BrandoFan

Biased speculation....weak analysis....wrong....way off....faulty logic.....kinda makes sense......ah, yes, you've made a full circle and are once again totally wrong. Congradulations, you get the National Homer of the Year...anyone you want to thank? Russians hockey players are among some of the best in the world and yet their league is terrible even though Soviet Army club used to routenily beat NHL teams in late 80's during exhibition matches...While Brazilian league(s) are not as bad as Russian hockey one, the same principle applies- Italian league was the NHL of soccer for about 10 years and is very strong to this day. Comprende now? (Don't forget to repeat: no world cup finals between 1974 and 1994 and a pathetic 0-0 score in the 1994 final...)

Brazil used to have a very strong volleyball team as well, and I firmly believed that you can achive instantaneous orgasms just watching their women's beach volleyball duo in their bikinis, I forget their names s***...Good times.

Also, apparently me saying "I love Brazilian stars like Rivaldo and Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos, etc" means that I am jealous of their success....Yeah, whatever, put down the pipe. As far as Italy having a hands down the toughest league in the world in the 90's, it's a fact- they had they BEST players from all over the world, including Brazil but not only. If Romario played for Juventus in 1993 instead of Barcelona or Dutch team Eidenhoven, he wouldn't have score 20 goals let alone 35 and probably would have been benched in favor of a more hardnosed, effective player like Vierrri, Kloinsmann or Batistuta...Very simply concept to grasp and yet you can't. BTW didn't current ruler of Italy use to own AC Milan back in the day? Silvio Berlusconi was his name? Like Debya with Texas Rangers on with mafia connections and even more corruption...lol I also loved the CIDADE DE DEUS....does that make me racist too?

Your national team was probably the best team in the last 30 years (cutoff point for me as far as modern soccer is concerned), but the difference between Italy, Germany and Arhgentina in those years weren't as big as you'd like to believe. In addition to winning 2 Cups each since then (like you), Germany and Argentina lost in finals too, K? Furthermore, between 1974 and 1994 you didn't even make it to the finals let alone winning anything and in 1994 you could have just as easily lost on penalty kicks which are crapshoot always (Netherlands losing to Denmark in 1992 Euros ring a bell?)....So ge over your superiority complex, will ya, you ain't that good... If you weren't too busy jerking off witb a Brazilian flag, you's notice that I was discussing specific players (Platini, Del Piero, Figu, etc) and club leagues, and that's where Brazil/Argentino simply cannot compete with Itally, Enlgand, Spain, etc where all the big dogs and all the big money are.....And Garincha played in 1960, how can you say with a straight, arrogant face that he would be able to break into a 3rd tier league today let alone premiere one like Italy I gave no idea- it's like saying Jim Brown would be the best running back if he played today.... As far as Milan losing a couple of Tokyo matches, those were nothing more than glorified friendlies that meant a hell a lot more to your clubs than to European ones, just like NFL All-Star game means very little to players who refuse to get injured after a grueling season and CL games.....But whatever, I am sure this whole thing will fall on deaf ears, you're pretty much set in your firm belief that anything Brazilians touch turns platinum.

You're gonna start crying now, aren't you my little nationalist friend? Say it with me: BRAZIL WON 2 WORLD CUPS SINCE 1971, including one by a pussy hair, er, I mean penalty kicks after they failed to score in 120 minutes of play against "s***ty" Italy in 1994. Hell you barely beat USA in the 1/8, lol.... Get over yourself, little man, you're only New York Yankees of the soccer world in your sleep. Just keep on sending your best players to Italy and Spain, I kinda liked Ronaldo and Rivaldo....Got anymore? Pele would "torment D" if he were to play today? Are you f***ing kidding me or what, is tyhis comic relief 2003 or a soccer discussion? LOL. And BTW, those goals Romario scored in Dutch league? Who cares, Netherlands league SUCKS DONKEY ASS (at least some those goals he scored for Barcelona were against semi-decent clubs like Deportivo), always has always will, they export all their best players to Italy anyway, lol

Dude, you can't possibly be older than 15, very weak stuff. Wow! Don't waste my time anymore, I thought yuo knew what you were talking about, saying clubs Santos is Milan's peer is like saying Harlem Globetrotters could beat mid-90's Chicago Bulls.

I'm a fat white guy. Damn, I knew you was a no-good honckey!

Not nearly as much trouble as he will be when people realize that his 98-2001 stats were a steroid-related abberation. I can easily see Sammy put up Greg Vaugh-tpe numbers in the next 3-4 years. Which brings me to this: how monumentally stupid and how big Sammy's vanity must be when you consider the fact that he unlike marginal sluggres like Bret Boone and Mark Belhorn (2002), he didn't really need all that cork since most of his homers exceed 400 feet easily. So because of extra 5-6 homers a year he is ready to jeopardize his career reputation. I knew immediately after umpire picked it up that it was corked. The scared little mouth look Sammy had in the dugout said it all.

