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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: megadud on June 28, 2005, 03:18:25 PM
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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?
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You can watch golf...but not soccer/football?:confused:
Admittedly I can't really watch either. I wouldn't mind playing either, but watching it is to slow to keep my attention.
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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.
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People into immediate gratification will not appreciate soccer. I blame MTV.
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I don't get it either megadud.
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I am not a big soccer fan, but that is attributed to a bad soccer episode when I was younger.
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Did the other kids treat you like a ball?
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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.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Did the other kids treat you like a ball?
A ball was definately involved.
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lol skuzzy!
btw since you are around the boards... any word on my skin yet?
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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 :)
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by far the most important thing if you are spectating football is to watch an entertaining team. Watch the English or Spanish leagues.
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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
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Ghost, is Alexander Hleb any good?
Arsenal have just signed him - never seen him play
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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 ;)
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A bad soccer episode, Skuzzy? Try watching my local team week in week out. ;)
Toughens you up mentally though...
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Yeah, bad is the nice way to put it.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Yeah, bad is the nice way to put it.
Did it envolve more than the soccer "ball";)
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i have never played soccer for a team only in gym class at school. I did go to one of my schools games and some kid got kicked in the face and had to leave in an ambulance blood everywhere that was pretty cool. Our team always got into fights and one time one of our players through his shoe at another player.
I guess i just think it lacks contact. Furball neer saw the euro league. I did watch the USA womans team beat everyone up though that was good fun to watch. Who is the 14 year old superstud soccer player? What team does he play for? i think it would be fun to watch a 14 year old run around older players.
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Never heard of a 14 year old professional player. I don't think women's football is very representative of the sport as a whole.
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I think you should watch game like Milan vs Liverpool, maybe then you can understand what it's all about.
When bad teams play, game is bad, regardless of the score.
Yet, in soccer there are quite few great and exciting games that end in 0:0 score.
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Megadud, maybe you can tell me some differences (besides the use of sticks and the surface) between football and hockey.
Both have a goalie guarding a goal at either end of the playing surface, both can end in ties, both have typical scores of 1 - 0 or maybe 3 - 2... In both the object is to pass the ball/puck into a position that could allow for a shot on goal while defending against that same thing by the opposing team...
I would think if one loved one of these sports, he could at least appreciate the other.
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Megadud, maybe you can tell me some differences (besides the use of sticks and the surface) between football and hockey.
Both have a goalie guarding a goal at either end of the playing surface, both can end in ties, both have typical scores of 1 - 0 or maybe 3 - 2... In both the object is to pass the ball/puck into a position that could allow for a shot on goal while defending against that same thing by the opposing team...
I would think if one loved one of these sports, he could at least appreciate the other.
Well, in hockey they let them fight until somebody is off their feet. Once a guy hits the ground, damage can actually be done since they're not sliding around, and the referees jump in and pull them apart. Finally, they get punished by waiting 3 minutes in a small box while their team plays down 4 vs 5.
In soccer, fighting (I geuss due to the lack of pads) is rewarded with player ejection and sometimes multiple game suspensions.
Instead of direct & indirect kicks you get face offs. Penalty kicks ... I dunno wtf you'd call it in hockey but they're both 1 vs 1 against the goalie.
Other than that, they're not much different. Even some of the rules (offsides) are similar.
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soccer is a way for people who's countries are very socialist and repressive... a way for those people to let loose and kill each other in an orgy of rioting. A way to get back to their human side.
the fact that it is so boring to watch allows fans to get even angrier.
lazs
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Megadud, maybe you can tell me some differences (besides the use of sticks and the surface) between football and hockey.
Both have a goalie guarding a goal at either end of the playing surface, both can end in ties, both have typical scores of 1 - 0 or maybe 3 - 2... In both the object is to pass the ball/puck into a position that could allow for a shot on goal while defending against that same thing by the opposing team...
I would think if one loved one of these sports, he could at least appreciate the other.
The soccer field is too big, and hockey is faster paced. they have fights and checks (someone smashes into another player to get him away from puck) and the stick handling ismore interesting then a guy kicking a ball. I would rather watch a nice looking hockey goal rather then a nice looking soccer goals. I don't hate soccer i just don't think it is as exciting as any other sport there is.
lol lazs2 your right....
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So is it the same reason americans riot when their team loses playing american football?
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Originally posted by thrila
So is it the same reason americans riot when their team loses playing american football?
in 32 years alive i have never seen a riot when a football team loses.
i have seen huge celebrations when winning the superbowl, though mainly it is getting piss poor drunk, and going "WOOOO HOOOO" down whatever main street the rest of the people are.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
A ball was definately involved.
Only one?
That explains some things......
;)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/209_1081438631_swoop.gif)
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American football is more entertaining, and yet its spreading across the world. Especially its hitting Europe and Canada with them having their own American football leagues.
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Soccer? Football you mean ( a game played with the feet! ) Is loved and followed the world over. Its a true world championship. Unlike many other sports which claim to be world series or whatever. To not understand that and accept that if this is the case there might just be something beatifull about the game is a bit like being the odd kid in the playground who refuses to like something just because everyone else does!
And that about sums it up for me.
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lazs is not right...he is very wrong, and very rude. He should be more respectful of other cultures, sports etc. He should behave in the same way he expects others to behave when discussing America...but he doesn't. He's a very naughty boy.
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I used to play soccer. I also coached at various times throughout my life.
I now DESPISE it. The fans and the organizers are among the arrogant and obnoxious of ANY sport I've EVER dealt with, stick and ball, or motorsports. Our local soccer club is among the worst.
