In this thread we think Soccer is boring
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It's strange i can't get over this idea that the more complicated and expensive a sport is, the better is must be????
How come? Please explain.Comment
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1) Football: 3.3-3.5 billion fans (Europe, Africa, Asia, Americas, etc.)
2) Cricket: 2-3 billion fans (India, UK, Pakistan, Asia, Australia, etc.)
3) Field hockey: 2-2.2 billion fans (Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia)
4) Tennis: Around 1 billion fans (Europe, Americas, Asia)
5) Volleyball: Around 900 million fans (Asia, Europe, Americas, Australia)
6) Table tennis: Around 900 million fans (Asia, Europe, Africa, Americas)
7) Baseball: Around 500 million fans (US, Japan, Cuba, Dominican Republic)
8) Golf: Around 400 million fans (US, Canada, Europe)
9) Gridiron (American football): 390-410 million fans (US mainly)
10) Basketball: Not more than 400 million fans (US, Canada mainly)
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Americans can?t play soccer because 70% of them are overweight fat fucks that will have a stroke if they try.I love how this is the de facto answer to explain its popularity. You give no credit to the fact that everyone LOVES playing it. The fact that you need instant gratification and an advert every 3 minutes just shows that you don't have any patience, nothing more.
Frankly I'm very happy US fans don't like football. You're shit at it anyway. Stick to bowling and Nascar, it suits you more.
The rest of the 4 billion watching the world cup will enjoy it without you.
/end of story, move along.Comment
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Meaningful debate with someone who starts a thread to bash the game for no reason than the World Cup has started, and he's upset because it's filled the TV schedule with games that replace his usual shopping shows and Dr. Phil. Nah, you won't get debate here.It's footballs simplicity, it's passion and it's global reach that makes it the world sport. Theres nothing complicated about it, it's what makes it so special, it brings together all parts of the world.
Why does a sport have to be complicated?
Why should everything be about money and the more complicated it is the better it is? I don't understand that viewpoint.
I went to see a baseball game in arizona when i was younger and every X minuites there was entertainment as though the baseball game wasn't even the main attraction. It was pretty surreal how I went to see a sports game and there was little sport involved. Don't get me wrong I enoyed it. I loved it, but it wasn't really about the sport.
I'm not here to hate, I love sports and will give anything a go and watch any sport, but saying the world's most popular sport is rubbish is retarded. Your entitled to your opinion, but at least ponder for a while the global reach of football and how no other sport not even comes close. I know this will turn into a stupid thread but I hope I can have a meaningful debate with someone.Comment
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very good question. I can only guess. My first would be F1 racing. Yachting must be near the top too. There may be others I can't think of at the top of my head.
But I think F1, just because the setup is so high.Comment
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The most boring sport to watch - Field Hockey, I thought I'll grow a beard when I watched that once as a part of Olympics1) Football: 3.3-3.5 billion fans (Europe, Africa, Asia, Americas, etc.)
2) Cricket: 2-3 billion fans (India, UK, Pakistan, Asia, Australia, etc.)
3) Field hockey: 2-2.2 billion fans (Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia)
4) Tennis: Around 1 billion fans (Europe, Americas, Asia)
5) Volleyball: Around 900 million fans (Asia, Europe, Americas, Australia)
6) Table tennis: Around 900 million fans (Asia, Europe, Africa, Americas)
7) Baseball: Around 500 million fans (US, Japan, Cuba, Dominican Republic)
8) Golf: Around 400 million fans (US, Canada, Europe)
9) Gridiron (American football): 390-410 million fans (US mainly)
10) Basketball: Not more than 400 million fans (US, Canada mainly)
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No he's right, soccer is cheap to play, those other sports are bad examples. Ping pong requires a table, paddles, and it's not a team sport that kids on a playground can play. Basketball requires at least one hoop, preferably with netting and a backboard, and a court.
Soccer on the other hand requires a ball, and a couple of makeshift goal posts. Doesn't even have to be an actual soccer ball, any ball of equitable size will do. No other gear needed. No specialized training either, just kick - pass - kick until someone scores. Rinse, repeat.
I don't see it as a bad thing when someone says it's popular because it's cheap to play. In fact it's pretty damn accurate, but it's also because most other sports just aren't as basic and as cheaply and easily played as soccer/football. I'm not sure why poeple want to argue the point either. I mean, if that's not the reason it's the most popular sport on Earth then what is? Some would say it's so popular because it's just a far superior sport than all others, but that's just pure fantasy talking.
