Comments on: Are Yanks Crazier About the Prem Than Brits? http://www.epltalk.com/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/344 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Wide awake... http://www.epltalk.com/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/344#comment-32599 Wide awake... Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:38:16 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/09/09/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/#comment-32599 If I had the same time zone difference as in point one........I'd set the video .......But then I'm a Brit...Wink............ If I had the same time zone difference as in point one……..I'd set the video …….But then I'm a Brit…Wink…………

]]> By: Chris http://www.epltalk.com/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/344#comment-32333 Chris Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:21:46 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/09/09/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/#comment-32333 I wake up and turn on Fox soccer channel and watch the Premiere league every Saturday and Sunday morning.<br><br>I follow the league as a whole, although if an American is playing I will admit to being biased. I wake up and turn on Fox soccer channel and watch the Premiere league every Saturday and Sunday morning.

I follow the league as a whole, although if an American is playing I will admit to being biased.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.epltalk.com/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/344#comment-31652 Andrew Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:40:43 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/09/09/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/#comment-31652 another thing that I know has caused this fan hood is video games. Brits love football manager. In America, not so much. Fifa is now the king of America (I know there are hardcore PES supporters that wouldn't get that) but North American delivery makes Fifa king. I know tons of people who weren't soccer fans in college that love fifa and then learn the players and like to watch them at local bars on matchday. Another factor is that, brits on the whole have become worse fans. You boo the national team, you show apathy to everything, and the league is not balanced like the NFL. American sports fans have 4 major leagues and some hard core fans. With a large population that loves sports we have found a niche for English soccer. It helps that Americans also don't speak other langauges and don't watch la liga. another thing that I know has caused this fan hood is video games. Brits love football manager. In America, not so much. Fifa is now the king of America (I know there are hardcore PES supporters that wouldn't get that) but North American delivery makes Fifa king. I know tons of people who weren't soccer fans in college that love fifa and then learn the players and like to watch them at local bars on matchday. Another factor is that, brits on the whole have become worse fans. You boo the national team, you show apathy to everything, and the league is not balanced like the NFL. American sports fans have 4 major leagues and some hard core fans. With a large population that loves sports we have found a niche for English soccer. It helps that Americans also don't speak other langauges and don't watch la liga.

]]> By: AndyG http://www.epltalk.com/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/344#comment-743 AndyG Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/09/09/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/#comment-743 Hi, I just moved from England to LA fairly recently and wasnt aware you could watch any football here.<br/><br/>Can someone let me know which channels I need to do that?<br/><br/>Thanks in advance... Hi, I just moved from England to LA fairly recently and wasnt aware you could watch any football here.

Can someone let me know which channels I need to do that?

Thanks in advance…

]]> By: JWL1978 http://www.epltalk.com/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/344#comment-699 JWL1978 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/09/09/are-yanks-crazier-about-the-prem-than-brits/#comment-699 The notion that an English football fan wouldn't get up at ungodly hours to watch their team play on television is laughable to the point of ignorance.<br/><br/>The complaints about "early kick off" times have nothing to do with the television audience, and everything to do with the people who actually travel to the games. For example: a Manchester United fan travelling to London for a 12:45 kick off, would have to commence the journey at roughly 3am. Hence the complaints.<br/><br/>Gratefullawyer, "manu" is considered a term of disparagement and disrepect amongst United fans. The only (somewhat) accepted shortened derivatives of the name is 'Man United' (this isn't overly liked, either), or preferably, just 'United'. The notion that an English football fan wouldn’t get up at ungodly hours to watch their team play on television is laughable to the point of ignorance.

The complaints about “early kick off” times have nothing to do with the television audience, and everything to do with the people who actually travel to the games. For example: a Manchester United fan travelling to London for a 12:45 kick off, would have to commence the journey at roughly 3am. Hence the complaints.

Gratefullawyer, “manu” is considered a term of disparagement and disrepect amongst United fans. The only (somewhat) accepted shortened derivatives of the name is ‘Man United’ (this isn’t overly liked, either), or preferably, just ‘United’.

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