France vs Italy - An American's Perspective (1563 hits)
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Submitted by MyNameIsTim (View user info) at 2006-07-10 10:01:32 EDT
boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis boring analysis
game starts
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free kick.
goal.
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goal!
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goal.
offsides. goal disallowed.
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headbutt to the chest.
(seriously. that was the coolest thing i've ever seen in a soccer game ever. he dropped the shit out of that guy with a fierce headbutt to the chest. although since it happened to an italian, i'm sure he just tapped him and he took a world class dive.)
skinny guys running around skinny guys running around skinny guys running around skinny guys running around skinny guys running around skinny guys running around skinny guys running around skinny guys running around skinny guys running around skinny guys running around skinny guys running around
overtime.
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shoot out.
cool.
goal.
goal.
goal.
crossbar. that sucks.
goal.
goal.
goal.
riots.
back to baseball.
the end.
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Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-10-26 13:05:02 EDT (#)
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Hey Tim. You haven't posted in ages, anyway the Malleys is back on, and I'm finishing it up. Thanks for giving me the idea http://www.ubersite.com/m/94960
http://www.ubersite.com/u/axolotl/l/the_malleys
Submitted by Average_Dan (user info) at 2006-07-27 12:53:10 EDT (#)
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I probably wouldn't come back either. If I ever have a 3 week vacation, there would be no way you could shove me back in a car and make me go home. Anyways, just wanted to see something from you. You always kill me. If you decide not to go home, have a fun time for me.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-07-27 10:25:55 EDT (#)
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coming back where?
i'm currently on a 3 week vacation between jobs. i shall check uber once every wheneverifeellikeit, until i get to new job.
in the meantime, i'm riding my bicycle 100 miles a day, drinking my balls off, and hating on the state of new jersey and the shitty people that inhabit it for 3 more days.
so to answer your question...
...maybe.
Submitted by Average_Dan (user info) at 2006-07-24 14:31:13 EDT (#)
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Are you ever coming back Tim?
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-07-20 12:14:45 EDT (#)
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"going to university" ... ?
so are you an american, or are you not? make up your mind alter boy.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-19 09:53:03 EDT (#)
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Going to university and living by myself, paying my way 100%, and getting deans list last semester with a 3.7GPA. The drugs are still prevelant, but still, nice try again, you dumb twat.
Submitted by PerkMan (user info) at 2006-07-12 22:01:24 EDT (#)
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someone:
you're an american right? i think i remember reading that somewhere.
Did you play soccer in highschool? of course you did.
I bet at your highschool the football team or the hockey team or the baseball team had all the "cool" "jocks" who got all the girls and all the credit and all the fans at their games right?
and you resented it because you had to work hard too?
and you hate everyone who doesn't love soccer because they don't understand you and it brings back angry feelings from when the big bad mean football players gave you wedgies in the locker room?
well news flash dick bag...nobody cares. go fuck a cheese grater.
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Hahah this was awesome. There is so much hate for the "cool" jocks so to speak. I should do a post about it. hahah baseball rules.
Submitted by PerkMan (user info) at 2006-07-12 21:53:02 EDT (#)
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+2 for him talking about hazing.
+2 for Mynameistim being a fatass.
+2 for this post.
Fight on boys, fight on.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-07-12 21:47:41 EDT (#)
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just like me huh?
healthy, successful, and happy?
that sucks for them i guess....
how'd you turn out anyway? still doing drugs and living at home? good luck with that.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-12 16:45:53 EDT (#)
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How observant! In fact, I did play soccer in high school, during which my team beat our schools biggest rival TWICE, we beat the dreaded Ivy League High School team which our school had never beat IN HISTORY....once to win the season, once to win the regional finals, AND we traveled to Pennsylvania to play the nationals...in which we had our ass handed to us. My school never even had football and hockey, and our basketball team was a joke. Regardless, your summation was pretty much correct: I dated the hottest girl in my high school, my best friend was the principal's son (which means no detention for repeatedly smoking pot in the senior lounge)...and oh, did I mention my senior lounge? Two TV's, Goldeneye and Perfect Dark tourneys, fully stocked fridge, private bathroom, and I had four study halls a day to do absolutely whatever I wanted, which mostly involved hazing the fat, slow, underclassmen, many of whom turn out to be....just...like...you.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-07-12 07:30:39 EDT (#)
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someone:
you're an american right? i think i remember reading that somewhere.