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totally agreeThe World Cup happens every 4 years because that's how often someone scores, soccer sucks ass and is the most boring sport in the world to watch. For years now they've been trying to cram soccer down our throats trying to convince us it's the next big thing, but it never will be, Americans stop playing soccer in Elementary school and move onto more complex adult sports.Comment
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Exactly, that's why you also find so many amazing players in places like South America or AfricaNo he's right, soccer is cheap to play, those other sports are bad examples. Ping pong requires a table, paddles, and it's not a team sport that kids on a playground can play. Basketball requires at least one hoop, preferably with netting and a backboard, and a court.
Soccer on the other hand requires a ball, and a couple of makeshift goal posts. Doesn't even have to be an actual soccer ball, any ball of equitable size will do. No other gear needed. No specialized training either, just kick - pass - kick until someone scores. Rinse, repeat.
I don't see it as a bad thing when someone says it's popular because it's cheap to play. In fact it's pretty damn accurate, but it's also because most other sports just aren't as basic and as cheaply and easily played as soccer/football. I'm not sure why poeple want to argue the point either. I mean, if that's not the reason it's the most popular sport on Earth then what is? Some would say it's so popular because it's just a far superior sport than all others, but that's just pure fantasy talking.
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actually no, we wouldn't Jimmy. It's really boring.
Imagine the co-pilot conversations go something like this (I know there is only one guy driving btw Jimmy, no co-pilot this is hypothetical):
"Ok, Take a left.....now take another left, sharp left here, now take another left, and another left....and left here....now another left......ok this one's a left.....another left here.....now a right , NO NO NO, actually sorry thats a left....and so on."
Gee, wildly exciting. I see how you took Formula 1 and sucked the life out of it, and created Nascar!! good for you. I like how you did that.Comment
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Who are your all time favorite players?
My favorite players would be:
1) Diego Armando Maradona
2) Paul Gascoigne
3) Eric Cantona
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Maradona before my time and only just remember the other 2

1)Zinadine Zidane
the end ;)Comment
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Maradona was expecting that delivery of blow that got held up in The Gambia. It was supposed to be his party supply during the World Cup...i guess he'll have to stick to eating babies instead.
Now to answer your question:
Cantona is up there for sure.
Pele you can't beat his skill and flair for the game.
Johann Cruyff
Platini
George Best
Rooney....going to prove it this world cup...Comment
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Ain't old either but I remember Maradona as a kid and saw some documentaries about him
Zidane was incredible indeed - I remember him playing a UEFA cup finals against Bayern Munich with Bordeaux among with Christophe Dugarry before he left to Italy, of course he was a major force behind the late Juventus
From others I also always greatly enjoyed Gianlucca Vialli - that guy had a major drive
Hristo Stoichkov - incredible left foot and a killer scorer
George Hagi - also incredible left foot, that guy could kill with his power shot
Ronald Koeman - he could crack a bar from 35 meters, never understood that and the only guy who comes close to that would probably be Roberto Carlos
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Very true I watched some vintage documentaries - all incredible players and a major presence on the field, those were guys that were able to decide the whole match by themselvesMaradona was expecting that delivery of blow that got held up in The Gambia. It was supposed to be his party supply during the World Cup...i guess he'll have to stick to eating babies instead.
Now to answer your question:
Cantona is up there for sure.
Pele you can't beat his skill and flair for the game.
Johann Cruyff
Platini
George Best
Rooney....going to prove it this world cup...Last edited by CarlosTheGaucho; 06-11-2010, 08:40 AM.Need hosting, cloud, CDN or solutions for your AI? Go faster while saving with The Last Host you'll ever need!| Double Impact PR | Telegram carl_boro | Read My Educational Series | Read my Adult Biz Chronicles|Comment
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Stuart Pierce had a left foot just like that. Was amazing to watch him thump the ball so hard it almost burst out the back of the net.Ain't old either but I remember Maradona as a kid and saw some documentaries about him
Zidane was incredible indeed - I remember him playing a UEFA cup finals against Bayern Munich with Bordeaux among with Christophe Dugarry before he left to Italy, of course he was a major force behind the late Juventus
From others I also always greatly enjoyed Gianlucca Vialli - that guy had an incredible drive
Hristo Stoichkov - incredible left foot and a killer scorer
George Hagi - also incredible left foot, that guy could kill with his power shot
Ronald Koeman - he could crack a bar from 35 meters, never understood that and the only guy who comes close to that would probably be Roberto Carlos
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yes he scored in 96 at the euros, along with Shearer Platt and Gascoine.Comment
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Pele - For obvious reasons
Best - Also for obvious reasons
Beckham - For his passion to play for his country
Maradona - Cheating bastard.Free traffic and backlinks from one of the fastest growing adult pinsites on the net - SAUCY PICTURES!
