The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[ArchangelMadzz]

mZuzek said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

You said 'some really famous dudes' I was talking about if I formed a band with some good local musicians I found. That would be the equivalent. Unless Atlanta got some top class talent in from the Bundelsliga, Ligue 1, Serie A etc it's not a comparison. 

Your response is only valid if you didn't say 'really famous'. 

I thought about using "rockstars" but that felt like too much actually. I understand it's not top class talent from the best leagues in the world, obviously, but this certainly isn't an amateur team either, right? If they're competing in the MLS, I assume they got plenty of decent professional MLS players. Sure it might not be the best, and maybe they're still technically a worse team than most, but it's not the same as just some neighbors getting together you know.

Of course they're not amateurs but they're not at the top of an unpopular sport. 

Ka-pi96 said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

You said 'some really famous dudes' I was talking about if I formed a band with some good local musicians I found. That would be the equivalent.
Unless Atlanta got some top class talent in from the Bundelsliga, Ligue 1, Serie A. Ie Really good players to match your Really famous guys. 

Your response is only valid if you didn't say 'really famous'. 

And your example is only valid if they picked some random guys off the street and said "hey, want to be in a football team?". They didn't. They may not have any players as well known as Kaka or Pirlo like when Orlando and NYC joined the league, but the players they do have have still played plenty of football at high level leagues before, they're not random unknowns.

I never said I would find random unknowns, just that a new band selling out 71,000 would be almost unthinkable the same way a new club doing this in a sport that isn't popular is crazy and I'm genuinely baffled at the attempt to downplay this pretty great achievement?