's not wrong. I could also manage Arsenal. Very poorly I'm sure, but there wasn't any qualifier on it.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:He's not wrong. I could also manage Arsenal. Very poorly I'm sure, but there wasn't any qualifier on it. except the part where he says "successfully"
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I could see Bob Bradley having a good net spend, dbzibot and maybe even win a friendly tournament at arsenal.
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Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:except the part where he says "successfully" I don't need your advanced stats here
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Hashtag Banterzone posted:I could see Bob Bradley having a good net spend, dbzibot and maybe even win a friendly tournament at arsenal. His xG would be the talk of the league
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TheBigAristotle posted:Right thread
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Crazy Ted posted:Lalas is a brilliant troll. Back when Beckham signed in Los Angeles he said part of the reason was that the Premier League was "all style and no substance" or something like that, and holy lol people got real mad. He says all this poo poo with a half-smile on his face so it should be obvious, but people take the bait every time. It's brilliant because only half the poo poo he says is trolling, the rest is sincere, but he can get away with sincerely saying idiotic things because people assume he's trolling.
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You might not have seen the current Star Wars movie. In which case I won’t ruin it by revealing any top-secret plot twists, like the imperial weapon‑shield with one small fatal flaw; the return of a bullish, roided-up Darth Vader; or the usual mawkish family stuff that can only be resolved by the violent death of a male parent. Aside from that you’ll find all the usual things. Infomercial-level acting that doesn’t matter because there are some excellent “fffft” and “zzzzz” weapon noises going on in the background. Good bits where stormtroopers make crackly 1950s‑style small talk just before being killed. And above all the familiar organic landscape of junk, robot-men and animated machines that is the real star of these films and the most obvious reason for the films’ staggering success. This interaction between machine world and human world is what Star Wars is really all about. Everywhere organic details intrude. The shiny new space station already has a worm in its garbage compactor. The Imperial AT-AT walkers imitate the movements of half‑speed camels and end up being capsized by a few bears with bits of string. The entire opening trilogy rests on whether Darth Vader really is more machine than man or man than machine. The obvious comparison is with Charles Dickens, franchise juggernaut of a previous age. Dickens’ novels were also full of schmaltz and sentiment. They were also redeemed by this same astonishing imaginative landscape where buildings come alive, people turn into machines, the industrial world intrudes into the world of people, and where the real question in every story is whether the people can both survive and remain recognisably themselves. All of which is quite a roundabout way of getting on to the glorious return of Yaya Touré.
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Lol
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We've hit peak WW
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There has to be more from this incredible talent
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its a dianoga, not a worm.
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haha that was from a Barney Ronay column?
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Bingo: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/dec/30/yaya-toure-reborn-star-manchester-city-league-title
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