jpg75 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Good god, look at reason #2! http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/brazil2014/fifa-world-cup-5-canadian-connections-1.2672106 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 You know what, if it gets people hooked on soccer I have no problem with it. They can start watching and then maybe they will ask why these guys don't play for Canada and maybe, just maybe, we can educate people and make them interested in improving the national team and supporting local teams. I came back to soccer and started supporting my local team after watching the WC'94 from the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Yeah even though I always played as Canada in the old FIFA games, I definitely got into international soccer (and consequently the Canadian team) for real after the '06 World Cup which was the first one I really watched. Although more to the point of the article, f*** #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 Lloyd Barker ecstatic for his friend Jono. Says he is proud of him and excuses him because he gwts chance to play for a contender...puke. Nigel Reed and Andi Petrillo with no backbone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 At least bring up the controversy, and mention the issues Canada faces in keeping its players...............on a side note, at least he knows the Dutch national anthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Lloyd Barker ecstatic for his friend Jono. Says he is proud of him and excuses him because he gwts chance to play for a contender...puke. Nigel Reed and Andi Petrillo with no backbone. And Lloyd Barker has how many caps for Canada? No, mon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamR Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 At least there will be a couple happy "Canadian" supporters on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 And Lloyd Barker has how many caps for Canada? No, mon. Yeah, but he's on Canadian TV...and his Canadian co-host didn't call him on it. I don't think it was even a case of bringing up the controversy as much as condoning his actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Yeah, but he's on Canadian TV...and his Canadian co-host didn't call him on it. I don't think it was even a case of bringing up the controversy as much as condoning his actions. Looking at some Canadian players, I wouldn't be surprised that they would have said the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Good god, look at reason #2! http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/brazil2014/fifa-world-cup-5-canadian-connections-1.2672106 Reason #2 should be reason to cheer AGAINST their teams. Especially Begovic, who represented our U20 in 2007 in Canada, of all places. As for Jono, I've never considered him for the MNT as he played in Holland since he was 13 and already played for the Netherlands in the Beijing Olympics. So whatever; I just don't care about him. As for watching the other teams, I can't cheer for Honduras --- in fact I enjoyed seeing them lose to France. Honduras simply cannot play in the WC like they do in CONCACAF: aggressive dirty play (clutching, grabbing) with lots of simulation (phantom injuries) and complaining (and trying to intimidate the refs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Shaman Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Reason #2 should be reason to cheer AGAINST their teams. Especially Begovic, who represented our U20 in 2007 in Canada, of all places. As for Jono, I've never considered him for the MNT as he played in Holland since he was 13 and already played for the Netherlands in the Beijing Olympics. So whatever; I just don't care about him. As for watching the other teams, I can't cheer for Honduras --- in fact I enjoyed seeing them lose to France. Honduras simply cannot play in the WC like they do in CONCACAF: aggressive dirty play (clutching, grabbing) with lots of simulation (phantom injuries) and complaining (and trying to intimidate the refs). I look forward to the day that no team in CONCACAF gets away with playing that way because right now it's more than just the Hondurans. On the other hand, those a-holes ceratinly have a history of pulling that stuff against Canada and might be the poster boys for all that is dirty and bush league about CONCACAF. For me it is total unabashed and unrepentant Schadenfreude that they showed exactly who they are on the world stage and the crowd went 180 degrees from supporting the underdogs to giving them thumbs down for making the beautiful game a lot uglier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 That list is dumb. As if Canadians need an excuse to watch the World Cup. It's the World Cup. They would have more reason to watch it if the broadcaster with the rights in Canada did a better job of commentary and analysis and could do a better job of coming up with storylines and news than this tripe. Man I'm in a grumpy mood tonight. But even if I wasn't, I would think that that was a poor attempt at news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Yes I knew you guys were there. Very nice. I'd be on cloud 9 as well. I'm usually pretty fond of CBC as I watch The National and listen to several shows on Radio 1, but if you're going to do the World Cup, get a host who knows the game, not a bunch of generalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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