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Oh, I never realized you liked soccer Allen, I thought you were a Leeds fan.Formerly known as Adult Rental Chris
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Too bad Diego Armando got caught with his metamphetamine hobby in WC US 1994, I was so looking forward to see him
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity...United_Kingdom Looks some countries big on soccer aren't the thinest of the thin either.
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They are ranked #28 . US is in top 10 with some island nations like Tonga and Samoa where overweight = beautiful. Ever seen any Tongan kids? They drink sugar jelly with milk and grow to be 6 feet by age of 12.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity...United_Kingdom Looks some countries big on soccer aren't the thinest of the thin either.
http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/07/wor...orldfat_2.htmlComment
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a lot of these arguments dont hold water.
fact is americans love to watch boring sports, but americans actually prefer the event to take all day (like a game of american football or baseball), so all they have to do is sit on the couch and drink lite beer (to keep them calories to a minimum, no need to pack on more than the usual few gut pounds)
fact is americans hate football (yes lets use the proper name) as it is not an american tradition to play football and the american sports TV broadcoast havent figured a good way to make money on broadcasting (there are no time outs for commercial breaks)"Obscenity is whatever gives the Judge an erection." -- Author UnknownComment
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HAhahahahahaha
Anyway, can't stand American football, baseball or NASCAR. However i do like basketball.
But then again who really gives a shit about what a shit stain on an interweb forum thinks right.
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stop playing soccer in elementary school and grow up and become douche bags and live vicariously through other athletes and team sports, or better yet become assholes and play golf and say it's a sport. wait. let's watch football or basketball where it's the same thing over and over. where the match is decided in the last 2 minutes of the game. just play 2 minute games because it's less agonizing. But we need football and basketball to keeping the stupid employed (handed out free scholarships and cant put a sentence together), where will all the druggies, rapists and criminals go? there's only so many McDonalds and Sizzlers to go around.PornstarXS.com | TheSacrilege.com | LezBeGirlfriend.com | DudeYourMomIsHot.com
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It is boring as fuck, but in one hour I go to my friends bar to watch France v Uruguay and I will be 3 quarters shit faced by the end of the match. These eurofags do generally use it as an opportunity to get blotto, Ill give them that. And if France wins the frogs I am with will get blackout drunk.
They gayest part of football, all the pretending to be hurt in order to draw penalties. You'll never see more grown men fall down on purpose and act like they just got their knees blown out than during any given soccer match. And these eurotrash eat that shit up. Esp if it works. If they manage to draw a penalty based on their drama class faggotry... oh the joy.Last edited by Gambrinus; 06-11-2010, 09:47 AM.Comment
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yup the sooner the referees stamp diving out of football is the day italy never wins another match.It is boring as fuck, but in one hour I go to my friends bar to watch France v Uruguay and I will be 3 quarters shit faced by the end of the match. These eurofags do generally use it as an opportunity to get blotto, Ill give them that. And if France wins the frogs I am with will get blackout drunk.
They gayest part of football, all the pretending to be hurt in order to draw penalties. You'll never see more grown men fall down on purpose and act like they just got their knees blown out than during any given soccer match. And these eurotrash eat that shit up. Esp if it works. If they manage to draw a penalty based on their drama class faggotry... oh the joy.Comment
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And Baseball. The endless statistic to keep the viewers occupied between a run being scored. A guy throws a ball another guy swings a bat, happens 4-5 times and then a guy walks. Waiting for a home run is about as exciting as watching paint dry.
Football can be nail biting without anyone scoring, near misses, great saves and defenders getting the better of attackers is better than a one sided game with 4-5 goals sometimes.Comment







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