English Premier League idea

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And where might you be getting this? If you'd understandably rather not post such info for public consumption, feel free to PM me.

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Basically it is free Netflix but the full version not just the limited version they do for the monthly fee. The movies are in full 1080HD or sometimes 720. It was set up for me on my laptop by my brother. Theres a certain way that you download the "app" to your downloads and then pull it up and it gives you free access to like everything you can think of and sometimes even before they hit redbox or iTunes. It's basically the coolest fu@king thing ever. Haha. I am sure if you start googling around you can find better instructions on how to download it yourself. It won't be around forever I am sure because it really is too good to be true. I think the story goes that the guys doing it wanted it to be totally free and zero profit involved so that they can't be sued for it. The streaming is already out there and all they did was just capture it and put it in a pretty little package for all to see. Nothing gets downloaded and nothing gets paid for and there's no exchanging of money by anyone anywhere for it so no laws are being broken. Again, technology is the shit. Sorry if me watching free movies upsets anyone. Let's not turn this into some weird violation of artists rights argument.

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Maybe he will sign with one of the new franchises about to start. One is in NY and one is in Miami I believe. Both will need a big name player or two to sell to the fans.

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Was kinda wondering if that might not be the scenario. If he's smart, he'll go to Miami. Better weather, but more importantly, better tax laws. If he goes to NY, about 60-70% of his check is going to taxes by the time you add up all the federal, state, and local taxes there.

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Basically it is free Netflix but the full version not just the limited version they do for the monthly fee. The movies are in full 1080HD or sometimes 720. It was set up for me on my laptop by my brother. Theres a certain way that you download the "app" to your downloads and then pull it up and it gives you free access to like everything you can think of and sometimes even before they hit redbox or iTunes. It's basically the coolest fu@king thing ever. Haha. I am sure if you start googling around you can find better instructions on how to download it yourself. It won't be around forever I am sure because it really is too good to be true. I think the story goes that the guys doing it wanted it to be totally free and zero profit involved so that they can't be sued for it. The streaming is already out there and all they did was just capture it and put it in a pretty little package for all to see. Nothing gets downloaded and nothing gets paid for and there's no exchanging of money by anyone anywhere for it so no laws are being broken. Again, technology is the shit. Sorry if me watching free movies upsets anyone. Let's not turn this into some weird violation of artists rights argument.

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Awesome. Mr. Google will become my friend on this.

Indeed. Pirate Bay is the 3rd greatest site ever, so far as I'm concerned. 1 & 2 are FWTCT (shameless plug) and E.D. (yes, I'm shamelessly sucking up to the mods).

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If you're looking for a classic British soccer film, watch green street hooligans

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One of my favorite movies.

Saints had a pretty good preseason tune-up against Hoensbroek last night, winning 4-0. Looks like we're working with a pretty young team, there was 6 teenagers in the starting lineup, but plenty of rotation between 1st half and 2nd. It's just preseason, but I'm happy to see a win anyway.

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Maybe he will sign with one of the new franchises about to start. One is in NY and one is in Miami I believe. Both will need a big name player or two to sell to the fans.

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Well, both already have. New York City FC has signed Spain and ex Barcelona striker David Villa and are also in talks to sign Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard. Orlando City FC has signed the former most expensive player in the world in Kaka, and are also working to sign AC Milan forward Robinho

I'm having trouble keeping up with this thread. It's just too big and active.

Any ideas? Anyone else having this problem?

For example, I totally missed whatever the "SOCCER VERDICT" was about. I missed the curmudgeon drama. I haven't been reading the posts because the team updates are intertwined with unrelated chat, and stuff like that.

IMO, we need a subforum or something. I don't think we are going to get as much participation as we could if we had a subforum. Was anything about this ever mentioned for the mods to consider? Could be something like this:

Home > Forum > The Forums > Elitedawgs > Professional Sports > Soccer

Then, there'd be a perfect place for the Braves posts and shit too:

Home > Forum > The Forums > Elitedawgs > Professional Sports > MLB

Anyone with me on this?

I disagree. Most people only click on the elite dawgs forum and burying this in sub forums would only hurt it's vierership and posts. It'll get better when the year starts as well

My hope is that eventually there will be new threads that aren't 20 pages long. It's impossible to follow if someone replies to a post from a few pages back.

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I disagree. Most people only click on the elite dawgs forum and burying this in sub forums would only hurt it's vierership and posts. It'll get better when the year starts as well

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This. Nothing will be perfect. I am more than happy with this thread and the subsequent one we get each week of the season. I suggest we stay happy with what we've got as we have several mods itchy to completely nuke this thing right now. Rocking the boat after a certain poster went on a two week long tirade is not a good idea. The post you keep asking about got deleted permanently and had a mod wanting to ban everyone so nobody wants to talk about it for fear of the banhammer.

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My hope is that eventually there will be new threads that aren't 20 pages long. It's impossible to follow if someone replies to a post from a few pages back.