Somebody needs to come up with a Mastercard-type commercial based on this and steroid use.

If only they could prove he's been juiced up while setting those records...

I wonder who they'll get to steal the bat from the umps' lockeroom

Up where? Why I always wanted to see what RPS looks like...

1. Tennis is 100 times more personal because it's not a team sport. Unlike baseball games that are everyday for 6 motnhs, Rolan Garros is once a year. So chill yourself, get some heart lady. 2. It's not tennis...it's Agassi, he's almost like a family member. When he retires, so will I as a tennis fan. We go way back. With Senna dead, I only have two sports idols left, one retired since 92 and another about to be.

Corked!

October 15th-ish. Fo' sho.

Chris Martin.

Im assuming i am one of those people? You used to be for about a week. Not anymore, no way. I love ya, you forget?

Or drink a lot less lol I don't drink, at least not to point of being wasted. I simply don't need to run away from life and have enough personality not to depend on the company of drugs/booze to be "entertaining". YMMV. And when I do drink, it's usually at the party or some fraternity bash (thankfully most of my amigos go to college) only on weekends and days when I certainly wouldn't post.

Competitiveness...i dont care...i like to see the showtime, the great plays, the impossible goals, in England, you dont see that...you see a vilent game that all teams playing on defense and if the score is 1-0 is good. Maybe you need to check it out our league and our players, nobody in the world plays soccer better than our players. Italian league??? The worst soccer in the world to watch teams playing. Italian league and English league are both horrible to watch, a ugly game that meake you suffer. If the brazilian teams had the money that this italian´s teams has....man....it would be great and no doubt about it you will be saying that our league is the best in the world. When i was a kid??? I watch soccer my entire life and i will always love. ANd it´s São Paulo and Pelé´s team is Santos (i wil talk later about this team). Romario wasmuch better than Van Basten, right now he is not the same. But in 94, 95, ... he was great player the best striker in the world. If he played just few seasons in Europe this dont say nothing. In Spain he made 35 goals in a one season, in Netherlands he did the same. Here in Brazil, he scores 100 goals almost every year, because we play much more games than this Spanish teams. We have 3 to 4 competitions for a year. They have 1-2 competitions. You need definetely watch some brazilian soccer. Romario dribbling was much better than Van Basten, the goal scoring much better, the header van basten wwas better but not so much and because of his height Romario is 5 foot-6 inches and Van Basten, i think is 6-0. And the league that Van Basten palyed as the italian beacuse the others leagues was worst than the brazilian league. Bechkham is a guy that the press love and he was voted by that stupoid coaches in Europe that dont know s*** about soccer. Garrincha was much better than all this guys that you said. You dont even compare Platini, Batistuta, Baggio, Van Basten, Stoichkov, Klinsmann because this is becoming ridiculous....Garrincha was a tremendous player....you need some brazilian soccer!!! Stop watching this european leagues, if you want to watch some european league warch the Spnish league or maybe the Germany league. You will watch some brazilians playing. Rivaldo is much better player than Schevchenko. Rivaldo carries his team on the back what you need to do is let him play. Raul is a good player. Figo is good too. Zidane is a tremendous player, put him with Pelé and Garrincha, Romario, Ronaldo, Jairzinho, Tostão, Rivelino, Martadona and others that you never know about it, but thus guys Klinsmann, Batistuta, Platrini??? Stoichkov was a good players when he played in Barcelona and in the World Cup but in that barcelona´s team he was the second player in that team because Romario was the number one. Racist me??? Maradona is the racist guy in here!!! He calls our players of monkey and they consider Pelé a monkey. Racist Look, you need some brazilian soccer big time!!! Brazil won 5 times and went to the finals 7 times. This put some pressure in others country, hein?? Dopnt say this here in Brazil that our soccer is not the best in the world because people in here will laugh big time at you!!! Klinsmann much btter player than Garrincha Sorry man, could contain myself. Granted my info was a bit outdated (up to late 90's at the most) as I told you before, BUT..... You don't care about high competitiveness? Well, that's too bad for you, but most people who know soccer DO...and that's why MLS is worth s*** to every soccer fan in the world. I'd rather see a GREAT 1-0 game between Ajax and Milan (1995) than to see a 5-3 shootout between second rate Brazillian cellar clubs. Garincha played when? That's right, you can't compare modern soccer to Pele years (pre-1973) because in the last 20-30 years, the game has become SO MUCH FASTER AND TOUGHER similar to hockey and American football.....Players like Michael Owens and Sitchev could outrun Pele in their sleep and you can;t compare dribbling that old man Garincha had to do at half-speed to what Denilson and Djalminha have to do TODAY against juiced up 6'2'' defenders and very fast/stategic midfield pressure...Just watch some old games from 50/60s and compare... As far as Brazilian League being better than Italian in mid-90s? You are 110% wrong, it's like saying CBA is better than NBA just because some games are more "open" or "high-scoring". That's why Rivaldo, Romario, Ronaldo, Bebeto and the rest of great young players from 90's (Figu, Klinssman, Boksic, Suker, Bebeto, Del Pierro, Van Basten, Baggio, Shevchenco, Zidane, Berkhoff, Vieri, Stoichkov, Berkamp, Amochachi, Weah, Bechham, Raul, Davids, etc, etc, etc) ALL played in Europe in their PRIME... You really think Spanish League was much tougher in mid-90's than the Italian one? Wow, shows how much you know about soccer...This is the order of toughness for 90-98 seasons: Italy, England, then Germany/Spain/France. Ask all the experts and would agree... What part of Shevchenco's game do you not like? Rivaldo is old, no? You think Milan coach is stupid that he would kepp a better player on the bench? Platini, Kruiff, Baggio, Batistuta and others were all faster and more skilled than Garincha and in way were they inferior overall. It's a fact, different era, different speed, different denamics, different reality. And Van Basten is considered one of the greatest strikes of the 80's/early 90's, certainly no lower than Romario who did nothing before 94 World Cup and had a couple of good years in the inferior Spanish league where Barcelona and Real were the ONLY teams that had success in the annual European Club Inter-Leagues like UEFA, Cup, Champion League....What's next? Are you gonna tell me that Portugese league is worth s*** just because Benefica and Portu were usually semi-decent in the 90's....bwa You need to pull your head out of your ass and start being objective for a change, I love Brazilian players, but to say they are the only thing worth watching is RIDICULOUS and smacks of inbedded nationalism/racism. How many times has Brazil won World Cub in the last 30 years, since 1974? Twice (same as Argentina and Germany), and I believe one of them was a very close 0-0 penalty kicks victory in 1994. So to say they've been dominating national arena of modern soccer is UNFAIR and ARROGANT and STUPID.

