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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:16 am
by TwoBuy
so we have a number of brits and other foreigners here so I was wondering if anyone else follows soccer/football? Although maybe not since most of you are pretty nerdy. If there are any out there, did anyone else see that ridiculous free kick Jimmy Bullard (fulham) did against AV a couple of days ago? INSANE!
Also, I haven't gotten to see him play much, but after watching that Mexico match, Jozy Altidore looks legit. It's about time the US actually had a player worth a damn.
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:19 pm
by ruotwocone
just saw that free kick... awesome. Although soccer/football can't hold a candle to
Sepak Takraw. When i was pushing TVs at Sears in college, Sepak Takraw came on every day on obscure sports channel 42983.
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:02 pm
by Lethal Interjection
So it is essentially volleyball (really beach volleyball, as there are only two players) where you only use your feet and head like football/soccer?
That's pretty cool.
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:23 pm
by ruotwocone
Lethal Interjection wrote:So it is essentially volleyball (really beach volleyball, as there are only two players) where you only use your feet and head like football/soccer?
That's pretty cool.
indeed it is. The Malaysian and Thai teams are really friggin awesome at it... Germany is ok too.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:22 pm
by Husper
Football is a pile of smelly mouldy pants, its all about the Rugby!
They just stand there kicking the ball back and forward for 90 mins. Yes there is a certain amount of skill in that, but where is the team work? Whole teams can rely on one player. Rugby wins.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:03 pm
by Lethal Interjection
Husper wrote:Football is a pile of smelly mouldy pants, its all about the Rugby!
They just stand there kicking the ball back and forward for 90 mins. Yes there is a certain amount of skill in that, but where is the team work? Whole teams can rely on one player. Rugby wins.
For the most part I would rather watch rugby, but I would rather play soccer. Professional soccer (or World Cup soccer) can be rather boring to watch. Not always, but often. Rugby is really interesting to watch, but I feel like it can only really be played by actual organized teams. And frankly, I've never played, and only picked up the rules by watching a few games on TV. I'd choose watching college or NFL football (American football, in other words) over rugby or soccer any day, though.
I still love the old saying...
Soccer is a gentleman's sport played by thugs, rugby is a thug's sport played by gentlemen.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:04 pm
by mountainmage
Husper wrote:Football is a pile of smelly mouldy pants, its all about the Rugby!
They just stand there kicking the ball back and forward for 90 mins. Yes there is a certain amount of skill in that, but where is the team work? Whole teams can rely on one player. Rugby wins.
Football is interesting because of the strategy...and they don't kick the ball that often. Just during kick-off/punts/field goals. If you ask me, Rugby is just football without pads. Oh, and blood.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:06 pm
by Lethal Interjection
mountainmage wrote:Football is interesting because of the strategy...and they don't kick the ball that often. Just during kick-off/punts/field goals. If you ask me, Rugby is just football without pads. Oh, and blood.
He is talking about Soccer. Not American Football.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:22 pm
by mountainmage
Lethal Interjection wrote:mountainmage wrote:Football is interesting because of the strategy...and they don't kick the ball that often. Just during kick-off/punts/field goals. If you ask me, Rugby is just football without pads. Oh, and blood.
He is talking about Soccer. Not American Football.
Damn it. Ignore what I said.*
*Also, I am an american pig-dog!
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:03 pm
by Frostbite
Hockey is where its at. You people are all straight up crazy.
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:06 am
by Husper
American pig dog!
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:07 am
by Husper
Oh yeah and american football and rugby are both cool, guess its just preference of which you are brought up with. Rugby is fun for the blood!
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:27 am
by Frostbite
Water polo is more hardcore than Rugby, its like Rugby but in 8 feet of water.
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:43 am
by mountainmage
Husper wrote:American pig dog!
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
Well...you have an electric donkey bottom!
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:02 am
by Lottel
Fellows, fellows, we all know that all games are equally inferior to Calvinball.
Well, except hockey. It's more inferior. And I guess Thunderball is less inferior than the rest...
But that's it.