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Not soccer, FOOTBALL!!! (pg. 2)
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| TheMightyCad |
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As we say in Scotland..."away an boil yer heid"
American Fottballers are pussies...how much padding do they wear? Are they scared to break a nail or something??
And Yes, it's Football....not Soccer |
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| Matty V |
| Both sports are gay, GOLF ALL THE WAY!! |
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| Moongoose |
Yay Football all the way!!!
WTF is with americans calling their game football anyway, 95% of the time they just pick the ball up and throw it with their hands...call it handball or something like it :whip:
OK my little rant is complete now you can flame me if you want :D
BTW im totalyoff on the qualifying matches for the Euro cup i watch every one of them or if i cant catch them i at least watch the summaries on eurosport...
...hehe we gave croatia a lesson they wont soon forget 1:1 on their field and today we play on home ground (insert evil/fiendish/sinister smile here) |
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| zarathustra |
What's the big deal? If I say "soccer", everyone knows exactly what sport I'm reffering to so this isn't a communication issue.
I guess I just fail to see what is so "highly offensive/sarcriligous/blasphemous :mad: " about using the word soccer. It seems perfectly logical, as MrSquirrel posted:
| quote: | | Etymology: by shortening & alteration from association football |
I do agree that football is an inappropriate name for the game they play in the NFL but as for:
| quote: | Originally posted by TheMightyCad
American Fottballers are pussies...how much padding do they wear? Are they scared to break a nail or something?? |
My god, you cannot be serious :p |
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| Moongoose |
I belive hes deadly serious...check out the rugby guys they pull off the crazyest and all they are wearing is a shirt and short pants:D
A sport isnt funny if there isnt a possibility of getting seriously hurt in it...i learned that the hard way while playing ice hockey without a helmet :D |
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| zarathustra |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
I belive hes deadly serious...check out the rugby guys they pull off the crazyest and all they are wearing is a shirt and short pants:D |
Yeah, I suppose, but for some reason I would think that rugby players take a bit off of the hit if they're about to clock someone because they're just as likely to get hurt as the other guy.
| quote: | | A sport isnt funny if there isnt a possibility of getting seriously hurt in it...i learned that the hard way while playing ice hockey without a helmet :D |
Was it shinny? I've been hit in the head with a puck before but it was deflected and didn't hit me that hard so nothing more than a bump on the head but it still hurt like a bitch. |
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| arctic |
| Australians generally call it soccer, because, well, we already have a game called football: Australian Rules Football (AFL) ;) |
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| Moongoose |
It wasnt that bad i just bleeded a little out of my forehead and i was seeing double for the next feww hours but they fed meful of painkillers so it didnt hurt so much...an interesting expirience though
Another crazy hockey accident way my cousin :D someone tripped him and he flew teath first into a wall :D |
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| che |
Professional Football (i.e soccer) players are some of the biggest pussies i have ever seen in sports.
Now curling................theres a mans sport :D :D |
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| Moongoose |
| Yup those guys are superb athlets :D |
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| AlphaZonE |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vigilante
I am from Australia and i have always called it soccer just like evryone else,
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But not everyone else calls it soccer :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: |
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| arctic |
| quote: | Originally posted by AlphaZonE
But not everyone else calls it soccer :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: |
Aussies do, i've never heard it called soccer down here. As I mentioned before, we already have our own footy code (afl), so that's why ;) |
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