John Henry
- Thread starter YNWA
- Start date
- Latest activity Latest activity:
- Status
You got rough idea what time that starts at?
I haven't got the patience to listen to someone talking about rounders for over half an hour I'm afraid!
I haven't got the patience to listen to someone talking about rounders for over half an hour I'm afraid!
Around the 5 minute Mark...
What we need is a video binnifier.
I love how his says "Lois Suarez."
Just sign the checks, John.
Just sign the checks, John.
It's an American thing 😉
I feel genuinely sorry for people who love sport but have no understanding of baseball.
World series of bullshit when only one country plays it.
Wouldn't it be great to say Sterling is worth 1 more win over the course of the previous season than Downing as a concrete argument?
That's the beauty of baseball.
Anything is dull if you don't understand it. You think people who know nothing about football watch a 1-1 draw and have any clue about what is happening.
But it's like cricket. A lot of standing around waiting for a fella to throw a ball, for another to then hit it with a stick.
Except cricket is faster paced
I understand it all too well, and I think it is very boring, akin to watching paint dry. The games are getting longer and slower as the years go by.
baseball lol
The only thing noteworthily interesting about baseball is Kenny Powers.
[article= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2538535/Henry-I-bought-Liverpool-city-reminds-Boston.html#ixzz2qNXLFJgu ]Liverpool's American owner John W Henry says the striking comparisons between the city and his home town of Boston and are what convinced him to buy the Anfield club in 2010.
In a speech to the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Henry - who also owns the Boston Red Sox - praised the 'toughness, intelligence, creativity' of the city of Liverpool as he explained to his audience the power and potential of the Premier League.
Henry and his Fenway Sports Group rescued Liverpool from the brink of bankruptcy when they bought the club from fellow Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett, and he clearly has no regrets about the decision.
He said in his speech: 'The larger part of the story that struck us when we were considering buying Liverpool out of a bankruptcy situation created by Americans was the similarities of the two cities, the two teams, the two histories, the two stadia.
'Liverpool has a large Irish Catholic population, it's a seaport on a famous river, both cities are about 45 square miles in size, both have around 600,000 people, both are college towns.
'Boston had the first public library, Liverpool had the first lending library. Both cities have pioneered medical advancements during the decades and both have the largest economic powers in the world exactly 213 miles to the south by car.
'Both cities will excoriate me for comparing them, but like it or not they are kindred spirits.
'They play in the most historical cathedrals of sport. Anfield has 7,000 more seats than Fenway [the Red Sox's stadium] but actually you might say its a bit cosier than Fenway.
'It's no coincidence that The Beatles came out of that small town 50 years ago, and that the soccer club there is one of the most successful and biggest sports teams in history despite local economic climate.
'There is a culture of toughness, intelligence, creativity that reminds me of New England. So I am sure I have answered your questions on, "why Liverpool?''.'
Henry, who described Reds striker Luis Suarez as 'the most exciting soccer player in the world' in his speech, also discussed the power of Liverpool and the Premier League as global brands to his American audience.
He said: 'What's amazing for an American who is in the middle of the world's most watched sports league, the English Premier League is the scale of it.
'What Americans don't know is that when we play our rivals Manchester United the worldwide audience on television is just about a billion people. And that's for a regular season match, that's about nine times the size for the worldwide viewing audience for the Super Bowl.
'The relationship and rivalry between Liverpool Football Club and Manchester United is very similar to the relationship and rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox.
'And just as the Red Sox always seem to play second fiddle to the Yankees, Liverpool has similarly been frustrated by United since the Premier League replaced the Football League 20 years ago.
'So how can a rivalry like this attract a billion viewers? Both Liverpool and United are huge in China, Malaysia, practically every country in the world except the US.'[/article]
In a speech to the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Henry - who also owns the Boston Red Sox - praised the 'toughness, intelligence, creativity' of the city of Liverpool as he explained to his audience the power and potential of the Premier League.
Henry and his Fenway Sports Group rescued Liverpool from the brink of bankruptcy when they bought the club from fellow Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett, and he clearly has no regrets about the decision.
He said in his speech: 'The larger part of the story that struck us when we were considering buying Liverpool out of a bankruptcy situation created by Americans was the similarities of the two cities, the two teams, the two histories, the two stadia.
'Liverpool has a large Irish Catholic population, it's a seaport on a famous river, both cities are about 45 square miles in size, both have around 600,000 people, both are college towns.
'Boston had the first public library, Liverpool had the first lending library. Both cities have pioneered medical advancements during the decades and both have the largest economic powers in the world exactly 213 miles to the south by car.
'Both cities will excoriate me for comparing them, but like it or not they are kindred spirits.
'They play in the most historical cathedrals of sport. Anfield has 7,000 more seats than Fenway [the Red Sox's stadium] but actually you might say its a bit cosier than Fenway.
'It's no coincidence that The Beatles came out of that small town 50 years ago, and that the soccer club there is one of the most successful and biggest sports teams in history despite local economic climate.
'There is a culture of toughness, intelligence, creativity that reminds me of New England. So I am sure I have answered your questions on, "why Liverpool?''.'
Henry, who described Reds striker Luis Suarez as 'the most exciting soccer player in the world' in his speech, also discussed the power of Liverpool and the Premier League as global brands to his American audience.
He said: 'What's amazing for an American who is in the middle of the world's most watched sports league, the English Premier League is the scale of it.
'What Americans don't know is that when we play our rivals Manchester United the worldwide audience on television is just about a billion people. And that's for a regular season match, that's about nine times the size for the worldwide viewing audience for the Super Bowl.
'The relationship and rivalry between Liverpool Football Club and Manchester United is very similar to the relationship and rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox.
'And just as the Red Sox always seem to play second fiddle to the Yankees, Liverpool has similarly been frustrated by United since the Premier League replaced the Football League 20 years ago.
'So how can a rivalry like this attract a billion viewers? Both Liverpool and United are huge in China, Malaysia, practically every country in the world except the US.'[/article]
Can't be far off. I just amazed so many watch the Superbowl tbh, I know they hype it to fuck on sky but bar a couple off here I've never met anyone who actually watches it.
Didn't we have a baseball thread before? It was a bit of a car crash IIRC.
I don't mind baseball. I've been to a game and enjoyed it, but not into it at all really. I wouldn't call it boring, if you are interested in the sport and follow it, it isn't boring. Im sure people find hockey, NFL, Golf, Snooker etc boring if they have no interest in it.
I don't mind baseball. I've been to a game and enjoyed it, but not into it at all really. I wouldn't call it boring, if you are interested in the sport and follow it, it isn't boring. Im sure people find hockey, NFL, Golf, Snooker etc boring if they have no interest in it.
Superbowl is great Jon especially if the time zone suits. I had a great day out for it last year in Canada. I really got into it.
Sea Hawkes to go all the way this year.
It's a sack of shit. Everyone I know (in person) who watches it only watches it because they're American wannabie's.
There's 300 million people in America. So 100 million people watching the Superbowl is nothing new or extraordinary.
Works both ways if some newbie to soccer watched the last world cup final they would probably never watch another game again.
Or they are fascinated by one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
I watch the Superbowl only when the ads are on.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
- Locked
- Locked
- Locked