What it's like watching Soccer

Originally posted by @vivify
No, baseball is incredibly dull. So is soccer.

compared to Quidditch?

Originally posted by @karoly-aczel
compared to Quidditch?

I've never seen Harry Potter, so I had to Google it.

If Quidditch were a sport, I wonder if there'd be 'roid scandals of users boosting their magic.

Originally posted by @vivify
No, baseball is incredibly dull. So is soccer.

Soccer, baseball, tennis, bowling, golf and many other sports are very boring to watch. If you consider chess a sport, then you can put that in there too. I'm not big on hockey either, and car racing is for the birds.

Of course I am talking about for most people. There will always be fans, but for non fans these are very boring sports to watch.

Originally posted by @eladar
Soccer, baseball, tennis, bowling, golf and many other sports are very boring to watch. If you consider chess a sport, then you can put that in there too. I'm not big on hockey either, and car racing is for the birds.

Of course I am talking about for most people. There will always be fans, but for non fans these are very boring sports to watch.

I like watching tennis.

Bowling is fun to watch for brief periods of time. At most, I can only watch one standard game; however, I rarely even make it that far, on the few occasions I happened to catch it. One of the most baffling things I've ever seen, was a bowling match on ESPN that actually had cheerleaders who jumped up and down excitedly whenever there was a strike.

Golf is boring, but when in the right mood, on a relaxing weekend with a beer, watching it on TV can be pretty peaceful, though I'd never watch it in person.

I can only watch chess if I'm there with people I know, like at my barber shop. As far as watching it on TV, I can only watch it if it's blitz.

I actually do enjoy watching baseball the playoffs. There's an excitement to the game that's sorely missing during the regular season.

Soccer is fun to watch during the World Cup, if I'm around other soccer fans rooting for their home country. I once watched such a game with Nigerians cheering for their nation. That was a lot of fun.

Originally posted by @karoly-aczel
I was good enough to get called up for 1st division. Central midfielder.
A few goal assists and long range strikes in my time.

Very impressive
I never made out of the pub leagues
Was it in England?

Originally posted by @vivify
I like watching tennis.

Bowling is fun to watch for brief periods of time. At most, I can only watch one standard game; however, I rarely even make it that far, on the few occasions I happened to catch it. One of the most baffling things I've ever seen, was a bowling match on ESPN that actually had cheerleaders who jumped up and down excitedly wheneve ...[text shortened]... y. I once watched such a game with Nigerians cheering for their nation. That was a lot of fun.

Hanging around bars with Nigerians

Far too much information

Originally posted by @roma45
Hanging around bars with Nigerians

Far too much information

Who said anything about a bar? I was at the home of some Nigerian friends.

Originally posted by @vivify
Who said anything about a bar? I was at the home of some Nigerian friends.

Did you tell them it's not football but soccer and how boring the game is?
I think not

Soccer is so boring that quite often you'll hear a drunken crowd just start singing about nothing.

Originally posted by @eladar
Soccer is so boring that quite often you'll hear a drunken crowd just start singing about nothing.

I understand now why Americans are so obese. When you go out to a game there are so many breaks with nothing to do or see so you stuff your faces with weenies (are those hotdogs?) and corn dogs (couldn't even imagine what they are) or other disgusting food things that I have no idea about.

They should make eating a sport. The USA would win the world cup in that for sure.

Originally posted by @eladar
Soccer is so boring that quite often you'll hear a drunken crowd just start singing about nothing.

Songs are a huge part of a game.
But you lot actually pay for young girls in short skirts to be cheerleaders. Strange very strange.

Oh and the one song you do your players show disrespect to your national anthem
Must be great day out.

Originally posted by @vivify
I've never seen Harry Potter, so I had to Google it.

If Quidditch were a sport, I wonder if there'd be 'roid scandals of users boosting their magic.

I meant like what sport IS NOT boring like soccer?


edit: Tennis you say?

Originally posted by @roma45
Very impressive
I never made out of the pub leagues
Was it in England?

Australia.
In Murwillumbah I started playing for a 3rd (and lowest) division. After 4 or 5 games the 1st division team asked me if I would play striker for them.
In Brisbane I started playing 5th division. After 2 months I was offered a spot in the !st division team due to another guy's injury. I kept my place in that side for the rest of the season. I think we came 3rd out of 14 or so.

Originally posted by @eladar
Soccer is so boring that quite often you'll hear a drunken crowd just start singing about nothing.

Mate, you are too effin' funny.

Originally posted by @karoly-aczel
I meant like what sport IS NOT boring like soccer?


edit: Tennis you say?

In tennis, there's never more than a few seconds before someone scores (love, 15, breakpoints, etc.). It usually doesn't take very long for someone to actually win a point. It can take a while for a set to be won, but there's lots of action and scoring in the meantime.

That's unlike soccer, where it's not unusual for a game to end with a score of 0-0.