Spector: Edmonton now the ‘City of Losers’

[Back2Back]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

Oh where to begin...

• Craig McMurder murders that girl with his car.
• Glenn Anderson tried to murder a young Ryan Smyth with his car.
  
  Courtesy Reg Dunlop
  
• Their owner sells the greatest player in NHL history pre apex.
• The Oilers rough up a season ticket holder into the basement for having "trade Lowe" on his jersey.
• The Oiler faithful burn Pronger's baby crib.
• The Oiler faithful shoot fireworks at girls standing in grocery carts.
• The Oiler faithful girls stand in grocery carts as though it is somehow rational and classy.
• The Oilers trade for Nylander.
• The Oilers trade for Heatly.
• The Oilers trade away 600 goal man Schremp.
• The Oilers miss the playoffs for 6 years and counting.
• They try to force Souray to play injured, then attempt to bury him in the minors when he refuses.
• The Oilers whine to the media about free agents not wanting to play in Edmonton
• The Oilers fire, then rehire Craig McMurder.
• Kevin Lowe defends McMurder's hiring based on the number of Stanley Cups he won 30 years ago, and that he is therefore somehow competent...thereby showing his incompetence.

And NOW they are losers?

You forgot to put the 5 cups on their bro

Originally Posted by Dion

Dude should be embarrassed.

Originally Posted by puckluck2

The city of Edmonton is bad at having successful sports franchises.

Really?

Oilers 5 cups, Eskimos 13 Grey Cup wins.
Flames 1 cup, Stampeders 6 grey cup wins.


You guys can make fun of Edmonton all you want, the Oilers have a much better team now and going in to the future than the flames. The Oilers are very close on becoming a powerhouse team.

Funny thing is the Flames have missed the playoffs for 4 straight years now and i don't see them making the playoffs for the next 4/5 more years.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

The Oilers are very close on becoming a powerhouse team. .

Ah the offseason, what a beautiful time of the year for an Oiler fan. God bless you my child.

[ClubFlames]

Off-season dream: Oilers will be a powerhouse team.

Late season reality: Oilers are a power-out team.

[Drury18]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

Dude should be embarrassed.

I know the guy in the picture...pretty sure he'd do it again if he had the chance.

[Red John]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

You forgot to put the 5 cups on their bro

Dude should be embarrassed.

Really?

Oilers 5 cups, Eskimos 13 Grey Cup wins.
Flames 1 cup, Stampeders 6 grey cup wins.


You guys can make fun of Edmonton all you want, the Oilers have a much better team now and going in to the future than the flames. The Oilers are very close on becoming a powerhouse team.

Funny thing is the Flames have missed the playoffs for 4 straight years now and i don't see them making the playoffs for the next 4/5 more years.

You just couldn't help falling for it could you? Now you'll just get laughed at and shouted down.

By the way, nobody cares about the CFL and how many gray cups you have. It's irrelevant to your Flames vs. Oilers point.
Oh and, Edmonton is the city of losers, in case you haven't heard. Your team lost in Penticton today too.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

You guys can make fun of Edmonton all you want,

No one was asking permission, but thanks anyways.

the Oilers have a much better team now and going in to the future than the flames. The Oilers are very close on becoming a powerhouse team.

They've been very close for 20-some years now, so what's one more year? Enjoy the next step if it ever happens, also known as "Being eliminated by the Stars for the next decade".

Originally Posted by Back2Back

Funny thing is the Flames have missed the playoffs for 4 straight years now and i don't see them making the playoffs for the next 4/5 more years.

That's almost as bad as *actually* missing for seven straight seasons, but not quite.

[HotHotHeat]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

You forgot to put the 5 cups on their bro

Dude should be embarrassed.

Really?

Oilers 5 cups, Eskimos 13 Grey Cup wins.
Flames 1 cup, Stampeders 6 grey cup wins.


You guys can make fun of Edmonton all you want, the Oilers have a much better team now and going in to the future than the flames. The Oilers are very close on becoming a powerhouse team.

Funny thing is the Flames have missed the playoffs for 4 straight years now and i don't see them making the playoffs for the next 4/5 more years.

There is no way to not have this come off as arrogant, but regardless, I'll mention to you that it isn't meant to belittle.

I'm genuinely glad I read this post in here. The Oiler organization is such a revolving embarrassment - I was truly worried their fans wouldn't defend them anymore. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to watch the Kevin Lowe Show year in, year out, with no hope for improvement.

So, while you think you've come in here and made Flames fans upset with your post, I can tell you I'm quite happy to see the delusion has not worn off yet. A lot of what I love about this province is Edmonton's hilarious inability to see themselves objectively. Faith restored, at least for now.

I look forward to passing Edmonton during their perpetual rebuild.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

Oilers 5 cups, Eskimos 13 Grey Cup wins.
Flames 1 cup, Stampeders 6 grey cup wins.


