Posted on 07/03/2014 9:41:41 AM PDT by smoothsailing
Hilarious! Shrink the field, block the sides so the ball stays in play, and watch scoring and some enthusiasm rise.
Until then, yawn....
And I played soccer, and enjoyed playing, but not watching.
Ann nails it this time. The people who love soccer to the point of ranting obscenely against those who don’t are the same ones who moan, “I am embarrassed by what the international community must think concerning America”.
Usually that’s when the subject is gun control.
I always thought that as well, more fun to play than watch. Although there was one place where I went to watch my nephew, it was indoor and it had plexiglass walls surrounding the turf. That was fun!
Two sides to that coin: on the other are people who feel the need to tell everyone that soccer is boring and wonder why they get pushback from those who believe otherwise. (Hi, Ann!)
I soccered, oops - make that’suckered’ when Ann’s article had this: “Another denunciation of me came from The Washington Post’s sports reporter, Mike Wise. To fully appreciate his critique of my soccer column, you must look up his photo right now.”
Having looked that thing up on your advice, I am sending you the bill for the one gallon of brain bleach and the two wire brushes it will take to get that image out of my brain.
Avoid all things having to do with the Grass Fairy crowd, even the “frocked” ones.
Especially them.
She didn’t even touch on the play acting of injury when a soccer player is supposedly fouled. When the don’t get the call they jump up and walk away. In hockey you don’t play act an injury when your fouled, you get up, punch the other guy in the face and the ref watches the fistacuffs for a bit -that’s a real sport.
Unless you play for the Bruins . . . you take your dive first . . . .
Dear Ann Coulter -
The only thing more tiresome than listening to people tell you why you should care about soccer is listening to people telling why you shouldn’t care about soccer.
I gotta better suggestion: impliment an immovable off-side line like they have in hockey - none of this moving line with the last defenseman crap that slows the game and inhibits the scoring - and watch how much more exciting the game becomes. I’ve played this way and its awesome.
Someone missed a decimal point. That’s 6.2 miles = 10K
Oh goodie, another "keyboard warrior" gonna show us all what a "tough guy" (or maybe that's "tough girl"?) he is with his anti-soccer rant.
You guys would be funny if you weren't so pathetic (and repetitive).
Please, impress us all with your great athletic accomplishments.
In the NHL it’s not uncommon for a guy to be back on the ice a few minutes after being stitched up. I’ve seen guys remove their own tooth on the bench and hand it to the trainer after taking a whack to the face. Soccer players act like they’ve been shot after a minor bump, faking an injury in order to draw a penalty, although some bumps actually result in what little kids commonly call “a boo-boo”.
Go to hockeyfights.com for the very best in American sportsmanship plus unbeatable entertainment! Cut to the chase & see what the fans really want to see!
Should point out that the hockey fight injury rate appears to be quite low, as the combatants skate to the penalty box grinning & joking with the linesmen escorting them
I don’t get why people who love it care if other people don’t. So what? Even if the non-fans mock it, why do they care so much? They don’t get that riled up when people mock Christianity-oops, if they’re coming from the left, they wouldn’t, though. “Keep your fandom out of my face”, lol. (Not directed to you, it’s the general “you”.)
The NFL player’s gear weighs no more than 10 lbs. and that’s mostly the helmet. The uniform, pads and shoes are very light.
Coulter was obviously exaggerating to make a point. Football players wear a bunch of gear while soccer players run around in their pajamas. 8^)
I can see where she would enjoy baiting people who take it more seriously than, say, religion or patriotism.
Correct. Now don’t mess with the rythmic gymnasts, I’ll get really mad, lol.
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