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re: One of the dirtiest things you'll see happened in soccer this weekend (video)
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:34 pm to genro
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:34 pm to genro
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I don't think it does any good to downplay it or equate it to basketball. Americans who try to get into soccer and don't like it, that's always their biggest problem. It's a pervasive problem. It just goes against our American sense of what sports should be about, and the main reason Americans won't fully embrace soccer. They never will until they fix it.
I watch EPL weekly and I only see a ridiculous, prolonged dive every few weeks or so. People go down and act for a second, but usually it's difficult for me to discern whether it's legit or not.
Full speed trips and tumbles without protection are less common in most other sports. That someone might stay down for a few seconds to either a) let the impact wear off or b) try and sell the foul doesn't bother me at all.
South American shite? Yes, that's different. But it rarely impacts much for me in EPL.
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Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:34 pm to RTR America
I don't mind players exaggerating contact in an attempt to get the call. I do mind when they stay down after not getting it and play has to be stopped.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:35 pm to 5 Deep
quote:No they couldn't. It would take a while but NBA would run out eventually.
Someone could find a video of a ridiculous nba flop for every soccer one.
Besides the whole flopping culture in the NBA started with Europeans and South Americans who grew up playing socceer
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:35 pm to More beer please
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So he needed to be taken off on a stretcher...come on
shite can really hurt. I don't know what y'all are talking about. I've seen players sustain foot fractures from getting stepped on with cleats.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:35 pm to RTR America
The soccer I've watched before I got sick of it
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:36 pm to RTR America
Obviously there are players of all cultures playing in the league but if someone watches the premier league it's definitely not as bad as watching a Spanish team in the World Cup or an el Classico
For example, people who watch the champions league final should be expecting the worst considering the teams
For example, people who watch the champions league final should be expecting the worst considering the teams
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:36 pm to genro
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genro
For the record, I agree with you. I hate soccer. It is the one sport I find somehow more boring and pointless than baseball.
I just never miss a chance to post that pic of Paul Pierce, ever.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:37 pm to More beer please
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So he needed to be taken off on a stretcher...come on
Clocks still running. They get him off the field and work on him on the sideline.
We've seen plenty of guys in football where they bring out that damn little truck to throw someone on and it turns out to be something minor.
Seeing them bring out the stretcher is rare. I watched someone try to run off what looks to be a serious knee injury and then leave the field under his own power just this past weekend.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:38 pm to SabiDojo
Ive had it happen too. I've seen it happen plenty, but if he wasnt seriously injured then he could have walked/limped off with help.
The 10 minutes where they lay on the ground whaling around and getting checked out only to get carried off is just ridiculous.
The 10 minutes where they lay on the ground whaling around and getting checked out only to get carried off is just ridiculous.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:39 pm to 5 Deep
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Obviously there are players of all cultures playing in the league but if someone watches the premier league it's definitely not as bad as watching a Spanish team in the World Cup or an el Classico
For example, people who watch the champions league final should be expecting the worst considering the teams
Exactly. It is why I can see you getting a bad point of reference if you only watch the US play because the CONCACAF teams love them some dives.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:44 pm to genro
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Someone could find a video of a ridiculous nba flop for every soccer one.
No they couldn't. It would take a while but NBA would run out eventually.
well you cant compare soccer to the nba when tallying a number. one is a sport, the other is a league (err association) of a sport. you either have to compare the nba to something like the EPL or compare soccer to basketball (all countries).
This post was edited on 5/9/16 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:51 pm to bbap
The point is it happens a lot more in soccer, especially international soccer. If it happened as often in the NBA I would stop watching NBA
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:53 pm to genro
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The point is it happens a lot more in soccer, especially international soccer.
right. Because there are about 4,000 more games. I don't think you understood my point.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:54 pm to bbap
Ok, it happens at a higher frequency. Significantly higher
This post was edited on 5/9/16 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:55 pm to genro
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Ok, it happens at a higher frequency. Significantly higher
At leat now you are making a reasonable argument. I cannot say whether i agree with you or not but i tend to lean towards the side of I do.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:57 pm to bbap
quote:You were just being pedantic
At leat now you are making a reasonable argument.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:57 pm to GetCocky11
Straight out of the Eric Cantona playbook!
Posted on 5/9/16 at 12:58 pm to genro
Not at all. Both of you were making a horrible apples to oranges comparison.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 1:01 pm to genro
These threads never fail to bring out the mouth breathers whose go to argument is that soccer isn't as "manly" as American sports.
quote:yes, because the rest of the world is impatiently waiting on an incestual redneck from Alabama to embrace their passion
It just goes against our American sense of what sports should be about, and the main reason Americans won't fully embrace soccer. They never will until they fix it.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 1:03 pm to Cheesy Beaver
soccer is definitely a manly sport. saying otherwise is just stupid. i agree with you there. but the overselling of fouls isnt just an american complaint.
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