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PolskaDollThreads: 44
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Joined: Jun 15, 07 ♀ 		 Sep 10, 07, 18:09    #31
Soccer in the US is pretty much on the same level as Ice Hockey in the UK.


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Joined: Jul 11, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 10, 07, 18:10    #32
Quoting: plk123

lol.. it's all good as i really have no clue about english sports.. sure i know of premiere league and all but i don't follow any.. soccer is kicking up here a bit.. getting becks is helping a little.. one of these days it will be big here too.

let's hope it does grow over there, the only thing i hate is that you call it soccer, lol, man i can't believe that and what you do call football you don't even use your feet, but thats another topic all together :)

I have though been getting into baseball lately, its on really late over here on Channel 5 so i usually set the digi box to record and watch the games that way, i suppose being a big cricket fan its the closest game to that so i like it


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Joined: Jun 11, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 10, 07, 18:12    #33
i wish they'd show more rugby. i havn't even seen many hockey games on that much in the past few years. i know they had a big strike a while back, but i didn't really keep up with that. the thing with soccer and rugby and all those sports is lack of commercial time. it blows watching rugby on the one or two channels they do show it (whenever they do, which is rare) because you lose 2 or 3 minutes every commercial break.


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Quoting: jnowiski

i wish they'd show more rugby.

yeah rubgy is a great game too, the world cup is on at the moment, is there no coverage over there??? That is a game that beats your american football, all those pads and stuff, those guys should all have a game of rugby to show them what rough is :)

What rugby have you seen??


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Joined: Jun 15, 07 ♀ 		 Sep 10, 07, 18:15    #35
Quoting: jnowiski
i know they had a big strike a while back,


An entire season and still there is no real reason why. The biggest thing that happened was that people saved money... ;)


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Joined: Jun 11, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 10, 07, 18:17    #36
Quoting: tornado2007
yeah rubgy is a great game too, the world cup is on at the moment, is there no coverage over there??? That is a game that beats your american football, all those pads and stuff, those guys should all have a game of rugby to show them what rough is :)

What rugby have you seen??

there's very little coverage, i've found one channel that shows it. but not as much as soccer (football :D) i caught the Argentina/France game the other day, and was really excited about that. tonight i caught the last 20 minutes or so of a replay from the England/USA game.


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Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 10, 07, 18:34    #37
Quoting: tornado2007
let's hope it does grow over there, the only thing i hate is that you call it soccer, lol, man i can't believe that and what you do call football you don't even use your feet, but thats another topic all together :)



soccer is a british word but seems to be the one americans chose to use as the main word for the sport... soon enough it's going to be "futbo"l anyway. ;) :D :D


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Joined: Jun 15, 07 ♀ 		 Sep 10, 07, 18:37    #38
I don't know if Soccer is a British word but I know it's generally only the USA and Australia who use it as a word for Football and mostly cos they have their own versions of the game...


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As i said in another thread. It's the corruption of Associaton Football. Not sure why so many Bees congregate around this part of the 'hood.
What do you British call a hood anyway? :)

Edit: link: polishforums.com/soccer_football-16_11930_0.html#msg197047


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Quoting: Hueg
What do you British call a hood anyway? :)


Something that protects us from the rain ;)

Attached to an anorak perhaps :)


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Joined: Jun 11, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 10, 07, 18:43    #41
Quoting: Hueg
It's the corruption of Associaton Football. Not sure why so many Bees congregate around this part of the 'hood.
What do you British call a hood anyway? :)

thats what i've heard too. with the association thing. i honestly don't think soccer will ever be bigger than american football in the states. i personally don't like american football, too many pauses. i'll stick with rugby and lacrosse...and of course beach volleyball! :D


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Joined: Jun 15, 07 ♀ 		 Sep 10, 07, 18:46    #42
Quoting: jnowiski
i honestly don't think soccer will ever be bigger than american football in the states.


Me neither and I really wouldn't expect it to either...

Quoting: jnowiski
too many pauses


The only thing that bugs me about Hockey :)


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Joined: Jun 11, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 10, 07, 19:00    #43
soccer is big in high schools (at least where i'm at) but after that level its pretty much not a big deal. women soccer is probably the biggest form of soccer here.


