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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 8:32pm
Should mosey over to ESPN soccernet or another international soccer board and take a look at what Thierry Henry is catching in he comments for his hand ball in the match that put France into the World Cup over Ireland yesterday. Makes it lookm like a light and gentle crowd here.
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Nikhil 11/19/2009 11:50am
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Yeah, but soccer hooligans are just a different breed. You can't really compare them to anyone else.
Poker_Player 11/19/2009 12:02pm
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You actually watch soccer AND read the soccer boards?
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gt80rider 11/19/2009 12:09pm
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post a link.... i gotta see how bad it is.....

chrisgg90 11/19/2009 12:26pm
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Football Sucks, and that shit is all over the news here, I can't stick the game

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Tiki 11/19/2009 12:33pm
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Lets be honest here. Are modern MX racers the same cut of the cloth that our heroes such as Hannah, DeCoster, Lackey, Robert, Bayle etc? I don't mean to fall back to "when I was a kid..." but seriously. 44 foot motor home towing a 26 foot two story trailer with a dozen bikes for a weekend race? Even Loretta Lynn's it is overkill.

I still stand by my post from Matthes. Some of these kids could do with a little hard work, less complaints about message boards and what THEY get paid, goggle handlers and mechanics. You get a DOLLAR for what you consider fun, you are ahead of 90% of the rest of the world.

Dont like it, fire the Goggle handler - YOU ARE DIRECTLY in charge of that. Pay the Mechanic more, credit him on the podium, chances are he is more important in the communication of the track, your ego, your well being. It's HIS bike not yours, thank him for it.


Always liked Soccer. Good hard group of fans.
googs the 2nd 11/19/2009 12:39pm
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Mate soccer/football is a RELIGION in some countries , taken a lot more seriously than moto sports..suicides, murders all sorts of shit happens...not to mention the all in brawls before and after games.

moto......pffftt......
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Racer92 11/19/2009 12:48pm
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Them soccer people stampede and kill each other like lemmings running to a cliff.

Scary stuff.
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easy_e 11/19/2009 12:59pm
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I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a foul is called he jumps up like he was at the club just finished doing a line! I watched a bit of the game which I enjoyed but the theatrics were too much.
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Sandberm 11/19/2009 1:11pm
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easy_e wrote:
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a...
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a foul is called he jumps up like he was at the club just finished doing a line! I watched a bit of the game which I enjoyed but the theatrics were too much.
Loved playing soccer growing up , but yea, whats with the Euros flopping around on the ground like little girls when they get touched? Sports are supposed to be one of those deals where we as men get to show how tough we are, not how big of a weenie we are...sheesh.
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Snapper 11/19/2009 1:17pm
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Its not on youtube yet, but over here in England everyone is going crazy!

I hate our version of football by the way Smile
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ocscottie 11/19/2009 1:29pm
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Tiki wrote:
Lets be honest here. Are modern MX racers the same cut of the cloth that our heroes such as Hannah, DeCoster, Lackey, Robert, Bayle etc? I...
Lets be honest here. Are modern MX racers the same cut of the cloth that our heroes such as Hannah, DeCoster, Lackey, Robert, Bayle etc? I don't mean to fall back to "when I was a kid..." but seriously. 44 foot motor home towing a 26 foot two story trailer with a dozen bikes for a weekend race? Even Loretta Lynn's it is overkill.

I still stand by my post from Matthes. Some of these kids could do with a little hard work, less complaints about message boards and what THEY get paid, goggle handlers and mechanics. You get a DOLLAR for what you consider fun, you are ahead of 90% of the rest of the world.

Dont like it, fire the Goggle handler - YOU ARE DIRECTLY in charge of that. Pay the Mechanic more, credit him on the podium, chances are he is more important in the communication of the track, your ego, your well being. It's HIS bike not yours, thank him for it.


Always liked Soccer. Good hard group of fans.
Drew, have you listened to the Marty Smith podcats? He goes off pretty good on some of the racers of today. Its a good listen, Marty is the man!

http://racerx.vo.llnwd.net/o15/podcast/20091110_smith_pod.mp3
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G-man 11/19/2009 1:42pm
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Poker_Player wrote:
You actually watch soccer AND read the soccer boards?
LOL I thought the same thing. Laughing
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Larry 11/19/2009 1:43pm
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Tiki wrote:
Lets be honest here. Are modern MX racers the same cut of the cloth that our heroes such as Hannah, DeCoster, Lackey, Robert, Bayle etc? I...
Lets be honest here. Are modern MX racers the same cut of the cloth that our heroes such as Hannah, DeCoster, Lackey, Robert, Bayle etc? I don't mean to fall back to "when I was a kid..." but seriously. 44 foot motor home towing a 26 foot two story trailer with a dozen bikes for a weekend race? Even Loretta Lynn's it is overkill.

