Saturday
Sep052009
40-1 for the title
Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 11:59AM Bill Simmons is at it again. From selecting Spurs as his Prem league side to then regretting it and suggesting Newcastle would have been a better choice before (during this summer) citing Liverpool as his summer choice, he's now gone full circle and returned to the Lilywhites as his EPL team. Pesky Yank glory hunter, we can't seem to get rid of him. In a recent trip to Las Vegas he's stuck a bit of money on us to win the league, at 40-1 odds.
High on the fumes of four successive victories. Jinxed it now, haven't you Bill?
Reader Comments (20)
Is Simmons still banging on about us? He's ever really taken all this EPL stuff seriously has he? Not like Steve Nash - a true YIDDO!
hey elvis..........wearing white.means you are a yido..............right?
u huh.!
Simmons, name-dropping us again. The whore.
William Hill had us 125-1 before the beginning of the season... 25/1 before Birmingham, and now 20/1.
40/1 not bad odds at the moment.
Tarttennim Hardspor...
Spooky, you must go and find whatever is out there for you !! these articles are verging on being desperate for a voice !!
What you banging on about chief? It's a slow-news day. I can post what I want. You don't have to reply to everything, do ya know?
;) <- safety wink
If you're wondering why steve nash is not like all the other Yanks, its because he isnt a yank. He's Canadian
Yanks, Canadians...them lot over the Atlantic and far away.
I think after we beat man utd 4-1, everyone may start taking us a bit more seriously,gets on my tits thats its Chelseas season,oooh arent arse lookin good,ooo rooney will come good,and Liverpool now had kick up the arse so they should start coming good! truth is,we look shit hot,really cant see us losing at the mo,even England look dull without any yids in the team,bring on Defoe n Lennon n all off sudden a bit of excitement about the play.with utd and chelsea coming up i cant wait for another 6 points! down to 10/1 befoe long,and well deserved!!COYS
"Yank Glory Hunter" It fits him well. He's changed teams like underwear. Fortunately, most of that type here in the US gravitate towards Manu/Arse/Cheatski/ and sometimes Liverpool. The majority of Spurs supporters here are knowledgeable and fun to have a beer with.
Nice one YidKid. You cunts never fail. It's the media that make it up though.
well we do know that bill simmons know nuts about football or soccer.
if there is a prominent arsenal supporter that's also a journalist, that's what bill simmons is to me...
Never realised you had beef with Simmons Spookster. Amusing that you choose to have a pop at him of course, you should go back and read more of his stuff. He is (or at least was and occasional still is) a very entertaining writer. You wish you had 1% of his writing chops (well back in the day, anyway), or 0.1% of the success he has had starting from an identical platform.
Still, much easier to trot out the old Yank-EPL-Sawker jibes I suppose. Looking forward to the next Sky Sports conspiracy post........
*occasionally
I'm not saying he isn't a talented writer. As you so subtle pointed out, who am I to be critical of his mad skills. Its more to do with his yo-yo following of the EPL. His original series where he plucked out Spurs as his 'team' was more than a decent read. His subsequent disinterest in all things English, I guess, was to be expected.
i was only joshin. to be fair tho, u moaned when he didn't mention it and now u moan when he does.... sooooooo ;o)
Simmons deserves it though because he picks a team based on his pragmatic elimination of Prem clubs and then not long after decides Newcastle would have been the better option (some sort of comparison to US fans and Geordie fans) and then changes his mind and says Liverpool are like his beloved baseball team and then Simmons does it again when Tottenham beat Liverpool saying he's now loving the Spurs and wants a Huddlestone shirt. He's a bit flaky isn't he?
It's a shame he isn't 100% into it because he could do a world of good in the US for how football is perceived but then he's never really going to be that committed is he? So its all just in the spirit of fun.
He's from halfway around the world, is just learning about the sport/league, and has no "natural" connection with a club like a lot of us do.
I mean, I could understand if he was acting like an authority on Spurs or Spurs fandom, but he aint so far as I know..?
All these rules about who and why and how you are permitted to root for a team are pretty absurd when viewed in the abstract...