manc-mag 1 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Stevie there is a difference of enjoing a sport as a spectacle and it being a fundamental activity of the culture itself IMO. None of it explains entirely why an area with 70% of the worlds population has literally produced no one. Alright they're too weak mentally and phsically and a load of them are ladyboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Cricket is the national sport of India closely followed by 'Who wants to be a millionaire'.. Chess became very popular when Anand climbed the rankings. Football is viewed as a spectacle in most of Asia rather than a 'must do' sport. In Asia in general education and science are venerated to such a level that it's almost like a sport...(no running out onto the allotment after school). If China for instance set their mind to it and more players played abroad could become a force in modern football. Ultimately a lot of it comes down to prestige. In Europe it is asscociated with prestige and still a way out of poverty/poor education/mucking about in school (but the infrastructure is there to catch these young players). In Asia education is the way out and is the number one sport. Yeah, an Indian kid doesn't have world class players to look up and aspire to. That's what football culture is about. No coincidence that the NE of England has produced so many top class footballers. It's not the biggest area in terms of population, it's about football culture. Bairns in Newcastle grow up with Gazza, Beardsley, Shearer et al to aspire to. Think that is definitely part of the puzzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5899 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Stevie there is a difference of enjoing a sport as a spectacle and it being a fundamental activity of the culture itself IMO. None of it explains entirely why an area with 70% of the worlds population has literally produced no one. Alright they're too weak mentally and phsically and a load of them are ladyboys. Exactly, I alluded to that 10minutes ago. You always wonder when a self professed BNP voter starts up topics about Asians being shitter than us at something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Take your fucking homo erotic 'look into my eye' avatar and shove it up your arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Stevie there is a difference of enjoing a sport as a spectacle and it being a fundamental activity of the culture itself IMO. None of it explains entirely why an area with 70% of the worlds population has literally produced no one. Alright they're too weak mentally and phsically and a load of them are ladyboys. I think this is probably the closest answer to the truth but it STILL can't just be that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Is that your eye like? I thought it was a dead fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5899 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Take your fucking homo erotic 'look into my eye' avatar and shove it up your arse. Whey man, the last 4 or 5 you have had have been fucking hommy self poses, usually taken from a high angle to make you look svelte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Cricket is the national sport of India closely followed by 'Who wants to be a millionaire'.. Chess became very popular when Anand climbed the rankings. Football is viewed as a spectacle in most of Asia rather than a 'must do' sport. In Asia in general education and science are venerated to such a level that it's almost like a sport...(no running out onto the allotment after school). If China for instance set their mind to it and more players played abroad could become a force in modern football. Ultimately a lot of it comes down to prestige. In Europe it is asscociated with prestige and still a way out of poverty/poor education/mucking about in school (but the infrastructure is there to catch these young players). In Asia education is the way out and is the number one sport. Yeah, an Indian kid doesn't have world class players to look up and aspire to. That's what football culture is about. No coincidence that the NE of England has produced so many top class footballers. It's not the biggest area in terms of population, it's about football culture. Bairns in Newcastle grow up with Gazza, Beardsley, Shearer et al to aspire to. Who did a Swede ever have to look up to before Henrik Larsson? Jonny Ekstrom?? Thomas Brolin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) Is that your eye like? I thought it was a dead fish. You want to get your fish monged somewhere else if your fishmonger is flogging you fish with eyebrows like. Edited November 15, 2011 by manc-mag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostile_statue 0 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I think it's quite sad that in Thailand etc. you get one man and his dog watching the matches there but everyone goes mad for the Premier League. It's even sadder when the dog gets barbecued at half-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Stevie there is a difference of enjoing a sport as a spectacle and it being a fundamental activity of the culture itself IMO. None of it explains entirely why an area with 70% of the worlds population has literally produced no one. Alright they're too weak mentally and phsically and a load of them are ladyboys. Exactly, I alluded to that 10minutes ago. You always wonder when a self professed BNP voter starts up topics about Asians being shitter than us at something That wasn't my intention at all. I think while many people have made a few decent points, it is a fucking mystery of life as to why 70% of the world pop. have never, not one, produced a genuinely world class player. All of the things like training, league structures have a degree of merit, but surely if someone in say Shanghai was as good as Maradona, they'd come through and get noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Cricket is the national sport of India closely followed by 'Who wants to be a millionaire'.. Chess became very popular when Anand climbed the rankings. Football is viewed as a spectacle in most of Asia rather than a 'must do' sport. In Asia in general education and science are venerated to such a level that it's almost like a sport...