Originally posted by spurs73Well, it has the opposite effect on me. When people ask me 'what team do you support?'
its the universal sport.The only sport that is played everywhere in the world.
England has the best league in the world... so why should we hide it?
I have meet so many people from all over the world through the love of football. I have become best friends with people who onset would have nothing in common with me, but when we talk about football the diffirences do not matter.
It really is the 'The Beautiful Game'
It really winds me up. It not only assumes that I give a s**t about some overpayed
numbskulls booting a bladder about, it also assumes that I haves some kind of knowledge
about the game.
I've enjoyed watching a number of games of the "beautiful game" in the past and can
see that there is some real skill and strategy in it. Great, fab. But's that not enough.
The testosterone filled latents have to take it a step further and turn it into a turf war
played on both a local and international scale. What about the game? Gone.
It's now just an excuse to behave like vicariously retarded gobots.
Originally posted by Thequ1ckWhat a strange thing to say! Why would someone assuming that you knew about something or assuming you were interested in something "wind you up"? I can't really think of anything more innocuous than that.
It really winds me up. It not only assumes that I give a s**t about some overpayed numbskulls booting a bladder about, it also assumes that I haves some kind of knowledge about the game.
Originally posted by FMFI'd agree if it didn't happen all the time.
What a strange thing to say! Why would someone assuming that you knew about something or assuming you were interested in something "wind you up"? I can't really think of anything more innocuous than that.
When I profess my ignorance and uninterest in the subject I then
receive a blank look like I'm simultaneously wearing a frock and
smoking a pipe.
in Originally posted by spurs73Unfortunately it tends to appeal mainly to those from the lower end of the social spectrum, and to encourage yobbish violent behaviour wherever it is played.
its the universal sport.The only sport that is played everywhere in the world.
England has the best league in the world... so why should we hide it?
I have meet so many people from all over the world through the love of football. I have become best friends with people who onset would have nothing in common with me, but when we talk about football the diffirences do not matter.
It really is the 'The Beautiful Game'
Regretably I have to admit that the inhabitants of the UK are among the worst offenders in this respect.
Originally posted by Thequ1ckYou don't like it. Fine. That's your choice. Move on.
What is it with English people and football?
Whenever you meet someone new or there is a lull in the conversation
it's always 'so how do you think X is doing in the Y?'
I've travelled quite a bit and the image people have of England is these
strangely enamored people.
What is it that's so supposedly great about this game?
Just don't presume you can label people or even know their motivations for liking it.
Originally posted by PalynkaBut the fact remains, whether you like it or not, that football (soccer) appeals mainly to the lower orders in any society, and attracts the attention of a disproportionate number of violent yobbos as compared with any other 'sport' at the present time.
You don't like it. Fine. That's your choice. Move on.
Just don't presume you can label people or even know their motivations for liking it.
Originally posted by revbute"Lower orders"? What a baffoon!
whether you like it or not, that football (soccer) appeals mainly to the lower orders in any society, and attracts the attention of a disproportionate number of violent yobbos
Well this Forum attracts the attention of a disproportionate number of malevolent little ninnies like you.
British culture has a disproportionate number of violent yobbos. Full stop. And they read the same newspapers as you.
To blame a sport for the behaviour of its fans is really a very very dim thing to be doing.
Originally posted by revbuteFunny, I could say the same about the BNP.
But the fact remains, whether you like it or not, that football (soccer) appeals mainly to the lower orders in any society, and attracts the attention of a disproportionate number of violent yobbos as compared with any other 'sport' at the present time.
Originally posted by FMFOh dear, you again from far off Indonesia. Do they play soccer where you come from?
"Lower orders"? What a baffoon!
Well this Forum attracts the attention of a disproportionate number of malevolent little ninnies like you.
British culture has a disproportionate number of violent yobbos. Full stop. And they read the same newspapers as you.
To blame a sport for the behaviour of its fans is really a very very dim thing to be doing.
Originally posted by revbuteNo air of snobbishness there😴
But the fact remains, whether you like it or not, that football (soccer) appeals mainly to the lower orders in any society, and attracts the attention of a disproportionate number of violent yobbos as compared with any other 'sport' at the present time.
Originally posted by revbuteYes, of course they do.
Oh dear, you again from far off Indonesia. Do they play soccer where you come from?
And they also play soccer here in Indonesia.
Runners up in the Tiger Cup (South East Asian Nations Cup) a couple of times in the last 5 years.
Domestic professional football here is crawling with Brazilian and (sub-Saharan) African journeyman players. They are almost always the best players on the field.
There is loads of foreign football on the TV, which is followed with a passion. There are several national daily papers devoted solely to football.
And - due to the aping of what they see in England, The Netherlands and Russia (among others) - they have a hooligan problem here too. The staging of games creates opportunities for the youth to enjoy a taste of anarchy missing from their relatively straight-laced lives. As do political rallies around election time. It's hardly on a scale that one might call a serious social problem. Basically things get set on fire. And the police trade punches with bandana-wearing 17 year olds. It's not an environment you'd bring your family into.
But it's not the fault of the sport itself.