Soccer is fucking boring enough
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WriterDom said:
Excuse me but would you care to explain UnAmerican. The last I heard this country of ours was made up of more than on ethnic group. What might be boring to you provides quite a bit of excitment to others. Remember that there are those in the US that find football and baseball boring.
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Re: Re: Soccer is fucking boring enough
He's right though. 3 to 4 games a day is nothing....we have March Madness and have 32 games played within 8 hours at over 4 different sites in the country...
That's how you get stuff done....
markb325 said:
He's right though. 3 to 4 games a day is nothing....we have March Madness and have 32 games played within 8 hours at over 4 different sites in the country...
That's how you get stuff done....
Niggle us Brits? NAUGHTY!
Oh my.....why is he trying to do that?
Is it because the USA are not at the top in in this sport? Or that he finds the concept of the most popular sport in the world difficult to follow?
After all....he does have the World Series baseball to follow...and why is it called the World Series anyway? We play baseball back at home in England....it's called ROUNDERS and played solely by women and kids at school.
I had better hush, seing that I live in the USA!
But, before I go...have you noticed that their footballers wear all that padding, helmets and the like....I wonder if our rugby players should start wearing more protection than their current shirts, shorts and a jockstrap?
God Bless America and God Save The Queen......cousins in peace and cousins in conflicts.
Oh my.....why is he trying to do that?
Is it because the USA are not at the top in in this sport? Or that he finds the concept of the most popular sport in the world difficult to follow?
After all....he does have the World Series baseball to follow...and why is it called the World Series anyway? We play baseball back at home in England....it's called ROUNDERS and played solely by women and kids at school.
I had better hush, seing that I live in the USA!
But, before I go...have you noticed that their footballers wear all that padding, helmets and the like....I wonder if our rugby players should start wearing more protection than their current shirts, shorts and a jockstrap?
God Bless America and God Save The Queen......cousins in peace and cousins in conflicts.
16 Years????
Oh how the memory fails some
Soccer (the original FOOTBALL) was brought to the USA back in the 70's - now...doing my Math, thats 30 years ago. Hell, you even kicked the ass of us English back in the late 50's...how much more damn time do you need?
As for hitting the net 5 times...OH how I wish! Sometimes is 90 minutes and NO-ONE hits the net...but then, that's the beauty of of the beautiful game.
It is a shame that the WORLD recognizes it as the largest and biggest participating sport...but some nations can't and won't
Will Lennox Lewis be safe next week? Should he borrow a helmet from a footballer to protect his ears?
Oh how the memory fails some
Soccer (the original FOOTBALL) was brought to the USA back in the 70's - now...doing my Math, thats 30 years ago. Hell, you even kicked the ass of us English back in the late 50's...how much more damn time do you need?
As for hitting the net 5 times...OH how I wish! Sometimes is 90 minutes and NO-ONE hits the net...but then, that's the beauty of of the beautiful game.
It is a shame that the WORLD recognizes it as the largest and biggest participating sport...but some nations can't and won't
Will Lennox Lewis be safe next week? Should he borrow a helmet from a footballer to protect his ears?
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Re: 16 Years????
That sounds like an afternoon to me. 90 min. of no score.....and they say baseball is boring.
Ukin said:
That sounds like an afternoon to me. 90 min. of no score.....and they say baseball is boring.
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Re: 16 Years????
I grew up in the 70s playing every sport that was available, and soccer wasn't an option. Not only in school, but any type of league. Now it's everywhere and has been the faster growing team sport in America for years. It's only a matter of time before our men reach the level of play seen by our KICK ARSE women.
Ukin said:Oh how the memory fails some
Soccer (the original FOOTBALL) was brought to the USA back in the 70's - now...doing my Math, thats 30 years ago. Hell, you even kicked the ass of us English back in the late 50's...how much more damn time do you need?
I grew up in the 70s playing every sport that was available, and soccer wasn't an option. Not only in school, but any type of league. Now it's everywhere and has been the faster growing team sport in America for years. It's only a matter of time before our men reach the level of play seen by our KICK ARSE women.
No Score?
90 minutes and no score? Hell...I have been with some women for longer than that..and still not scored lol.
