"Soccer"

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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    CityMouse wrote:
    I find each play exciting, it doesn't have to be a shot- it's more about who wins the ball? what's the strategy? what cool footwork and athleticism(sp?) will they use? It's really not any different from football. it's not they score touchdowns every two seconds either. In fact it took me so long to get into football because it takes so gd long for anything to go ANYWHERE.




    well there's only no money in it because there's no money it...chicken and egg thing. but in terms of athletes choosing...people who become professional atheletes choose their sports when they're like 5. If you play football, you play football. if you play golf, you play golf. you can be an all around good athlete but at the pro level, you stick with what you've been trained at for years. There are exceptions, but I don't think too many 20 year old guys are waking up and saying "hmm, should I try out for the mlb or the nfl today?"
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  • luxpjamer
    luxpjamer Posts: 837
    saveuplife wrote:
    No offense, soccer has some great atheletes... but the sport is very very boring to watch.


    you know that soccer is football and not baseball or cricket... ;)
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  • NothingSound
    NothingSound Posts: 198
    CityMouse wrote:
    well there's only no money in it because there's no money it...chicken and egg thing. but in terms of athletes choosing...people who become professional atheletes choose their sports when they're like 5. If you play football, you play football. if you play golf, you play golf. you can be an all around good athlete but at the pro level, you stick with what you've been trained at for years. There are exceptions, but I don't think too many 20 year old guys are waking up and saying "hmm, should I try out for the mlb or the nfl today?"

    That's not what I meant. I meant by the time kids get to high school, if they're even remotely talented enough to perhaps start to think about sports as a viable future, of course they'd pick something other then soccer to focus on because there is no future there (even if it is the kid's favorite sport).
  • CityMouse
    CityMouse Posts: 1,010
    NothingSound wrote:
    That's not what I meant. I meant by the time kids get to high school, if they're even remotely talented enough to perhaps start to think about sports as a viable future, of course they'd pick something other then soccer to focus on because there is no future there (even if it is the kid's favorite sport).

    well maybe but even then if you've been playing soccer as a kid and you're really good at it, you're going to go out for high school soccer team, not the high school football team because you don't know if you're any good at football, even if you're overall "athletic". I think if you grow up playing TWO sports like say football and baseball then yeah, you might start thinking along those lines as to what you're going to focus on. but if you're outstanding at soccer, then you're outstanding at soccer. And as someone mentioned, kids play soccer ALL year, so there's a good chance you don't even get try other stuff.

    and don't forget there are different body types involved in these things too.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    hehe, americans' understanding of "soccer" is hilarious. - "there's not enough shots on goal".

    ugh. How do you people enjoy baseball?
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  • ozpjman
    ozpjman Posts: 872
    Lee_Jam wrote:
    All this chat of Baseball and the likes got me wondering...any "soccer" fans over here? Ya know, football (Not the one with the shoulder pads and the advertisements, the one with the overpaid foreigners and the silky skills..) and all that?

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  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    saveuplife wrote:
    No offense, soccer has some great atheletes... but the sport is very very boring to watch.
    maybe for some, but do you realise how easy these players make it look?!?! the game is class, there is soo much skill involved. goals aren't everything, i've seen some AMAZING 0-0 draws. guess it depends on the style of game the teams play though, being an arsenal fan i'm spoiled. they can be frustrating at times when they trying to walk the ball into the back of the net, but they play BEAUTIFUL football! :D

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  • itsevobaby
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    NothingSound wrote:
    Soccer will never take off because there's no money in it.
    :eek:

    Ahh ohhkaaay.... :confused:

    there is a world beyond the states you know ;)
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  • CityMouse
    CityMouse Posts: 1,010
    itsevobaby wrote:
    :eek:

    Ahh ohhkaaay.... :confused:

    there is a world beyond the states you know ;)

    he was saying there's no money in it in the states, as a reason for why it's not popular in the states.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    NothingSound wrote:
    Soccer will never take off because there's no money in it.
    uh.... go wikipedia Cristiano Ronaldo.
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  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    CityMouse wrote:
    he was saying there's no money in it in the states, as a reason for why it's not popular in the states.
    yeah i realise, but football is GLOBAL. our national players get nowhere playing football at home, so where do most of them go to play to pick up contracts? America! why? because MANY players playing in the MLS have scored HUGE contracts in europe & all over the world. world football is right on your doorstep!
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  • pearljammin41
    pearljammin41 Posts: 465
    Soccer blows.............


    Carry on
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    baseball - fat bastards in pyjamas who grab their groins a lot to check if they still have nuts, then they spit a lot, probably from checking each others nuts with their mouths prior ro taking the field. then they all sit in their pyjamas and watch 1 guy hit a fucking ball. Even Helen Keller could hit a fucking baseball.