You guys can make fun of Edmonton all you want, the Oilers have a much better team now and going in to the future than the flames. The Oilers are very close on becoming a powerhouse team.

Some of you will recall that a little while ago, I compared the Oilers to Snoopy pretending to be a flying ace. Here's Exhibit A.

[sun]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

The Oilers are very close on becoming a powerhouse team.

This sounds somehow familiar, but I can't quite place where I've heard it before.

[Żoso]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

Dude should be embarrassed.

If I were him I'd get that photo framed and hung in the living room.

[metallicat]

I think the guy in the picture is wearing black sweat pants. I didn't think you guys wore those down south!?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

blah blah blah.....our Stanley Cup wins 30 years ago.....blah blah blah.......young powerhouse team......blah blah blah......

Signed,
Every Oilers fan annually from May to September

Originally Posted by Back2Back

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Signed,
Every Oilers fan annually from October to April

[ToraToraTora]

I lived in Edmonton for 8 years before moving back to Lethbridge, and I really appreciated how much their fans love their team. It rips out their very souls when they lose. However, with that amount of love, they're also the absolute most delusional group of sports fans I have ever seen. And the media supports it. The media there, and hence a lot of fans, actually see their "youngstars" as a Gretzky, 2 Messiers and a Kurri.

On another note, I'm thinking of watching Oil Change, Season 8 this year.

[strombad]

Originally Posted by Back2Back

You guys can make fun of Edmonton all you want, the Oilers have a much better team now and going in to the future than the flames. The Oilers are very close on becoming a powerhouse team.

Funny thing is the Flames have missed the playoffs for 4 straight years now and i don't see them making the playoffs for the next 4/5 more years.

You must be new to Calgary, because we do, in fact, make fun of Edmonton all we want. It's a great time.

I'm just curious though, what was the indication you got that Edmonton was a "much better team now"?

Was it the 3 extra OTL you guys got last season?
Was it the 3 less goals you scored? (With all those offensive "stars"... curious)
Was it being above us in the standings... for the second time in an entire decade?
Was it moving from 29th in the league to 24th?

Sorry, I'm just confused. I guess you must be too. It must be nice living in Edmonton, that sulfur coated air is like fairy dust, tricking you into thinking your city is relevant in any way at all.

What a magical thought.

Funny thing is, I'm not even convinced this guy isn't a Flames fan who just posted as the classic caricature of the delusional Edmonton fan. Bravo!

[Vinny01]

The Oilers are a joke if an organization and one of the worst ran teams in sport. Guys like Spector think the flames have the same road to climb but the fact is Edmonton has failed in their rebuild. There have been 4 drafts since Taylor Hall was drafted and outside the top picks and no other prospects have really developed into NHLers. Where are all the 2nd, 3rd round picks?

I am getting a little ahead of myself but Gaudreau, Wortherspoon, Granlund, Sieloff, Gillies all look pretty good and will help speed things up in Calgary. 3 first round picks in in the deepest draft in a decade also helps.

The fact K-Lowe is still in charge is ridiculous

[zuluking]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

The Oilers are a joke if an organization and one of the worst ran teams in sport. Guys like Spector think the flames have the same road to climb but the fact is Edmonton has failed in their rebuild. There have been 4 drafts since Taylor Hall was drafted and outside the top picks and no other prospects have really developed into NHLers. Where are all the 2nd, 3rd round picks?

I am getting a little ahead of myself but Gaudreau, Wortherspoon, Granlund, Sieloff, Gillies all look pretty good and will help speed things up in Calgary. 3 first round picks in in the deepest draft in a decade also helps.

The fact K-Lowe is still in charge is ridiculous

Ridiculously fantastic, you mean!

[BlackWallStreet]

I hope burke knocks lowe out

[strombad]

Funny timing, but apparently Edmonton is going to change the slogan from "City of Champions" to "Make Something Edmonton".

Even they have realised how awful they are.

Don't have the link at the moment, but it's on the Herald website.

[Otto29]

Back2Back...you need to work on your trolling skills. Much like the sporting teams in Edmonton you fail.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by strombad

Funny timing, but apparently Edmonton is going to change the slogan from "City of Champions" to "Make Something Edmonton".

Even they have realised how awful they are.

Don't have the link at the moment, but it's on the Herald website.

Here ya go

Edmonton city council is set to vote next week on a motion to retire the "City of Champions" slogan in favour of a new handle, "Make Something Edmonton."

The proposal gained more traction Friday night after the latest loss for the Edmonton Eskimos to that dastardly football team down the Queen Elizabeth II Highway.

For the second season in a row and the fourth time in the last five seasons, the Calgary Stampeders swept the Labour Day series with a 22-12 victory under the lights before a crowd off 33,654 at Commonwealth Stadium.

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/T...804/story.html