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European Soccer Fans
Posted on 9/1/17 at 8:24 am
Posted on 9/1/17 at 8:24 am
Their butts stay in seats all game long, and they are loud all game long !!! American football has gotten boring. We worry too much about how many at the playing of Hold That Tiger, and then have 3/4 empty stands at game's end !!! 
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Posted on 9/1/17 at 8:26 am to floridatiger2
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Their butts stay in seats all game long
ummmm......
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This post was edited on 9/1/17 at 8:26 am
Posted on 9/1/17 at 8:56 am to Draconian Sanctions
you are in and out of a match in two hours then walk across the street to a row of pubs ....not a bad deal
Posted on 9/1/17 at 8:59 am to floridatiger2
It is easy to stay when you know the game wont be longer than 3 hours and there are no commercials. Also a ton of games are decided by one goal, so game always feels in the balance.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 9:05 am to floridatiger2
Soccer games last less than two hours, including halftime
Posted on 9/1/17 at 9:08 am to lsufball19
Soccer ?
:geauxtigers:
Posted on 9/1/17 at 9:39 am to floridatiger2
A few things. The games are shorter and have no breaks except for halftime. Alot of the teams have stadiums that fit like 50k or less. Its much easier to come back from a 2-0 deficit with 10 minutes left in the game than a 14-0, in soccer things can turn at any moment. You also dont deal with people not showing up to games against bad opponents because there is always a threat you could catch 1 or 2 unlucky breaks and lose or tie a game even if you are a much better team.
So really apples to oranges
So really apples to oranges
Posted on 9/1/17 at 9:52 am to GeauxPack81
it's also for most people literally the only team they follow. No Saints, no LSU baseball, no Pelicans, no nothing.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:19 am to Draconian Sanctions
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ummmm......
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I would love to sit with The Yellow Wall at Westfalenstadion
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It's mostly the English stadiums where fans have to stay seated and it's largely a response to fan violence in the 1980s.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:23 am to floridatiger2
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3/4 empty stands at game's end
Because the game had ended an hour before that.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:24 am to GeauxPack81
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Alot of the teams have stadiums that fit like 50k or less
True but the Dortmund stadium OP linked to holds 81k.
I think the main point is that American sports fans need to be told when and what to cheer by a jumbotron instead of the fans starting cheers themselves. Most teams fans come up with songs to honor their favorite players and ones to mock opposing players. Hearing Liverpool fans singing You'll Never Walk Alone should give goosebumps to anyone with a pulse. You'll Never Walk Alone
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:40 am to MLCLyons
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I think the main point is that American sports fans need to be told when and what to cheer by a jumbotron instead of the fans starting cheers themselves.
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Hearing Liverpool fans singing You'll Never Walk Alone
Doesn't this get canned into the stadium at the beginning of the game?
Next you're going to complain all American fans do is yell.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 10:53 am to GeauxPack81
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Alot of the teams have stadiums that fit like 50k or less.
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Since 1974, Dortmund have played their home games at Westfalenstadion, capacity 81,359, named after its home region of Westphalia. The stadium is the largest in Germany and Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any association football club in the world.
They play about 25 home games in that 82k stadium a year, as opposed to our 7.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 11:30 am to GoldenGuy
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Doesn't this get canned into the stadium at the beginning of the game?
Next you're going to complain all American fans do is yell.
It does prior to the game, but towards the end of the game the fans sing it without any music.
I'm not complaining about American fans yelling. But if you watch a basketball game, everyone sits there until the fake organ music tells them what to do or the D-fence sounds start playing. It's just a more sterile experience in my opinion, especially in pro sports.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 12:15 pm to floridatiger2
I travel to alot of English football games and have also been in tiger stadium. No comparison, American football atmosphere is different and better.
Soccer fans are driven by a rough element and the hatred between teams is insane. You think Bama vs LSU is a rivalry... Try a Derby match in the UK. fricking nutters, more cops at it than fans. Even if you're thirty games into a season and near the bottom of the league, they'll still be there every Saturday, shite faced and violent.
Soccer fans are driven by a rough element and the hatred between teams is insane. You think Bama vs LSU is a rivalry... Try a Derby match in the UK. fricking nutters, more cops at it than fans. Even if you're thirty games into a season and near the bottom of the league, they'll still be there every Saturday, shite faced and violent.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 12:24 pm to floridatiger2
I'm getting to where I can't sit and watch football anymore due to the constant standing around and breaks in play. I just don't have the patience anymore.
Last night I had to get up and start doing other things when the refs and players just stood around for about two minutes during an official timeout. Then they ran a play...stop...ref stands over the ball, won't leave...officials run over to each other...officials run back...ump finally gets off ball...run play...TV timeout...all the while I age a bit more.
Soccer the clock never stops and play never stops minus a minute here and there for a celebration or injury. Game keeps going and it's done in less than two hours. The pace keeps you watching.
Football is way too long with the constant tv timeouts, official slowness, and breaks in play.
Last night I had to get up and start doing other things when the refs and players just stood around for about two minutes during an official timeout. Then they ran a play...stop...ref stands over the ball, won't leave...officials run over to each other...officials run back...ump finally gets off ball...run play...TV timeout...all the while I age a bit more.
Soccer the clock never stops and play never stops minus a minute here and there for a celebration or injury. Game keeps going and it's done in less than two hours. The pace keeps you watching.
Football is way too long with the constant tv timeouts, official slowness, and breaks in play.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 12:25 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Not true....European soccer fans generally follow their favorite pro team,their national team,their local team as well as a myriad of olympic sports !
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