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MuckSavage wrote:

Marc wrote:

hockey players as actors? dont make me beat you with your own skull

One of my favorite hockey players of all time, Peter Forsberg, a man who has lead my hometown team to the cup, is quite the actor. I don't have a problem admitting that.

AVALAAANCHE!!!

God I miss NHL.

and I hate not realizing my post will end up being the first in a new page despite the numbers on the top right of each post.

Last edited by Thunderstruck (2005-05-27 11:24 am)

Soccer is popular in the rest of the world because all you need is some open land and something round to play it.  You don't need any special equipment.  Hell, you don't even need arms/hands.  Hence, the third world is the perfect breeding ground for soccer players. 

Soccer is an insanely boring sport.  The most exciting parts of the games are when something almost happens.  A player will get/take the ball, will make a mad dash toward the goal, will be totally and completely open, and, finally,kick the ball only to have it bounce off the post/goalie/etc. or just miss wildly into the stands.  Whoopee.  *yawn*

Last edited by VegasACF (2005-05-27 1:57 pm)

American Football puzzles me. Start stop, start stop.. Pass, run, tackle, break, time off.  More time off than time on. What's up with that?

VegasACF wrote:

Soccer is popular in the rest of the world because all you need is some open land and something round to play it.  You don't need any special equipment.  Hell, you don't even need arms/hands.  Hence, the third world is the perfect breeding ground for soccer players.

Soccor is not only popular in "third world" countries - it is extremely popular in europe as well, which is hardly "third world"

Soccer is an insanely boring sport.

It's more boring when you don't understand it.

resedit wrote:

VegasACF wrote:

Soccer is popular in the rest of the world because all you need is some open land and something round to play it.  You don't need any special equipment.  Hell, you don't even need arms/hands.  Hence, the third world is the perfect breeding ground for soccer players.

Soccor is not only popular in "third world" countries - it is extremely popular in europe as well, which is hardly "third world"

Soccer is an insanely boring sport.

It's more boring when you don't understand it.

so is anything

resedit wrote:

VegasACF wrote:

Soccer is popular in the rest of the world because all you need is some open land and something round to play it.  You don't need any special equipment.  Hell, you don't even need arms/hands.  Hence, the third world is the perfect breeding ground for soccer players.

Soccor is not only popular in "third world" countries - it is extremely popular in europe as well, which is hardly "third world"

Did I say it wasn't popular in Europe?  No.  Did I say Europe was third world?  No.  I didn't.  Seems the lack of understanding is on your part.  I merely referenced why soccer is the only sport played with any regularity among the denizens of the third world (excepting the elite in those countries who play polo [another insanely boring sport] or the like).  In case you missed it, let me restate:  open land, roundish thing.  That's all you need.  Now, this, in and of itself, doesn't make soccer a bad thing.  But it puts things into perspective when one tries to ballyhoo soccer as the world's most popular sport.  Of course it is.  It's the only sport they can play with a head of lettuce or a pumpkin or some other roundish thing and a bit of land.  (American) Football is out.  Baseball is out.  Lacrosse is out.  No net for volleyball.  No rackets for tennis.  Get the point?  Or do I need to (somehow) make it more clear for you?

resedit wrote:

VegasACF wrote:

Soccer is an insanely boring sport.

It's more boring when you don't understand it.

I understand soccer quite well.  It's not exactly a hard sport to grasp.  I understand that it's insanely boring, as well.  Again, the lack of understanding is on your part.

Last edited by VegasACF (2005-05-29 10:33 am)

This report was written by Mark Madden and I honestly believe it's true.  How could anyone say that soccer is insanely boring.  The whole excitement is almost getting the ball in the goal or even scoring a goal.  Also, it's not just that the soccer player scores a goal, it's how they do it.  I am also an American citizen, but I just think that soccer is a great sport.  But this is what is so great about other sports including soccer.  Each one has something unique about it that makes it interesting.

resedit wrote:

Soccer is an insanely boring sport.

It's more boring when you don't understand it.

What's not to understand?  Kick the ball in the net, don't use your hands, don't let the other team kick the ball in your net.

mahakali wrote:

oatmeal wrote:

resedit wrote:

It's more boring when you don't understand it.

What's not to understand?  Kick the ball in the net, don't use your hands, don't let the other team kick the ball in your net.

It's the way the players carry, kick, and 'steal' the ball across the field and to the goal.

He said "understand," not "master." 

mahakali wrote:

oatmeal wrote:

resedit wrote:

It's more boring when you don't understand it.

What's not to understand?  Kick the ball in the net, don't use your hands, don't let the other team kick the ball in your net.

It's the way the players carry, kick, and 'steal' the ball across the field and to the goal.

What soccer have you watched.  Watch a European soccer game.  They're intense.  Much better than U.S. soccer.

Steyr AUG wrote:

Arsenal2006 wrote:

zdecker wrote:

Mark Madden's statement is wrong.

Explain.

What sport do you have to have more athleticism than soccer?

Soccer players run and run until they give up during practice because they do one thing that most other sports don't, run for 90 minutes straight with no halftimes, no timeouts, and a clock that never stops (not to mention a ball they have to control while doing all that).

Because athleticism is subjective, everyone thinks their sport is harder.

You smurf and your "sports" you have to play "outside". Geez. What losers.

{goes back to UT2k4's Bombing Run}

Thunderstruck wrote:

resedit wrote:

Soccer is an insanely boring sport.

It's more boring when you don't understand it.

I understand soccer, I still find it boring. Well, maybe not boring but certainly much less exciting than any other sport I've followed over the years.

Soccer is kind of a "girly" game.