American excuse:

[CaLLyRN]

Originally Posted by QuikZilver

What does that have to with anything?

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[CaLLyRN]

Originally Posted by iFootballer

especially baseball, you don't even need to be in shape physically to play in the MLB, you can be a big fat tub of lard and still own in baseball. which is why an overweight guy named babe ruth is the greatest of all time..

and a cracked up basehead is the best footballer of all time Maradona....

[AriseForLife]

Originally Posted by Mambo123

Well lets see.
NBA - Argentina beat them at the last olypics and in 08 they barely, barely scraped by Spain.

Argentina beat a US team that wasn't even made up of our best players. We didn't barely beat Spain, you should go back and Youtube the game. We flat out dominated everyone we played in the Olympics so you need to put down the crackpipe.

The Spain game was closer because they have good backcourt play, but we were never in danger of actually losing that game period.

[QuikZilver]

Originally Posted by CaLLyRN

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yes you are and....?

[Doc]

its just another case of certain yanks being overly arrogant as usual, oh blah blah were the best at everything, blah blah.

[madridboy86]

Originally Posted by Doc

its just another case of certain yanks being overly arrogant as usual, oh blah blah were the best at everything, blah blah.

until they get showed up by the best international team in the world I mean Brazil

[CaLLyRN]

Originally Posted by QuikZilver

yes you are and....?

if our best athletes played... we'd mop the world up.....

We'd just dont want do hurt the worlds feelings yet....



Imagine lebron on a football field....

[QuikZilver]

Originally Posted by Katarinaccio

It doesn't work that way. If it did then the countries that would be top would be the countries with the largest populations. Its simply not true.

Which would you rather be an Underdevelop country with a population of 300 million or a third world country with a population of 3 million.

Which do think has the upperhand on the other?

[Super-manc]

Originally Posted by Katarinaccio

It doesn't work that way. If it did then the countries that would be top would be the countries with the largest populations. Its simply not true.

Not in terms of population, no.

But anyway, you can't really get much better than the European giants. If it was proportional to population then the US would have a very big team selection dilemma

[madridboy86]

Originally Posted by QuikZilver

Which would you rather be an Underdevelop country with a population of 300 million or a third world country with a population of 3 million.

Which do think has the upperhand on the other?

I would say third world country has the upper hand

I mean look at Brazil, Argetina, Urugaruy all have 2 or more WC to their international name

their only two european teams that have 3 wc to thier name & that's Italy & germany the rest only has 1

[QuikZilver]

Originally Posted by CaLLyRN

if our best athletes played... we'd mop the world up.....

We'd just dont want do hurt the worlds feelings yet....



Imagine lebron on a football field....

I imagine Lebron falling down a lot and having lots of balls going thu his legs. I imagine shorter defender picking his pocket from behind a lot becuase his first step will be horrendous.

[QuikZilver]

Originally Posted by madridboy86

I would say third world country has the upper hand

I mean look at Brazil, Argetina, Urugaruy all have 2 or more WC to their international name

their only two european teams that have 3 wc to thier name & that's Italy & germany the rest only has 1

Uruguay hasn't won a WC since 1930 and Brazil has a huge population.

[AriseForLife]

Originally Posted by Katarinaccio

really? are you sure its not because of their diets?

Its not "Americans" who have more athletic prowess considering half the country is Obese literally.

% of Population overweight.

United States 74% (ranked 9th)
United Kingdom 64%
Germany 61%
Spain 52%
Italy 46%

So don't make it seem like we are the only overweight nation on the planet. Countries with lower BMIs are also countries that have the highest malnutrition rates and numerous other problems.

So before you try to talk sh*t about a country being overweight lets consider the fact that 33% of the world is overweight.

[roloman3]

Originally Posted by QuikZilver

Uruguay hasn't won a WC since 1930 and Brazil has a huge population.

Uruguay won it in 1950

Argentina is not a 3d world country

[benqbiggis]

the only really good footballing country with a huge population is brazil

[Doc]

Originally Posted by madridboy86

I mean Brazil

and better boxers, better ice hockey players, better armed forces etc etc, I could go on

[Katarinaccio]

Originally Posted by AriseForLife

% of Population overweight.

