ITT I prove that soccer sucks a cumdump of buttsack

[Illfavor]

What a waste of time to say that one sport requires more skill than the other. People who are the best at what they do all put in a tremendous amount of work to get to that point, whether it's dart throwing or basketball, so all this soccer=beauty, simplicity and skill shit has got to fucking go.

[Jack Sawyer]

Thing is, in a team you have your fannies like Robben, Ronaldo, and the gifs above.

He's not the real Ronaldo, don't call him that. The real Ronaldo does not cry like a baby every time a defender breathes down his neck.

[BankItDrew]

What a waste of time to say that one sport requires more skill than the other. People who are the best at what they do all put in a tremendous amount of work to get to that point, whether it's dart throwing or basketball, so all this soccer=beauty, simplicity and skill shit has got to fucking go.

+1 well said

[Galapogos]

I can't say anything about the NHL because I'm not familiar with ice sports.

It's like your beautiful sport had sex with murder and they raised their love child on steroids. Playoff hockey anyway...

[a500lbgorilla]

that must be a set play right?

Soccer is slower and the field is larger. I'm not sure hockey has an analogy to set plays. I'm sure each player has practiced ad infinitum what they did in that play, but it was not executed to plan. Unless the play was: 1) Win face off 2)????? 3) Profit

[Galapogos]

Soccer is slower and the field is larger. I'm not sure hockey has an analogy to set plays. I'm sure each player has practiced ad infinitum what they did in that play, but it was not executed to plan. Unless the play was: 1) Win face off 2)????? 3) Profit

A good buddy of mine played professionally in Europe and he said it was shocking how much of what they did was set plays. When he first joined the league the coach would given him shit if he broke away from the set play without any good reason to. In the lesser leagues we played in it was always like you described, practicing certain plays forever and waiting for a chance to apply them.

Not sure if the set plays is either a Euro thing or a pro thing.

[WillburForce]

What a waste of time to say that one sport requires more skill than the other. People who are the best at what they do all put in a tremendous amount of work to get to that point, whether it's dart throwing or basketball, so all this soccer=beauty, simplicity and skill shit has got to fucking go.

for real?

Eric Bristow as skillful as Deigo Maradona?

is a pointless arguement - if you don't like a sport then thats the end of it. But I like lots of sport and in mind non are as beautiful as football.

[Ash256]

I think that the skill argument comes down to semantics and that Illfavor is right. Skill does not equal flair. It takes skill to become the best in the world at any competitive field.

It's perfectly valid to feel that football isn't the best sport in the world. But what makes it the greatest is that it requires very little equipment. There's no doubt it has flaws, some quite horrible ones, but it is the only worldwide athletic team sport. So if you want to think that icerink is a better sport, feel free. If want to think that the existence of draws makes football unexciting (lolol), feel free. But realise your arguments will never be anything other than weak hypotheticals in a world that, for once, is too busy having a great time to give a flying fuck about what the Americans have to say.

[a500lbgorilla]

What if we reached a great compromise?

Indoor soccer; 5 on 5 plus keepers like hockey, and all the foot-kicks-ball enjoyment of classic soccer.

I say we all drop our now favorite sports and light a match under this sleeping giant.

[WillburForce]

What if we reached a great compromise?

Indoor soccer; 5 on 5 plus keepers like hockey, and all the foot-kicks-ball enjoyment of classic soccer.

I say we all drop our now favorite sports and light a match under this sleeping giant.

my fav sport to play. 5 a-side football.

[Ash256]

Sorry rilla, anything other than cheese rolling and I'm vetoing

YouTube - Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling 2009

[a500lbgorilla]

Sorry rilla, anything other than cheese rolling and I'm vetoing

YouTube - Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling 2009

Hmm, this'll be a difficult sell in the Great Plains states.

[BennyLaRue]

I'll give you this...futbol probably has the most athletic referees of any sport, so that's something.

[bigspenda73]

eagerly awaiting gifs of all the flops today

[UG]

what a great sport! in the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME you have one team is trying to win while the other team is trying to tie so they can force a shootout, which basically is a glorified soccer ball kicking contest to see which team is greater

FACEPALM

[kfaess]

YouTube - Comedy Football


Still love soccer though, and I'm from the US too.

[boost]

YouTube - Daniel Sedin Ridiculous Goal (4/11/10)

Hockey's got it all, baby. Watch the slow-mo replay (~28 seconds in). So sick.

wow.. just wow..

[Galapogos]

YouTube - Daniel Sedin Ridiculous Goal (4/11/10)

Hockey's got it all, baby. Watch the slow-mo replay (~28 seconds in). So sick.

I was at that game, the roof just about blew off the fucking place. This was like 20 seconds after Henrik scored an assist to make his lead vs Ovechkin in the scoring race by 2. Then his brother goes and caps his hat trick with this beauty (assisted also by Henrik).

Too much awesomeness going on at once, I've never been in a crowd there that reacted that huge.

[badgers]

[a500lbgorilla]

Quickly, hands up in the air. The refs'll never red card you if you look innocent.

[kevster]

what a great sport! in the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME you have one team is trying to win while the other team is trying to tie so they can force a shootout, which basically is a glorified soccer ball kicking contest to see which team is greater

This is wrong on at least one count - The dutch hate penalties.