Did you play soccer in highschool? of course you did.
I bet at your highschool the football team or the hockey team or the baseball team had all the "cool" "jocks" who got all the girls and all the credit and all the fans at their games right?
and you resented it because you had to work hard too?
and you hate everyone who doesn't love soccer because they don't understand you and it brings back angry feelings from when the big bad mean football players gave you wedgies in the locker room?
well news flash dick bag...nobody cares. go fuck a cheese grater.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-07-12 07:22:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-07-12 04:20:54 (#)
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It's gotta be a cultural thing. Football should be a big deal over in America. You have passionate fans, you have the search for identity thing which leads itself so well to club football.
All this bollocks about 'skinny players' is just rubbish. They're all athletes in great physical condition who are subject to some of the most stringent of fitness regimes.
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i guess it's some kind of thing. I want to like soccer. i really do. I consider myself a sports fan...I like just about eveyr sport there is. I've watched about 10 marathons on tv in the past few years. they are interesting. those skinny guys can run.
this was the first year i really gave the world cup soccer a try. I watched every game I could, i kept up with the scores while i was at work, i watched the final with a ton of passionate fans.
i understand the rules. i understand the game. i understand the time keeping (although the arbitrary stoppage time is the most rediculous rule i've ever heard of in sports). i understand the need to be passionate about something that's bigger than yourself. i respsect the physical conditioning, and i respect the skills involved.
but i don't get it.
it doesn't do it for me. it's silly. arbitrary stoppage time? that's gay. the super duper world cup being decided on a skills competition? that's gay. murdering players when they don't win a game? that's gay.
4 years from now, i'll watch it again, and i'll come to the same conclusions.
it's gay.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-07-12 06:10:10 EDT (#)
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It's one event that comes every four years, like an election, and then it disappears. I think it's a question of heritage more than anything else.
So here we go again. This is a blip on the scene, and it will be gone. This is like when the Ice Capades come to town, and everybody goes to see the ice show. And a week later, it's all forgotten.
Frank Deford
i couldn't have said it better myself
nationalism....plain and simple
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-07-12 05:00:38 EDT (#)
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Counting up - as opposed to counting down?
*bewildered*
You can't turn back time young Brian. It marches onwards. Ever onwards.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-07-12 04:57:21 EDT (#)
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Oh, we know how it works.
we just don't like it because it is counting opposite than what we like.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-07-12 04:51:01 EDT (#)
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Not start stop? I don't get it. It's simple. Time goes down, a little bit of stoppage time. Half over. Second half - time goes down - a little bit of stoppage - full time.
In the event of a draw at a knockout round - it then goes to extra time.
Then, if the teams have still not been separated, the cruel pain that is a penalty shoot out, or 'penalties.'
Penalties has almost no connection to football - but is the best way of sorting it out.
As for additional periods of extra time until a winner is produced, it seems a bit weird to allow fatigue to be the only deciding factor. It would lead to slower football.
Also, penalty shootouts allow a goal keeper to be a hero instead of a striker.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-07-12 04:32:41 EDT (#)
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we shun it because of the way the clock runs.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-07-12 04:20:54 EDT (#)
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It's gotta be a cultural thing. Football should be a big deal over in America. You have passionate fans, you have the search for identity thing which leads itself so well to club football.
All this bollocks about 'skinny players' is just rubbish. They're all athletes in great physical condition who are subject to some of the most stringent of fitness regimes. Steven Gerrard runs an average of eleven miles a game or something ludicrous. In a little over 105 minutes with a 15 minute break at half time. This model of football is now very much the norm, not the exception. You have to respect their physical condition.
