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The Official World Cup Thread (pg. 33)
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by Epicurus
only if you lead the way with your German cheerleading. |
cheering for over 16 years for the same team isn't cheerleading and certainly not jumping the bandwagon like yourself and all of your lebanese compatriots. |
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| Epicurus |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
cheering for over 16 years for the same team isn't cheerleading and certainly not jumping the bandwagon like yourself and all of your lebanese compatriots. |
Read the last paragraph of my post to Lopi:
| quote: | Originally posted by Epicurus
hahahahaha...ok there BUDDY. Seriously, you still haven't got a clue. If you've been watching football for so long, as you claim, then surely, you'd recognize the fact that a brilliant display in one or two games in the first round by any team is absolutely meaningless, regardless of the supposed quality of the opposition, and that the supposed struggles by another team this early are equally meaningless.
But instead of meandering in the world of the abstract, I'll give you a concrete example: World cup 1982, in Spain. Brazil, then with the likes of Zico, Socrates, Falcao, Junior, Eder (etc), and headed by one of the greatest coches of all-time, Tele Santana, was a very heavy favourite to take the cup. In their first FOUR matches, they outclassed the opposition so badly that absolutely NO ONE doubted for a second that they would win the cup. Their results were 2-1 vs. Soviet Union (a great side back then), 4-1 vs. Scotland, 4-0 vs. New Zealand and 3-1 vs. Argentina (the defending champs). Not only were their results convincing, but their beautiful play was even more highly regarded. If you think Argentina put on a clinic in that Serbia game, I invite you to get some old footage from '82 and watch that team. You'll be floored. On the flip side, the Italian team BARELY made if out of the first round with three draws, and only went through on goal difference. Back then as well, a great player for Italy, Paolo Rossi, had struggled mightily with his form since he had been suspended for two years beforhand, and was about to be benched with 0 goals in 4 games before the Italian coach gave him a last chance against Brazil. The rest is history, with Italy beating Brazil 3-2, Rossi netting a hat trick, and Italy going on to win their 3rd world cup with Rossi finishing with 6 goals and securing the golden boot.
All this to say: temper your excitement. Results at this stage mean absolutely nothing. Great teams have a knack for getting better as the tournament progresses, just as supposed favourites often get shocked regardless of how well they've been playing.
Finally, as for your ignorant and unoriginal comment about cheering for Brazil, I've been cheering for them since I layed eyes on Zico in '82, when I first started watching football at the age of 4. I had to sit through '86 and '90 in agony as the Brazilian team lost in the quarters and the 2nd round. Not until '94 did I get to celebrate their first victory since '70. I won't even get into '98. So until further notice, you remain in my eyes a footballing n00b. Till next time. |
Any more brilliant assumptions on your part? |
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| malek |
hahahhahhhhaah as if you can remember anything from when you were 4!!!
gimme a break man, there's a limit to your lebanese bull stories. you guys are so good at them.
i was 10 when i payed attention to football, i can remember those moments. you on your other hand at 4 with diapers still hidden under your momma's robe.
bala manyaké, tell those stories to some n00b. |
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| Epicurus |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
hahahhahhhhaah as if you can remember anything from when you were 4!!!
gimme a break man, there's a limit to your lebanese bull stories. you guys are so good at them.
i was 10 when i payed attention to football, i can remember those moments. you on your other hand at 4 with diapers still hidden under your momma's robe.
bala manyaké, tell those stories to some n00b. |
It's extremely well-know in the scientific community that people's earliest memories date to about when they were 3 years old. So what's your point? I still have clear memories of that World Cup, in particular that half bicycle kick goal that Zico scored against New Zealand. My older cousins are football fanatics, and they used to cheer for Brazil, in particular because we have, as many Lebanese do, lots of family there, and many that used to come during the summer to visit. So of couse, being 4, you go along with what your older cousins cheer for. And that team stuck with me since.
If your entire argument is based on doubting my story because memories at 4 are supposedly impossible, then you need to brush up on your cognitive psychology. You can start here |
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| malek |
epi, your excuses are lamer than ever... you are not articulate enough to believe you.
try again? |
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| Epicurus |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
epi, your excuses are lamer than ever... you are not articulate enough to believe you.
try again? |
And your assumptions are more ignorant that ever. In fact, you've done nothing but assume all kinds of crap in this last page, and demonstrated your proclivity for making massive generalizations about things you have no clue about (yet again).
It's rather comical to sit here and watch you get cornered into submission every time you post something, since you've been soundly refuted every time. At the end of the day, this is why I cheer for Brazil, and why I've cheered for them for 23 years. Anyone who's known me for long enough can support my claims. If you want to continue to disbelieve me, then by all means, go ahead. As for being more articulate, are you kidding me? You want me to be more articulate? I can write you a novel if you really wanted, but I worry that you'd fail to understand half of it. |
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| malek |
haahhahahaahhaahahah
you're too easy. |
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| Epicurus |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
haahhahahaahhaahahah
you're too easy. |
And now comes the ultimate in desperation posts, the typical "I have really nothing more to say at this point since I've been owned", so I'll just pretend like it was all a joke from the start and type some generic gibberish expressing my contention that I was kidding and/or antagonizing you. Ok man, you win. |
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| Alex |
| I remember the inside of my mother's vagina. |
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| Epicurus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Alex
I remember the inside of my mother's vagina. |
I remember the inside of your mother's vagina also. |
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| nchs09 |
| ya those were good times.. |
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| fastmp3 |
| guys NEVER argue with Epi, he will 0wn j00 and y0 mama too! |
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