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What's a very admirable thing you have seen...

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as a roll on from Seitse's interesting thread. (Thanks Seitse)

One thing I have always found admirable is the athlete's coach, sitting quietly and smiling in the stands, as his protege has won the Gold Medal and laps up the glory.

The years of hard work and training 'together', with the toils and pains and injuries; a coach who has never given up, in the knowledge he is with somebody special. Rarely does a coach lap the limelight, in fact the majority are unknowns.

To simply smile in the achievement of the athlete's glory, and remain unknown, is a very admirable thing I have seen often.

-m.

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Originally posted by mikelom
as a roll on from Seitse's interesting thread. (Thanks Seitse)

One thing I have always found admirable is the athlete's coach, sitting quietly and smiling in the stands, as his protege has won the Gold Medal and laps up the glory.

The years of hard work and training 'together', with the toils and pains and injuries; a coach who has never given u ...[text shortened]... he athlete's glory, and remain unknown, is a very admirable thing I have seen often.

-m.
Your measured responses to Dasa/Vishas posts :-)

In all seriousness, selflessness in the many (but sadly uncommon) forms it can take.

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Originally posted by mikelom
as a roll on from Seitse's interesting thread. (Thanks Seitse)

One thing I have always found admirable is the athlete's coach, sitting quietly and smiling in the stands, as his protege has won the Gold Medal and laps up the glory.

The years of hard work and training 'together', with the toils and pains and injuries; a coach who has never given u ...[text shortened]... he athlete's glory, and remain unknown, is a very admirable thing I have seen often.

-m.
But well paid nonetheless.


A baby monkey riding backwards on a pig.

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Originally posted by Palynka
A baby monkey riding backwards on a pig.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_sfnQDr1-o
CHIMPANZEE RIDING A SEGWAY IS BETTER! BETTER! 😠

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http://www.footballdatabase.com/worldrankings.php?Rnk=1

World Club rankings calculated using an ELO rating system.

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Originally posted by Palynka
http://www.footballdatabase.com/worldrankings.php?Rnk=1

World Club rankings calculated using an ELO rating system.
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Originally posted by trev33
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Eloquent as ever, I see.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Eloquent as ever, I see.
what were you expecting! the rankings are clearly a farce.

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Originally posted by Palynka
http://www.footballdatabase.com/worldrankings.php?Rnk=1

World Club rankings calculated using an ELO rating system.
wow, porto's been having quite a year apparently? haven't noticed that at all...


I'd thought bayern & lyon would've done much better there, among others. and several clubs ahead them much worse... something seems weird with these rankings.

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Originally posted by trev33
what were you expecting! the rankings are clearly a farce.
How can you say that if you're not smart enough to understand the ELO rating system?

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Originally posted by Palynka
How can you say that if you're not smart enough to understand the ELO rating system?
i can understand it just fine. can you unterstand the fact that porto are no where near the third best team in the world regardless of what ranking is used?

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Originally posted by wormwood
wow, porto's been having quite a year apparently? haven't noticed that at all...


I'd thought bayern & lyon would've done much better there, among others. and several clubs ahead them much worse... something seems weird with these rankings.
We are on the way to our first unbeaten league title with only two draws so far. We just been bulldozing everything in all competitions. In Europa League we also have 9 wins out of 11 games.

Bayern haven't done great in their league this year. I think that the cross league comparison is not very well established, probably because too of not enough European games since they started the ranking.

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Originally posted by trev33
i can understand it just fine. can you unterstand the fact that porto are no where near the third best team in the world regardless of what ranking is used?
The facts are the facts. ELO rating systems do not depend on subjective issues.

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Dude, you're talking about the Portuguese league as if
it was, like, you know, important or sumthin'

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