Skill wise, watch players like Ronaldinho weave a ball through a defence, or whip in a perfect cross. The technical expertise required is bourne of the same hard work and practice that go into a pitcher at baseball. David Beckham does spend hours doing nothing but whipping in free kicks past a wall and the keeper.
Regarding diving, I think the World Cup was a pretty poor showcase of this side of the game. Most nations tend to look down on divers (the English, the Germans, even the French who have their fair share) but a few celebrate this as 'the dark arts.' The Italians and Argentines in particular are noted for their glee in conning a referee and getting one over on the opposition. While I don't like that, I can at least accept that not everyone has the same cultural associations with such acts.
It is a shame that the US don't have any truly great players. I think if a few made it big, or an MLS team had a great run and got into one of the world club competitions, then perhaps you could start seeing what it's all about.
I'd like to think that football was above nationality - certainly if I were to pick a world 11, none would be English presently (though on form, Steven Gerrard and David Beckham run anyone pretty close). I'd hate to think that the Americans were shunning football on the basis that they didn't invent it!
Submitted by Happily_Agnostic (user info) at 2006-07-12 03:31:29 EDT (#)
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To the average american, everyone under 100 kgs is skinny
Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2006-07-12 02:31:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-11 22:13:37 (#)
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No shit Labatt Blue is Canadian. I was making a reference to hockey, in which he clearly talked about beforehand. Here's an idea: Try reading before typing a hasty, brown-nosing defense. Another idea: I never said soccer players are overpaid: what I DID say was that American 'athletes' (note the annotative marks, for the second time now) are grossly overpaid for the services in which they render. Also, because your opinionated retort is so hilarious I can't help pointing out the numerous holes, what you are refering to as overpaid soccer stars refers to mostly European teams. The Ghana underdogs that played heart and soul the whole tournament are making TONS of money during the four year offseason, I'm sure of it! (Lets not forget the 20,000 each made for every World Cup game won). If you haven't gotten the point yet, let me make it a little more clear: You are an idiot.
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Well, I don't think I'm really trying to "brown-nose" here, but that was interesting. What is also interesting is that there was no real decisive winner in this WC, and I laugh at people who say Italy was the best team in the tournament. I'm sick of wasting two hours of my life watching these games only to see them end in penalty shots (LAME! Sudden death until somebody scores a legitimate goal!) and I'm sick of people like you bashing American athletes. What they do requires a great deal of skill and conditioning. And yes, let's weep for Ghana whose players are not making salaries comparable to European and South American teams, but keep in mind that most American soccer players don't make much either outside the WC unless they play in Europe, which only a handful of them do. And the US did tie the World Champs. (And by the way, I'm sure 20 grand goes quite bit further in Ghana than it does here.) Just stop bashing American athletes. That's what pissed me off. Go play 162 three hour games in five months, and then after you are done come back and tell me it doesn't require athleticism.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-07-12 01:58:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DirtyDoubleEntendre (user info) at 2006-07-12 00:27:03 (#)
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goal.
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goal!
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goal.
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I'm pretty sure that that's one too many goals
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did you even watch the game dipshit?
the goal was disallowed
Submitted by DirtyDoubleEntendre (user info) at 2006-07-12 00:27:03 EDT (#)
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goal.
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goal!
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goal.
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I'm pretty sure that that's one too many goals
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-11 22:13:37 EDT (#)
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Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2006-07-11 17:47:30 (#)
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Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-11 17:42:44 (#)
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Labatt Blue/Coors Light/Budwieser while watching overpaid 'athletes'...
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Surely you jest. Soccor players are the most overpaid athletes in the world. The Yankees payroll (the highest payroll in American sports) PALES in comparison to the money the Manchester, Chelsea, Real Madid, and many others spend on their players.
Oh, and Labatt Blue is a Canadian beer.
Now fuck off, eurotrash.
