NE1 else don't care for world cup?

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Posted by Archon007 on Jun-12-2006 22:13:

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Not to flame on soccer - but I just find it a bit boring... you have 90 minutes of kicking the ball around, with no score or it's a tie - and it is still a good game???? Explain that to me again?

This is entirely subjective. Even if there are few goals per game at least there is constant movement. In addition, the scoring is so rare that when a goal does it happen its quite a big deal. It's as if the crowd build up in orgasmic anticipation; many times a player will be so close but will miss. Now baseball...thats boring
Or Nascar...

Posted by bas on Jun-12-2006 22:15:

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Originally posted by Archon007
Now baseball...thats boring
Or Nascar...

Yes.

Posted by Saka on Jun-12-2006 22:15:

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Originally posted by tribu
*snicker

*cough* Czech republic tore you a new arse *cough*

Posted by tribu on Jun-12-2006 22:16:

No sport is boring if you understand the intricacies involved. This is, of course, excluding synchronized swimming

Posted by tribu on Jun-12-2006 22:17:

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Originally posted by sakabatou
*cough* Czech republic tore you a new arse *cough*

That's true but England hasn't scored any more goals than we have

Posted by bas on Jun-12-2006 22:17:

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Originally posted by sakabatou
*cough* Czech republic tore you a new arse *cough*

Where as England shows Paraguay a stunning upset? C'mon now

Posted by Ian on Jun-12-2006 23:11:

Football isn't just a sport, to many people it's a language, a religion. We have countries in war or having just come out of war for example Ivory Coast & Togo in Africa, where the people are uniting for football, It's bringing entire nations together. The best thing is, you only need 1 piece of equipment, the ball for a game. Anyone can play, fit or not, and all walks of life too, all races. The atmosphere at some live games is just spine-tingling. I've been to games in foreign countries & not spoken hardly any of the language yet the people have enjoyed the game with me, knowing an appreciation of the game gives us something in common.

There are faults in the game, find me something in life there's not faults with. If you can honestly watch players such as Ronaldinho, Pele, Van Basten, Gullit, Lineker, Cruyff, Zico and thousands more and not be appreciative of their skills then fair enough, but if you're bashing for no reason, what's the point. I could easily pick apart the stupidity in some american sports. Baseball, let's see, thats just boring, American 'Football' well that's rugby for guys who need 30lbs of padding. Basketball, well I got love for that, it's fast paced but involves a lot of skill & works well. Ice Hockey. Who doesn't like organised violence? Point is, if you can't get into it, fair does, but if you're bashing because americans haven't picked up on it, wait lets see. bigger goalposts, lets make it quarters! etc then meh.

Posted by RandomGirl on Jun-12-2006 23:19:

Meh... competitive sport has never been my cup of tea. I couldn't care less about the World Cup and all that jazz, but if other people do, so be it.

Posted by Marc Summers on Jun-12-2006 23:22:

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Posted by aNYthing on Jun-12-2006 23:47:

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Originally posted by Ian
Football isn't just a sport, to many people it's a language, a religion. We have countries in war or having just come out of war for example Ivory Coast & Togo in Africa, where the people are uniting for football, It's bringing entire nations together. The best thing is, you only need 1 piece of equipment, the ball for a game. Anyone can play, fit or not, and all walks of life too, all races. The atmosphere at some live games is just spine-tingling. I've been to games in foreign countries & not spoken hardly any of the language yet the people have enjoyed the game with me, knowing an appreciation of the game gives us something in common.

There are faults in the game, find me something in life there's not faults with. If you can honestly watch players such as Ronaldinho, Pele, Van Basten, Gullit, Lineker, Cruyff, Zico and thousands more and not be appreciative of their skills then fair enough, but if you're bashing for no reason, what's the point. I could easily pick apart the stupidity in some american sports. Baseball, let's see, thats just boring, American 'Football' well that's rugby for guys who need 30lbs of padding. Basketball, well I got love for that, it's fast paced but involves a lot of skill & works well. Ice Hockey. Who doesn't like organised violence? Point is, if you can't get into it, fair does, but if you're bashing because americans haven't picked up on it, wait lets see. bigger goalposts, lets make it quarters! etc then meh.

