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Re: Soccer sucks.

I just don't get how people can love watching 20 men run around for an hour and a half and score what? 3 or 4 goals a game combined?

Yes, football has a lot of breaks in it, but every play everyone has to do their job their best and hardest for that play to be successful. and even with all those breaks, I guarantee that if you put together a highlight package from 1 average NFL game and 1 average soccer game, the NFL game highlight reel would be more exciting. And thats with all the breaks you talk about.

If a soccer player messes up or gets bested, it is extremely likely the same with happen to the opposing team. Just super boring to me.

Meh.
 
Re: Soccer sucks.

Da_O said:
Obviously I'm not referring to those countries. More like countries in Central and South America, and Africa mostly.

What about China? Basketball is more popular in China than Soccer.

Soccer is popular in India which has many slums. It's population is more than nearly all those countries combined.
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Sorry, I must have taken your post the wrong way. I thought your implication was that soccer is only the most popular sport in the world because of all of the poor people that play it, to which I was replying that even if you only look at first world nations, there are enough fans there to keep it the most popular sport.
 
Re: Soccer sucks.

The Professional Fan said:
All this NFL bashing is fucking hilarious. You guys are fucking crazy. Soccer doesn't hold a candle, a match stick, a flaming fart to the NFL. Come on. Wow. I'd much rather deal with all the pauses in NFL and subsequent amazing plays then watch a bunch of average sized athletes run, run, run, run, run, run, and never score. Call me an ugly American, I don't give a fuck. I played soccer. I get it. It's just not as good as any of the three American majors, and that includes Baseball.

But as I said before, I will be watching the World Cup. No doubt about it. It's a big deal. I get that. And if team USA can deliver one big upset, I'll be happy!
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"average sized athletes"

Come on. Soccer is a sport where technical skill, creativity, athleticism and endurance are king. It's the reason you don't find performance enhancing drugs in the sports like you do here, because corn-feeding your kid (or juicing yourself up) into the biggest genetic freak doesn't make you a better athlete, it just makes you a large person. If you are too big, you can't keep up.... wait for it... because your body can't handle the rigors of endurance + athleticism.

It's such a lame American viewpoint that bigger is better, we need giant dumb cars, super sized fried foods and athletes that are 3x the size of a normal person. They way we approach sports here is driven more by oddity and entertainment than it is by actual SPORT.

I think it's refreshing that you can have stars in the sport that range from 5'5 to 6'7, and that the sport isn't full of fat asses.
 
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For me its because it truly is a Beautiful Game. You Have 10 Men (minus the Keeper most of the time) who are out there, and so in tune with eachother. It absolutely amazes me how someone can use his FOOT to bass a ball to someone 30-40 yards away, and that other person be in the exact right spot, all without saying a word to eachother.

To score you have to be so precise and basically clutch, because when you get that opportunity to score, you better finish... because you might not get another chance that game.

I liken it to being 4th and Goal in (American) Football... Its that exciting play where you do or dont get the Score. But you dont get those 3 other tries in that sequence to score. (Usually)
 
Re: Soccer sucks.

bodyman5001 said:
It is funny to me when people defend soccer by saying that baseball is boring. No shit.
I think of soccer the way Jerry Seinfeld talked about chopsticks, he asked if the Asians have seen a fork?
Soccer is the same way, a sport invented by poor people with a lot of extra land to kick a ball around. Have soccer players TRIED basketball?
One person can have fun with a basketball and a hoop, try having fun for hours with a soccer ball. If you can, you need a hobby.
Soccer does indeed suck.
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Pointless post. You clearly don't understand the history of the sport. It was invented at Cambridge (do you know what that is?). I would say they were neither poor (as if that mattered), nor had lots of extra land. I assume this is a tween attempt at humor. There is a lot more you can do with a single soccer ball than with a single basketball. Keep trying.

Edit: Did more research, it was the rules/organization that was developed at Cambridge, not sure anyone can point to the invention of the sport, but the sport as we know it was organized at Cambridge, and the English are considered to be the founders of the "modern" game.
 
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EL PRESIDENTE said:
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hahha how Kent Brockman seems to be reacting to the game (I dont have sound at work) is exactly how I seem to feel watching the Simpsons for the last 10 years.
 
Re: Soccer sucks.