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No shit Labatt Blue is Canadian. I was making a reference to hockey, in which he clearly talked about beforehand. Here's an idea: Try reading before typing a hasty, brown-nosing defense. Another idea: I never said soccer players are overpaid: what I DID say was that American 'athletes' (note the annotative marks, for the second time now) are grossly overpaid for the services in which they render. Also, because your opinionated retort is so hilarious I can't help pointing out the numerous holes, what you are refering to as overpaid soccer stars refers to mostly European teams. The Ghana underdogs that played heart and soul the whole tournament are making TONS of money during the four year offseason, I'm sure of it! (Lets not forget the 20,000 each made for every World Cup game won). If you haven't gotten the point yet, let me make it a little more clear: You are an idiot.
Submitted by Ingsoc (user info) at 2006-07-11 18:07:15 EDT (#)
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Noone ever says Italy.
Submitted by consuelo212 (user info) at 2006-07-11 18:01:57 EDT (#)
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As funny as this was...come on.
Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2006-07-11 17:47:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-11 17:42:44 (#)
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Labatt Blue/Coors Light/Budwieser while watching overpaid 'athletes'...
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Surely you jest. Soccor players are the most overpaid athletes in the world. The Yankees payroll (the highest payroll in American sports) PALES in comparison to the money the Manchester, Chelsea, Real Madid, and many others spend on their players.
Oh, and Labatt Blue is a Canadian beer.
Now fuck off, eurotrash.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-11 17:42:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-07-10 23:26:52 (#)
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Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-10 22:13:54 (#)
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Soccer at its worst is four times better then any American sport. Passion. Fluidity. Rythym. Try to find any of those three attributes in any of our *professional* sports, and I can bet you wont. Typical American dumbass here folks, I bet you also drink domestic beer. Boring!
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a) you're wrong.
b) here's why:
b1) passion: if by killing players who don't win games counts as passion, you can count me proudly amoung the pasionless. that's just fucking barbaric. go rape and pillage someone you dirty fuck. you want passion? go find a townie bar in western maine and watch a regular season bruins game with old guys who haven't missed on in 30 years.
b2) fluidity: ever seen hockey? kicking the ball back and forth for 45 seconds...versus skating at 45 miles per hour with razor blades on your feet and controlling something the size of a can of chew with a stick that's 6 feet long. that's fluid.
b3) rhythm? i watch the floor exercises in gymnastics at the summer olympics. that's rhythm. not soccer.
c) while i may not be funny, i will defend the fact that football, hockey, and basketball are better sports than soccer until the day i die.
"oh but asshole, 99% of the countires in the world love soccer and not hockey or football"
that's because they're too poor to afford a rink or a helmet.
shut the fuck up you worthless faggot
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Well retorted. Now go back to slurping a Labatt Blue/Coors Light/Budwieser while watching overpaid 'athletes' in between the 25 minutes of commercial advertising being brodcasted into dumb susceptiable Americans such as yourself--By the way, France and Italy, the two world superpowers that fought for the World Cup--Remember them? I'm quite sure the citizens in these countries--social and cultural centers since THE DAWN OF RECORDED HISTORY--can't afford a rink or helmet. Your logic is astounding, as are your witty retorts. Assuming your mental aptitude follows suite (and I'm quite certain it does) I'd best surrender before you get the better of me.
Submitted by lossy (user info) at 2006-07-11 06:35:14 EDT (#)
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by the way - you call em skinny guys - cause all you americans are fat fuckers!
Submitted by lossy (user info) at 2006-07-11 06:33:17 EDT (#)
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baseball - shit
basketball - shit
american pansy rugby (football) - shit
Submitted by _ce (user info) at 2006-07-11 05:46:06 EDT (#)
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I like nothing about American "Football".
It's a silly stop/start game where you seem to have 2 teams on each side... Taking breaks all the time.
Why do you need those dumb shoulder pads and helmets...? Rugby players don't need them. And Rugby is a lot more contact.
You should learn and understand that "soccer", or Football is a game of fluidity, skill and motion. American football and baseball are bastardisations of British sports.