Football was available in the late 70's...Cosmo imported the likes of Pele, The Kaizer (Franz Beckenbauer), George Best, Rodney Marsh...but the slap ass Amercians had the head in the sand and failed to pick it up. The American Soccer league collapsed.
It will be nice though, to see the men following the women hahahaha.
I am so glad Tyson has had his teeth pulled..I just hope that lennox now pulls his head off of his shoulders with one right hook...but somehow, I have this feeling that Tyson will do something untoward and against the Marquis's rules. I certainly hope not...but this nagging feeling persists.
Time will tell
90 minutes and no score? Hell...I have been with some women for longer than that..and still not scored lol.
Football was available in the late 70's...Cosmo imported the likes of Pele, The Kaizer (Franz Beckenbauer), George Best, Rodney Marsh...but the slap ass Amercians had the head in the sand and failed to pick it up. The American Soccer league collapsed.
It will be nice though, to see the men following the women hahahaha.
I am so glad Tyson has had his teeth pulled..I just hope that lennox now pulls his head off of his shoulders with one right hook...but somehow, I have this feeling that Tyson will do something untoward and against the Marquis's rules. I certainly hope not...but this nagging feeling persists.
Time will tell
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I suspect that the world likes English football as it is, without American interest. If it ever caught on here, we would hire the best players away from the rest of the world, the same as we do in Baseball, Basketball, & Hockey. As it is, there are scholarship opportunities in the USA for men & women that can't make the teams in Europe or Africa, because our colleges have soccer programs.
I consider myself a Lennox Lewis fan, but if I were him, I'd have refused to let that criminal Tyson make a dime from me. Tyson should be boycotted.
I consider myself a Lennox Lewis fan, but if I were him, I'd have refused to let that criminal Tyson make a dime from me. Tyson should be boycotted.
Tyson
Patient: I have to concur with all your sentiments...but like your hiring of all the worlds top sportstars...as money talks..and I can't blame Lennox for taking on the rapist, bully and thug..but it's all about HIS final payday...money talks..and Tyson is a money maker, regardless of his ethics.
I just hope he puts the SOB on his ass once and for all...then NO-ONE else will take him on for MONEY.
Gone, sadly, are the days, when boxers fought for the mantle of undisputed heavyweight crown. Sure, money was there, but not as important as it is nowadays. Boxing lost it's way after the Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Liston era....sadly. They WERE great fighters...no ear bitings...but then...they didn't have the biggest shyster of boxing promoting them...and we all know I talk of Don (Electric Hair) King.
Patient: I have to concur with all your sentiments...but like your hiring of all the worlds top sportstars...as money talks..and I can't blame Lennox for taking on the rapist, bully and thug..but it's all about HIS final payday...money talks..and Tyson is a money maker, regardless of his ethics.
I just hope he puts the SOB on his ass once and for all...then NO-ONE else will take him on for MONEY.
Gone, sadly, are the days, when boxers fought for the mantle of undisputed heavyweight crown. Sure, money was there, but not as important as it is nowadays. Boxing lost it's way after the Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Liston era....sadly. They WERE great fighters...no ear bitings...but then...they didn't have the biggest shyster of boxing promoting them...and we all know I talk of Don (Electric Hair) King.
Re: Re: 16 Years????
I doubt it. The best athletes in America go into Basketball, Football or Baseball. Maybe Hockey. The best athletes in most soccer playing countries go into soccer.
It's kind of a catch 22. I doubt kids will go into soccer until there's a big American pro league where the financial rewards are obvious(You're a poor kid going into sports in the States I think Baseball or BAsketball are much more beneficial.) and there won't be that pro league until a lot of people get into soccer.
WriterDom said:
I grew up in the 70s playing every sport that was available, and soccer wasn't an option. Not only in school, but any type of league. Now it's everywhere and has been the faster growing team sport in America for years. It's only a matter of time before our men reach the level of play seen by our KICK ARSE women.
I doubt it. The best athletes in America go into Basketball, Football or Baseball. Maybe Hockey. The best athletes in most soccer playing countries go into soccer.
It's kind of a catch 22. I doubt kids will go into soccer until there's a big American pro league where the financial rewards are obvious(You're a poor kid going into sports in the States I think Baseball or BAsketball are much more beneficial.) and there won't be that pro league until a lot of people get into soccer.
