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Can someone explain to me (american) what is the point of soccer?
Kick chase kick chase...score on occasion.
Then they have a penalty kick...which is stupid. Its hard enough to make a fuckin goal, and you want to give one away?
If i was a soccer player, and I ran 5 miles while I was on the field....then lost by a penalty kick.....
I'd say fuck that pointless game.
It's the ultimate in freedom and creativity. 11 men vs. 11 men, all working together. Teamwork at its best, really. That "kick chase" you refer to is definitely what it's like to watch, but if you understand and appreciate how a team builds up an attack, it's more than that. Basically, you have to have a passion to understand why it's the world's most popular sport. It's so graceful, and so poetic at times. Players putting one-twos together, as the ball flows so smoothly down the pitch, as each player touches it. Then, if one is lucky enough, we see a goal come from a great piece of skill. Great players make the game a lot more interesting, too, and there are plenty of players to catch your eye.
Soccer isn't about the scoring. It's about the passion and total team effort to overcome the opponent. It takes 11 guys to score, not just one. It's poetry in motion, literally, and some of the talent is mind-blowing. Things they do with the ball are left only to fantasies.
It's just so freakin' amazing to watch and/or play. No sport compares, to me at least. ~
they are kickin a fucking ball made of rubber and air..well i guess its not made of air..but any ways its a sport not poetic and shit if i really try i can make the last crap i took sound poetic.. and as for scoring there is only one type of scoring that matters in the real world is "poetry in motion"
Were you the one that was always picked last in gym class?Quote:
Originally Posted by ValkyrieAg
Lol, o/j mate. People like it because its a challenge. Some people thrive on challenges, and its a battle of skill (by the players) and tactics (by the managers). Its a simple(ish) game to play, but because its a worldwide game, its very popular. It keeps you within good level of fitness, and also passes time. It induces a team spirit, and if you are really good, you can go ahead and make money from it.
I noticed somebody mentioned something about racism, and racism has NO place in football at all, its disgusting. However, listen to this, its a spin-off from bananas on the pitch:
A good few years ago now, there was a well known clown that used to play footballl, Paul Gascoigne. Anyway, he was better than David Beckham in his prime. But he had a reputation for being a bit of a jooker. If you knoow anything about him, you will know that in a match between Spurs and Wimbledon, a footballer called Vinny Jones (yes he has had a stint doing acting and was in a film called Lock Stock). Anyway, during the match, Vinny was photographed grabbing hold of Gazza's balls, and the comical expressin of pain on Gazza's face was funny.
However, Gazza being Gazza, couldn't let it lie. A few days later, he sent something to Vinny in the mail. I can't remember exactly what it was, but i am thinking it was a toilet plunger and some chocolates, and no love was lost between them.
The story i want to mention originally was the fact at one game Gazza was playing, the opposition fans decided they would all through Mars Bars on the pitch at him, as he had a bit of a reputation for being a fat bastard. What did he go and do, to make light of the situation? He simply picked a Mars Bar up off the floor, unwrapped it, and started eating, to the fans delights. The whole place was in stitches.
I have long since lost the original point I was making, but there are some really funny, good stories included in football, as well as some tragedies, which include Hillsbrough. May all the poor souls that lost their lives that day rest in peace.
nah, i prefer my women to look less like anorexic skeletons, and they don't come more anorexic than that fuckin skeleton of a womanQuote:
Originally Posted by lil josh
To all the people who think football is pointless, isn't every sport pointles ?
What difference is there between footballers ,hockey players or for that matter any sportsman ? The point of sport is either to entertain or just to show who is best, it still requires skill and determination to reach the top of any game/sport.
I like my sport FAST! thats why I'm a motorsport fan.
Soccer is a sport just like any other sport. It takes skill and strategies to win. Lots of practice and you have to be in good shape and have a hard head.
i see people are still comparing these two sports that are in no way similar. glad to hear it.
I think the use of the word Football to describe the American version is wrong for many reasons.
The ball spends more time in the hands of the players than at thier feet.
The name was already being used for the original game .
It would be like taking baseball which everyone recognises as it is and developing a whole new game and saying you know what I'm going to call it baseball.
The idea of calling football soccer is stupid, it's FOOTBALL !
I don't like the name television so I'm going to change it to microwave, the microwave will now be known as a Viewing box. Doesn't work that way does it.
who really cares what the name is. do people fly around on rugs in rugby?
it is a name. get over it
it is totally stupid to call soccer a pussy sport because there is not as much contact as in football. if that were true then basketball and baseball and pretty much all other non contact sports are not manly gmaes.
bodybuilding is where its at!!
Rugby is a place in Warwickshire. That's where the sport was invented and gets its name from.Quote:
Originally Posted by suhl
but no rug contacts the ball. its fucking ridiculous i mean the word rug is right there in the name but there is minimal rug contact to the ball. oh my god what an outrage no rug is touching the ball but it is in the name of the sport. call football shitball for all i care it is still the best sport there is
Rugby has already been explained to you so I won't bother with that , however your lack of understanding of what a language is forces me to point out the obvious.Quote:
Originally Posted by suhl
A word has to have a specific meaning otherwise we would never understand each other,you can't just go switching the meaning of words around it just causes confusion and a garbled language.
The Dutch call a horse a PAARD now if you walked up to an American rodeo and said "thats a beautiful paard" the person you were speaking to would wonder what the hell you are talking about.
Football - A game invented in England therfore I would say that when the Americans invented thier girly version of Rugby they should have known better than to use the name of an existing and very different sport.
Simple enough explanation of why words need a meaning that identifies ?
no. it's called rugby because the first time it was played was in the town of rugby