Wheels said:
hahha how Kent Brockman seems to be reacting to the game (I dont have sound at work) is exactly how I seem to feel watching the Simpsons for the last 10 years.
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Well, if the SIMPSONS used it for satire, then it must be a stupid sport. I mean, it's not as if you could make the same sketch about ANY other sport.

"the pitcher looks for the sign. waits.... looks again... waits... looks at first base... waits. steps off the mound... talks with the catcher... looks in for the sign... waits... pitches.... ball way outside... pitcher asks for a new ball... waits... looks for the sign... waits... looks at first base ... waits ... throws a pitch ... no swing, strike 1 .... pitcher looks for the sign... waits .... looks at first base ... waits ... winds up .... wait a minute, the batter has asked for more time.... batter looks down third for the sign .... waits ... adjusts his cup .... waits .... step back in to the box ... ball two."

"the team is huddled up discussing the play ... they are still huddled up ... now they start to get into position ... more waiting ... HUT .... wait ... HUT ... wait ... HUT ... there is a flag on the play, apparently someone moved their hand ... the players all stand up and go back to their huddle while the ball's position is moved ... wait 20 seconds while they discuss a new play ... they get into position .. HUT .... wait ... HUT ... wait ... the quarterback wants a new play, the players all look at him to be told what to do.... HIKE ... hand off, they gain 1 yard on a run up the middle .... back to the huddle for 30 seconds..."
 
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lol ok even though you are a Hots*ur I gotta rep you for that! :lol:
 
Re: Soccer sucks.

MARIS61 said:
It's also the sport of choice for all terrorist nations, and your fan dollars go to support terrorism against yourself.
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I don't know if you're trying to be funny or if you're just a complete moron.
 
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Ronan said:
I don't know if you're trying to be funny or if you're just a complete moron.
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yeah I def had to bite my tongue on that one.. What a stupid unfunny thing to say.
 
Re: Soccer sucks.

boatsandstars said:
"average sized athletes"

Come on. Soccer is a sport where technical skill, creativity, athleticism and endurance are king. It's the reason you don't find performance enhancing drugs in the sports like you do here, because corn-feeding your kid (or juicing yourself up) into the biggest genetic freak doesn't make you a better athlete, it just makes you a large person. If you are too big, you can't keep up.... wait for it... because your body can't handle the rigors of endurance + athleticism.

It's such a lame American viewpoint that bigger is better, we need giant dumb cars, super sized fried foods and athletes that are 3x the size of a normal person. They way we approach sports here is driven more by oddity and entertainment than it is by actual SPORT.

I think it's refreshing that you can have stars in the sport that range from 5'5 to 6'7, and that the sport isn't full of fat asses.
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Yep. Me dumb American. Me can't grasp magnitude and nuances of guys kicking ball in net. Me like gas hogging cars and steroids. Dumb American. Me. Go Eff Yourself.
 
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The Professional Fan said:
Yep. Me dumb American. Me can't grasp magnitude and nuances of guys kicking ball in net. Me like gas hogging cars and steroids. Dumb American. Me. Go Eff Yourself.
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Pretty sure boatsandstars is American so...

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Re: Soccer sucks.

Ronan said:
Pretty sure boatsandstars is American so...

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So? He can't be an American and call me a dumb American because I don't like a poor person's sport? I'm done with the conversation. Congrats soccer geeks, you've made me like soccer less.
 
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The Professional Fan said:
So? He can't be an American and call me a dumb American because I don't like a poor person's sport? I'm done with the conversation. Congrats soccer geeks, you've made me like soccer less.
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???
 
Re: Soccer sucks.

The Professional Fan said:
So? He can't be an American and call me a dumb American because I don't like a poor person's sport? I'm done with the conversation. Congrats soccer geeks, you've made me like soccer less.
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I'm sure the football community are devastated by your lack of interest.
 
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Re: Soccer sucks.

What's the deal with world cup ball? Anyone played with it? All the players are bitching and moaning about it.
 
Re: Soccer sucks.

Rodolfo said:
What's the deal with world cup ball? Anyone played with it? All the players are bitching and moaning about it.
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I've played with it but I can't see anything wrong with it. Then again, I'm not on a professional level. From what I hear, the ball seems to have a weird trajectory.
 
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They say it every WC, it seems. Dips, Spins, and Curves more... apparently
 
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