de football! futball!! SOCCER!!!

[megadud]

what is so great about this sport? it has been dubbed the most famous world wide sport. and evryone seems to love it. I couldn't get into it. Watching a bunch of guys kick a ball around and score a goal every 45 minutes isn't appealing. I like hockey, fast paced not so big area, a small puck and contact. I also looove golf. seeing where they are going to hit it and watching tiger come back from 3 strokes down with 5 left. but soccer i don't get. is it the atmosphere? a bunch of hooligans going crazy for there team? or is the sport itself fun to watch?

[SuperDud]

You can watch golf...but not soccer/football?

Admittedly I can't really watch either. I wouldn't mind playing either, but watching it is to slow to keep my attention.

[JB73]

golf is relaxing to watch... and exciting, will he make that lay up, will he miss that 3 footer for bird, can he hit out of the rough that far?


soccer there is like no score, games end 0-0.



thats not a game



thats televised excersize by men in loud clothes.

[Skuzzy]

People into immediate gratification will not appreciate soccer.  I blame MTV.

[Nilsen]

I don't get it either megadud.

[Skuzzy]

I am not a big soccer fan, but that is attributed to a bad soccer episode when I was younger.

[Nilsen]

Did the other kids treat you like a ball?

[Raider179]

Originally posted by megadud
what is so great about this sport? it has been dubbed the most famous world wide sport. and evryone seems to love it. I couldn't get into it. Watching a bunch of guys kick a ball around and score a goal every 45 minutes isn't appealing. I like hockey, fast paced not so big area, a small puck and contact. I also looove golf. seeing where they are going to hit it and watching tiger come back from 3 strokes down with 5 left. but soccer i don't get. is it the atmosphere? a bunch of hooligans going crazy for there team? or is the sport itself fun to watch?

I take this to mean you have never played. Much like any sport playing it gives you an insight into it that outsiders dont get. Soccer is fast paced, just low scoring.

[Skuzzy]

Originally posted by Nilsen
Did the other kids treat you like a ball?

A ball was definately involved.

[JB73]

lol skuzzy!


btw since you are around the boards... any word on my skin yet?

[indy007]

I love soccer, played since I was 4, and looking for an adult league that speaks english (hard to find in Houston). Score depends on skill mis-match, we've run up games 16-0 and were playing 7 vs 11 after the 6th goal... damn, I can still remember that game from 12 years ago.

Can't watch soccer though, I hate the playing styles of alot of countries & makes it boring for me. Unless I was with a group of die-hard hooligans I wouldn't go to a match.

I pretty much only watch Boxing & racing. Anything else doesn't hold my attention for very long...

ps: Skuzzy, my desire for instant gratification isn't from MTV. I blame it on having a T3 while everybody else was just upgrading to 28.8k modems

[Furball]

by far the most important thing if you are spectating football is to watch an entertaining team.  Watch the English or Spanish leagues.

[Gh0stFT]

I dont watch national or international Fußball Leagues, i just dont have
the time to watch.
But Fußball World-Championship or European-Championship is a MUST SEE!
Nothing better, with some friends & beers to watch your team winning ! ;*)
btw. World Championship 2006 is held in germany! Now this will
be a BIG party for sure LOL

[Furball]

Ghost, is Alexander Hleb any good?

Arsenal have just signed him - never seen him play

[Gh0stFT]

Furball, not much help from me, like i said i dont watch the
leagues, but i saw him a few times on TV giving interviews.
A youngster, looks like he can play Fußball kinda good