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Re: Soccer sucks.
no. please. come back. I need to convince you to like the same "average-sized" players as me, and put up with your shit about how something I like is retarded. Please. don't go. Soccer will cease to be a sport if we can't all hold hands and watch the Super Bowl and World Cup at the same time.
Also, nice dig at the poor, good to see classism still healthy in America...
no. please. come back. I need to convince you to like the same "average-sized" players as me, and put up with your shit about how something I like is retarded. Please. don't go. Soccer will cease to be a sport if we can't all hold hands and watch the Super Bowl and World Cup at the same time.
Also, nice dig at the poor, good to see classism still healthy in America...
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I think attacking styles of soccer are enjoyable to watch. I love watching Brazil, Spain, Netherlands....national teams like that. FC Barcelona is a lot of fun to watch, the rare times I get a chance, because of their beautiful passing.
I think Americans who dislike soccer view it the wrong way. They equate scoring with "things happening"....but there are examples in classic American sports where that isn't true. Plenty of Americans enjoy pitchers' duels in baseball, where progress toward victory is not necessarily about scoring but about great defense (pitching and fielding) and patient offense (working the pitcher and taking advantage of your few opportunities to score). Plenty of Americans enjoy football games dominated by defense (which was common in pro football prior to the '90s and is still common in college football), where progress toward victory is the "field position battle" and "time of possession battle."
There are clear analogues in these to soccer...winning games in soccer is about winning the field position battle (keeping the action closer to your opponent's goal), time of possession battle and maximizing your opportunities to attack the goal.
Rather that expecting "scoring" and being disappointed, I'd counsel Americans interested in getting into soccer to appreciate the field game between the goals, where intricate dribbling and passing and tactics can be appreciated in the same way as intricate pitching/fielding in baseball and play-calling and execution in football. And the dribbling and passing, for a team who's good and in rhythm, can very much resemble a great offensive basketball team (to me, at least). Scoring is simply on a different scale, but there's just as much action.
I think attacking styles of soccer are enjoyable to watch. I love watching Brazil, Spain, Netherlands....national teams like that. FC Barcelona is a lot of fun to watch, the rare times I get a chance, because of their beautiful passing.
I think Americans who dislike soccer view it the wrong way. They equate scoring with "things happening"....but there are examples in classic American sports where that isn't true. Plenty of Americans enjoy pitchers' duels in baseball, where progress toward victory is not necessarily about scoring but about great defense (pitching and fielding) and patient offense (working the pitcher and taking advantage of your few opportunities to score). Plenty of Americans enjoy football games dominated by defense (which was common in pro football prior to the '90s and is still common in college football), where progress toward victory is the "field position battle" and "time of possession battle."
There are clear analogues in these to soccer...winning games in soccer is about winning the field position battle (keeping the action closer to your opponent's goal), time of possession battle and maximizing your opportunities to attack the goal.
Rather that expecting "scoring" and being disappointed, I'd counsel Americans interested in getting into soccer to appreciate the field game between the goals, where intricate dribbling and passing and tactics can be appreciated in the same way as intricate pitching/fielding in baseball and play-calling and execution in football. And the dribbling and passing, for a team who's good and in rhythm, can very much resemble a great offensive basketball team (to me, at least). Scoring is simply on a different scale, but there's just as much action.
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Minstrel is a chick.
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Re: Soccer sucks.
Among English Premier League teams, I like Arsenal and Chelsea, yeah. Might seem like a strange combination of teams to like, since they're rivals, but not living in the region, I'm not that affected by rivalries.
Among English Premier League teams, I like Arsenal and Chelsea, yeah. Might seem like a strange combination of teams to like, since they're rivals, but not living in the region, I'm not that affected by rivalries.
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She hasn't told me but I want her to be a chick so she is. In my eyes, she is one sexy mother fucker. Well, she's a Ronan fucker.
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I don't know that i'd call Arsenal and Chelsea rivals... not like REAL rivals... Rivals in the way that the Blazers and Rockets are rivals, in that they competing in the same league. Chelsea's rivals are West Ham and Fulham, no amount of russian money will change that. I also list Chelsea's rivals as Rocky in Rocky IV, James Bond in every other movie, the US "Miracle on Ice" Hockey Team, Hapless london criminals in a Guy Ritchie film, the Germans in during WWII, and the general concept of decency and etiquette.
I don't know that i'd call Arsenal and Chelsea rivals... not like REAL rivals... Rivals in the way that the Blazers and Rockets are rivals, in that they competing in the same league. Chelsea's rivals are West Ham and Fulham, no amount of russian money will change that. I also list Chelsea's rivals as Rocky in Rocky IV, James Bond in every other movie, the US "Miracle on Ice" Hockey Team, Hapless london criminals in a Guy Ritchie film, the Germans in during WWII, and the general concept of decency and etiquette.
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well, that would explain all of the offensive hissing that comes from their support.
well, that would explain all of the offensive hissing that comes from their support.
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Re: Soccer sucks.
Nah, that is just because London zoo are given free tickets to Chelsea games.
Nah, that is just because London zoo are given free tickets to Chelsea games.
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Re: Soccer sucks.
too bad arsenal sucks
too bad arsenal sucks
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What does that make City?
What does that make City?
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Nah, Bath City.
Nah, Bath City.
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Re: Official World Cup Thread:
21 1/2 hours.......
in oLive land
Melting.....melting.....
lol remember that shit?
21 1/2 hours.......
in oLive land
Melting.....melting.....
lol remember that shit?
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England.
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Re: Official World Cup Thread:
I have no Team to really root for without Romania
Who should i adopt?
I like Nigeria and Serbia but im open for compelling sugestions
I have no Team to really root for without Romania
Who should i adopt?
I like Nigeria and Serbia but im open for compelling sugestions
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Serbia.
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Re: Official World Cup Thread:
I do like Netherlands also...
And yea Ronan, im down with serbia, prob beacause they ripped Romania a New Asshole in qualifying
I do like Netherlands also...
And yea Ronan, im down with serbia, prob beacause they ripped Romania a New Asshole in qualifying