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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jun 29 19:18:24 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Jun 28 19:11:04 2009. Since over a billion people around the world (contrary to popular belief the United States is NOT the only country in the world apathetic to "futbol") go nuts over the stuff, some to the point of violence, there has to be something I'm missing. I have yet to find out what. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Jun 29 19:26:08 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jun 29 19:18:24 2009. there has to be something I'm missingNo . . . the only thing that's "missing" is something in such "fans'" brains. |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Jun 29 19:43:37 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Jun 28 16:14:14 2009. You get it or you don't.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 20:54:05 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jun 29 19:16:21 2009. I totally agree....I don't get the appeal of soccer at all. I can't even get past the sound of all the constant horn blowing in the stadium, but even without that, it just looks like a bunch of people running around for hours with little or no score. Boring as hell. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 20:57:24 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Jun 29 19:12:18 2009. I kinda like hockey though, although I agree, it's almost soccer on skates. Basketball is another sport that bores me. I like Football best, followed by baseball, then hockey. I can't get into basketball. I used to like tennis, but that was back in the early 90's, and I had a second cousin playing professionally there, and he often got us tickets for the US Open, and I got to know the players back then, and would watch. But He retired, and as the players I knew retired, I slowly lost interest.Soccer I find unwatchable, but golf is even more unwatchable in my opinion. |
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Posted by Easy on Mon Jun 29 20:58:21 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 20:54:05 2009. But do you like baseball where instead of running it's people standing around for hours? lolIt really takes a brain shift to get into soccer because it's different from what you're used to. But at this point I doubt that you ever will. There are still lots of sports for you to enjoy. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 21:40:49 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Easy on Mon Jun 29 20:58:21 2009. I didn't say there was anything wrong with being a "soccer fan". I am just saying "I don't get it". I know that most soccer fans would say the same thing about our Football...that they "don't get it". |
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Posted by Easy on Mon Jun 29 21:42:40 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 21:40:49 2009. Yeah I know. We agree. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 29 22:46:20 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 20:57:24 2009. Soccer I find unwatchable, but golf is even more unwatchable in my opinion.Try watching curling. It's bocce on ice. |
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Posted by d_mind on Mon Jun 29 22:51:29 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 29 22:46:20 2009. The second video was worth it just for the cute chicks handling sticks. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 29 22:52:09 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Jun 29 19:26:08 2009. No . . . the only thing that's "missing" is something in such "fans'" brains.They are usually missing a few teeth too. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 29 22:56:10 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Easy on Mon Jun 29 20:58:21 2009. But do you like baseball where instead of running it's people standing around for hours? lolLet's be fair. They sometimes scratch their crotch too. Ironically they are my two favorite team sports even though they are so different. Boxing and foosball are my favorite individual sports. |
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Posted by Easy on Mon Jun 29 23:09:45 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 29 22:56:10 2009. Baseball was my first or second favorite sport until I was 12. Then for some reason I totally lost interest and found it boring. I didn't watch more than 5 games total between 1986 and 2008 and only started watching again when Manny came to LA last year. I'm pretty much only interested in the Dodgers though. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 29 23:45:31 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by d_mind on Mon Jun 29 22:51:29 2009. cute chicks handling sticks.haha |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 29 23:52:05 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Easy on Mon Jun 29 23:09:45 2009. Yeah that's the difference between soccer and baseball for me. With baseball, I only watch the Yanks or some really Important Games like in the World Series.With soccer I'll attend and watch HS and amateur league matches even though I have no idea who's who. I've even attended (oh the horror...) women's games. I wish my knees were still good enough to play just for the fun even if it's one of those Over-35 beer leagues. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 10:18:15 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Easy on Mon Jun 29 20:58:21 2009. Baseball requires a continuing thought process. What's the next pitch? Will the runner steal? Will the manager go to the bullpen? Can this guy move the runner over? Drive him in? Get a lousy fucking hit? (for us Mets fans). Soccer is just a bunch of guys kicking a round ball around. Occasionally the opposing team will get a kick off near the goal. Usually said kick misses. Then, more kicking. Don't feel bad, hockey and lacrosse are just as boring. Basketball at least has fouls which lead to free throws. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 10:20:40 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 21:40:49 2009. But many soccer fans like our football. Millions of them watch the Super Bowl. Soccer usually has to appeal to patriotism and anti-Americanism whenever our football makes inroads (especially in Europe). Why do you think soccer is so obsessed with Americans rejecting their sport en masse? |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 10:26:43 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 20:57:24 2009. Hockey annoys me for several reasons. First off, there are ties (penalty shots are not an acceptable way to deal with ties). Secondly, playoff rankings are not set strictly with wins or losses, they use that stupid points system. And finally, it's too identified with Canada. The only good thing to come out of Canada is Colin Mochrie. Perhaps Tim Hortons, if it ever gets into NYC. |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jun 30 13:16:06 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 10:18:15 2009. "Soccer is just a bunch of guys kicking a round ball around."That is outstanding. |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jun 30 13:23:22 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 20:54:05 2009. IAWTP. I heard the horn blowing but at the time I had no idea it was horns. As I mentioned in the original post, it sounded like a swarm of bumblebees. To your other salient point, a "nil-nil" final score is considered to be an offensive explosion. Soccer needs to be banned in this country. |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 1 00:23:31 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 10:20:40 2009. Oh brother...your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Wed Jul 1 00:29:23 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 10:20:40 2009. I think that many of the people that watch American football in Europe are either Americans, friends of Americans, or have some connection to the US. There there are some converts, but they are less than soccer fans in the US and you know how small our numbers are.Why do you think soccer is so obsessed with Americans rejecting their sport en masse? It's not that. One one hand they are fascinated that we are one of the few countries almost totally uninterested in the world's most popular sport. OTOH they are worried that Americans will "discover" soccer and dominate the sport. |
