[quote]1-packlondoner wrote:
Great post man, but did you ever stop to think that when you guys aren’t looking, maybe we Europeans do EVERYTHING with our feet. Washing up. Making toast. Fighting duels. Invading Poland.
The Pilgrim Fathers were actually a bunch of freaks who liked to pick everything up with their hands and so subsequently we sent them packing on a ship we just pointed west.
[quote]Kuz wrote:
1-packlondoner wrote:
Great post man, but did you ever stop to think that when you guys aren’t looking, maybe we Europeans do EVERYTHING with our feet. Washing up. Making toast. Fighting duels. Invading Poland.
The Pilgrim Fathers were actually a bunch of freaks who liked to pick everything up with their hands and so subsequently we sent them packing on a ship we just pointed west.
From 4 years ago, anyway, no wayis the ginger guy on the left a Brazillian, he is probably some pervert painted himself green and yellow and went and stood next too a nice pair of tits all game.
From 4 years ago, anyway, no wayis the ginger guy on the left a Brazillian, he is probably some pervert painted himself green and yellow and went and stood next too a nice pair of tits all game.
Can’t fault it![/quote]
Soo pleased it wasn’t the women in the top pic with their tits out!
Its not everything I love about Soccer, but the thing I used to love the most were the Meat Pies at Aberdeen matches (back when they were good). I would give my left nut for one of these babys right about now.
[quote]Kayrob wrote:
Its not everything I love about Soccer, but the thing I used to love the most were the Meat Pies at Aberdeen matches (back when they were good). I would give my left nut for one of these babys right about now.[/quote]
Ha ha… Can’t beat a good dose of food poisoning to go with your football.
[quote]supermick wrote:
superscience wrote:
I just think youve bummed it up to much because it is not that great.
The stamina needed for a match isnt incredible either.
I do enjoy the game and i enjoy playing it an odd time in the year, but the level of skill produced from the pros in football isn great enough to be classed as incredible, only some pros are truly incredible.
Things i love about the game are, its very exciting watching big matches like in the world cup, champions league etc.
Sprinting to beat someone to the ball is also cool. Long balls in the game are amazing to watch and it gives you a good feeling you complete one yourself.
But the best thing about the game is scoring and watching scorchers hit the back of the net.
superscience your comments in general led me to ask about your age in the thread the other day. You sound like youve just achieved a GNVQ in sports science or something. Regardind your comments…
'I do enjoy the game and i enjoy playing it an odd time in the year, but the level of skill produced from the pros in football isn great enough to be classed as incredible, only some pros are truly incredible. ’
The level of skill to make it appear easy is misleading. I dont mean the fancy ronaldo shit either.
The rest of your post resembles a 10 year olds essay on what he did for the summer holidays.
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I type off the top of my head and dont do much proof reading. The level of skill needed to make it appear easy isnt that high.
I gave the reasons why I love the game and asked why others do. How’s that bumming it up?
It was the line saying the level of stamina needed was incredible that made me think this.
Saying ‘it’s not that great’ is neither a particularly erudite statement nor does it serve to add anything at all to the conversation.
Maybe i should have just kept quiet, or maybe i got the wrong idea of the post.
And really, who made you arbiter of what can and can’t be classed as ‘incredible’?
Ive played football before was good, then participated in other sports, all i have to do is compare.
Here’s a video of some kids playing. Not top pros. Not even pros at all - And they are devastating to watch.
If you can’t find entertainment in that you have something seriously wrong with you.
The video was amazing to watch some very skilled players, but the poor defending to make it look better. Not very many pros have the skill level of those young chaps.
Oh, and yes the best moment is when someone scores but if it happened every thirty seconds then it wouldn’t be quite so exciting. Also, it is the build up to the goal that makes it exciting, not the act of the ball crossing the line.
I think the reason soccer hasn’t caught on in America is that there’s really no stats. I mean, I guess goals, but some of the best players in the world rarely score. We Americans love to see stats, home runs, passing yards, rebounds, etc. etc.
[quote]jtrinsey wrote:
I think the reason soccer hasn’t caught on in America is that there’s really no stats. I mean, I guess goals, but some of the best players in the world rarely score. We Americans love to see stats, home runs, passing yards, rebounds, etc. etc.[/quote]
Interesting point I had not considered, but I think you’re right. When it comes to sports, we are a completely stat-obsessed nation. Hell, when we don’t have enough stats, we will go and create some more! WHIP for baseball! YAC for football! I mean, maybe if there was something showing distance from which goals were struck on average. lol
[quote]Anthony Roberts wrote:
In honor of the World Cup, I have set the thermometer on my Air Conditioner to read in Celcius instead of Farenheight, and have set the Odometer in my car to read in Kilometers.
Carry on.[/quote]
If England win the Cup you best set your odo back to miles.
