The 73 Cup final apart I wasnt aware there was any particular Sunderland-Leeds hatred. Is it cos Revie was a Boro boy?
We don't really hate Boro, it's more a pity thing.
I think the Leeds hatred is just a general thing that goes back to how hated they were by everyone in the 70s. probably just a one way thing rather than a mutual hatred. We reserve all that energy for Newcastle.
Revie's Leeds were a shower of dirty bastards alright, but also a pretty fucking great team. Should have won at least 4 League titles as well as a European Cup (utterly robbed by Bayern). For my sins, I picked them as my team as a 7 year old precisely because all the rest of my family was either United or Liverpool and hated Leeds. I had to find something to mark out my territory and Dirty Leeds fitted the bill quite nicely.
Leeds are like that player that everybody hates but would love in their team. I have to say the Premier League is a poorer place without them.
Seems ridiculous that as the UK's third largest city, and a one club town to boot, Leeds aren't a PL stalwart, regularly challenging for titles. You'd think they'd seem an obvious target for some oil rich Sheikh or zillionaire Chinese investor, but for some reason they seem to be a magnet for inveterate chances like Ridsdale and Cellino.
Always baffled me that one. The demise came right at the start of the silly money from the TV.
Despised in Sunderland. Obviously goes back to Revie etc.
The 73 Cup final apart I wasnt aware there was any particular Sunderland-Leeds hatred. Is it cos Revie was a Boro boy?
We don't really hate Boro, it's more a pity thing.
I think the Leeds hatred is just a general thing that goes back to how hated they were by everyone in the 70s. probably just a one way thing rather than a mutual hatred. We reserve all that energy for Newcastle.
Despised in Sunderland. Obviously goes back to Revie etc.
The 73 Cup final apart I wasnt aware there was any particular Sunderland-Leeds hatred. Is it cos Revie was a Boro boy?
We don't really hate Boro, it's more a pity thing.
I think the Leeds hatred is just a general thing that goes back to how hated they were by everyone in the 70s. probably just a one way thing rather than a mutual hatred. We reserve all that energy for Newcastle.
I think the US team scored on itself as to avoid winning the whole thing and having to go to the Trump white house.
I will be cheering for Uruguay.
Re: FOOTBALL!
Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 5:49pm
by revbob
Has team USA learned how to flop properly if theres one thing ive learned watching mens soccer is that you need to know how to flop. Which leads into the horrible officiating that always shows up.
I'll stick with women's soccer its less maddening women dont seem to flop so much.
Soccer is a legit women's sport in the US, for men it takes a seat behind football, basketball, baseball, hockey, NASCAR, and perhaps some others..
Has team USA learned how to flop properly if theres one thing ive learned watching mens soccer is that you need to know how to flop. Which leads into the horrible officiating that always shows up.
I'll stick with women's soccer its less maddening women dont seem to flop so much.
Soccer is a legit women's sport in the US, for men it takes a seat behind football, basketball, baseball, hockey, NASCAR, and perhaps some others..
Iceland has a population of 332,000 people. They had to qualify by beating Turkey (twice) Finland, Ukraine, Croatia.
USA failed to qualify because they lost to Trinidad and Tobago for who football is also not their national sport.
Hardly mitigation!!!
