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Post by Tyfo on Feb 20, 2008 10:34:33 GMT -5
I can't handle what you call "proper football" aka soccer. To me it is just terribly boring. You kick a ball down the field, somebody kicks it back, wash and repeat, over and over and over. Occasionally, someone might break through and get a shot on the goal. Woo hoo!
Sorry, but I just don't see the attraction to it. But to anybody that likes it, thats fine. I'm just saying that I don't enjoy it personally.
On the other hand, "American Football" is much more exciting to me. It's been one of my favorite sports since I was about 4 years old and always will be.
I know everyone else in the world loves soccer except America, but I seriously just don't see it. I've watched the World Cup before, I've watched MLS stuff before, I've seen some European matches and they never fail to put me to sleep.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Feb 20, 2008 10:39:50 GMT -5
I can't handle what you call "proper football" aka soccer. To me it is just terribly boring. You kick a ball down the field, somebody kicks it back, wash and repeat, over and over and over. Occasionally, someone might break through and get a shot on the goal. Woo hoo! Sorry, but I just don't see the attraction to it. But to anybody that likes it, thats fine. I'm just saying that I don't enjoy it personally. On the other hand, "American Football" is much more exciting to me. It's been one of my favorite sports since I was about 4 years old and always will be. I know everyone else in the world loves soccer except America, but I seriously just don't see it. I've watched the World Cup before, I've watched MLS stuff before, I've seen some European matches and they never fail to put me to sleep. Obviously you've only ever seen Stoke City-style matches. Watch the teams who play skill football, passing it round and creating, and I have no idea how you can call it boring. Scoring tons of goals doesn'talways make something exciting. If a score finished 20-19, sure it'd be epic for the history books, but it'd eventually get boring seeing the ball hit the back of the net over and over and over. American football = Wimps' rugby. Seriously, it's rugby without the physicality and excitement.
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Post by J is Justice on Feb 20, 2008 10:44:24 GMT -5
God, not this argument again
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Post by acressl on Feb 20, 2008 10:51:20 GMT -5
I'm an American, of course my football is better. It's what I was raised to believe. Soccer is given little to no emphasis here. Football, however, it is. I love it. I played it. I watch it. I think about it when it's not going on. It's part of who I am and where I live. It seems just the opposite for most of the rest of the world. To me, it's an argument with no proper conclusion.
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Post by The Wraith on Feb 20, 2008 10:52:58 GMT -5
OK fine.
My favorite sports games on my NES were Tecmo Super Bowl AND World Cup Soccer.
There, we even now?
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Feb 20, 2008 11:15:04 GMT -5
OK fine. My favorite sports games on my NES were Tecmo Super Bowl AND World Cup Soccer. There, we even now? No, we must spend 30 pages making the same points over and over before it devolves to "Your country's stupid!" "Nuh uh, yours!" Here's the arguments for the next 30 pages Soccer/Football to the rest of the world "Football takes skill and is all about the strategy. The low scoring is ok because it shows great talent and technique to score. American "football" is sissy style rugby who can't take a hit without 3 ft. of pads. Plus every 30 seconds there's a break. Oh wow how exciting ) American Football fans "Football is the most exciting sport. It's a great combination of strategy and physical talent. You have 11 guys who all have to do the right thing, plus you have each coach trying to outsmart the other. Plus you can score points AND it's an exciting game. Soccer is just sooooooooooooo boring. You just sit around and kick the ball back and forth and only 3-4 people on either side seem to be doing anything ever. Plus, a 2-1 game that takes two hours...oh boy wow that's sooo exciting." now just repeat that over and over. Can we please just drop this argument?
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Post by Baixo Astral on Feb 20, 2008 11:17:24 GMT -5
Actually... why are we arguing? Cricket is the greatest sport there is.
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Post by The Wraith on Feb 20, 2008 11:17:52 GMT -5
OK fine. My favorite sports games on my NES were Tecmo Super Bowl AND World Cup Soccer. There, we even now? No, we must spend 30 pages making the same points over and over before it devolves to "Your country's stupid!" "Nuh uh, yours!" Here's the arguments for the next 30 pages Soccer/Football to the rest of the world "Football takes skill and is all about the strategy. The low scoring is ok because it shows great talent and technique to score. American "football" is sissy style rugby who can't take a hit without 3 ft. of pads. Plus every 30 seconds there's a break. Oh wow how exciting ) American Football fans "Football is the most exciting sport. It's a great combination of strategy and physical talent. You have 11 guys who all have to do the right thing, plus you have each coach trying to outsmart the other. Plus you can score points AND it's an exciting game. Soccer is just sooooooooooooo boring. You just sit around and kick the ball back and forth and only 3-4 people on either side seem to be doing anything ever. Plus, a 2-1 game that takes two hours...oh boy wow that's sooo exciting." now just repeat that over and over. Can we please just drop this argument? But deep down.....we all know American football > soccer
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Feb 20, 2008 11:19:18 GMT -5
Actually... why are we arguing? Cricket is the greatest sport there is. No Shuffleboard!
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Post by Baixo Astral on Feb 20, 2008 11:22:09 GMT -5
Actually... why are we arguing? Cricket is the greatest sport there is. No Shuffleboard! Cricket!
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Post by erisi236 on Feb 20, 2008 11:22:26 GMT -5
I never understood the fascination that people seem to have comparing these two sports.
Besides the name, which itself is different depending on which Country it's being played in, what exactly is the comparing point between the two sports?
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Post by cart on Feb 20, 2008 11:24:16 GMT -5
Argh this is not going to end at a happy place. then my work here is done
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2008 11:24:33 GMT -5
I never understood the fascination that people seem to have comparing these two sports. Besides the name, which itself is different depending on which Country it's being played in, what exactly is the comparing point between the two sports? There isn't. The only similarity is the name. If they both weren't called Football, they would never be compared.
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Post by cart on Feb 20, 2008 11:25:46 GMT -5
Soccer seriously has the most annoying and elitist fans =\ well i dunno, ask some brazillian flavela kids about their elitist opinion on the matter
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Feb 20, 2008 11:26:03 GMT -5
I never understood the fascination that people seem to have comparing these two sports. Besides the name, which itself is different depending on which Country it's being played in, what exactly is the comparing point between the two sports? The name. No seriously that's it. I mean you could maybe stretch it to what sport is most popular. But that's not really true. I mean, why not compare football to cricket?
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Post by The Wraith on Feb 20, 2008 11:26:24 GMT -5
CRICKET!
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Feb 20, 2008 11:28:55 GMT -5
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Post by cart on Feb 20, 2008 11:29:44 GMT -5
cricket sucks but its better than baseball...... Oh no I've done it again!
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Post by The Wraith on Feb 20, 2008 11:30:20 GMT -5
GENERIC IPOD SHUFFLE CHECKERBOARD!?
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Post by EvilMasterBetty, Esq. on Feb 20, 2008 11:32:40 GMT -5
GENERIC IPOD SHUFFLE CHECKERBOARD!? Sport of the future my friend...pretty soon it will be on The Ocho.
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