(no running out onto the allotment after school). If China for instance set their mind to it and more players played abroad could become a force in modern football. Ultimately a lot of it comes down to prestige. In Europe it is asscociated with prestige and still a way out of poverty/poor education/mucking about in school (but the infrastructure is there to catch these young players). In Asia education is the way out and is the number one sport. Yeah, an Indian kid doesn't have world class players to look up and aspire to. That's what football culture is about. No coincidence that the NE of England has produced so many top class footballers. It's not the biggest area in terms of population, it's about football culture. Bairns in Newcastle grow up with Gazza, Beardsley, Shearer et al to aspire to. Who did a Swede ever have to look up to before Henrik Larsson? Jonny Ekstrom?? Thomas Brolin Gunnar Nordahl was decent like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) How many European scouts are in China/India or Singapore/Thailand? Edited November 15, 2011 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14030 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Cabaye is one-quarter Vietnamese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 and he never let it hold him back tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 You could easily flip this thread and ask how many white men are in the top 10 boxing rankings at the premium weights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 How many European scouts are in China? Everton and Sheffield United scout China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostile_statue 0 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Cricket is the national sport of India closely followed by 'Who wants to be a millionaire'.. Chess became very popular when Anand climbed the rankings. Football is viewed as a spectacle in most of Asia rather than a 'must do' sport. In Asia in general education and science are venerated to such a level that it's almost like a sport...(no running out onto the allotment after school). If China for instance set their mind to it and more players played abroad could become a force in modern football. Ultimately a lot of it comes down to prestige. In Europe it is asscociated with prestige and still a way out of poverty/poor education/mucking about in school (but the infrastructure is there to catch these young players). In Asia education is the way out and is the number one sport. Yeah, an Indian kid doesn't have world class players to look up and aspire to. That's what football culture is about. No coincidence that the NE of England has produced so many top class footballers. It's not the biggest area in terms of population, it's about football culture. Bairns in Newcastle grow up with Gazza, Beardsley, Shearer et al to aspire to. Who did a Swede ever have to look up to before Henrik Larsson? Jonny Ekstrom?? Thomas Brolin Gunnar Nordahl, Gunnar Gren, Nils Liedholm, Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund, Agne Simonsson, Ove Kindvall, Ralf Edström...do I need to go on? I thought you knew one or two things about football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 You could easily flip this thread and ask how many white men are in the top 10 boxing rankings at the premium weights? ...and the answer would be blacks are harder than us, unless you get a freak like the Klitschko's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 How many European scouts are in China? Everton and Sheffield United scout China. So 2 then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 Cricket is the national sport of India closely followed by 'Who wants to be a millionaire'.. Chess became very popular when Anand climbed the rankings. Football is viewed as a spectacle in most of Asia rather than a 'must do' sport. In Asia in general education and science are venerated to such a level that it's almost like a sport...(no running out onto the allotment after school). If China for instance set their mind to it and more players played abroad could become a force in modern football. Ultimately a lot of it comes down to prestige. In Europe it is asscociated with prestige and still a way out of poverty/poor education/mucking about in school (but the infrastructure is there to catch these young players). In Asia education is the way out and is the number one sport. Yeah, an Indian kid doesn't have world class players to look up and aspire to. That's what football culture is about. No coincidence that the NE of England has produced so many top class footballers. It's not the biggest area in terms of population, it's about football culture. Bairns in Newcastle grow up with Gazza, Beardsley, Shearer et al to aspire to. Who did a Swede ever have to look up to before Henrik Larsson? Jonny Ekstrom?? Thomas Brolin Gunnar Nordahl, Gunnar Gren, Nils Liedholm, Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund, Agne Simonsson, Ove Kindvall, Ralf Edström...do I need to go on? I thought you knew one or two things about football. I knew Gunnar Nordahl and his exploits in Serie A, but anyone else who says they've heard of the other ones is lying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Bobby Robson likened Sun Jihai to Mick Mills iirc. Make of that what you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38703 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Cabaye is one-quarter Vietnamese. middle quarter, not his feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostile_statue 0 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Cricket is the national sport of India closely followed by 'Who wants to be a millionaire'.. Chess became very popular when Anand climbed the rankings. Football is viewed as a spectacle in most of Asia rather than a 'must do' sport. In Asia in general education and science are venerated to such a level that it's almost like a sport...(no running out onto the allotment after school). If China for instance set their mind to it and more players played abroad could become a force in modern football. Ultimately a lot of it comes down to prestige. In Europe it is asscociated with prestige and still a way out of poverty/poor education/mucking about in school (but the infrastructure is there to catch these young players). In Asia education is the way out and is the number one sport. Yeah, an Indian kid doesn't have world class players to look up and aspire to. That's what football culture is about. No coincidence that the NE of England has produced so many top class footballers. It's not the biggest area in terms of population, it's about football culture. Bairns in Newcastle grow up with Gazza, Beardsley, Shearer et al to aspire to. Who did a Swede ever have to look up to before Henrik Larsson? Jonny Ekstrom?? Thomas Brolin Gunnar Nordahl, Gunnar Gren, Nils Liedholm, Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund, Agne Simonsson, Ove Kindvall, Ralf Edström...do I need to go on? I thought you knew one or two things about football. I knew Gunnar Nordahl and his exploits in Serie A, but anyone else who says they've heard of the other ones is lying. You've never heard of the Gre-No-Li trio at AC Milan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) Btw hockey competes with cricket as the most played/competive sport in India/pakistan. Most pop sport in China is table tennis followed by badminton and chess. FIFA talk a load of PR bollocks when it comes to spreading the game, they haven't really managed to change any of the historical and culturally dominant sports in countries around the world. It's a ridiculous franchise driven gravy train there to keep Amex and Mastercard happy. Edited November 15, 2011 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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