Anti-soccer blog post

[Yeagermeister]

This is why I sing songs about how great you are. You just get it.

Thanks. In your honor I will post my all time favorite soccer video. The only soccer video I actually enjoy.

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Okay, so I like this one too.

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[tecolote]

This is why I sing songs about how great you are. You just get it.

Thanks. In your honor I will post my all time favorite soccer video. The only soccer video I actually enjoy.

:laugh2: :laugh2:

Great videos. I hate diving.

 

[bbgun]

Our best athletes do not match up with the best athletes from the other countries.

Scoreboard. Unless we consistently get blown out, then yes, we match up. And remember, you said "luck" was not a factor.

 

[daschoo]

Scoreboard. Unless we consistently get blown out, then yes, we match up. And remember, you said "luck" was not a factor.

you can't say that a major criticism of soccer is the lack of goals scored makes it a boring sport and then say that the fact the usa doesn't concede many goals means that they are up there with the best in the world. surely the first argument negates the second?

 

[Hostile]

Who here besides me hates soccer more than a kick in the pills?

 

[Doomsday101]

Who here besides me hates soccer more than a kick in the pills?

I will not go that far. I watched last weekend game between Germany and the Australian team and I can't remember the last time I had that great of a nap.

 

[bbgun]

you can't say that a major criticism of soccer is the lack of goals scored makes it a boring sport and then say that the fact the usa doesn't concede many goals means that they are up there with the best in the world. surely the first argument negates the second?

What's the alternative explanation? If we're mediocre, and luck is not factor, then why aren't we getting embarrassed?

 

[daschoo]

What's the alternative explanation? If we're mediocre, and luck is not factor, then why aren't we getting embarrassed?

apparantly because you just don't see enough goals in a game for a team to get a team being embarrassed.

in my opinion the u.s. are far from being an elite team but they're far from being a bad side as well. on their day they will challenge the better teams and not humiliate themselves but ultimately come up short.

 

[Cythim]

First, no one said luck was not a factor (I even mentioned how the US goal versus England was luck). If the US matched up they would actually have a shot at winning instead of hoping we don't have to face Germany in the round of 16. If the US matched up the draw versus England wouldn't have mattered as much as it does.


And we actually did get embarassed in 1998 and 2006 when we finished last in our group at the World Cup.

 

[ZeroClub]

Who here besides me hates soccer more than a kick in the pills?

I hate major league baseball that much. If I could exchange one racking for two years of no baseball coverage on TV or radio, I'd do it.

 

[Doomsday]

After the first set of games 13 of the Countries have NOT scored a goal. Exciting stuff!

 

[daschoo]

After the first set of games 13 of the Countries have NOT scored a goal. Exciting stuff!

i guess its just what you're used to. one of the reasons i don't like basketball is i find it riduclous that teams fairly regularly score 100 odd points and lose.

 

[ethiostar]

I'm not sure why people are so bothered by the fact that some people don't like soccer or even hate it. Its their preogative. Some other people can't stand American football, so freaking what?

At least, and i appriciate this a lot, they have created a separate thread to express their dislike for the sport instead of hijacking the other thread for those of us who love soccer or at least like and appriciate the sport.

 

[Undisputed]

The only thing I find to be a "joke" is some of the arrogance displayed in this very thread. I'm probably like most Americans, and have never been a real fan of soccer. In fact, you can probably count the amount of complete games I've seen on your two hands. But I certainly appreciate it as a legitimate sport, requiring the skill, athleticism, and the years of practice to become elite, as in any other sport.

Nothing wrong with not enjoying a sport of course. Certainly not. I can't stand watching baseball, unless I am actually in a ballpark with a warm sun and some salty peanuts. Give me football or basketball over soccer any day of the week. But I do take issue with people/other countries being mocked for playing or watching soccer. Especially when the criticism involves it somehow being a "soft" sport when it is at the least more physical than the baseball (the American pastime or something...) and about as physical as basketball. It simply makes no sense. Talk about nauseating arrogance.

I've enjoyed watching the World Cup so far. Obviously I don't have the time or patience to watch every game, but I'll be following the good ole US of A very closely. It's kind of fun being the underdog on a global stage.

 

[theogt]

The only thing I find to be a "joke" is some of the arrogance displayed in this very thread. I'm probably like most Americans, and have never been a real fan of soccer. In fact, you can probably count the amount of complete games I've seen on your two hands. But I certainly appreciate it as a legitimate sport, requiring the skill, athleticism, and the years of practice to become elite, as in any other sport.

Nothing wrong with not enjoying a sport of course. Certainly not. I can't stand watching baseball, unless I am actually in a ballpark with a warm sun and some salty peanuts. Give me football or basketball over soccer any day of the week. But I do take issue with people/other countries being mocked for playing or watching soccer. Especially when the criticism involves it somehow being a "soft" sport when it is at the least more physical than the baseball (the American pastime or something...) and about as physical as basketball. It simply makes no sense. Talk about nauseating arrogance.

