[quote]Vegita wrote:
[quote]Jack Urboady wrote:
[You were claiming to be an alien at one point for fucks sake.
[/quote]
Maybe that should have tipped you off that I was just messin around. Or perhaps not.
V[/quote]
I thought you said you were going to get out of here?
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]Vegita wrote:
[quote]Jack Urboady wrote:
[You were claiming to be an alien at one point for fucks sake.
[/quote]
Maybe that should have tipped you off that I was just messin around. Or perhaps not.
V[/quote]
I thought you said you were going to get out of here?[/quote]
I never actually said that, I just said I’m done. I kind of left it open so I could repond, yet I will not bust anyone balls anymore about the sport being discussed here. Fair enough right?
V
[quote]Vegita wrote:
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]Vegita wrote:
[quote]Jack Urboady wrote:
[You were claiming to be an alien at one point for fucks sake.
[/quote]
Maybe that should have tipped you off that I was just messin around. Or perhaps not.
V[/quote]
I thought you said you were going to get out of here?[/quote]
I never actually said that, I just said I’m done. I kind of left it open so I could repond, yet I will not bust anyone balls anymore about the sport being discussed here. Fair enough right?
V[/quote]
or just GTFO, either way.
I can’t wait to watch the South African game, considering it’s a national holiday for them, I except those vuvuzelas to be louder than ever. They also have the sickest nickname (Bafana Bafana), hopefully they can score some goals to match.
Damn V, musta left a bad taste in their mouths. Can’t we all just get along?
I’m pissed cuz I can’t watch the games while I’m at work when most of them are on. Oh well, at least I can come here and get updates (since I’m already here anyway on other threads).
Oh, and Mascherano, please keep posting, I love your av.
Spain had won 45 out of their last 48 games. That’s an absolutely brilliant record, however you see it.
And then they got fucked by the Swiss lol!
Serves them right for not starting with Torrest and Fabregas. What kind of a twat doesn’t start with them?
I’ll take World Cup soccer over Nascar, Wimbledon and Golf for summer sports viewing any day. I’m not into standard soccer and I get easily confused, not by the game but by the teams. Admittedly it’s my own negligence for not paying closer attention.
But when the slate gets cleared and everyone is playing for their own country for the cup? That’s awesome. I dig it a lot. And the Vevuzela is fucking awesome lullabye white noise when you want to take a nap. I missed the Mexico match last Friday, so the first Match I got to see was Uruguay/France. Been checking in as much as possible ever since.
I’m not holding much hope for the US but I’ll always support the home squad… But damn, from a laymans eye Germany had their way with Oz big time and I hope to see more of the same dominance from them.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!
Nicely done Uruguay.
I dig the Fifa sites’ minute by minute commentary:
FORLAN (URU) Blasts his penalty into the back of the net, the keeper had no chance
Forlan is in top form. Nicely done by Uruguay.
[quote]Magicpunch wrote:
Spain had won 45 out of their last 48 games. That’s an absolutely brilliant record, however you see it.
And then they got fucked by the Swiss lol!
Serves them right for not starting with Torrest and Fabregas. What kind of a twat doesn’t start with them?[/quote]
Torres came off an injury but yeah Fabregas should have played instead of Xabi Alonso.
[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
But when the slate gets cleared and everyone is playing for their own country for the cup? That’s awesome.
[/quote]
That’s it in a nutshell mate
I will admit that I haven’t read all of the posts so if this is a repeat I apologize.
This is really my first time watching pro soccer, and I am amazed at how fragile the players are and yet how quickly they heal.
I mean upon brushing against the shoe of an opposing player one of the soccer players will go down writhing in pain from an injury that must be career ending if not life changing. Yet when the opposing player is not penalized the injured player is remarkably up and running around again. I think, in the interest of general health, that genetic studies need to be done so that these healing properties can be handed out to other pro athletes.
[quote]ZombieLover wrote:
I will admit that I haven’t read all of the posts so if this is a repeat I apologize.
This is really my first time watching pro soccer, and I am amazed at how fragile the players are and yet how quickly they heal.
I mean upon brushing against the shoe of an opposing player one of the soccer players will go down writhing in pain from an injury that must be career ending if not life changing. Yet when the opposing player is not penalized the injured player is remarkably up and running around again. I think, in the interest of general health, that genetic studies need to be done so that these healing properties can be handed out to other pro athletes. [/quote]
Some of it’s real - when you’re running at top speed, it often doesn’t take much to send you sprawling. But there’s also a lot of playing the referee. I’m now cheering against Portugal for this very reason. Ronaldo needs to spend a year in the NHL. Yet another reason why soccer needs to use video replays to check ref decisions.
[quote]ZombieLover wrote:
I will admit that I haven’t read all of the posts so if this is a repeat I apologize.
This is really my first time watching pro soccer, and I am amazed at how fragile the players are and yet how quickly they heal.
