efialtes76 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Fullbuster said: It benefited from the global buzz around SW finally being back. That doesn't necessarily reflects the true popularity of the franchise, Rogue One proved it wasn't automatic. RO was a "SW's story" but wasn't the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 35 minutes ago, efialtes76 said: RO was a "SW's story" but wasn't the same. We'll see, The Last Jedi's performance will be telling. @fabiopazzo2 by the way, given your avatar...how do you feel about Italy not being in the World Cup 2018? 😂😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiopazzo2 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 minute ago, Fullbuster said: We'll see, The Last Jedi's performance will be telling. @fabiopazzo2 by the way, given your avatar...how do you feel about Italy not being in the World Cup 2018? 😂😂 oh ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 1 hour ago, fabiopazzo2 said: oh ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiopazzo2 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, Fullbuster said: Benevento-Milan 2-2 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 3 hours ago, fabiopazzo2 said: Benevento-Milan 2-2 ... I don't know much about soccer/football, Im' not into this ^^ I said this because I wanted to laugh a bit It's okay, you'll do better for the next Olympics in Tokyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiopazzo2 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 24 minutes ago, Fullbuster said: I don't know much about soccer/football, Im' not into this ^^ I said this because I wanted to laugh a bit It's okay, you'll do better for the next Olympics in Tokyo Qatar 22 ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 I wonder....with 185 million admissions in 2016, can Brazil reach 200 million in 2017? I hope so, that would be a great threshold and would put it at the same level than France and South Korea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 On 05/12/2017 at 10:02 PM, fabiopazzo2 said: Qatar 22 ? Nah. Italy will lose against China and will be ejected from Qatar 2022 as well 😏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiopazzo2 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 29 minutes ago, Fullbuster said: Nah. Italy will lose against China and will be ejected from Qatar 2022 as well 😏 Impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 32 minutes ago, fabiopazzo2 said: Impossible. China is now able to be tied with the US in the Olympic Games, this country is improving so fast, they want to be on top of everything. Don't underestimate them, I can assure they'll be among the top football nations within 5-10 years. Remember that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 EXCHANGE RATE : it was the most boring year ever, nothing changed between January and December. And with the elections next year I epxect the ER to be volatile.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 3 hours ago, Fullbuster said: China is now able to be tied with the US in the Olympic Games, this country is improving so fast, they want to be on top of everything. Don't underestimate them, I can assure they'll be among the top football nations within 5-10 years. Remember that. It eventually can happen, but in 5-10 years? 0% chance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 33 minutes ago, peludo said: It eventually can happen, but in 5-10 years? 0% chance Why not? Did you see how fast they've been able to compete with the US during the Olympics since 2008? Sometimes beating them for gold medals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Fullbuster said: Why not? Did you see how fast they've been able to compete with the US during the Olympics since 2008? Sometimes beating them for gold medals. Sure. And they will probably win the 2020s or 2024s Games (USA will probably win in Los Angeles 2028). But individual sports are which give most of medals. Tell me a group sport which China is one of the best in the world... No one. The main Olympics sports (Athletics, Swimming and Gymnastics) are way different to professional group sports like football, basketball or handball. They need strong leagues and that can not be created in a couple of years. It is a decades process. Right now their level is waaaaay behind the best countries in the world. If they have not been able to be the best of Asia (they have not qualified to World Cup), to talk to compete with the best European and American countries is, for the moment, a chimera. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
you'vegotmail Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) China has always performed reasonably well in the olympics since they started competing fully in 1984 (almost always in the top 5) so it wasn't such a big step forward for them to go toe to toe with the USA. Compared to football where China is about as weak as it comes it showed improvement in the 2000s. It actually managed to qualify for the World cup 2002 and in 2004 it reached the AFC Asians Cup finals but lost to Japan since then it hasn't done anything noteworthy. Xi Jinping is apparently a football enthusiast and they are supposedly investing in football (their league has gained more attention) but it chances of showing in 5 to 10 years are remote at best. Its goal should be to qualify to Qatar in 2022. (asian qualifiers are significantly easier than european ones) The ER is fluctuating over the pension reforms which the government is pushing to be voted on this year. Edited December 7, 2017 by you'vegotmail 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 13 hours ago, peludo said: Sure. And they will probably win the 2020s or 2024s Games (USA will probably win in Los Angeles 2028). But individual sports are which give most of medals. Tell me a group sport which China is one of the best in the world... No one. The main Olympics sports (Athletics, Swimming and Gymnastics) are way different to professional group sports like football, basketball or handball. They need strong leagues and that can not be created in a couple of years. It is a decades process. Right now their level is waaaaay behind the best countries in the world. If they have not been able to be the best of Asia (they have not qualified to World Cup), to talk to compete with the best European and American countries is, for the moment, a chimera. Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense Well, maybe in 15-20 years then Meanwhile I hope Japan can surprise us 12 hours ago, you'vegotmail said: China has always performed reasonably well in the olympics since they started competing fully in 1984 (almost always in the top 5) so it wasn't such a big step forward for them to go toe to toe with the USA. Compared to football where China is about as weak as it comes it showed improvement in the 2000s. It actually managed to qualify for the World cup 2002 and in 2004 it reached the AFC Asians Cup finals but lost to Japan since then it hasn't done anything noteworthy. Xi Jinping is apparently a football enthusiast and they are supposedly investing in football (their league has gained more attention) but it chances of showing in 5 to 10 years are remote at best. Its goal should be to qualify to Qatar in 2022. (asian qualifiers are significantly easier than european ones) The ER is fluctuating over the pension reforms which the government is pushing to be voted on this year. Indeed And welcome by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 No significant release this weekend, a good thing for Justice League and Thor 3. They're likely to suffer with Star Wars taking many screens away from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 2 hours ago, Fullbuster said: Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense Well, maybe in 15-20 years then More like 40-50 years... And we will see then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullbuster Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 6 hours ago, peludo said: More like 40-50 years... And we will see then Dammit, Chinese soccer fans could be frustrated to wait that long ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