I still stand by my post from Matthes. Some of these kids could do with a little hard work, less complaints about message boards and what THEY get paid, goggle handlers and mechanics. You get a DOLLAR for what you consider fun, you are ahead of 90% of the rest of the world.

Dont like it, fire the Goggle handler - YOU ARE DIRECTLY in charge of that. Pay the Mechanic more, credit him on the podium, chances are he is more important in the communication of the track, your ego, your well being. It's HIS bike not yours, thank him for it.


Always liked Soccer. Good hard group of fans.
Spot on Tiki.
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swizcore 11/19/2009 1:49pm
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Hi-five Tiki!
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P 11/19/2009 1:53pm
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FreshTopEnd wrote:
Should mosey over to ESPN soccernet or another international soccer board and take a look at what Thierry Henry is catching in he comments for his...
Should mosey over to ESPN soccernet or another international soccer board and take a look at what Thierry Henry is catching in he comments for his hand ball in the match that put France into the World Cup over Ireland yesterday. Makes it lookm like a light and gentle crowd here.
The crazy thing is that he admitted that it was a hand ball and he is right that they should be pissed at the ref if they want to be pissed at someone.


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FreshTopEnd 11/19/2009 1:56pm
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Poker_Player wrote:
You actually watch soccer AND read the soccer boards?
Absolutely watch good matches when I can. No boards, but you have to imagine they exist. Yesterday's game wasn't on here in the states. Fall back for US fans is to read articles on ESPN to catch up, and the comments there yesterday were pretty blistering. Which is the point: it's not just MX fans who are hard on their atheletes. Pretty common among all the sport (ask anyone whose played a headline sport in New York I guess).

Easy-e, no doubt flopping is a cancer to the game
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FreshTopEnd 11/19/2009 2:02pm
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P wrote:
The crazy thing is that he admitted that it was a hand ball and he is right that they should be pissed at the ref if...
The crazy thing is that he admitted that it was a hand ball and he is right that they should be pissed at the ref if they want to be pissed at someone.


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Yeah, apparently he told the ref he did it at the time and the ref basically said "you're not the ref." Seems like a lot of the attention has turned from him to FIFA in a fuelgate sort of way. Henry is pretty well regarded, but this one will dog him for awhile. Any Champion's league game Barca plays in England ought to be pretty interesting with this on top of the Chelsea defeat last year.

But again, the point being for better or worse sports fans brutalize the atheletes all over and the internet has made it worse. MX'ers get relative respect for the most part.
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Shenzi 11/19/2009 2:11pm
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P wrote:
The crazy thing is that he admitted that it was a hand ball and he is right that they should be pissed at the ref if...
The crazy thing is that he admitted that it was a hand ball and he is right that they should be pissed at the ref if they want to be pissed at someone.


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Yeah, apparently he told the ref he did it at the time and the ref basically said "you're not the ref." Seems like a lot of...
Yeah, apparently he told the ref he did it at the time and the ref basically said "you're not the ref." Seems like a lot of the attention has turned from him to FIFA in a fuelgate sort of way. Henry is pretty well regarded, but this one will dog him for awhile. Any Champion's league game Barca plays in England ought to be pretty interesting with this on top of the Chelsea defeat last year.

But again, the point being for better or worse sports fans brutalize the atheletes all over and the internet has made it worse. MX'ers get relative respect for the most part.
I watch TV5's French news and they asked Henry after the game if he had thought of telling the ref, he said "Yes, after the game".

Yes Michael Henry is a very well respected player and has a huge fan base but this one is going to haunt him for a while, a long while maybe.

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PaleBlue 11/19/2009 2:34pm
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You guy don't really comprehend what fan hate is about or the extent of it. Henry will get abuse for this for the rest of his career. If the "crime" is big enough the "fan" will dog a player for as long as he stay within the game. When (if) a fan watches a game between two sides, neither of which is his, it's not who he wants to win, rather it's who he wants to lose less. If only there was a way for them both to lose, he would be very happy. It's all a form of hating and not at all healthy.
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mjskier 11/19/2009 3:37pm
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Soccer "fans" are crazy. A few years back an Argentinian player scored an own goal (not on purpose, it happens even to the best defenders) and he got killed when he went back home.
Anyway, that hand ball is only a big deal to Irish fans and a few French surrender monkeys. Players can start complaining the day they stop diving in the penalty box. Until then, they are all a bunch of cheats.
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Shenzi 11/19/2009 3:49pm
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mjskier wrote:
Soccer "fans" are crazy. A few years back an Argentinian player scored an own goal (not on purpose, it happens even to the best defenders) and...

