• England continues to be BTFO at their #1 sport, eliminated from the World Cup
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England lost, Japan lost, wtf is goin on
[QUOTE=Dr.Critic;45168628]Somehow I don't think we'll be seeing that at the Qatar World Cup[/QUOTE] I really don't think that is going to play out nice, its a goddamn 40 to 50 degrees celcius out there around this time of year. Thats going to be insane for the footballers.
[QUOTE=SeamanStains;45167939]it's not chainmail, it's just wool.[/QUOTE] I'm sure all England fans are feeling sheepish now.
[QUOTE=SeamanStains;45167939]it's not chainmail, it's just wool.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure I've seen a picture of at least one guy who was wearing actual chainmail, though whether it was aluminium or actual steel, couldn't tell in the picture, but it was most definately not wool.
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;45167959]Obviously, European teams can't handle the climate whereas the South American teams play in these conditions all year round.[/QUOTE] It's not like the World Cup being in Brazil was a surprise lol. They knew the type of conditions they would be playing in so you can't be using the climate as an excuse but I can see it giving the latin american teams a slight advantage. It's a competition tho.. you adapt and compete to win.
It appears that the Prophet John Madden was telling the truth! As the NFL makes landfall in the United Kingdom with our NFL International games, the United Kingdom's [I]soccer clubs[/I] will be forced out of their stadiums as they start playing worse and worse, and those stadiums will be used for American Football! Laying the seeds of seven NFL teams in the United Kingdom. Before they know it, [I]soccer[/I] shall no longer be the most favored sport in the United Kingdom, it shall be American football! As time goes on, the Jacksonville Jaguars shall become the London Jaguars, and Wembley Stadium will host a Superbowl game! MUHAHAHHA HAIL TO THE PROPHET, JOHN MADDEN. /hopefullysarcasm (pls do not force a Superbowl game in London)
what has two wings, one tail and 25 pricks? england's return flight
If America wins it'll be great cause none of us really give a fuck. "You won the World Cup? Good for you. Learn to play a real sport."
What baffles me is that Suarez guy on Uruguay plays for Liverpool, an English team, but totters off home to beat the England national team. Something doesn't add up here :v:
[QUOTE=matt000024;45171444]"You won the World Cup? Good for you. Learn to play a real sport."[/QUOTE] American football doesn't make sense, same thing with baseball and basketball. Hockey is a bit more simple but it's very ice-reliant so you either need to live in the far north/south or have a massive freezer on hand and need skates and equipment and such. Honestly soccer/football just makes a lot of sense as a game which is probably why it winds up being so popular worldwide. There's a ball and two nets. You kick the ball into the net. The end. It's a very accessible sport to everybody in the world and it's very "equal" from the standpoint of player skill, since just about everybody has the means to player soccer/football, you don't need to be able to afford bats, rackets, sticks, etc or need to have a place where you can buy that kind of shit, you just need a ball and some legs. Because soccer is so accessible to all stripes, I'd say it's far more of a "real sport" than anything else simply for the fact that there's no other factors at play, other than the raw skill and determination of the players themselves.
Lol Wayne Rooney's first and only WC goal [QUOTE=matt000024;45171444]If America wins it'll be great cause none of us really give a fuck. "You won the World Cup? Good for you. Learn to play a real sport."[/QUOTE] I never understand USA and its undying hate for football/soccer. Like you guys just hate it cause the world loves it and its 'un-american'
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;45172449]Lol Wayne Rooney's first and only WC goal I never understand USA and its undying hate for football/soccer. Like you guys just hate it cause the world loves it and its 'un-american'[/QUOTE] Its a fag sport compared to big beefy men in tights and pads wrestling eachother while goraning and covered in musky sweat.
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;45172449]I never understand USA and its undying hate for football/soccer. Like you guys just hate it cause the world loves it and its 'un-american'[/QUOTE] It's just not a sport we care to watch when it isn't a world event. We still hold the highest attendance record for the 1994 World Cup.
[QUOTE=Coppermoss;45171533]What baffles me is that Suarez guy on Uruguay plays for Liverpool, an English team, but totters off home to beat the England national team. Something doesn't add up here :v:[/QUOTE] It's simple Players can only play for their own nationality in the World Cup For people who don't understand the appeal of 'Soccer' [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT3PElHuxCY[/media]
WE WILL HAVE OUR REEEEVVVVEEEEEENNNNNGGEEEEEE!!!