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Originally posted by megadud
i have never played soccer for a team only in gym class at school. I did go to one of my schools games and some kid got kicked in the face and had to leave in an ambulance blood everywhere that was pretty cool. Our team always got into fights and one time one of our players through his shoe at another player.
I guess i just think it lacks contact. Furball neer saw the euro league. I did watch the USA womans team beat everyone up though that was good fun to watch. Who is the 14 year old superstud soccer player? What team does he play for? i think it would be fun to watch a 14 year old run around older players.
you talking about Freddy Adu? never seen him play, hes older than 14 though. IIRC he is Ghanian with an american citizenship
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Originally posted by Skydancer
Soccer? Football you mean ( a game played with the feet! ) Is loved and followed the world over. Its a true world championship. Unlike many other sports which claim to be world series or whatever. To not understand that and accept that if this is the case there might just be something beatifull about the game is a bit like being the odd kid in the playground who refuses to like something just because everyone else does!
And that about sums it up for me.
actually baseball is very world recognized. It is approprietly called world series. Here in america soccer or football is usually played by little kids or high schoolers who are afraid to get hit in football. at least thats how it was at my high school. also basketball players played to stay in shape.
and yes furball freddy adu. he isn't to much older then 14 and he is a rich little kid.
PS when i played soccer in gym it was fun but watching it is a headache.
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Originally posted by Hoarach
American football is more entertaining, and yet its spreading across the world. Especially its hitting Europe and Canada with them having their own American football leagues.
Having lived in US and in Europe, i assure you that people in US are more aware of existance of Europian American Football League, than they are in europe :)
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Originally posted by megadud
It is approprietly called world series. Here in america soccer or football is usually played by little kids or high schoolers who are afraid to get hit in football. at least thats how it was at my high school. also basketball players played to stay in shape.
Other than the US and Canada what other countries play in that so deservedly named World Series?
Regardless of what is done in America millions upon millions of people play the real football all over the world. They don't do it because they are afraid of getting "hit in football": 1. Because football is not a hitting game...American Football is, and 2. American Football isn't played in most of those countries.
It is a big world out there...before you harp on about other parts of it maybe you should go and take a look yourself.
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Baseball world Champions 2004 is Sotkamon Jymy from Finland :p
Baseball (http://www.publiscan.fi/sp02e-8.htm)
Just like Football or american football, kind of boring sports to watch, unless you know what's happening on the field.
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Originally posted by Curval
Other than the US and Canada what other countries play in that so deservedly named World Series?
Regardless of what is done in America millions upon millions of people play the real football all over the world. They don't do it because they are afraid of getting "hit in football": 1. Because football is not a hitting game...American Football is, and 2. American Football isn't played in most of those countries.
It is a big world out there...before you harp on about other parts of it maybe you should go and take a look yourself.
well it is an olympic sport and there are baseball players in the MLB from all over the world. thats why it is world series. I never said people don't play it, i know they play it i just don't get what is so exciting about watching it. you need to take an advil and settle down abit mr curval. the real football is played in US and consists of pads and pigskin. north america just isn't a big soccer continent i guess. if most of these countrys tried out football they would love it!
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curval... I would never be so rude as to act the way I expect others on this board to act when discussing America. I just don't have that kind of envy and hate in me.
Plus... I am a sensitive and empathetic person by nature..
lazs
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Americans only like games which they put under the banner of "World Series" (when no other countries are participating) and in which scoring involves adding around 10 points to the score (they like big numbers) Heaven forbid that they have to compete on a level playing field! The 1994 world cup was interesting - I think the US made good hosts.
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The trouble with the Gridiron game is that every time it gets going it stops! If you get what I mean. Watching it is interminable. Games go on for too long. The action only happens in brief bursts and its all geared to advertising and commercial breaks. Many years ago I got taken to see the Patriots play in Boston. It was certainly an experience but In truth I enjoyed it about as much as I enjoy our cricket. Ie not a lot. Its only saving grace is its very tactical and stuff but so is Chess and that makes rubbish spectating too!
Football is 90 mins of non stop action, its tactical, full of larger than life characters totaly intense especialy when part of the crowd at your teams big matches ( sadly too few with Ipswich these days! ) and a great game to play watch and be part of. You can go for a couple of hours yell your head off and then go down the pub and speculate about what might have been. Roll on the real World Cup competition.
The downside is that Big money men who give sod all about the game are taking it over to milk for profit. Malcom Glazier anyone? And the players salary's are obscene! Still I'd take football over gridiron any day.
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"I never said people don't play it, i know they play it i just don't get what is so exciting about watching it."
What you said was that in America people who usually play the game are either kids or people who are afriad of getting hit in "football".
"the real football is played in US and consists of pads and pigskin."
No. The REAL football is played worldwide and Americans call it soccer.
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indeed
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soccer is a cheap way to get kids active and to reduce obesity, all you need is a ball and two feet and a piece of grass. for that is its universal appeal from ghettos to gated communities throughout the world.
curval you're missing the obvious, the main reason american sports thrives is that they enjoy the socialist concept of redistribution of wealth.
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why would anyone (except maybe rioters) watch sports? Is your life so empty or... do you just have bad weather?
lazs
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folks, nobody forces anyone to watch some kind of sport they dislike.
watch what you like. If you dont like Fußball, dont watch it, its so easy ;)
pleeeeaaasseee dont turn this thread into "my sport is betta then your sport!!!11"
yes i heard the storys too where people snoring while watching interesting sport.