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If everyone hits the "reply with quote" button it is not a problem. You'll never have to look at who is replying to whom if everyone does this.

If we keep this thread to soccer stuff and less dumb stuff it'll be fine for the next few weeks.

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If we keep this thread to soccer stuff and less dumb stuff it'll be fine for the next few weeks.

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Dumb stuff are what some of us are best at offering to a thread :)

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For example, I totally missed whatever the "SOCCER VERDICT" was about. I missed the curmudgeon drama. I haven't been reading the posts because the team updates are intertwined with unrelated chat, and stuff like that.

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The curmudgeon drama was just hit whining about any mention of soccer and claiming that he had a silent majority of people who will go back to SPS or make their own forum if this forum continues to turn into a soccer forum. The verdict was that EPL folks get one thread a week. It's really all we need.

I'm sure the thread will get easier to follow as it goes. This one is just extra long because it included the draft. DudyDawg is right that it will just get buried if we put it in its own subforum.

So I started posting on a Hull City forum just to learn as much as I can, and I learned some cool stuff.

1. They will have a much more attacking style this year compared to last due to a number of pickups in the off season.
2. Their coach is, in a way, Mullenesque- beloved by the fans, hated by the rivals, made fun of for a physical trait (Mullen's slight hunch vs. Bruce's giant head)
3. **** Leeds
4. They were friendlier than I expected. By a lot.
5. Members of their team post on that forum. I was greeted by the goalkeeper.

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So I started posting on a Hull City forum just to learn as much as I can, and I learned some cool stuff.

1. They will have a much more attacking style this year compared to last due to a number of pickups in the off season.
2. Their coach is, in a way, Mullenesque- beloved by the fans, hated by the rivals, made fun of for a physical trait (Mullen's slight hunch vs. Bruce's giant head)
3. **** Leeds
4. They were friendlier than I expected. By a lot.
5. Members of their team post on that forum. I was greeted by the goalkeeper.

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#5 is awesome!!

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I disagree. Most people only click on the elite dawgs forum and burying this in sub forums would only hurt it's vierership and posts. It'll get better when the year starts as well

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I agree with this

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So I started posting on a Hull City forum just to learn as much as I can, and I learned some cool stuff.

1. They will have a much more attacking style this year compared to last due to a number of pickups in the off season.
2. Their coach is, in a way, Mullenesque- beloved by the fans, hated by the rivals, made fun of for a physical trait (Mullen's slight hunch vs. Bruce's giant head)
3. **** Leeds
4. They were friendlier than I expected. By a lot.
5. Members of their team post on that forum. I was greeted by the goalkeeper.

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That's really awesome. I started reading a Newcastle forum a few days ago but didn't want to post because I figured they'd be a dick to me. Haha

Haha that's great. I have been thinking of doing the same but
Haven't on a Burnley board. I need to haha. What did you tell them?

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Haha that's great. I have been thinking of doing the same but
Haven't on a Burnley board. I need to haha. What did you tell them?

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This was my OP:

Hey guys!

I am a graduate student at Mississippi State in the US and a regular poster on one of our sports boards. A ton of us got swept up in World Cup fever, and didn't want it to end after it was over, so 40 of us got together, divided into pairs, and drew EPL teams to be fans of. Myself and another guy drew you guys, so I fully intend to be the biggest possible fan that I can be from thousands of miles away. I already have it set up so that I can watch all of the weekend games this Fall, and if I really get into it, I'll purchase a kit and try my best to create a mini Hull City fanbase in my corner of the world.

What I ask from you all: Can you fill me in on the need to know knowledge if I want to become a good long distance fan? This includes things like:

1. Best players on the team
2. Who are your bitter rivals?
3. What is your play style?
4. What is your best known chant/song? (I want this for my signature on the forum I originate from)
5. Expected success level for the season? I've heard lower half from most, but this does not bother me as my college Am. Football team is historically awful, though we are peaking right now.
6. Any other cool stuff a fan ought to know.

I could look up a bunch of this information from websites, but that would be boring, so I want to hear this kind of stuff from real fans.

Any knowledge is appreciated!

Cheers.

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Well, both already have. New York City FC has signed Spain and ex Barcelona striker David Villa and are also in talks to sign Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard. Orlando City FC has signed the former most expensive player in the world in Kaka, and are also working to sign AC Milan forward Robinho

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Xavi is also apparently close to signing with New York FC.

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Xavi is also apparently close to signing with New York FC.

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Xavi likely going to Qatar, per his agent even

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles...bayram-tutumlu

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Xavi is also apparently close to signing with New York FC.

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Shoutout to my Evertonian compatriot. Forever Everton!

http://www.evertonfc.com/assets/_fil...Song_Sheet.pdf

This article claims that the Qatari deal is gone. The most recent thing I have seen is that it looks more like the States now.

http://www.marca.com/2014/07/16/en/f...405507362.html

Here's another article:

http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2...ycfc-imminent/

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Shoutout to my Evertonian compatriot. Forever Everton!

http://www.evertonfc.com/assets/_fil...Song_Sheet.pdf

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With you, me, and Tim, we will run this place. August 16th can't get here soon enough.

