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is football important in your country?
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 04:03 pm |
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Quoting Findik: Quoting AEnigma III: 
Quoting ciko: i am proud to be supporter of the most complicated team of the world, Fenerbahce.. you can never predict results of our matches |
Made me laugh out loud  |
Same here comic Fenerbahceli.. |
hey hey hey stop teasing me ok to be fan of fener is as bad as to be cancer. but i love them so much :-S i cant help it:-S
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 04:03 pm |
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oooh...i feel a cimbom v. fenerbahce fight coming on...
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 04:05 pm |
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Quoting gezbelle: oooh...i feel a cimbom v. fenerbahce fight coming on...
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No WAR
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 04:40 pm |
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Quoting gezbelle: football (or soccer as we call it in australia) isn't as popular as it is in the u.k. or turkey. |
but as far as i can remember Australia became 7 th or 8 th in 2002 world cup. they were nearly going to beat Germany. i am sure that success caused football to be more popular in Australia. and rugby is popular in UK too...so football and rugby could be popular at the same time it sounds like i am a missionare of football religion eh?
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 06:49 pm |
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Football is very important for many people here. (I absolutely hate it). When there are World or European Championships almost 90% of the nation is glued to their television set.... and when 'we' are in a good position the country is suddenly complete orange. Because of the international transfer system some of the Dutch football players are famous world wide (Van Basten, Cruyff, Van Hooijdonk and more).
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 08:47 pm |
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Quoting Trudy: Football is very important for many people here. (I absolutely hate it). When there are World or European Championships almost 90% of the nation is glued to their television set.... and when 'we' are in a good position the country is suddenly complete orange. Because of the international transfer system some of the Dutch football players are famous world wide (Van Basten, Cruyff, Van Hooijdonk and more). |
I do think that football is more important in Turkey than in Holland though. It seems to be more intense during 'normal' matches than in Holland.
But you are definately right about the 'orange wave' that comes over the country. I have seen Dutch nationalism always as wearing orange clothes during a match and jumping and shouting in a stadyum.
Nationalism is always stronger in Holland in times of football than normal. Many Turkish people I have met seem to think we have the same 'unpleasant' feeling for German people, like they have with the Greeks. I can say this is definately not true. The only times I hear hatred towards the German people is when we play against them and are afraid to loose (again).
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 09:54 pm |
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Football isn't the same here in the U.S. It's referred to as soccer. You have alot of fans for the sport mostly children who play. Men tend to think it's to girlish. They rather play a more aggressive sport like throwing a ball and tackeling each other. :-S I personally love the sport and played competitively for 11 years.
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 10:01 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1:
Men tend to think it's to girlish. They rather play a more aggressive sport like throwing a ball and tackeling each other. :-S |
people here tend to think American Football is brutish
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 10:06 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: Men tend to think it's to girlish. They rather play a more aggressive sport like throwing a ball and tackeling each other. |
I am afraid we have the opposite opinion here Teas We think your game is girlish - your players wear so much protection, helmets, padding etc. whereas our guys just play, tackle and risk injury.
Also, your game was invented purely to satisfy the impatient US who get bored waiting for goals. Even your rules and breaks are designed to fit around TV commercial breaks!  I am afraid for these reasons, it is hardly played out of the US
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 10:18 pm |
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Quoting AEnigma III: Quoting teaschip1: Football isn't the same here in the U.S. It's referred to as soccer. You have alot of fans for the sport mostly children who play. Men tend to think it's to girlish. They rather play a more aggressive sport like throwing a ball and tackeling each other. :-S I personally love the sport and played competitively for 11 years. |
I am afraid we have the opposite opinion here Teas We think your game is girlish - your players wear so much protection, helmets, padding etc. whereas our guys just play, tackle and risk injury.
Also, your game was invented purely to satisfy the impatient US who get bored waiting for goals. Even your rules and breaks are designed to fit around TV commercial breaks! I am afraid for these reasons, it is hardly played out of the US |
I said men tend to think it's girlish. I can't stand American football either. However, I do disagree that our football is girlish. I have played both sports and football is definately more physical & aggressive. But heck in some of your countries you people kill eachother over soccer. So maybe I should retract that comment.
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