Submitted by TonyMontana (user info) at 2006-07-11 04:06:27 EDT (#)
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fuck baseball. it's a horribly boring sport that's not worth a god damn. i would rather watch paint dry than watch a baseball game on tv. the only thing that makes it remotely tolerable in person is the beer and nachos.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2006-07-11 03:30:44 EDT (#)
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soccer is for eurotrash twats
Submitted by ripple (user info) at 2006-07-11 00:38:18 EDT (#)
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my brother was in rome for the world cup final, standing in circus maximus with some other college-age americans. hes not exactly a soccer buff (he broke the growth plate in his knee when he was 13 playing in gym class), but he said it was the most amazing experience ever. i think americans have to respect how enthused all the countries (who dont suck at soccer) are about it.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-07-10 23:26:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-10 22:13:54 (#)
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Soccer at its worst is four times better then any American sport. Passion. Fluidity. Rythym. Try to find any of those three attributes in any of our *professional* sports, and I can bet you wont. Typical American dumbass here folks, I bet you also drink domestic beer. Boring!
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a) you're wrong.
b) here's why:
b1) passion: if by killing players who don't win games counts as passion, you can count me proudly amoung the pasionless. that's just fucking barbaric. go rape and pillage someone you dirty fuck. you want passion? go find a townie bar in western maine and watch a regular season bruins game with old guys who haven't missed on in 30 years.
b2) fluidity: ever seen hockey? kicking the ball back and forth for 45 seconds...versus skating at 45 miles per hour with razor blades on your feet and controlling something the size of a can of chew with a stick that's 6 feet long. that's fluid.
b3) rhythm? i watch the floor exercises in gymnastics at the summer olympics. that's rhythm. not soccer.
c) while i may not be funny, i will defend the fact that football, hockey, and basketball are better sports than soccer until the day i die.
"oh but asshole, 99% of the countires in the world love soccer and not hockey or football"
that's because they're too poor to afford a rink or a helmet.
shut the fuck up you worthless faggot
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-07-10 23:02:18 EDT (#)
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i could understand, and enjoy, the game of soccer if it had been developed for double amputees or paraplegics, but i think playing any game with only your head and feet is unnatural, restrictive and simply...quite silly
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2006-07-10 22:23:57 EDT (#)
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the funniest thing youve written bubblehead
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2006-07-10 22:13:54 EDT (#)
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Soccer at its worst is four times better then any American sport. Passion. Fluidity. Rythym. Try to find any of those three attributes in any of our *professional* sports, and I can bet you wont. Typical American dumbass here folks, I bet you also drink domestic beer. Boring!
Submitted by PerkMan (user info) at 2006-07-10 21:37:43 EDT (#)
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yeah you hate this game because your way the fuck to fat to play it.
Submitted by Rope (user info) at 2006-07-10 21:03:14 EDT (#)
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"skinny guys"?!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
has the US finally thought "fuck it, we're all fat, let's just call that normal. we can pick on the physically fit now, there's more of us."?
JESUS CHRIST
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-07-10 20:36:47 EDT (#)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Rftjjfros&search=zidane%20headbutt
Submitted by Dolson (user info) at 2006-07-10 20:24:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by mles76 (user info) at 2006-07-10 18:30:47 (#)
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Basball:
Pitcher has the ball, holds the ball for a few minutes, throws the ball, no swing.
Catcher throws the ball to pitcher.
Pitcher has the ball, holds the ball for a few minutes, scratches himself, throws the ball, swing, strike.
Catcher looks around for a minute and throws the ball to the pitcher.
Pitcher has the ball, holds the ball for a few minutes, throws the ball, no swing.
Catcher throws the ball to pitcher.
Camera pans to the dug out. Theplayers look like they are about to take a nap.
Pitcher has the ball, holds the ball for a few minutes, throws the ball, no swing.
Repeat for four hours while fat americans keep drinking thier watery piss beer and stuff themselves with fatty foods.
I'd rather watch curling than your so called "World Series".
[Fuck] Off.
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That's pretty much it. At least soccer players aren't fatasses.
Submitted by mles76 (user info) at 2006-07-10 18:30:47 EDT (#)
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Basball:
Pitcher has the ball, holds the ball for a few minutes, throws the ball, no swing.
