It may be that i'm misrepresenting you completely

but you do come across as an objectionable know-it-all.
Which is about the kindest thing I could say about you.

Posted By: Fozzybear on July 1st 2014 at 16:50:30

Message Thread

44% of Americans would rather see the US win the WC than their own pro sport team succeed. (Other Football) - norway, Jul 1, 15:52:51
- Footy's popularity changes with the wind, near MLS finals and World Cup it is v. popular (n/m) (Other Football) - John in Texas, Jul 1, 16:43:26
  - Bit like Wimbledon.... (n/m) (Other Football) - Vivid Data Shark, Jul 1, 16:46:51
    - VM (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:49:02
- who cares? (Other Football) - ingi, Jul 1, 16:43:10
  - Confidence levels! Margin of error! Sample sizes! (Other Football) - norway, Jul 1, 17:53:41
- 53% of Brits would rather see their national side lift WC than their club win league (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jul 1, 16:33:22
- I've got some Yankee friends from California (Other Football) - Surrey Yella, Jul 1, 16:30:21
  - Which is curious (Other Football) - norway, Jul 1, 16:32:00
    - It's theatre. And there are a gazillion stats (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Jul 1, 17:04:25
- The NFL brain injury scandal has turned..... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jul 1, 16:13:19
- Haters gonna hate (Other Football) - usacanary, Jul 1, 16:08:44
- Yep called it (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 15:54:33
  - Americans love America= shockinh (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Jul 1, 16:10:15
    - Americans love American pro sport! (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 16:11:19
    - Shocking fucking iPhone (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Jul 1, 16:10:42
      - American piece of shit. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jul 1, 16:22:26
  - Brad Friedel said last week that they are on the verge of breakthrough (Other Football) - norway, Jul 1, 16:02:28
    - 44% of 0.0075% of the population - hardly representative and not what you encounter...... (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 16:10:06
      - You don't understand polling and sample sizes do you? (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jul 1, 16:21:17
        
        Polling gives an indication and its accuracy varies. (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 16:23:29
        
        How well is this going for you? (Other Football) - norway, Jul 1, 16:29:09
        
        Erm 237,000 out of 318 million.....do the maths! (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 16:36:33
        
        I did the Math (Other Football) - usacanary, Jul 1, 17:00:30
        
        This is going really well, isn't it? (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jul 1, 16:54:31
        
        My mistake on the maths, for which I apologise! (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 17:01:15
      - And yet the permanent residents of the US on here say different to you... (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jul 1, 16:14:59
        
        VMT^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - John in Texas, Jul 1, 16:41:40
        
        Telling it as I found it in Florida and Washington staying with Americans! (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 16:20:24
        
        Not really he was saying why footy wasn't massive (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:24:31
        
        You then rambled on about baseball being king (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:27:47
        
        The USA-Portugal game drew a larger TV audience than the World Series (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 1, 16:29:21
        
        Yes saw that and on a par with Sunday American football (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:30:48
        
        Actually isn't baseball popularity dropping loads (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:32:05
        
        hardly comparable considering the MLB regular season is 160 games per team..... (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 16:35:02
        
        We were talking about the World Series (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:41:53
        
        Details. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jul 1, 16:29:50
        
        He said - quote "They pretty much all thought the same as Kirrie". (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 16:26:47
        
        So he thinks Americans don't give a shit then (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:29:30
        
        It may be that i'm misrepresenting you completely (Other Football) - Fozzybear, Jul 1, 16:50:30
        
        Ah thanks! (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:54:58
        
        Nearly. Actually (Other Football) - CB41, Jul 1, 16:54:14
        
        Yes my apologies (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:57:22
        
        Ha ha, whooooosh (Other Football) - CB41, Jul 1, 17:10:27
        
        Lets just ignore the stats and use a few anecdotes (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 17:03:03
        
        Read his post - copied below to save you looking! (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 16:33:00
        
        But your relevant points are wrong (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 16:34:48
        
        So you keep saying! (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, Jul 1, 17:01:48
        
        Yes you give anecdotes and make sweeping generalisations (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 17:04:36
        
        But he's been to America, he knows. (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Jul 1, 17:11:19
        
        True day (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 17:18:29
        
        Dat!!!!!! (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jul 1, 17:18:43

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