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Posted by Deaks on Wed Jul 1 07:57:34 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 10:20:40 2009. Why do you think soccer is so obsessed with Americans rejecting their sport en masse?Hmmm, I think you don't really have a clue what you're talking about here. But, if you've got some links to FIFA or UEFA's concern over 'Americans rejecting their sport', post 'em up.... You could do with losing the 'I know everything' thing you've got going on. |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 1 17:02:31 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Deaks on Wed Jul 1 07:57:34 2009. LOL, one of the smaller reasons I enjoy soccer is that the fans don't bemoan or begrudge other sports :Dyour pal, Fred |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Wed Jul 1 17:51:47 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 1 17:02:31 2009. Well, Fred G, notwithstanding my admiration for your photography and my respect for you as a posting legend, here are 10 larger reasons I do not:1. Players who go by one name, like Kaka or Sara. 2. Injury time. Totally arbitrary. 3. After the final whistle, no matter how insignificant the "Friendly" contest (whatever the hell that means), the players are required to remove their shirts and exchange them with players from the other team as some sort of memento to mediocrity. 4. Goal celebrations. The players fall and fawn over each other. 5. Referring to the field as the "pitch". 6. Players in "the wall" covering up their privates. Man up for goodness sake. 7. Players holding the hand of a child as they emerge from the tunnel onto the quote unquote pitch before the game. Actually, on second thought, that's pretty good. 8. Fake injuries whereby a player who is barely pushed from behind falls to the so called pitch as if he was shot, then writhes in agony. Then, the alleged trainers race onto the field with a piece of wood that is supposed to resemble a stretcher. Then, they lift the player onto this piece of wood and race off the pitch only to have said player fall off the piece of wood. Then, they put the player back onto the piece of wood and finally make it to the sideline. Then, the player struggles to his feet and begins running in place with eyes closed in obvious pain. Then, the player reenters the game 45 seconds later, still in anguish, until the moment the ball is in his area and there is a scoring opportunity at which time he is immediately back at full speed. 9. Nil - Nil is considered an offensive explosion. 10. Players who foul are required to apologize, offer their hand in a gesture of forgiveness, and gently stroke the face of the fouled player. 11. (Bonus to make up for #7) The requisite stampedes whereby fans are pushed up against the fence until it gives way at which point the fans are trampled to death. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jul 1 18:16:33 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by cortelyounext on Wed Jul 1 17:51:47 2009. You ever watch rugby? |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 1 22:08:56 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by cortelyounext on Wed Jul 1 17:51:47 2009. LOL, I laugh in your general direction!your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Thu Jul 2 16:47:10 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jun 30 13:16:06 2009. Try the Indoor game. Soccer played inside in what is actually a hockey field with carpet. See one game and you can get hooked fast!!!This is the off-season for the game, but check out National Indoor Soccer League to see what's it all about. |
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Posted by 3440 on Thu Jul 2 20:20:55 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by WillD on Sun Jun 28 19:20:25 2009. What about Boxing or UFC?BJC |
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Posted by 3440 on Thu Jul 2 20:33:31 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jun 29 20:54:05 2009. I don't think Soccer is that bad..it's like watching hockey.Baseball is a another story....I don't think I could sit there and watch 9 innings and yelling at the batter to hit the damen ball already.lolBJC |
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Posted by Easy on Thu Jul 2 20:43:27 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by 3440 on Thu Jul 2 20:33:31 2009. Soccer is more interesting in person because you can see the entire field. Baseball is less interesting in person because you don't have Vin Scully giving you interesting facts. That's why Dodgers fans arrive in the 3rd inning and leave in the 7th or 8th. |
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Posted by 3440 on Thu Jul 2 23:29:09 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Easy on Thu Jul 2 20:43:27 2009. that bad....why waste your money to go to a ball game when you're not going to stay there for the whole thing.....even if the team is losing I guess.BJC |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 2 23:45:20 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by Dan Lawrence on Thu Jul 2 16:47:10 2009. Try the Indoor game. Soccer played inside in what is actually a hockey field with carpet. See one game and you can get hooked fast!!!This is the off-season for the game, but check out National Indoor Soccer League to see what's it all about. The is also Beach Soccer complete with a FIFA World Cup. 
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Jul 2 23:50:39 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by 3440 on Thu Jul 2 20:33:31 2009. I don't think Soccer is that bad..it's like watching hockey.Baseball is a another story....I don't think I could sit there and watch 9 innings and yelling at the batter to hit the damen ball already.lolAgreed. Me personally...I even stop to watch soccer PRACTICES! I know that's sad but hey...I like trains too. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Jul 3 07:12:09 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by 3440 on Thu Jul 2 20:33:31 2009. No sport is "bad". You're just responding to someone who doesn't enjoy soccer.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Deaks on Fri Jul 3 10:06:37 2009, in response to Re: Futbol, posted by 3440 on Thu Jul 2 20:20:55 2009. Boxing is clearly a sport. UFC/MMA is as well, although I think there was some kind of scandal about it being fixed in advance not too long ago. |
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