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With you, me, and Tim, we will run this place. August 16th can't get here soon enough.

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Yeah. August 16th can't get here soon enough because the Leicester City Foxes are going to enter the EPL with a BANG by taking out Timmy Tim Howard and the Everton blues.

Interesting. He's done in Europe, at least big time football. That was proved in Brazil. Spain and Barcelona's style of slow small possession guys has been thwarted and there really is no place for him as a major contributor anymore. He would fit well here in a game that needs more passing

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Yeah. August 16th can't get here soon enough because the Leicester City Foxes are going to enter the EPL with a BANG by taking out Timmy Tim Howard and the Everton blues.

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I don't know whether I should talk trash back to you or just ignore you with that blasphemy. Laughable, man.

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Interesting. He's done in Europe, at least big time football. That was proved in Brazil. Spain and Barcelona's style of slow small possession guys has been thwarted and there really is no place for him as a major contributor anymore. He would fit well here in a game that needs more passing

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And just think what Xavi, Lampard, and Villa could combine to do. That's a pretty exciting prospect.

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I don't know whether I should talk trash back to you or just ignore you with that blasphemy. Laughable, man.

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All you idiots can keep wasting your time on each other. Blah. Blah. Blah. WE ALL KNOW WHO WILL WIN THE LEAGUE.


BURNLEY FOOTBALL CLUB.


Here's your waring.


Come to Ewood, come to Ewood
It?s a place of misery
There?s a notice on the doorstep saying ?welcome unto thee?
Don?t believe ?em
Don?t believe ?em, ?cause it?s all a pack of lies
If it weren?t for Bastard Rovers, we would be in paradise.

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And just think what Xavi, Lampard, and Villa could combine to do. That's a pretty exciting prospect.

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It would certainly be a good team, but they would need a few pieces to be a contender IMO. I think they would drop a lot of points in games they shouldn't because it'll be hard to keep those three playing in every single game

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It would certainly be a good team, but they would need a few pieces to be a contender IMO. I think they would drop a lot of points in games they shouldn't because it'll be hard to keep those three playing in every single game

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They definitely aren't getting any younger. No doubt about that. But Xavi would most likely be the most technically skilled player to ever play in the MLS. The only two players potentially better are Kaka and Henry. I just look forward to a day when the MLS is getting players at the top of their game, rather than past their prime.

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They definitely aren't getting any younger. No doubt about that. But Xavi would most likely be the most technically skilled player to ever play in the MLS. The only two players potentially better are Kaka and Henry. I just look forward to a day when the MLS is getting players at the top of their game, rather than past their prime.

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Very true. It may be a while before we have major international players being in the MLS before their prime and keeping them here. I say about 10 more years of development of the MLS before that point, in my opinion.

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Very true. It may be a while before we have major international players being in the MLS before their prime and keeping them here. I say about 10 more years of development of the MLS before that point, in my opinion.

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All the MLS fields need to get regulation width with the EPL fields. This is probably my biggest beef with MLS.

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They definitely aren't getting any younger. No doubt about that. But Xavi would most likely be the most technically skilled player to ever play in the MLS. The only two players potentially better are Kaka and Henry. I just look forward to a day when the MLS is getting players at the top of their game, rather than past their prime.

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David Beckham

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Very true. It may be a while before we have major international players being in the MLS before their prime and keeping them here. I say about 10 more years of development of the MLS before that point, in my opinion.

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I don't know if we will ever get players like Ronaldo or messi in their prime, but I do think you will see second tier players making the move here in their prime sooner than ten years. A lot of guys fell out of favor at large clubs and moved to turkey, Portugal, and other comparable leagues. The MLS is fast approaching the level of those leagues, and combined with the fact that it is in American (safe, players will get paid their money, good place to raise kids) and I think we will start to see a lot more mid level European talent in the near future

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All the MLS fields need to get regulation width with the EPL fields. This is probably my biggest beef with MLS.

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Don't think that's as big of an issue as you'd think. A lot of these MLS stadiums are new and so are their training facilities, and similar ones in Europe aren't nearly as nice/new/safe

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David Beckham



I don't know if we will ever get players like Ronaldo or messi in their prime, but I do think you will see second tier players making the move here in their prime sooner than ten years. A lot of guys fell out of favor at large clubs and moved to turkey, Portugal, and other comparable leagues. The MLS is fast approaching the level of those leagues, and combined with the fact that it is in American (safe, players will get paid their money, good place to raise kids) and I think we will start to see a lot more mid level European talent in the near future

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Oh I never thought that Ronaldo or Messi types would come to the MLS in their prime. The EPL, La Liga, and Bundalista are the top talent leagues. MLS is definitely a fairly good haven for second-tier players during their prime if the MLS can become a more comparable situation to international play.

Beckham is definitely in the discussion with those other three, but I personally would rank him 4th behind the other 3.