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;45172009]American football doesn't make sense, same thing with baseball and basketball. Hockey is a bit more simple but it's very ice-reliant so you either need to live in the far north/south or have a massive freezer on hand and need skates and equipment and such. Honestly soccer/football just makes a lot of sense as a game which is probably why it winds up being so popular worldwide. There's a ball and two nets. You kick the ball into the net. The end. It's a very accessible sport to everybody in the world and it's very "equal" from the standpoint of player skill, since just about everybody has the means to player soccer/football, you don't need to be able to afford bats, rackets, sticks, etc or need to have a place where you can buy that kind of shit, you just need a ball and some legs. Because soccer is so accessible to all stripes, I'd say it's far more of a "real sport" than anything else simply for the fact that there's no other factors at play, other than the raw skill and determination of the players themselves.[/QUOTE] At the same time though it can be incredibly complex. The Spanish style of play that led them to such dominance in the last 6 years was actually developed by the Dutch more than 30 years ago.
They should be hanged, drawn and quartered.
[QUOTE=Coppermoss;45171533]What baffles me is that Suarez guy on Uruguay plays for Liverpool, an English team, but totters off home to beat the England national team. Something doesn't add up here :v:[/QUOTE] It's not unheard of. Hockey players that play in the NHL return home to Sweden/Canada/Russia instead of playing for the US team. Happens in basketball too.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;45172009][B]American football doesn't make sense, same thing with baseball and basketball.[/B] Hockey is a bit more simple but it's very ice-reliant so you either need to live in the far north/south or have a massive freezer on hand and need skates and equipment and such. Honestly soccer/football just makes a lot of sense as a game which is probably why it winds up being so popular worldwide. There's a ball and two nets. You kick the ball into the net. The end. It's a very accessible sport to everybody in the world and it's very "equal" from the standpoint of player skill, since just about everybody has the means to player soccer/football, you don't need to be able to afford bats, rackets, sticks, etc or need to have a place where you can buy that kind of shit, you just need a ball and some legs. Because soccer is so accessible to all stripes, I'd say it's far more of a "real sport" than anything else simply for the fact that there's no other factors at play, other than the raw skill and determination of the players themselves.[/QUOTE] Wait what? I can understand football being hard to understand, maybe baseball, but basketball? It's basically soccer using your hands. How could anybody be confused by that?
By confusing I mean "abstract." the rules aren't confusing per say, but they are just really abstract and non-objective. Soccer/football is inherently appealing at a really base level because it has a very simple and primal objective, you kick the ball and you get it into the net. It's short and exciting, in theory at least. There's a few other rules for general posterity but the basic goal of the game is really simple and captivating. Baseball is turn based for starters, If wanted to wait around doing nothing I could do that at home. Then there's all these weird and arbitrary rules about the number of bases and just the general concept of having a bunch of dudes waiting around at pit stops trying to catch a ball and tag some guy who hit the ball with a giant wooden club. Maybe to somebody who grew up with baseball it makes sense, but just viewed at face value the concept of baseball is pretty bizarre and convoluted. Then we've got basketball, general goal once again is to get x ball into x place, hich makes sense, but then you've got this straight up OCD crap about having to repetitively bounce the ball in a really specific fashion if the ball stops bouncing I guess the world ends or something. There's a bunch of rules about how you're suppose do bounce the ball and what you can/can't do while holding the ball, it's [I]insane[/I]. Hockey makes sense as a sport when you have a really ice-based sport culture (ie: northern countries, or countries that can afford ice rinks), but to everybody else why bother with ice hockey, and even further why bother with the sticks and stuff for playing road hockey when you can just play soccer instead. So to reiterate, by comparison soccer is just very intuitive and accessible, you need to get a single ball into a net however possible, and really the only major rule is that you can't use your hands. It's a fast paced game with very few rules and a really clear objective so in turn it's generally a more exciting sport. That's not even my opinion, it's just evident by the fact that soccer is pretty much the official sport of the world.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;45172009]American football doesn't make sense, same thing with baseball and basketball. Hockey is a bit more simple but it's very ice-reliant so you either need to live in the far north/south or have a massive freezer on hand and need skates and equipment and such. Honestly soccer/football just makes a lot of sense as a game which is probably why it winds up being so popular worldwide. There's a ball and two nets. You kick the ball into the net. The end. It's a very accessible sport to everybody in the world and it's very "equal" from the standpoint of player skill, since just about everybody has the means to player soccer/football, you don't need to be able to afford bats, rackets, sticks, etc or need to have a place where you can buy that kind of shit, you just need a ball and some legs. Because soccer is so accessible to all stripes, I'd say it's far more of a "real sport" than anything else simply for the fact that there's no other factors at play, other than the raw skill and determination of the players themselves.[/QUOTE] I wasn't saying that's how I viewed Soccer. That's the overall American attitude towards it. Holy crap, you guys can't take a joke.
