Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

[Crissy]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

hmm, i think i sense sarcasm.

what the hell does the country you are born in have to do with?
we as a nation of diasporans would truly be f'ed up the a$$ if everyone thought like you did. yeah screw Armenia right? plenty of Armenians like that in Australia i see.

Tigran jan? I resent your last statement. Perhaps you could rephrase? not everyone is the same you know

[D3ADSY]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

hmm, i think i sense sarcasm.

what the hell does the country you are born in have to do with?
we as a nation of diasporans would truly be f'ed up the a$$ if everyone thought like you did. yeah screw Armenia right? plenty of Armenians like that in Australia i see.

What I don't understand is why the most patriotic Armenians never seem to actually be living in Armenia. There is nothing at all holding such people back from relocating yet they always seem to have an excuse as to why they cannot, whilst in the mean time passing judgement on others who have made their choices in life.
I wonder if a resident of Yerevan would call him an "unpatriotic punk".

[Ari]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

no comment :P trying to bite my tongue here

[D3ADSY]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

You can proceed to cut it out for all I care.

[Ari]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

dont worry i agree with you

[D3ADSY]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

In that case you do not need to cut anything out.

[TJ]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

Tigran jan? I resent your last statement. Perhaps you could rephrase? not everyone is the same you know

im talking about Darchinyan, Chakoyan etc.

[TJ]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

Young friend, I have a lot of admiration for your patriotism. I wish more young Armenians were like you.

However, I think you are being a bit too harsh on Teymourian. The man at least is proud to say he is an Armenian - unlike Andrea Agassi, who for many years denied his Armenian heritage. Good sportsmen like Teymouryan, Darchinyan, etc, should play for European teams and gain experience, exposure, wealth and fame. We, as a nation, can benefit from this by having our sport represenatives in Armenia invite these sportsmen to play in Armenia.

Don't expect someone to just turn down a European opportunity and go to an uncertain future within Armenia. Our sports field in Armenia is not up to par as of yet. We as a nation have some world class talent but our republic is not able to organize them at this time. The fault lies not in these individuals, the fault lies in the bad socio-economic condition of our small landlocked nation.

Instead of turning off these sportsmen by our negative attitudes, lets support them in their endeavors and hope that they in the future will reward us by representing our nation within various compitions worldwide. Lets think with our minds and our hearts. We need to learn to be better diplomats.

Playing for a European team has nothing to do with representing your country at the national level. I havent written a single thing discouraging any athlete from playing on European sports teams.

[OS1]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

Dear friends,

Iranian-Armenians are not your standard immigrant group. They have been a part of Iranian society for millenia and are not looked at as immigrants. You don't see an American whose family came to the colonies in James town in the 1500/1600's play for the English National Team. Most Armenians in Iran have even much longer roots. Yet, they have maintained their own religious beliefs and cultural practices, providing a diverse group that has fit right in. The current Islamic Regime is just a blip on a much longer history of which Armenian-Iranians have been a central part.

[Exoma]

Re: Andranik Teymourian moves to Bolton Wanderers!

Hamatoon berin ghomshin.

Teymourian maleh MAHS! Teymourian Irani hastesh.

Teymourian is Iranian. Just because he's Christian doesn't mean he's Armenian.

I'm pretty sure his family goes back to Iran even about 1000 years.

If you don't agree, then, Kiram tu kunet.