Soccer "fans" are crazy. A few years back an Argentinian player scored an own goal (not on purpose, it happens even to the best defenders) and he got killed when he went back home.
Anyway, that hand ball is only a big deal to Irish fans and a few French surrender monkeys. Players can start complaining the day they stop diving in the penalty box. Until then, they are all a bunch of cheats.
that was Colombian player Andres Escobar.
Presumed shot because of that 1994 World Cup own goal that made some of the Medellin drug lords to loose lots of money on bets, but also possible just victim of a bar fight as others were also shot/wounded in that same incident.
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FreshTopEnd wrote:
Should mosey over to ESPN soccernet or another international soccer board and take a look at what Thierry Henry is catching in he comments for his...
Should mosey over to ESPN soccernet or another international soccer board and take a look at what Thierry Henry is catching in he comments for his hand ball in the match that put France into the World Cup over Ireland yesterday. Makes it lookm like a light and gentle crowd here.
espn regular announcers rip on any and all players in the ball sports on a routine basis. happens all the time..watch sports center.
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Motodude 11/19/2009 3:56pm
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Tiki wrote:
Lets be honest here. Are modern MX racers the same cut of the cloth that our heroes such as Hannah, DeCoster, Lackey, Robert, Bayle etc? I...
Lets be honest here. Are modern MX racers the same cut of the cloth that our heroes such as Hannah, DeCoster, Lackey, Robert, Bayle etc? I don't mean to fall back to "when I was a kid..." but seriously. 44 foot motor home towing a 26 foot two story trailer with a dozen bikes for a weekend race? Even Loretta Lynn's it is overkill.

I still stand by my post from Matthes. Some of these kids could do with a little hard work, less complaints about message boards and what THEY get paid, goggle handlers and mechanics. You get a DOLLAR for what you consider fun, you are ahead of 90% of the rest of the world.

Dont like it, fire the Goggle handler - YOU ARE DIRECTLY in charge of that. Pay the Mechanic more, credit him on the podium, chances are he is more important in the communication of the track, your ego, your well being. It's HIS bike not yours, thank him for it.


Always liked Soccer. Good hard group of fans.
Amazing, I agree with you.
Poker_Player 11/19/2009 4:02pm
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easy_e wrote:
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a...
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a foul is called he jumps up like he was at the club just finished doing a line! I watched a bit of the game which I enjoyed but the theatrics were too much.
How about the whole taking their shirts off to show each other their sizzle chests. WTF is that all about?
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easy_e wrote:
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a...
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a foul is called he jumps up like he was at the club just finished doing a line! I watched a bit of the game which I enjoyed but the theatrics were too much.
Poker_Player wrote:
How about the whole taking their shirts off to show each other their sizzle chests. WTF is that all about?
I thought it was pretty cool when the girl player did it.
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FreshTopEnd 11/19/2009 6:50pm
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easy_e wrote:
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a...
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a foul is called he jumps up like he was at the club just finished doing a line! I watched a bit of the game which I enjoyed but the theatrics were too much.
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How about the whole taking their shirts off to show each other their sizzle chests. WTF is that all about?
Well, at least they haven't done the sprinkler when they score, lol.

Pretty common celebration. If you mean at the end of the game, players will exchange jerseys. Sort of like if Everts and James had traded jerseys after the Matterly MXdN. Maybe there would have been less crap afterwards.

I don't think there was a lot of jersey swapping after the France Ireland match yesterday.
Poker_Player 11/20/2009 5:45am
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easy_e wrote:
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a...
I don't know how anyone can have respect for guys that play nearly dead when a guy just get's close and then as soon as a foul is called he jumps up like he was at the club just finished doing a line! I watched a bit of the game which I enjoyed but the theatrics were too much.
Poker_Player wrote:
How about the whole taking their shirts off to show each other their sizzle chests. WTF is that all about?
oldx wrote:
I thought it was pretty cool when the girl player did it.
I didn't. The whole look at me thing she had going on after her TEAM won was over kill and she wasn't that hot and didn't have that great of a rack anyway. But semi naked is semi naked
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rangot 11/20/2009 7:06am
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That Henry hand is a big deal in France, not only on soccer boards ! Almost every minister had to take position, there are petition for a new game... If we have to replay each time there's cheating involved in soccer, one season is gonna be 10 years long ! At least, we (France) are at the good end of the stick for once, even if i feel sorry for the real deserving Irish team. The worse in that mess ? We'll have to keep this Domenech till the WC!!!
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FreshTopEnd 11/20/2009 7:25am
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We'll have to keep this Domenech till the WC!!!

Don't worry that won't last long. Henry is now saying a replay is the fair thing to do. I am sure it's part of trying to save his rep. which I expect people want because they like him and his rep is trashed in that one instant. But it'd be shocking if a game happened.
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JackLHyde 11/20/2009 8:08am
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Soccer is the real deal over here in Germany, but I'm not into it. One of our national players, Robert Enke, committed suicide on November, 10th. The media reported almost nonstop the following days and an international match was cancelled. His funeral was preached in a soccer stadium with 40000+ fans and live on TV, the coffin in the middle of the field. That's the other side of the coin with sports that attract so many people.

Regarding to MX, I think the riders have it harder nowadays, as they are still pretty close to the fans, but the internet has taken it to a whole new level.

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