Barca fanboy debate (18 Viewers)
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I disagree, there are major premiership asskissers who appear regularly on FSC and ESPN but Barca is by far the worst individual team. They all kiss Barca's ass every time they discuss them and I'm not just talking about the pundits either. We should be promoting a culture of intelligent and informed football fans instead of these Barca lovers. It's the same with Brazil during the 2006 world cup, they were praised for everything they did and the commentators didn't even try to hide their bias.
But aside from all of the stupid commentary since that is to be expected regardless of who it is biased towards since we are talking about American football coverage, what really pissed me off was my football team back in high school. Every other player just loved everything about Barcelona and thought that since they had seen a few matches it made them real fans. Don't get me wrong I loved these guys they were great to play with and great to hang with but it was impossible to have an intelligent football conversation with most of them. They had no idea what I was talking about half the time and constantly ragged on me for not being another mindless drone to Barcelona.
So I guess you could I will never give Barcelona a fair chance but I think my hatred is justified because IMO they are a large part in this stupid attempt at creating football fans. The kind of funny thing is that the only two of my teammates who actually knew football very well were a Barca fan who actually did know his football since he had grown up loving the game and unsurprisingly he respected Juve, and the other was an Italian immigrant who was probably our best player and a die hard Inter fan
But aside from all of the stupid commentary since that is to be expected regardless of who it is biased towards since we are talking about American football coverage, what really pissed me off was my football team back in high school. Every other player just loved everything about Barcelona and thought that since they had seen a few matches it made them real fans. Don't get me wrong I loved these guys they were great to play with and great to hang with but it was impossible to have an intelligent football conversation with most of them. They had no idea what I was talking about half the time and constantly ragged on me for not being another mindless drone to Barcelona.
So I guess you could I will never give Barcelona a fair chance but I think my hatred is justified because IMO they are a large part in this stupid attempt at creating football fans. The kind of funny thing is that the only two of my teammates who actually knew football very well were a Barca fan who actually did know his football since he had grown up loving the game and unsurprisingly he respected Juve, and the other was an Italian immigrant who was probably our best player and a die hard Inter fan
Its 5:30 in the morning and i have University tommorow, so i am not going to bother fishing Buffons mistakes now 
Rest assured i will do it tommorow
PS: I also think ability wise Buffon is the best in the world, but i am going to play the devils advocate here and show the other side of the argument.
Rest assured i will do it tommorow
PS: I also think ability wise Buffon is the best in the world, but i am going to play the devils advocate here and show the other side of the argument.
He did make mistakes last year. But as Curr said, not as many as Casillas makes.
Seriously, I'm not known for overrating our players, whether it be our favorite Alex or worst in Tiago even though I like him, but Buffo is clearly the best keeper in the world.
Casillas is incredibly overrated if folks think he is the best out there. It doesn't matter what team he plays for, he makes too many mistakes to be the best.
Seriously, I'm not known for overrating our players, whether it be our favorite Alex or worst in Tiago even though I like him, but Buffo is clearly the best keeper in the world.
Casillas is incredibly overrated if folks think he is the best out there. It doesn't matter what team he plays for, he makes too many mistakes to be the best.
Its 5:30 in the morning and i have University tommorow, so i am not going to bother fishing Buffons mistakes now
Rest assured i will do it tommorow
PS: I also think ability wise Buffon is the best in the world, but i am going to play the devils advocate here and show the other side of the argument.
Rest assured i will do it tommorow
PS: I also think ability wise Buffon is the best in the world, but i am going to play the devils advocate here and show the other side of the argument.
Good night.
But who are these folks on television that kiss Barca's ass all the time? Name them and their channels. I never see the Prem clowns on FSC talk much about them (in fact, they always claim that Ronaldo is the best, or that Rooney is better than Eto'o, et cetera). As I said, there are certainly one or two giant black a-holes of Barca asskissers, one of which is Ray Hudson, but apart from that I haven't found many such commentators. The drunk Tommy Smyth is all about the Prem as well.
Just be aware of the difference between deserved praise and nonstop hyping.
Just be aware of the difference between deserved praise and nonstop hyping.
It is not so much the commentary during the match as it is the general discussion of Barcelona during pre and post games as well as the slanting of news stories and predictions. The EPL is vastly overrated and that pisses me off just like it does you but I have deeper hatred for Barcelona. I'm out for the night but I will post more on this tomorrow if this thread doesn't go way off topic and get banned too
You are probably correct with that assumption
You are probably correct with that assumption