Posted on 06/09/2006 8:56:48 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
It's not unique to soccer though. Every sports thread has somebody come on just to say something stupid and insulting about it. Don't know why, when I see a thread about a sport I don't like I keep scrolling, but there's a major crowd in this world that thinks the world must know which sports they don't like and why (and the why is generally shallow, because of course they don't know enough about the sport to have a good reason to not like it).
Yes it certainly is. And I prefer the Swedish ones . . . they are the most fun. Although there was that Argentinian girl in Pasadena in '94. Carmela o Carmelita! [misty-eyed]
You sure are working hard to prove you're a hetero, me thinks thou protests too much.
I'm still happy I was there to console her.
Good one. Best I've seen so far. It actually required thought instead of merely reaction.
Witness reply #45.
People who "hate" soccer dont understand it. Its fast moving (no stupid timeouts all the time), requires skill and the athletes are ATHLETIC, totally in shape....No lard butt linemen.
I so want Germany to lose. But they wont.
Totally want Poland win next game..does that one start at 3:00?
Excellent point.
How's the saying go? "Those who protest the loudest are the most guilty." Or something like that.
Because of soccer and parents who love it, a fair number of Stan Musials, Jackie Robinsons, and Joe DiMaggios will never play baseball. Therefore, I totally despise soccer.
I think what he, and I, mean is the following... People may not like soccer. Fine. You may think it is boring and gay. OK. You don't have to watch it. But the U.S. has a good chance to show its worth in a world wide sport. It wouldn't hurt anyone to just support America. Just be patriotic and support an America team or please be quiet. I personally don't care for many sports. But if the U.S. was invlolved in a world tournament then I would support them, yes, even cricket.
well once he explained he was the decoy, the flakcatcher for the WorldCup threads, i got the picture ; )
haha. Just read that. That works too :)
2:55 Eastern.
Soccer is such a happy sport....
Thank you!
It's a tremendous sport..and the conditioning of the players is remarkable..I first got turned onto the game when I was posted to Spain in the late 60's..a girlfriend took me to a Real Madrid game..some 70,000 is the stands going nuts...in the late 70's back in N..I got to see Pele and Beckenbauer play for the Cosmos at Giants Stadium..amazing..Franz was the best I ever saw..
It certainly can be, especially if it points out a reason for the existence of the thread. ;^)
I don't hate soccer but I am not a fanatic either. You could count on one hand the number of games I have watched more than a minute of in the past 4 years. I will watch some games in this World Cup like I have done in the past and likely the semis and final. I will watch as long as the games hold my interest and in the multi channeled universe we have flip when they don't. I will give the games I watch a chance. My picks for the final would be Germany and Brazil unless they meet earlier.
btw every single game in the tournament is being shown on cable in High Definition up here in Canada so that helps.
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