Soccer is a stupid sport
Kicking a ball around and you can't use your hands, what a boring sport ooh we won 1-0 how thrilling.
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first of all ur a wanker, secondly try saying that in england
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firstly, its not "soccer" its "football" it was invented by us brits, and the americans stole the name from us.
secondly, your "american football" envolves a bunch of men running around wearing body armour, which another sport robbed from us (rugby) except we dont use body armour like american pussies.
thirdly, football, is the most popular sport in the world and can be played more or less anywhere, all you need is a ball, unlike americans who need loads of unnecessary crap like cheerleaders, body armour, tickertape, half time shows and all that bulls**t.
and fourth, id love to see any american go into an english pub when england are beating whoever 3-0 and say "soccer is a stupid sport" you would just get mauled.
i rest my case.
Man...I love American football vs. football arguments.
Reminds me of the South Park episode cripple fight.
So many ignorant arguments on both sides. Its quite amusing.
Soccer, and I'll call it soccer cause I am American (btw, how did we "steal the name" you never even used?)..anyway, soccer is ahrdly a boring sport. It is a game that never stops and where amazing creativity is always possible. If you think soccer is boring, quit watching the MLS and check out the EPL.
Yes, I am American. And yes, American soccer sucks. I won't even watch it.
Thank Christ for England!
And seriously plinny, you don't know what the hell you are talking about. First of all, the topic starter, while obviously retarded, never even brought up American football. Why is that always the first knee jerk reaction when someone says soccer is boring? How do you even know the guy is American?
And all this instant "say that in England and watch you get your ass kicked" is such an ignorant comment. Yeah...lets just jump right into the violence again. And you wonder why so much of world looks at soccer fans as useless, under educated hooligans. And likewise, I would like to see any of you bad ass Brits walk into a bar in Oakland and tell all the Raiders fans that they are American Pussies. You wouldn't get mauled....you'd get beat the **** down. Hell...walk into a gay bar and yell out "FAG!". Walk into a bar full of blind folks and make a Helen Keller joke. Like walking into any place full of one type of person and talking smack about them won't get your ass kicked. Do you even consider logic when you type?
And I grew up in Ohio and California. We used to play American football all the time in the street or any feild of grass we could find. And all we brought was a....wait for it.....football! You act like every single game of American football is played in a stadium or something. Just like folks gather for pick up soccer games, people do the same playing American football. Are you that daft to think otherwise...well, of course you are. The words were typed here by you. Dee..dee..dee...you r sofa king we todd ed.
And yeah...all Brits hate American Football. That is why whenever the NFL brings a game over there its an instant sell out. Same thing here in the US when a European team comes over. In the past two years, I have tried to get tickets to see Chelsea and Real Madrid play here....I would have had an easier time getting tickets to the moon.
Not to mention the US has a HUGE hispanic population that watches soccer like crazy. But you don't even take them into consideration when you blast you hasty generalization on America. trust me, they are as mad about soccer as you Brits.
You knuckleheads can feed the retarded trolls and fight about soccer vs. American football all day.
Me?
I got up this morning, fixed breakfast, watched a live broadcast of Manchester United beating Chelsea to move up the table and over take Man City (YES!) and then I switch over to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers work over the 49ers (YES AGAIN!).
Anyway, you helped me kill 15 minutes at work with all the retardness in this post. Thanks for the laughs y'all!
I love English sport, movies, music, and culture. And I thank the heavens that you all invented the beautiful game. I just wish an educated English person would defend it against the retards like the topic starter.
Not people who don't actually say anything about the sport. Seriously...not one of you tools even said anything about soccer.
And you do realize that you all sound like that "Stupid American" stereotype you are all raging against so hard? Bang your chest. Ignore the topic at hand. Eat raw meat. Kick someone's ass.
hahaha....you have been wall o' text'd.
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Are you a bug Bill Murray?
in reply to amsyco13, i was merely making a statement that is fact, football was invented in england many many years ago, and rugby was invented in england many years ago aswell, and them some american decided to combine the two sports and added all the unnecessary body armour and simply named it football. thus claiming they invented "football" considering that they run holding the ball for pretty much the whole game, it defeats the object. all i was trying to do was make the idiot who started tht post realise that "soccer" is not boring, i doubt he has ever been in the situation where his team has been winning in an important match and the atmopsphere in a pub can be a highly enjoyable one. i myself do enjoy "american football" aswell as baseball and basketball which i watch whenever i have the chance. i wasnt slating american football at all. and in reply to your statment about man utd beating chelsea and overtaking city, i see you have the sense to support one of the greatest english football teams there has ever been, myself beeing a lifelong man utd fan.
anyway, rant over, its nearly 2am here and im hungry and tired so food and sleep is needed.
peace out.
Fair enough plinny.
After I posted this, I actually sat down and watched a rugby game.
I don't know if it was live or recorded.
It was France vs. Ireland and France destroyed them.
And in all honesty, I do not see a real connection between American football and Rugby. I give all due...mad RESPECT to Rugby players for being tough. I saw a guy break his nose, wipe off the blood and keep playing.
But the boby on body impact in Rugby doesn't seem to be the same as in the NFL.
I Rugby (and I have only seen a few games, so this is from a newb's perspective) the players all seem to be pretty close, so the impacts don't seem so harsh. The collisions in the NFL just get nasty. So the padding is necessary. Otherwise a game would take 7 hours to play because there would be so many injuries. You don't really see a guy take a 10-20 yard run up and launch full force into a guy jumping into the air to catch a ball. And then see that receiver spin in the air like a helicopter blade and land on his head. Again, I saw one game. So maybe this does happen. Actually, it'd be kind of cool if it did.
But I agree, those rugby guys are tough. It was fun to watch.
And I'll tell you....I would kill a puppy in front of my mother for a chance to see Manchester United play live. Hell, I would do that to sit in a pub and watch a match in Manchester. It sucks living in a country where a very small amount of people follow the EPL. But we got Fox Soccer Channel, so we get games every week.
And it looks like we can all agree that the topic starter is a tool.
On a side note, Clive Owen was interviewed in Playboy this month and he says that he is glad America has never gotten serious about soccer because we would dominate it like we do all other sports (seems he has never watched the winter olympics). But I disagree. Americans will never catch up to other countries who have such a rich and long standing tradition in the game and have soccer running through their viens.
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Are you a bug Bill Murray?
well said....except I didn;t enjoy "american Pussies" cause I am American. Id do anything to move to England for football reasons....I hate the MLS and I love Newcastle and the English national team
shareim an american and i still tottaly agree with that!
the original football over the new football anyday!
Goal III ? 2008
"...when england are beating whoever 3-0"
Who are you beating 3-0? You cant even beat Croatia at home! And now that you've got Capello you think you're gonna win titles? Please. Lucky Sven got you as far as you could go. You've got the best leage though, i'll give you that much. I'm a gooner myself so i see as many premiership matches that i possibly can. The EPL's probably lightyears ahead of any other league, except maybe La liga.
By the way, good luck in the Euro '08!
Oh, that's right, you didn't qualify.
Sweden ftw. Zlatan and Elmander = unstoppable.
Americans hate all sports they aren't good at. Football for example, but also Formula 1. Football is the next best thing to sex and I can't wait for Euro 2008 to begin. Think of all the great teams that will play: France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland... It's gonna be a hot summer for all football fans around the globe. Too bad the English didn't qualify, but I will cheer for Oranje!
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