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They organise it so only three or four matches take place a day
so you can watch all of them!!!
Sheeesh.....
three or four matches take place a dayso you can watch all of them!!!
Sheeesh.....
LOL @ Starblade
The reason why American Football takes so long is that they have about 20+ per team.....if not more.they make ONE run and they have to go off to fill up with donuts, hotdogs...to keep the fat on their bodies (tongue in cheek remark!)
The reason why American Football takes so long is that they have about 20+ per team.....if not more.they make ONE run and they have to go off to fill up with donuts, hotdogs...to keep the fat on their bodies (tongue in cheek remark!)
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Re: LOL @ Starblade
A 60 minute game of NFL goes for three hours
a 90 minute game or soccer is over inside 2
Not reallyUkin said:
A 60 minute game of NFL goes for three hours
a 90 minute game or soccer is over inside 2
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The only reason that soccer is the "most popular" game in the world is because it's the one game you can play without requiring any kind of equipment to play it. As long as you've got a rock, or a tin can, or even the bloated corpse of a binturong that you can kick around you can play the game. I'm sure there are many places in the world where kids grow up playing "kick the whatever" and don't even realize it's an organized game until the white devil descends upon them with prepackaged foodstuffs and asks them how long they've been playing soccer and the poor kid replies dumbfoundly with the indigenous version of "HUH?".
By the way, I caught abpit 4 minutes of the Paraguay/South Africa game last night (needed something to put me to sleep), and I saw the second goal by Paraguay... Why do they just let him stand there and kick the damn thing? If you run at the fuck while he's trying to kick and put some pressure on him there's less chance he's going to score that easy fucking goal. But if you're going to sit there and let the guy kick at that HUGE fucking net from 20 or so yards away he should hit it everytime unless he's some kind of pussy. That wasn't any farther than an extra point.
If you got someone who understands defense like Bill Parcells to coach these guys no one would ever score in one of these games.
By the way, I caught abpit 4 minutes of the Paraguay/South Africa game last night (needed something to put me to sleep), and I saw the second goal by Paraguay... Why do they just let him stand there and kick the damn thing? If you run at the fuck while he's trying to kick and put some pressure on him there's less chance he's going to score that easy fucking goal. But if you're going to sit there and let the guy kick at that HUGE fucking net from 20 or so yards away he should hit it everytime unless he's some kind of pussy. That wasn't any farther than an extra point.
If you got someone who understands defense like Bill Parcells to coach these guys no one would ever score in one of these games.
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The forced us to play every year in gym class. Little ball, giant net... Just kick it in and run the other way.
Seriously, though. I sat there watching them set up for that kick and there was just no fucking way someone could miss that.
I'm thinking that if they didn't have to waste their time running up and down that gigantic field there might actually be some action. But they're so damn winded from having to run 80 yards or so before they can actually try and do something that they just kick the damn ball over the white line so they can take a breather.
Seriously, though. I sat there watching them set up for that kick and there was just no fucking way someone could miss that.
I'm thinking that if they didn't have to waste their time running up and down that gigantic field there might actually be some action. But they're so damn winded from having to run 80 yards or so before they can actually try and do something that they just kick the damn ball over the white line so they can take a breather.
? If you run at the fuck while he's trying to kick and put some pressure on him there's less chance he's going to score that easy fucking goal. But if you're going to sit there and let the guy kick at that HUGE fucking net from 20 or so yards away he should hit it everytime unless he's some kind of pussy. That wasn't any farther than an extra point.
Oh dear...another lacking knowledge..as my learned friend MarkB said...what the writer doesn't know is that until the ball has been kicked/passed from a free kick...you can't..as he crudely remarks...run at the fuck and put pressure on him....it's not like the american football..it is a little more intricate and certainly quicker than that.
Life goes on.....roll on England v Argentina..that is going to be the crucial one now (hoping the Argies beat Sweden).
Oh dear...another lacking knowledge..as my learned friend MarkB said...what the writer doesn't know is that until the ball has been kicked/passed from a free kick...you can't..as he crudely remarks...run at the fuck and put pressure on him....it's not like the american football..it is a little more intricate and certainly quicker than that.
Life goes on.....roll on England v Argentina..that is going to be the crucial one now (hoping the Argies beat Sweden).
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