Catcher throws the ball to pitcher.
Pitcher has the ball, holds the ball for a few minutes, scratches himself, throws the ball, swing, strike.
Catcher looks around for a minute and throws the ball to the pitcher.
Pitcher has the ball, holds the ball for a few minutes, throws the ball, no swing.
Catcher throws the ball to pitcher.
Camera pans to the dug out. Theplayers look like they are about to take a nap.
Pitcher has the ball, holds the ball for a few minutes, throws the ball, no swing.
Repeat for four hours while fat americans keep drinking thier watery piss beer and stuff themselves with fatty foods.
I'd rather watch curling than your so called "World Series".
Fak Off.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2006-07-10 17:12:01 EDT (#)
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yeah thats pretty much it.
But what was Zidane THINKING?
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-07-10 16:08:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:12:10 (#)
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Even as an American I can fathom no earthly idea as to why someone would watch baseball over World Cup Soccer.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-07-10 16:07:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sebcharrot (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:39:22 (#)
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I just found out what Materazzi said to Zidane. Apparently he called him a "musulmani, sporchi terroristici". Meaning a "dirty muslim terrorist". Fuck him for saying it, he deserves to be drilled in the chest. What a cunt.
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I'm always suprised when I see people acting like this- for some reason I forget that some people can't get past skin color or where a person is from. I expect them to look past all that superficial crap but I guess some just enjoy stereotyping far too much.
Submitted by BadAssJulie (user info) at 2006-07-10 15:04:36 EDT (#)
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Zidane is fucking awesome and so was that headbutt. Great way to go out. It's too bad they lost though. I really didn't want Italy to win.
Baseball is the most boring sport to watch EVER!
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-07-10 15:00:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:41:44 (#)
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"After all, that's what Italy is known for, right? Cheap Shots and Taking Dives?"
Yeah and they leared it all from the french...
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best two comments ever.
Submitted by livEvil (user info) at 2006-07-10 14:04:59 EDT (#)
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i can't remember soccer being exciting since the original nintendo made a game out of it.
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:41:44 EDT (#)
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"After all, that's what Italy is known for, right? Cheap Shots and Taking Dives?"
Yeah and they leared it all from the french...
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:39:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:36:22 (#)
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Foolproof, I'm American. I live in good old Pennsylvania unless you were directing that as a general shout in the direction of our neighbors across teh pond.
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Steelers Fans Suck.
Just kidding, I'm one.
Oh, do you like the Eagles...?
I'm sorry if you do.
Where form PA, I'm from their originally.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:36:22 EDT (#)
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Foolproof, I'm American. I live in good old Pennsylvania unless you were directing that as a general shout in the direction of our neighbors across teh pond.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:35:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sebcharrot (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:39:22 (#)
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Yet another post trashing football, but at least you appreciated the awesome headbutt.
I just found out what Materazzi said to Zidane. Apparently he called him a "musulmani, sporchi terroristici". Meaning a "dirty muslim terrorist". Fuck him for saying it, he deserves to be drilled in the chest. What a cunt.
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I figured it had to be something like that - Zizou has a ferocious temper, and I'm quite sure it was part of the Italian game plan to get him to blow his cool.
After all, that's what Italy is known for, right? Cheap Shots and Taking Dives?
Submitted by LustrousShe-Wolf (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:28:21 EDT (#)
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We taped the game... and I only watched it so I could see the headbutt. Best thing EVER!
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:26:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by extacy_red (user info) at 2006-07-10 11:04:23 (#)
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true, but baseball blows.
soccer is coo. so is hockey and lacrosse.
much more violence
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Lacrosse is for pussies. Shinty and Hurling are where it's at.
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:15:49 EDT (#)
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That's fairly accurate. Here's how I saw the game.