    US football - overpaid fat blokes who wear enough padding to soak up a blue whale's period. The have 9.2 gagillion stoppages in which various colours of flags are thrown around the pitch. All teams have about 400 backroom staff and the only guys who uses his 'foot' in 'football' is the kicker who is normally a soccer reject from Wisconsin who couldnt make it into soccer. He is only used about 4 times in a match and other than that he practices kicking... which apart from breathing is the worlds easiest thing to do. "so i have to kick this ball, a ball which is teed up for me, in a straight line into goals that are so large they resemble Goliath's stilts?... how easy is that!!"

    Basketball - only people who are 6 foot 10 or over can play. ergo its shit. At least its fast and furious, which is something, but hardly anyone can make it pro as you need genetics on your side... although Teenwolf was pretty awesome i grant thee...


    Soccer - the beautiful game. anyone can play, all you need is a ball and some clothes to make goalposts ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    dunkman wrote:
    baseball - fat bastards in pyjamas who grab their groins a lot to check if they still have nuts, then they spit a lot, probably from checking each others nuts with their mouths prior ro taking the field. then they all sit in their pyjamas and watch 1 guy hit a fucking ball. Even Helen Keller could hit a fucking baseball.


    US football - overpaid fat blokes who wear enough padding to soak up a blue whale's period. The have 9.2 gagillion stoppages in which various colours of flags are thrown around the pitch. All teams have about 400 backroom staff and the only guys who uses his 'foot' in 'football' is the kicker who is normally a soccer reject from Wisconsin who couldnt make it into soccer. He is only used about 4 times in a match and other than that he practices kicking... which apart from breathing is the worlds easiest thing to do. "so i have to kick this ball, a ball which is teed up for me, in a straight line into goals that are so large they resemble Goliath's stilts?... how easy is that!!"

    Basketball - only people who are 6 foot 10 or over can play. ergo its shit. At least its fast and furious, which is something, but hardly anyone can make it pro as you need genetics on your side... although Teenwolf was pretty awesome i grant thee...


    Soccer - the beautiful game. anyone can play, all you need is a ball and some clothes to make goalposts ;)
    You've just stolen my post. I need to say no more. Mind you I do love it when Americans start talking about football (Soccer). It's like watching a 2 year old trying to ride a bike.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    nuffingman wrote:
    You've just stolen my post. I need to say no more. Mind you I do love it when Americans start talking about football (Soccer). It's like watching a 2 year old trying to ride a bike.
    Then when Europeans start talking about baseball it's like watching a 2 year old argue with a 2 year old.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    Rygar wrote:
    Then when Europeans start talking about baseball it's like watching a 2 year old argue with a 2 year old.
    I've never heard 2 Europeans taliking about baseball. :p
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    nuffingman wrote:
    I've never heard 2 Europeans taliking about baseball. :p
    I'd explain what I meant, but my sarcasm detector exploded reading your post, so I think you already know ;)
  • saveuplife
    saveuplife Posts: 1,173
    dunkman wrote:
    baseball - fat bastards in pyjamas who grab their groins a lot to check if they still have nuts, then they spit a lot, probably from checking each others nuts with their mouths prior ro taking the field. then they all sit in their pyjamas and watch 1 guy hit a fucking ball. Even Helen Keller could hit a fucking baseball.


    US football - overpaid fat blokes who wear enough padding to soak up a blue whale's period. The have 9.2 gagillion stoppages in which various colours of flags are thrown around the pitch. All teams have about 400 backroom staff and the only guys who uses his 'foot' in 'football' is the kicker who is normally a soccer reject from Wisconsin who couldnt make it into soccer. He is only used about 4 times in a match and other than that he practices kicking... which apart from breathing is the worlds easiest thing to do. "so i have to kick this ball, a ball which is teed up for me, in a straight line into goals that are so large they resemble Goliath's stilts?... how easy is that!!"

    Basketball - only people who are 6 foot 10 or over can play. ergo its shit. At least its fast and furious, which is something, but hardly anyone can make it pro as you need genetics on your side... although Teenwolf was pretty awesome i grant thee...


    Soccer - the beautiful game. anyone can play, all you need is a ball and some clothes to make goalposts ;)

    Ok. I'll say it....

    Midgets and talentless hacks play soccer.
  • rearviewmiror
    rearviewmiror Posts: 894
    I love this. Someone just tries to start a thread, and those who know they don't like the topic come in and bash the topic.

    Anyways. Soccer is my favorite sport and Baseball is my second favorite. So apparently I am the most boring human alive!
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,712
    rearviewmiror wrote:
    I love this. Someone just tries to start a thread, and those who know they don't like the topic come in and bash the topic.

    Anyways. Soccer is my favorite sport and Baseball is my second favorite. So apparently I am the most boring human alive!
    If you aren't the most boring human alive, you're definitely unique ;)

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