None taken. That dude cracked.my.s***.up old school with that post, just like you and Roman frequently do...Hence the requisite ROTFLMAO part. Must I splain everitin' I say? Boob grabbin' and some choice lickin'....

Very easy, just like in real life- put your grudges together and blow. I've never hated anyone on the Internet (well, maybe a few folks over at the KKK/Pro-Life/Tobacco lobby web sites or a few notorious dictators, but that's different), but there are plenty of people whom I disliked for one reaosn or another. Get some heart and soul, will ya?

Agreed, he was lousy defensively, constantly getting caught flatfooted on the baseline and allowing his opponents to get away with very medicore shots. This has been the problem in the past on clay as well, but he used to overcompensate for it wirth pure grit/hussle to say nothing of his brilliant baseline firepower. This time however, he played very safe tennis when he needed his killer instinct to put a youngster in the hole, both scorewise and empotional, and went for too much when he needed to be more conservative. It didn't help that his backhander disappeared completely and he was missing simplest of shots. Very frustrating to watch, especially considering he was not tired in the slightest and was literally one adjustement away from sweeping his way into the Finals. Considering that he played his best tennis wintin last year or so, there is no reason to think this is age-related. He was stubborn and mentally weak throughout and he ran into an opponent who refused to quit. Hewitt? He never had as much pure hitting talent as Agassi, but then again Andre only began tapping into it when he was 29 which is about 33-35 in baseball years. Leyton is a hussler and a hard-worker, has a very good ground game. Who is gonna topple him? Safin? Andy Roddick? That dude is too busy tapping Mandy Moore's virginal ass.... Monica Seles is done. No way she can compete with Henin or Capriati let alone Williams sisters. I hate WTA, it's boring for me.

Welcome to the OldromanBmr Club, ladies pay for their own drinks! And with that....ROTFLMAO!!!

I've been a fan of his since I was 7 yo, followed his at times brilliant, but underachiving, extremely volatile career very closely, he is a like a family member to me. Losses like that used be a norm but since he revitalized and rededicated himself, I figured he would be mentally strong abd prepared to ward off this Arghentinian punk...He has two years left and an impossible task of winning 7 majors out of 10 tries. Not gonna happen. I am so upset over this loss it's not even funny, the rest of the day and possibly a week is totally ruined Oh well, at least it's not as bad as Senna's death in 1993.