I think the original point was not soccer bashing but rather event bashing.

eh, meh?

Posted by Ian on Jun-12-2006 23:53:

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Originally posted by aNYthing
I think the original point was not soccer bashing but rather event bashing.

eh, meh?

yeah, but add all the points up, and bring 32 different sets of people together, and it's a recipe for fun, and great viewing

Posted by Clovis on Jun-13-2006 00:16:

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Originally posted by Ian
yeah, but add all the points up, and bring 32 different sets of people together, and it's a recipe for fun, and great viewing

Football would be a great sport if it werent so full of fluffy bastards crying cause their foot got stepped on everytime the ref blows a whitsle.

Its why when I lived in Europe I preffered watching rugby...

Posted by aNYthing on Jun-13-2006 00:21:

Posted by superglo on Jun-13-2006 02:53:

Any sport becomes interesting when you're betting.

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Jun-13-2006 04:42:

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard
A bunch of Portugese fans in Toronto got into a huge brawl yesterday.

swamper was probably leading the riot

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Jun-13-2006 04:46:

Posted by Ian on Jun-13-2006 07:29:

Posted by philliez on Jun-13-2006 08:38:

ok, i have to make one comment about american football

it cant just be compared to rugby imo. if you are into it and really understand all of what is going on, the strategy, the plays and all the different elements affecting how each play goes down i think you can really appreciate it more. basically if you grew up in the US playing madden you will get into it haha.

baseball sucks, and is boring as shit. take that shit back to the 1930s, i dont wanna watch that shit.

I love the NBA (mostly during the playoffs and finals) and college basketball (again, mostly in the playoffs)

I do hate all of the breaks and timeouts and huddles and the entire way american sports are presented, it just gets annoying to me. I dont know how to really explain what i mean, but basically everything is just one big advertisement in the US. its like "McGrady nails the fadeaway! That last sentence was brought to you by AXE shower gel." you feel me?

I would rather watch an exciting 90 minute game in which the clock only stops one time. I watch more EPL games than I do regular season NBA games.

Posted by Ian on Jun-13-2006 09:00:

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Originally posted by philliez
I do hate all of the breaks and timeouts and huddles and the entire way american sports are presented, it just gets annoying to me. I dont know how to really explain what i mean, but basically everything is just one big advertisement in the US. its like "McGrady nails the fadeaway! That last sentence was brought to you by AXE shower gel." you feel me?

I would rather watch an exciting 90 minute game in which the clock only stops one time. I watch more EPL games than I do regular season NBA games.

This is the thoughts of many people this way. There's a huge perception of them being less sports & more just long advertisments

Posted by Clovis on Jun-13-2006 09:16:

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Originally posted by Ian
Sure, they exist, but there's plenty of divisions & teams who play a pretty physical game which is fun to watch as they smash up the prima-donnas

I agree, unfortunatley the bad apples really put me off watching games. If I wanted to see that crap I'd watch soap operas during the day...

Posted by noikeee on Jun-13-2006 09:37:

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Originally posted by Clovis86
Football would be a great sport if it werent so full of fluffy bastards crying cause their foot got stepped on everytime the ref blows a whitsle.

Its why when I lived in Europe I preffered watching rugby...

no, that's exactly why i love football. if i wanted to see ass-kicking i'd watch boxing or the WWF. i like watching tactics and technique. of course it all has a physical element, but meh. i can't really objectively explain why i like it.

to all the chicks saying they can't get into it, well sorry, it's a male thing even here in europe

Posted by Mikk on Jun-13-2006 09:40:

I don't like the game, I find it quite boring. But that's just me. I've never watched a full game, maybe I'd like it if I knew more.

Posted by CranberryJuice on Jun-13-2006 10:54:

i don't really like football .....but when it's some important match then i watch it.

so tonite ......i will

and clovis like u i prefer rugby

Posted by eROs.au on Jun-13-2006 11:01:

rugby is lame, soccer and australian football owns...

Posted by superglo on Jun-13-2006 11:08:

golf or lawn bowls

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