Comments on: Shakhtar 1-Barca 2, a.k.a. “Augggg…um…yaaaaaay!”

By: Kxevin

Kxevin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:19:10 +0000

No b-day bash invite for me, John. I’m that high up the food chain, just a lowly section editor.

Oleg, you might be right. But we won’t go down for lack of trying. And when I look at the competition in Champions League, I like our chances. Nobody has been truly dominant this season, and playing Henry in the center has opening up new options for us, not to mention the incendiary play of Iniesta on the left.

And welcome, Juan. Some call it soccer, others call it football. It just depends on your worldview. Because you’re new here, I’ll explain my use of the collective pronoun “we.” I’m a soci. My vote, my time and my money go directly to support the club that I love. I think that gives me the right to use “we.”

Come back anytime. All voices are welcome.

By: Juan

Juan — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:32:10 +0000

Kevin? Wow!!! That is “spanish” name and a lot of knowledge in soccer (yeh, not in football). “We answered”, “we are tired”. It is here, boy – “we” suck.

By: Oleg

Oleg — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:23:29 +0000

Barselona goes down this year. If it plays in 1/4 of the CL 2008/09- it will be a miracle. Messi is good, but there plenty of players in other teams who are at least of the same level with him.I am upset about their play against Shakhtar – UEFA rules suck.

By: IceMel

IceMel — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:08:36 +0000

Ramzi,
Not sure if anyone said this…but maybe that spelling was offensive ’cause it sounded like “we have to PAY OL’(old) Carles a lot of money…even though he can’t play like he used to” …I’ll take Payol any day over some announcers’ “Pweeee-ul”

Kev,
I’m not a Cubs fan but if they pan the camera over all the 85 year old ladies in the stands crying after they get eliminated like last itme, I will shed a tear.

From now pleasently rainy NorCal
Ice

By: john

john — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:05:55 +0000

That’s good to hear, Kevin. Did you get invited to his B-day bash last weekend?

I’m glad to hear he’s fostered a positive working environment, though it’ll take me a while to get used to the paper’s new format.

And Ramzi – sorry to spark a subject that saw you recieve a lot of flak. It certainly wasn’t my intention. Have a good weekend, everyone.

By: Kxevin

Kxevin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:38:34 +0000

Roger that, Pep. It’s very cool to see fathers explaining formations to their sons via hand gestures, insuring future generations of socis.

And you know what’s funny John? Zell is actually more encouraging of bucking the party line. It’s a seriously fun place to work right now, where crazy folks like me can make all kinds of changes.

By: john

john — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:08:43 +0000

And pep, ‘eleven flagpoles’ is a lot more charitable than ‘excrement on a stick,’ if anyone remembers that charming reference to Anfield fans.

By: john

john — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:06:50 +0000

Regarding baseball, Kevin, I’m the same way. I chalk it up to the majority of Cubs fans being annoying (just thought I’d throw another sweeping generalization out there, for the fun of it!). But if I were you, I’d make sure big Sam doesn’t catch you booing his new team.

By: pep

pep — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:59:34 +0000

About the Camp Nou crowd, I would point out the following:

1) The fans attending the game actually know something about football. Former-Dutch-international-turned-pundit Jan Mulder has said that even if you would put eleven flagpoles at Anfield, the supporters would still shout and sing their lungs out of their bodies. Barcelona fans understand the game and you have to deserve their applause.

1 bis) Related to that, someone once told me that for Catalans going to the Camp Nou is like going to the theatre. Which makes some sense in my opinion.

2) Barcelona is more than a club. A win means more, but a defeat too.

By: Kxevin

Kxevin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:33:09 +0000

Well, I’ll just say that I work for the company that owns the Cubs, how’s that? I pretty much can’t stand baseball. Further, when baseball fans tell me that footy is boring, then crow about some “exciting” 1-0 baseball game, I’m never shy about pointing out the, shall we say, complexities of their worldview.

It’s filling my dark little heart with joy that the Cubs are going down in flames. My sole rooting interest in Chicago baseball is for the Sox to win and the Cubs to lose. Not sure why that is, though. Weird.

Good info about the Meazza. You sort of get that feeling from seeing the matches on Fox Soccer. It’s cool that Serie A and La Liga are the last major leagues to be free of the pay-per-view scourge, though if Fox outbids GolTV for La Liga next season, we can forget about seeing free Clasicos ever again.

I agree with you about this thread. Just exceptional stuff. It’s folks like everyone here that makes this one of the best sporting blogs I have ever encountered.