Comments on: Soccer 101: How to enjoy European soccer as a Canadian Neutral

By: The Footie Fool - » Soccer 101: Just how many competitions are there?

The Footie Fool - » Soccer 101: Just how many competitions are there? — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:02:05 +0000

[...] Okay, so, you are about to embark on your first season following European soccer. You’ve picked your league and chosen your team, ordered your jersey and are ready to cheer them on to victory as they chase the league title. Or the UEFA Cup. Or the Champions League title. Or the FA Cup. [...]

By: weenie

weenie — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:42:19 +0000

Aha, I see what you mean and you are right – it’s their spirit, never-say-die attitude!

By: The Footie Fool

The Footie Fool — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:00:46 +0000

Yeah, Frank could have been on the list. It’s always the problem with creating posts like that – you run the risk of leaving people off. With Chelsea, there could have been 20 players on that list.

The Liverpool being a blue collar team. What i meant by that is that the Liverpool I’ve been watching for the past few years has tended to be a workman like team. They work hard, and tend to grind out their wins. I could be wrong with that assessment of the team, as I don’t see a heck of a lot of Liverpool. But what I see of them is that they work hard and have a dogged spirit, hence the blue collar analogy.

Thanks for popping by!

By: weenie

weenie — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:57:49 +0000

A very informative post but surely you’d have Fat Frank Lampard in for Chelsea instead of the blank-firing Shevchenko??

Henry at Barca now… he’ll be sorely missed in the Premier League (and by the Gooners).

And no Beckham anymore – what a loss for European football.

As for Liverpool FC being a blue collar team, not sure what you mean by that. Both Liverpool and Manchester are large cities in the North West of England, both with industrial and working class histories/backgrounds and obviously there’s intense rivalry between the two, not just in football. Liverpool is Europe’s City of Culture!!!

But hey, don’t take my word for it, I”m confused enough as it is being a Liverpool fan living and working in Manchester! You could say that I’m pretty thick skinned!

Nice blog btw – stopped by via footie girl.