[quote]jtrinsey wrote:
I think the reason soccer hasn’t caught on in America is that there’s really no stats. I mean, I guess goals, but some of the best players in the world rarely score. We Americans love to see stats, home runs, passing yards, rebounds, etc. etc.[/quote]
Good point, but the beauty of the game is in the WHOLE of the game. A perfect sliding tackle can be just as satisfying as a good goal.
[quote]Kuz wrote:
jtrinsey wrote:
I think the reason soccer hasn’t caught on in America is that there’s really no stats. I mean, I guess goals, but some of the best players in the world rarely score. We Americans love to see stats, home runs, passing yards, rebounds, etc. etc.
Interesting point I had not considered, but I think you’re right. When it comes to sports, we are a completely stat-obsessed nation. Hell, when we don’t have enough stats, we will go and create some more! WHIP for baseball! YAC for football! I mean, maybe if there was something showing distance from which goals were struck on average. lol[/quote]
You guys might want to check out Opta - The stats people for football. Every little detail of every player for every match is there…
You obviously didn’t play at a high level, otherwise you would have mentioned it.
There’s a million Sunday-League Peles out there but relative to pros there is no comparison.
Check out the Opta stats for the amount of ground a premiership winger or midfielder covers, in addition to the tackling, passing shooting etc over the course of a 90 min match and I think you’ll find they work their arses off.
Why would I, a born American, love soccer/futbol? First off, let me explain that I used to share the American trait of hate for the sport. I slowly started to realize after joining an outdoor soccer recreation league (more primarily to run) that this sport can be fun. It’s fun to chase a ball rather than just run against the clock (track & field).
Then I went to Spain to study for 4 months and my friend out there brought me to a Real Madrid game. The PASSION and EXCITEMENT was unlike anything I’ve seen before in America. Now I’ve attended professional level games of American football, basketball, hockey, baseball, golf matches… nothing compares. Let me clarify, I have never attended a playoff game of any sort nor a big rivalry game like the Red Sox vs. Yankees, but that’s exactly the point. I went to see Real Madrid play Betis and Cadiz, two teams that placed last in the whole Spanish league for the season, yet the intensity was still ridiculous.
That experience has changed my view on the sport and now I love the sport. And then the World Cup… there is just no equivilant to it!
I’m a relative newcomer to soccer. I only play pick-up or intramurals, but it’s fun. The game feels very fluid and free, which I appreciate. One thing I noticed recently watching the World Cup is that there are no comercials. I’m a great lover of basketball, but recently I’ve found it harder and harder to watch, just because of all the commercials and hype. It’s amazing to be able to watch 45 straight minutes of sports with no interruption from irritating comercials and cheesy promotional pieces.
I’ve been a soccer fan for some time now, but only 3 years ago did I truly become completely immersed in it.
I belive soccer can be thought of as a thinking persons sport, it’s similar to chess in attack and defense simultaneously occuring. The tactics required to produce a high quality match are often lost in the translation for most newcomers to the sport.
This could be a reason for a lot of people begining to watch soccer, to turn away from it. I’m sure that a lot of them don’t get what’s truly coming together. It isn’t far off from a planned out NFL play. The big difference is that it occurs without the memorization and textbook studying, rather it takes time to get used to a teammates tendancies and playing styles.
I’m a multi-sport athlete, as I’m sure most of the readers of this forum are, and I’d bet that most would agree that football, basketball, baseball, etc. aren’t very difficult to learn the tactics. Soccer for me took years to understand, it isn’t a sport that you can learn with plays, rather creativity rules.
Soccer v. football v. baseball is an arguement that will never be settled and I’m not one to say which sport is better. Rather some people are better suited for other games.
I’ll stop my ramble, but these are only a couple reasons why I love the art of soccer.
Why would I, a born American, love soccer/futbol? First off, let me explain that I used to share the American trait of hate for the sport. I slowly started to realize after joining an outdoor soccer recreation league (more primarily to run) that this sport can be fun. It’s fun to chase a ball rather than just run against the clock (track & field).
Then I went to Spain to study for 4 months and my friend out there brought me to a Real Madrid game. The PASSION and EXCITEMENT was unlike anything I’ve seen before in America. Now I’ve attended professional level games of American football, basketball, hockey, baseball, golf matches… nothing compares. Let me clarify, I have never attended a playoff game of any sort nor a big rivalry game like the Red Sox vs. Yankees, but that’s exactly the point. I went to see Real Madrid play Betis and Cadiz, two teams that placed last in the whole Spanish league for the season, yet the intensity was still ridiculous.
That experience has changed my view on the sport and now I love the sport. And then the World Cup… there is just no equivilant to it![/quote]
Good post. I forgot the fans!
I’ve been to a White Sox game years back but never to an American Football game but the atmosphere at say, the old Wembley Stadium with 80,000 fans screaming, shouting and singing non-stop for 90mins PLUS half-time is something to behold.
You lucky so and so, watching Real at the Bernabeau…