I mean upon brushing against the shoe of an opposing player one of the soccer players will go down writhing in pain from an injury that must be career ending if not life changing. Yet when the opposing player is not penalized the injured player is remarkably up and running around again. I think, in the interest of general health, that genetic studies need to be done so that these healing properties can be handed out to other pro athletes. [/quote]
Unfortunately that has become a part of the game, and some of the top players have become very good at drawing penalties that can in turn lead to set pieces. Christiano Ronaldo is notorious for flopping, but he is also one of the best and can drill shots from almost any set piece location, thus attempting to draw penalties from even the slightest push has become part of his game.
Recently, referees have actually started issuing yellow cards to players that flop or fake in an attempt to curb the flow of amateur acting, but drawing penalties is simply part of the game and players will do whatever they deem necessary in order to help their team win.
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]ZombieLover wrote:
I will admit that I haven’t read all of the posts so if this is a repeat I apologize.
This is really my first time watching pro soccer, and I am amazed at how fragile the players are and yet how quickly they heal.
I mean upon brushing against the shoe of an opposing player one of the soccer players will go down writhing in pain from an injury that must be career ending if not life changing. Yet when the opposing player is not penalized the injured player is remarkably up and running around again. I think, in the interest of general health, that genetic studies need to be done so that these healing properties can be handed out to other pro athletes. [/quote]
Unfortunately that has become a part of the game, and some of the top players have become very good at drawing penalties that can in turn lead to set pieces. Christiano Ronaldo is notorious for flopping, but he is also one of the best and can drill shots from almost any set piece location, thus attempting to draw penalties from even the slightest push has become part of his game.
Recently, referees have actually started issuing yellow cards to players that flop or fake in an attempt to curb the flow of amateur acting, but drawing penalties is simply part of the game and players will do whatever they deem necessary in order to help their team win.[/quote]
As a football fan I don’t really experience that kind of acting (except for punters and kickers but they don’t count). I think FIFA should have a melodrama award to hand out as an backhanded award, maybe a little public humiliation would help. 
On a serious note I’ve at least learned a little bit on how they try and set the other team up, but it is still hard to follow.
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Recently, referees have actually started issuing yellow cards to players that flop or fake in an attempt to curb the flow of amateur acting[/quote]
I hope this continues. In fact, I hope it increases. While watching Spain v. Swiss today, I was annoyed as hell by by how many times I saw a player needlessly flop, then throw his hands up in the air in disgust as though he just had unwarranted butt-sex.
[quote]ZombieLover wrote:
I will admit that I haven’t read all of the posts so if this is a repeat I apologize.
This is really my first time watching pro soccer, and I am amazed at how fragile the players are and yet how quickly they heal.
I mean upon brushing against the shoe of an opposing player one of the soccer players will go down writhing in pain from an injury that must be career ending if not life changing. Yet when the opposing player is not penalized the injured player is remarkably up and running around again. I think, in the interest of general health, that genetic studies need to be done so that these healing properties can be handed out to other pro athletes. [/quote]
I think there are a few reasons for this:
But mainly, its their regenerative genetic prowess (save the cheerleader, save the world) and amateur dramatics.
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
[quote]ZombieLover wrote:
I will admit that I haven’t read all of the posts so if this is a repeat I apologize.
This is really my first time watching pro soccer, and I am amazed at how fragile the players are and yet how quickly they heal.
I mean upon brushing against the shoe of an opposing player one of the soccer players will go down writhing in pain from an injury that must be career ending if not life changing. Yet when the opposing player is not penalized the injured player is remarkably up and running around again. I think, in the interest of general health, that genetic studies need to be done so that these healing properties can be handed out to other pro athletes. [/quote]
Unfortunately that has become a part of the game, and some of the top players have become very good at drawing penalties that can in turn lead to set pieces. Christiano Ronaldo is notorious for flopping, but he is also one of the best and can drill shots from almost any set piece location, thus attempting to draw penalties from even the slightest push has become part of his game.
Recently, referees have actually started issuing yellow cards to players that flop or fake in an attempt to curb the flow of amateur acting, but drawing penalties is simply part of the game and players will do whatever they deem necessary in order to help their team win.[/quote]
Argh, your US lingo offends me (not really) but confuses me. Whenever I hear the world “penalty” I literally think penalty kick, as do all us brits.
I think what you call drawing a penalty is what we call drawing a foul. Got it now.
Forlan is a sniper with the ball.
[quote]JN7844 wrote:
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Recently, referees have actually started issuing yellow cards to players that flop or fake in an attempt to curb the flow of amateur acting[/quote]
I hope this continues. In fact, I hope it increases. While watching Spain v. Swiss today, I was annoyed as hell by by how many times I saw a player needlessly flop, then throw his hands up in the air in disgust as though he just had unwarranted butt-sex.[/quote]
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that’s the one thing I hate most about soccer…The worst thing is when you’re playing soccer yourself and some idiot just falls down for no reason and pretends to be in dying pain. I wanna just kick them in the face and give them a reason to cry. For some reason I get really aggressive when somebody does that…
edit: This is not just limited to soccer though, I played basketball for 5 years and that flopping shit seems to catch up their as well.