Well I had the misfortune to actually watch some of the World Cup today as the sports bar I was watching the Yankee game at had it bracketed by two TV's showing this ridiculous "sport". Let's get this straight once and for all: soccer is as lame as frisbee tossing and probably more boring.
First, soccer fans always talk about the "action" in the game. Where is it? Most players are usually standing around or walking at a pace no faster than I use when I'm taking my dog Harvel for a stroll. The average safety in the NFL uses more energy in any set of downs than your "super athletes" do in an entire game.
Second, the player who has the ball (usually for no more than 10 seconds) will advance it perhaps the length of an average bar pool table. At this point, some actual defenders will move into his general area. Immediately the PWTB will fall to the ground as if he has been harpooned and start wildly gesticulating in the official Euro manner in order to try to convince the official to bring out a card of some color. Apparently this is an attempt to get a "penalty kick" which is the only reasonable possibility of actually scoring (yes, occasionally someone will score a goal in another manner but this is as likely as a bolt of lightning striking your bosses' condo).
Of course, today's game ended in the "shootout". This is akin to deciding the NBA finals with a game of H-O-R-S-E between Dwayne Wade and Jerry Stackhouse. Or imagine the Super Bowl tied at 28-28 after regulation and Hasselback and Big Ben decide it by a Punt, Pass and Kick competition. Or the World Series after 7 games coming dowwn to one round of Home Run Derby.
The only silver lining is this foolishness won't be on for another 3 or 4 years (I don't remember which). Maybe in that time the Euros will learn that a ball should be picked up and thrown by human beings as we evolved hands for a reason.
Originally posted by no1marauderActually frisbee tossing is way more athletic. Especially when you toss it to a dog. Very cool. I never see a dog panting for a color coded card.
Well I had the misfortune to actually watch some of the World Cup today as the sports bar I was watching the Yankee game at had it bracketed by two TV's showing this ridiculous "sport". Let's get this straight once and for all: soccer is as lame as frisbee tossing and probably more boring.
First, soccer fans always talk about the "action" in the ...[text shortened]... hould be picked up and thrown by human beings as we evolved hands for a reason.
Originally posted by no1marauderYou need a life No1. The fact that you took the time to write such a long thread about your dislike for the most popular sport in the world is sad. What did you think you would achieve? Convince the hundreds of millions of people who watch the sport that it is lame? Or is your God complex telling you that they (the hundreds of millions of fans worldwide) are wrong and you are right and you just had to set us straight? I mean seriously, what a waste of time.
Well I had the misfortune to actually watch some of the World Cup today as the sports bar I was watching the Yankee game at had it bracketed by two TV's showing this ridiculous "sport". Let's get this straight once and for all: soccer is as lame as frisbee tossing and probably more boring.
First, soccer fans always talk about the "action" in the ...[text shortened]... hould be picked up and thrown by human beings as we evolved hands for a reason.
And what sort of a name is Harvel for a dog?
Originally posted by EsotericWell, here's my observation about soccer: When someone get "shinned". Why do they bring the stretcher out to the field, give the dude a full physical exam, pat him on the head, and let him walk slooooooowly back to the bench all the while about 5 minutes have elapsed on the clock. That is totally stupid! Stop the clock for injured people, bring the stretcher, put a C-collar on him, attach him to a spine board and get his arase off the field ASAP and do their medical exam behind the sidelines...about 20-30 minutes are wasted for such crap. That's why Americans will never take to the game...too impatient. The "play-acting" by "hurt" players is so sissyfied, that I just shake my head...let them bump, hit, and fight for the ball like a real sport....Bravisimo Italia!!
You need a life No1. The fact that you took the time to write such a long thread about your dislike for the most popular sport in the world is sad. What did you think you would achieve? Convince the hundreds of millions of people who watch the sport that it is lame? Or is your God complex telling you that they (the hundreds of millions of fans worldwide) ar ...[text shortened]... raight? I mean seriously, what a waste of time.
And what sort of a name is Harvel for a dog?
Originally posted by Esoteric"Harvel the Humper" so you don't get confused with "Lassie the Licker" when you want your leg, or whatever other anatomy you own, "humped" 😲
You need a life No1. The fact that you took the time to write such a long thread about your dislike for the most popular sport in the world is sad. What did you think you would achieve? Convince the hundreds of millions of people who watch the sport that it is lame? Or is your God complex telling you that they (the hundreds of millions of fans worldwide) ar ...[text shortened]... raight? I mean seriously, what a waste of time.
And what sort of a name is Harvel for a dog?