The only sport I've never really been able to enjoy watching has to be baseball. Just way too much nothing happening for me. Soccer can be enjoyable if it's a really competitive match like Portugal v USA yesterday I'd still much rather watch most other sports. One thing I don't quite understand is some of the rules. Offsides seems counter-intuitive, punishing the offense for beating a defender because the defender was ball watching. And stoppage time just seems silly. Why not stop and restart the clock? That's what they do for high school games and it works just fine.
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;45192688]The only sport I've never really been able to enjoy watching has to be baseball. Just way too much nothing happening for me. Soccer can be enjoyable if it's a really competitive match like Portugal v USA yesterday I'd still much rather watch most other sports. One thing I don't quite understand is some of the rules. Offsides seems counter-intuitive, punishing the offense for beating a defender because the defender was ball watching. And stoppage time just seems silly. Why not stop and restart the clock? That's what they do for high school games and it works just fine.[/QUOTE] the offside rule has nothing to do with anyone beating a defender. it is associated with being passed to or played to whilst in an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offside_(association_football)#Offside_position"]off-side position[/URL]. it's to stop strikers just standing by the goal all game and waiting for the ball to land in their feet silly americans
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;45192688]The only sport I've never really been able to enjoy watching has to be baseball. Just way too much nothing happening for me. Soccer can be enjoyable if it's a really competitive match like Portugal v USA yesterday I'd still much rather watch most other sports. One thing I don't quite understand is some of the rules. Offsides seems counter-intuitive, punishing the offense for beating a defender because the defender was ball watching. And stoppage time just seems silly. Why not stop and restart the clock? That's what they do for high school games and it works just fine.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRfhbEUkg7o[/media] [editline]23rd June 2014[/editline] I know he's actually talking about american football, but still.
rip in peace dignity
[QUOTE=Bobie;45192743]the offside rule has nothing to do with anyone beating a defender. it is associated with being passed to or played to whilst in an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offside_(association_football)#Offside_position"]off-side position[/URL]. it's to stop strikers just standing by the goal all game and waiting for the ball to land in their feet silly americans[/QUOTE] But what's to stop, guards and forwards in basketball, attacks in lacrosse, and wingmen in hockey from doing the same thing? Defenders and the risks of breaking out to press a fastbreak to the goal instead of playing steady defense. I don't see how this would be much more different for soccer.
Good. Now everyone will either shut the fuck up about the world cup or they'll be moaning about it enough to be told to shut the fuck up. Its a win-win situation all around.
[QUOTE=Propane Addict;45193056]But what's to stop, guards and forwards in basketball, attacks in lacrosse, and wingmen in hockey from doing the same thing? Defenders and the risks of breaking out to press a fastbreak to the goal instead of playing steady defense. I don't see how this would be much more different for soccer.[/QUOTE] because football would be significantly less exciting and dramatic without the offside rule
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;45167954]I'm not especially into football so had no team allegiance. I supported Uruguay in the game simply because they make and consume one of my favourite beverages, Yerba Mate, which made me feel more connected to them than the England team. Also they have the coolest president ever Jose Mujica and are the first country to fully legalise and implement state distribution of cannabis which, while not a stoner, I consider to be a pretty smart move. I bet the team relax [B]hard[/B]​.[/QUOTE] These people exist.
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;45167959]Obviously, European teams can't handle the climate whereas the South American teams play in these conditions all year round.[/QUOTE] Yes obviously which is exactly why US, Netherlands, France, Belgium, and Germany are all doing well. [editline]23rd June 2014[/editline] like top of group well [editline]23rd June 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Ignhelper;45172449] I never understand USA and its undying hate for football/soccer. Like you guys just hate it cause the world loves it and its 'un-american'[/QUOTE] It's because the NFL/NBA/MLB and related media try to keep it as subdued as possible, leading the public to believe the narrative that it is boring and we are bad at it, because if we all watched soccer it would be a massive drain in revenue to the rest of the leagues. [editline]23rd June 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Eudoxia;45195293]These people exist.[/QUOTE] I support Uruguay because I hope Italy gets the same treatment England and Spain did.
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