I'm still waiting on a change to the thread title......

[kevster]

What if we reached a great compromise?

Indoor soccer; 5 on 5 plus keepers like hockey, and all the foot-kicks-ball enjoyment of classic soccer.

I say we all drop our now favorite sports and light a match under this sleeping giant.

As an old man, 5-a-side is all I can manage these days so I say hell yeah.

[wufwugy]

I take it all back. Soccer is amazing. I just watched my first fake wrestling match ever, Batista/Lashley, and holy wow what I've known all this time to be true is now confirmed. Fake wrestling is the stupidest thing in the history of existence

[wufwugy]

OTOH, making fun of soccer is still fun

[speedcake]

I just don't get why you feel the need to openly bash something you don't like when no one is holding a gun to your head to force you to watch, much less like it.

If you don't like soccer, cool. Watch something else.

Soccer isn't going away. The game is as strong in the U.S. as it has ever been. Pretty pointless to consistently bash on it as if your actions will magically make it disappear.

I will concede, however, that Ronaldo is a diving idiot.

[wufwugy]

Dude, this thread is mainly just lighthearted ribbing. You can tell I'm not being super serial because I haven't typed up a dissertation on the pros, cons, and aggregate ecology effects of the soccer economy

[speedcake]

hey, I conceded that Ronaldo is a diving idiot.

[kevster]

Dude, this thread is mainly just lighthearted ribbing. You can tell I'm not being super serial because I haven't typed up a dissertation on the pros, cons, and aggregate ecology effects of the soccer economy

Only a matter of time

I thought the Twilight pic was pretty funny.

[wufwugy]

[rpm]

hahahahahaha arghhhahhahahaha man am i glad i'm not that keeper

[Ash256]

hmn i've been looking for a thread in which to dump this

YouTube - Barcelona vs AC Milan 1-1 - Inzaghi's Goal (25-08-10)

[sweetlemon69]

It is most definitely a flop. It's been examined in slomo, frame by frame. If I feel like it, I'll find the gif that shows it even more clearly

It's a flop. I saw the game. It was analyzed in TRUE slow mo. Why don't people just go back watching a game where only 2 positions require brains... QB and coach.

[wufwugy]

It's a flop. I saw the game. It was analyzed in TRUE slow mo. Why don't people just go back watching a game where only 2 positions require brains... QB and coach.

you mean handegg?

[Penneywize]

hmn i've been looking for a thread in which to dump this

YouTube - Barcelona vs AC Milan 1-1 - Inzaghi's Goal (25-08-10)

gay.


try this:

YouTube - Sick goal by Sidney Crosby

your move, soccer.

[Ash256]

lol

smart goal but that was a bit of a tap in, it really doesn't compare with inzaghi's

[a500lbgorilla]

lol

smart goal but that was a bit of a tap in, it really doesn't compare with inzaghi's

haha, bit of a tap in... that's cute.

Maybe we'll sample a little bit of:

YouTube - Ovechkin on his back

Or

YouTube - Amazing goal by Rick Nash against Coyotes

[surviva316]

haha, bit of a tap in... that's cute.

Maybe we'll sample a little bit of:

YouTube - Ovechkin on his back

Or

YouTube - Amazing goal by Rick Nash against Coyotes

lmao, awesome. best part was the rick nash one where he lines the shot up on the open net for like 5 seconds

[a500lbgorilla]

lmao, awesome. best part was the rick nash one where he lines the shot up on the open net for like 5 seconds

He's flicking it from his foot to his stick. He shoots immediately.

[Ash256]

haha, bit of a tap in... that's cute.

Maybe we'll sample a little bit of:

YouTube - Ovechkin on his back

Or

YouTube - Amazing goal by Rick Nash against Coyotes

fuck yeah that's more like it

[wufwugy]

[surviva316]

what exactly does holding the face when nothing hits you in the face mean? is it like when someone looks at his hand OTB and immediately puts his sunglasses on and covers his face with his hat while it's UTG's turn to act?

[wufwugy]

[Penneywize]

lol soccer

[baudib]

I don't hate soccer. The World Cup games can be pretty exciting and I generally watch them.

I'm impressed by soccer fans singing songs all game long. In the U.S. we don't do that, except in college games. The Eagles actually have a fight song that plays after touchdowns, but the fans don't compose songs about opposing players. The closest thing I guess is hockey fans chanting, "Crosby sucks" or something, which is pretty lame in comparison.

The problem with soccer is there's no fucking stats! Americans like to argue over stats. Ted Williams or Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays. Chamberlain (ZOMG LOOK AT THE STATS) vs. Russell (ZOMG COUNT THE RINGZZZZ). And we're always looking for ways to find more advanced stats.

[rong]

Which reminds me, my favourite anti Liverpool song: (to the tune of clementine)

Build a bonfire, build a bonfire, put a scouser on the top.
Put the city in the middle and then burn the fucking lot.

[BooG690]

Nothing beats going to a soccer game here in Korea.

[WillburForce]

West Ham Vs Cardiff tonight.

C'MON YOU FUCKING IRONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OngBonga]

Oh yeah you're a West Ham fan... good result for you guys. We've got Blackpool away tonight, won't be watching though, I'm at a gig.

[Ash256]

Revisiting a classic..

[Penneywize]

that guy's a total douche, but the fans are petarded.