*watched Tiger miss his par putt on hole 1, hoping to see if he makes the bogie putt or not*
*pre-empted for a ridiculous soccer game*
*turns tv off*
*checks ESPN.com for score after game is over*
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:15:12 EDT (#)
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Well, I'll say this about soccer:
All of the other countries can just keep looking down their noses at America. Yes, we are brutish and bullish, but at least we are civil in our sports. We don't threaten and kill our referees. We don't attack the players when our team loses. We don't have to have SWAT teams at games to keep the peace.
We are "barbaric"?
At least we know how to treat a GAME.
So take your self righeousness and shove it right up your ass until you stop being so fucking violent over a fucking game.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:10:26 EDT (#)
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Only in the playoffs though, so theoretically you can have a 0-0 game during regular season. I'm a huge football fan, moreso than soccer, but I thought that'd I just point that out to you.
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:09:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:05:02 (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:27:46 (#)
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Foolproof, did you know that American Football can end in a tie? Does that make it any less of a sport?
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No it can't.
They play until somebody scores.
...in playoffs anyways.
But they are men, so they score.
Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:05:41 EDT (#)
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that head butt was great.
you left out when they hit the balls with their heads.
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:05:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:27:46 (#)
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Foolproof, did you know that American Football can end in a tie? Does that make it any less of a sport?
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No it can't.
They play until somebody scores.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:04:46 EDT (#)
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Stupid crossbar!
Submitted by sebcharrot (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:39:22 EDT (#)
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Yet another post trashing football, but at least you appreciated the awesome headbutt.
I just found out what Materazzi said to Zidane. Apparently he called him a "musulmani, sporchi terroristici". Meaning a "dirty muslim terrorist". Fuck him for saying it, he deserves to be drilled in the chest. What a cunt.
Here's a compilation of all his foul hacks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmW83FjB1Yc
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:31:03 EDT (#)
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That's exactly what I came up with...only I threw in a couple million "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's", as well.
Submitted by strwbryfanatic (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:29:33 EDT (#)
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Since I feel like I'm on my deathbed, I thought I'd give away another +2. :'(
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:27:46 EDT (#)
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Foolproof, did you know that American Football can end in a tie? Does that make it any less of a sport?
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2006-07-10 11:33:11 EDT (#)
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Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:12:10 (#)
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Even as an American I can fathom no earthly idea as to why someone would watch baseball over World Cup Soccer.
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2006-07-10 11:28:55 EDT (#)
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You know, for people who can watch a triple header of baseball or football Americans are not very patient with other sports...
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-07-10 11:18:17 EDT (#)
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It is NOT a sport if the final score can possibly be 0-0.
There has to be a winner to be a sport.
Submitted by extacy_red (user info) at 2006-07-10 11:04:23 EDT (#)
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true, but baseball blows.
soccer is coo. so is hockey and lacrosse.
much more violence
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:54:21 EDT (#)
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pretty true
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:44:11 EDT (#)
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This was correct.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:30:30 EDT (#)
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Fuck off Jake.
You only hate baseball because your skinny little arms cannot hold up a bat long enough to get a proper stab at a ball.
Submitted by moocowz3 (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:24:13 EDT (#)
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YES LOL!!!!
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:23:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:17:43 (#)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIUp19bBoA FAR BETTER.
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The best thing about that match was watching him do the same thing half a minute later. And Martin Offiah punching defenders.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:17:43 EDT (#)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIUp19bBoA FAR BETTER.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:16:45 EDT (#)
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I still don't get how any of you bastards can watch baseball without falling asleep. Don't give me that 'you can get drunk ha ha ha' bollocks either. It's a tedious ordeal where the same exact few actions are performed over and over again. It's like paper scissors stone as far as I can see.
I fucking hate cricket as well.
Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:14:56 EDT (#)
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deserved a -2 until the picture. that really was probably the coolest thing i've ever seen in a soccer game.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:12:47 EDT (#)
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This was shit, though I did crack a smile. Overtime is still not a term used in football.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:12:10 EDT (#)
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Even as an American I can fathom no earthly idea as to why someone would watch baseball over World Cup Soccer.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:08:18 EDT (#)
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this was really poor
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:02:59 EDT (#)
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Very astute analysis Tim.