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Quoting: Hueg
As i said in another thread. It's the corruption of Associaton Football. Not sure why so many Bees congregate around this part of the 'hood.
What do you British call a hood anyway? :)



someone else posted something about this too.. just like rugby wasrugby football at one point in time too.. then it became rugby to defrenciate it from the real foot and ball game,


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soccer WILL be huge eventrually... the commercials issue has been solved rather nicely.. non issue now.


btw. la crosse is an american game.. given to us by the indians with a feather. :)


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Quoting: plk123
soccer WILL be huge eventrually... the commercials issue has been solved rather nicely.. non issue now.


it won't be bigger than american football. and you can quote me on that.


Quoting: plk123
btw. la crosse is an american game.. given to us by the indians with a feather. :)

btw. i didn't say it wasn't.


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Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 10, 07, 19:07    #47
i know.. i just thought i'd throw that little fact in there..


let me repeat this though: soccer WILL be bigger then am. football.. i can see it in my lifetime.. hehe.. our friends south of the border don't care one bit about pitch and run. :D


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Joined: Jun 11, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 10, 07, 19:15    #48
Quoting: plk123
i know.. i just thought i'd throw that little fact in there..

and it was a good bit of factual information. so thanks :D


Quoting: plk123
let me repeat this though: soccer WILL be bigger then am. football.. i can see it in my lifetime.. hehe.. our friends south of the border don't care one bit about pitch and run. :D

i can see soccer being big, but not bigger than football, not in my lifetime anyways...but remember i'll probably be dead within 10 years :D


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Quoting: Grzegorz_
Quoting: PolskaDoll
if anyone could tell me how popular the sport is in Poland


Not much.



Thats puzzled me a lot, cos it is popular in neighboring Czech Republic and Slovakia


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Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂ 		 Sep 12, 07, 11:16    #50
the czechs kick butt though.


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Polish Hockey?

Why is it that Russia and the Czech Republic are so historically good at hockey and Poland seems to have missed the boat? Is it not popular there? Is there no money or training in it? What's the deal?


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Joined: Nov 13, 07 ♂ 		 Feb 16, 08, 20:52    #52
Poland had its golden years of hockey in the 60's and 70's, and if you look at the history books, they got fourth I believe, a few times in the early 30's and then 50's in European Championships. In the 70's, they would beat even the Soviets once in a while, and be in the top 8 in Europe throughout those years... but it seems that as communism came to a close in Poland, then hockey became less popular, not funded etc..
Poles today prefer football or volleyball and even basketball over hockey. The leagues in Poland are poorly sponsored because of that, and not kids decide to go with hockey because they believe they won't be able to make a living off of it, unless they attract Swedish/Finnish/Czech/Swiss or German elite leagues or NHL scouts.
I'm sure if the govermenet pushed the program well enough, i.e began hockey programs for the kids, then the hockey program would take off. Polands population is almost 4 times the amount of the Czech Republic. If they wanted it enough, they would be one of the top 6 in the entire world. A question of popularity, poor advertising, and poor funding.


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Joined: Feb 14, 08 ♂ 		 Feb 16, 08, 20:55    #53
That's what I thought, but always wondered. Thank you that answers my question beautifully.


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EbonyandBathory wrote:
Thank you that answers my question beautifully.


No problem friend.


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Joined: Jan 5, 08 ♂ 		 Feb 17, 08, 19:21    #55
Ha, this thread just made me realize why I didn't give Poland a second thought other than bein a spot on the map for 20 years - no high profile hockey! Most of the countries around Poland have very competitive teams on the international scale, and I got a lot of my knowledge about Europe from the bit pieces during intermission on TV. I'd like to see Poland make a comeback on the hockey scene!


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Hello

There have been a few very good Polish born players in the NHL.

I know the spelling is wrong.

Mariaus Czerkawski
Krystof Oliwa


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lowfunk99 wrote:
There have been a few very good Polish born players in the NHL

Wojtek Wolski was also born in Poland (Zabrze) - Colorado Avalanche


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I should be going to a Red Wings.


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Maxxx Payne wrote:
Thats puzzled me a lot, cos it is popular in neighboring Czech Republic and Slovakia


Because after WWII Czechoslovak communists invested a lot in hockey, built many rings while in Poland nothing like this took place.


NHLkos  Mar 18, 08, 20:53    #60
Some notable Polish NHLers
Mariusz Czerkawski NYI
Krystoff Oliwa NJD
Wojtek Wolski COL
Petr Sidorkeiwicz HAR


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