I've enjoyed watching the World Cup so far. Obviously I don't have the time or patience to watch every game, but I'll be following the good ole US of A very closely. It's kind of fun being the underdog on a global stage.

I'm having a hard time understanding what you think people are being arrogant about from this post. I don't think you are saying they're arrogant for not liking the sport (that would be hypocritical of you, since you declare your dislike of baseball). Perhaps you're saying people are arrogant for saying it's not a physical sport, but I fail to see the arrogance in that statement. Relative to football, it's not a physical sport.

Obviously, there's some sort of arrogance displayed somewhere by someone, considering it's to the point of making you nauseous. I just don't see where you state where the arrogance is originating.

 

[bbgun]

All of the so-called "arrogance" is on the other side of the fence. "How dare you stupid, insular Americans not embrace our beautiful game?!" In short, we're despised for our indifference. They've got 99% of the world's adoration and attention yet they're still not happy. If they'd lay off the insults and stop trying to shove the game down our throats, that'd be swell.

 

[Rynie]

I hate major league baseball more than I hate bussel sprouts.

I hate NASCAR as much as I hate major league baseball.

I hate the NBA about as much as I hate brussel sprouts.

I prefer the NFL to any other sport. SEC football is my second most favorite.

I enjoy World Cup games more than I enjoy watching the Summer Olympics, but not by a wide margin.

I don't mind cauliflower if it is steamed.

Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks.

 

[Undisputed]

I'm having a hard time understanding what you think people are being arrogant about from this post. I don't think you are saying they're arrogant for not liking the sport (that would be hypocritical of you, since you declare your dislike of baseball). Perhaps you're saying people are arrogant for saying it's not a physical sport, but I fail to see the arrogance in that statement. Relative to football, it's not a physical sport.

Obviously, there's some sort of arrogance displayed somewhere by someone, considering it's to the point of making you nauseous. I just don't see where you state where the arrogance is originating.

I understand your confusion. I usually avoid calling posters out specifically, as it tends to turn into a classic message board flame war. But since you've asked, I did take issue with your "wussified" comment but more so SaltwaterServr's post on page 6. By "take issue" I don't mean horribly offended. I mean, this topic really isn't all that serious. But the latter post at least certainly took things from a couple of harmless jabs to what I called "nauseating arrogance".

And of course, relative to football, it isn't physical. Not many sports are. But that was never an argument brought up in the thread. Or at least, I must have missed it.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

It breaks my heart to think of the millions of kids in the streets of London, Paris and Madrid looking in vain for coconuts to play soccer with.

Your drivel was arrogant and uninformed at best, moronic and biased at worst, you should stop playing with your coconuts and get a clue.

Two kids in an isolated island in the middle of the Pacific can play it. Or that can get a ball of rags and play it in the poorest slums of Johannesburg. Point being it's the least technologically advanced sport that can be played.

You think the general population in Nigeria knows anything about Slovakia except for the World Cup?

Get a clue? Played the game for 8 years. Watched the last World Cup and found it boring. Got the clue, the game sucks. Perhaps you didn't get the memo?

Arrogant perhaps, but the fact that an almost insignificant nation takes "pride" in beating a world power such as France, England, or Germany justifies the premise that the irrelevant nation is only relevant to the world for a few weeks of the World Cup. After this, they fade into the background noise of the world's stage. Nigeria, Slovakia, North Korea, or Argentina aren't sought out for their views on the world financial crisis. England, France, and Germany's leaders are. Why? Because those other nations are only bit players in the world.

And before someone decides to throw out the "it's in the spirit of international competition and brings the world together like the Olympics" weak sauce, I don't think any of the British were burning the American flag before the last Winter Olympics as they did before our game last week. It's about competition and insignificant nations taking pride in their appearance on the world stage.

 

[tecolote]

Two kids in an isolated island in the middle of the Pacific can play it. Or that can get a ball of rags and play it in the poorest slums of Johannesburg. Point being it's the least technologically advanced sport that can be played.

You think the general population in Nigeria knows anything about Slovakia except for the World Cup?

Get a clue? Played the game for 8 years. Watched the last World Cup and found it boring. Got the clue, the game sucks. Perhaps you didn't get the memo?

Arrogant perhaps, but the fact that an almost insignificant nation takes "pride" in beating a world power such as France, England, or Germany justifies the premise that the irrelevant nation is only relevant to the world for a few weeks of the World Cup. After this, they fade into the background noise of the world's stage. Nigeria, Slovakia, North Korea, or Argentina aren't sought out for their views on the world financial crisis. England, France, and Germany's leaders are. Why? Because those other nations are only bit players in the world.

And before someone decides to throw out the "it's in the spirit of international competition and brings the world together like the Olympics" weak sauce, I don't think any of the British were burning the American flag before the last Winter Olympics as they did before our game last week. It's about competition and insignificant nations taking pride in their appearance on the world stage.

WOW

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