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re: Why the hate for soccer?
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:24 pm to glassman
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:24 pm to glassman
Add land mines and lions on the field, then I might care 
No really, most sports, I'd rather be playing/participating. Had to buy a motocross bike in my mid 20's b/c I didn't just want to watch everyone ride. Played soccer when I was younger, and have to say I still prefer watching/playing/being involved in individual sports.
No really, most sports, I'd rather be playing/participating. Had to buy a motocross bike in my mid 20's b/c I didn't just want to watch everyone ride. Played soccer when I was younger, and have to say I still prefer watching/playing/being involved in individual sports.
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Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:25 pm to Enigma
valid points and i see how it can be perceived that way.
Its the same concept as american football... except without yard markers, downs, and as many play stoppages.
move the ball down the field. take big risks, big reward or turnover. protect the ball, or turn it over and cause a fast break... get close to the goal, run a play (yes, there are plays ), get a scoring chance, find mismatches and exploit them
its just continuous action, to those who choose to view it that way. i know most think its "boring" but there is more to it than whats being given credit for
Its the same concept as american football... except without yard markers, downs, and as many play stoppages.
move the ball down the field. take big risks, big reward or turnover. protect the ball, or turn it over and cause a fast break... get close to the goal, run a play (yes, there are plays ), get a scoring chance, find mismatches and exploit them
its just continuous action, to those who choose to view it that way. i know most think its "boring" but there is more to it than whats being given credit for
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:26 pm to liz18lsu
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Add land mines and lions on the field, then I might care
Gladiator style.
Seriously, come to NO for a match at Finn McCool's and your perception will be changed forever.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:26 pm to glassman
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How about a sport with no TV timeouts? And no break in the action? Sounds good to me.
Though I do dislike some of the TV timeouts in football, soccer is just sooooooooo boring.
How do you root for a team in soccer when one second they have the ball by the opponents goal and 3 seconds later its kicks on the other side the f-ing field... Do you just sit in silence till a score. There are no first down, or huge play like football to get excited about.
What a guy fakes out the other team and kicks a goal, well La De Da!!
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:27 pm to glassman
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How about a sport with no TV timeouts? And no break in the action? Sounds good to me.
exactly... play never stops. injury minutes are accounted for at the end (you know, the "clock counting up" everyone hates) and injury minutes make for the most exciting parts of the game if close
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:28 pm to Enigma
that a big play for the D
they would be excited
similar to getting to the 10 in football and fumbling
they would be excited
similar to getting to the 10 in football and fumbling
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:28 pm to EliPorter
Because it's hockey with out the sticks and fights on ice
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:29 pm to glassman
That's another thing, glass. Watching something in person or surrounded by people who are SO into it is an actual experience, and a blast. People were being so hard on the band-wagon Saints fans this year, but shite, how much fricking fun WAS that?! And that's what, in the end, life's about; experience, passion, emotion. Sport brings that out, just in different venues for some. 
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:31 pm to jefforize
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Its the same concept as american football... except without yard markers, downs, and as many play stoppages.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:33 pm to RBWilliams8
same as basketall and hockey too
the field is just bigger.
the field is just bigger.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:35 pm to jefforize
Pretty much the same as NASCAR minus the cars, concrete, and bama fans 
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:36 pm to RayFinkleTTU
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Pretty much the same as NASCAR minus the cars, concrete, and bama fans
Which I hear, even for non-fans is an awesome experience
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:37 pm to liz18lsu
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That's another thing, glass. Watching something in person or surrounded by people who are SO into it is an actual experience, and a blast.
Finn McCool's is a great place to experience it. I can't fricking wait for June 11.
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life's about; experience, passion, emotion
Truest words ever spoken on this forum.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:39 pm to Enigma
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Soccer is boring because, to us, there is no set plays and organization.
Is rugby boring to you?
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Baseball you have innings that separated the time so you can organize what happened when...
Dull. And I can watch baseball without hating it.
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Soccer has such long periods of play that it sometimes feels like they are just out there kicking it back and forth.
Soccer has no stoppages? No half time? No fouls? No set pieces?
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Also any sport where the clock counts up and not down, can suck my balls!
Rugby.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 7:45 pm to RayFinkleTTU
im sure youre just trying to be clever, but no, there is no goal/goaline in NASCAR to put a ball through as basketball, hockey, soccer.
midfield posession is obviously underrated. what is perceived as "just kicking it around" and "flopping" (this does occur), and boring, is actually way more than that...
move a ball down the field, put it in goal. pretty simply?
midfield posession is obviously underrated. what is perceived as "just kicking it around" and "flopping" (this does occur), and boring, is actually way more than that...
move a ball down the field, put it in goal. pretty simply?
Posted on 5/7/10 at 8:41 pm to EliPorter
Hank Hill: Bobby, I didn't think I'd ever need to tell you this, but I would be a bad parent if I didn't. Soccer was invented by European ladies to keep them busy while their husbands did the cooking.
Bobby Hill: Why do you hate what you don't understand?
Hank Hill: I don't hate you Bobby!
Bobby Hill: I was talking about soccer.
Hank Hill: Oh yeah, I hate soccer.
Bobby Hill: Why do you hate what you don't understand?
Hank Hill: I don't hate you Bobby!
Bobby Hill: I was talking about soccer.
Hank Hill: Oh yeah, I hate soccer.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 8:52 pm to TN Bhoy
people are getting hatred confused with indifference
Posted on 5/7/10 at 9:44 pm to Louie T
Hank Hill says it best...
Posted on 5/7/10 at 9:46 pm to Louie T
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suck my balls!
Suggests hatred.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 11:01 pm to TN Bhoy
how many times has the "high scoring" shite been mentioned? haven't read a lick of the thread....people that mention this are giving proof that they simply dont know jack shite about the sport.
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