United States 74% (ranked 9th)
United Kingdom 64%
Germany 61%
Spain 52%
Italy 46%

So don't make it seem like we are the only overweight nation on the planet. Countries with lower BMIs are also countries that have the highest malnutrition rates and numerous other problems.

So before you try to talk sh*t about a country being overweight lets consider the fact that 33% of the world is overweight.

Sh*t talking? I stated a fact, because whats the use of having 300 million people if half of them are overweight? I was arguing that the general body type of the population and the actual size of the population isn't what determines the quality of the football team. Because as I was saying China and India have more people, and one guy said that Chinese people are usually small and thin. I was mentioning diet, so you shouldn't take things so personal.

Also just pointing out a little side note there. The team with the lowest obesity of those is the one with the most World Cups.

[scotty0351]

Originally Posted by Dunsparrow

Too bad the only sport that really matters around the world is football, and you yanks suck at it

Football is the most popular sport in the world because logistically it’s simple kids only need a round object to play it for fun and also because of the influence the British Empire had in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

Originally Posted by Mambo123

Well lets see.

NFL - Americans are the only ones in the whole world who play, literally. Theyre the best congrats.

NBA - Argentina beat them at the last olypics and in 08 they barely, barely scraped by Spain.

MLB - Other than Japan and Costa Rica/Dominican who else plays?

NHL - Canada, Russia, Sweeden are all better than America.

So really they have outright domination in NFL, a fat lazy mans sport that no one else in the world plays.

Congrats

Different sports fit different people the NFL depending on position you need to be able to throw, or be strong and fast, or be large and strong. In the NBA you have to be tall and should be able to jump and shoot. MLB you need to have good hand eye coordination. NHL you at least need to be able to skate well.

Different cultures grow up with different sports and people fit playing a certain sport over another one so why bash on other sports.

[polskaGOLA]

America should be banned from international fooball so the arrogant fans don't all go crazy over a fluke win over a country like spain and start gloating they are the best in the world.

[QuikZilver]

Originally Posted by roloman3

Uruguay won it in 1950
Argentina is not a 3d world country

Big woof that's 60 years ago

Maybe you disappered in the beginning of the of this decade. 35% of Argentina's population in under the poverty line and 11% are under Extreme poverty.

[QuikZilver]

Originally Posted by scotty0351

Football is the most popular sport in the world because logistically it’s simple kids only need a round object to play it for fun and also because of the influence the British Empire had in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.



Different sports fit different people the NFL depending on position you need to be able to throw, or be strong and fast, or be large and strong. In the NBA you have to be tall and should be able to jump and shoot. MLB you need to have good hand eye coordination. NHL you at least need to be able to skate well.

Different cultures grow up with different sports and people fit playing a certain sport over another one so why bash on other sports.

Standing ovation!

[polskaGOLA]

btw quikziler, tomorow i'll be on a plane trip to Venezuela, where i'll be living in the country for some time

[Kez zone]

Originally Posted by Rgmonster

A poor man's rugby!

A poor man's rugby? Are you serious? The NFL has a gross income of 6 billion a year, surely rugby doesn't even dream to pull in close to that, and most of the world is involve in it. Do some research before you speak of something you know nothing about.

[BL4CK_MAMBA]

Originally Posted by polskaGOLA

America should be banned from international fooball so the arrogant fans don't all go crazy over a fluke win over a country like spain and start gloating they are the best in the world.

I haven't seen one American on this board gloat about being the best, stop spouting lalalala.

Second, Basketball takes almost as much skill as Football does. Only reason you don't think it does, is because you haven't played an actual game of basketball to a point where you learn the science of it.

[QuikZilver]

Originally Posted by polskaGOLA

btw quikziler, tomorow i'll be on a plane trip to Venezuela, where i'll be living in the country for some time

Are you going to live in Merida?

If so you are lucky, that Is a very young city lots of University student live there. Beautiful women and lots of tourist as well.