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Post by feckarse on Jan 30, 2006 13:06:14 GMT -5
Sad nerd alert try getting a life, sounds like you really need it  |
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Post by Elias on Jan 30, 2006 19:35:15 GMT -5
i was born and raised in london then moved to philly at age 10 You were an independent lad weren't ya?! |
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Post by hindleyite on Jan 31, 2006 14:34:25 GMT -5
American Football sucks.
Cricket rules!
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Post by feckarse on Jan 31, 2006 15:57:44 GMT -5
American Football sucks. Cricket rules! well I think we can all laugh at that one!  |
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Post by pizzy on Feb 3, 2006 18:45:53 GMT -5
There are so many factual errors in that list lions that it invalidates your whole argument. USA won the World cup in '91 and '99??? WTF.. they've never won the world cup.. those two years weren't even world cup years.
surely it is more exciting for the clock to go up rather than down... especially when the clock would go to negative numbers when stoppage time is added... which is at the referees discretion, so we couldn't sync the time.
If football(soccer) is a pansy version of american football, then american football is a pansy version of rugby.
Football does not originate from north america. In fact the earliest ancestor of football is in china.
upper body strength is a factor
etc. etc.
I realise you just wrote that to wind people up... but there you go...
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Post by lionsden® on Feb 3, 2006 18:49:34 GMT -5
There are so many factual errors in that list lions that it invalidates your whole argument. USA won the World cup in '91 and '99??? WTF.. they've never won the world cup.. those two years weren't even world cup years. surely it is more exciting for the clock to go up rather than down... especially when the clock would go to negative numbers when stoppage time is added... which is at the referees discretion, so we couldn't sync the time. If football(soccer) is a pansy version of american football, then american football is a pansy version of rugby. Football does not originate from north america. In fact the earliest ancestor of football is in china. upper body strength is a factor etc. etc. I realise you just wrote that to wind people up... but there you go... pixxy those were the womens wins  this thread was in jest cos i knew it would piss you guys off ;D its a fun thread |
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Post by pizzy on Feb 3, 2006 18:54:32 GMT -5
oh.. well judging by this picture, thats "womens" in the loosest possible sense  |
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Post by globe on Feb 3, 2006 19:01:08 GMT -5
like pizzy says, i know this is a wind up but another few points.
football is a way of life in the rest of the world, i guess the uk, europe and south america especially.
you choose your club when you are a child and thats it for the rest of your life, 100% pure and utter devotion that you cant get out of no matter what happens to your club. thick and thin, its a tribal thing that i guess most people in the US just dont get.
football clubs are part if the community, well maybe not the top 3 or 4 in the english premiership anymore, but all the way down the leagues, football is a way of life for millions of people, not just a game.
contrast that with the NFL where 'clubs' move from city to city and are basically franchises. the whole thing just seems to clinical.
ive tried to watch a few NFL games in the past but i just found it so bloody boring.
its like 30 seconds of play, all pre-rehearsed moves, and then about 10 minutes of everyone just standing around.
if you had to draw a comparison with football, its like watching a game where both teams just take a load of set-pieces (corners, free-kicks etc) at each other for the whole game.
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Post by lionsden® on Feb 3, 2006 19:08:08 GMT -5
like pizzy says, i know this is a wind up but another few points. football is a way of life in the rest of the world, i guess the uk, europe and south america especially. you choose your club when you are a child and thats it for the rest of your life, 100% pure and utter devotion that you cant get out of no matter what happens to your club. thick and thin, its a tribal thing that i guess most people in the US just dont get. football clubs are part if the community, well maybe not the top 3 or 4 in the english premiership anymore, but all the way down the leagues, football is a way of life for millions of people, not just a game. contrast that with the NFL where 'clubs' move from city to city and are basically franchises. the whole thing just seems to clinical. ive tried to watch a few NFL games in the past but i just found it so bloody boring. its like 30 seconds of play, all pre-rehearsed moves, and then about 10 minutes of everyone just standing around. if you had to draw a comparison with football, its like watching a game where both teams just take a load of set-pieces (corners, free-kicks etc) at each other for the whole game. There are not many teams in modern day NFL that jave moved I've tried to watch your sport too but i can't do it I love the FIFA game on Nintendo though ;D NFL coaches are pre-planning the plays yes - depends on the team they are playing BTW I just signed a soccer player to go play at the University of Madison Wisconsin - one of the biggest schools in our country big boy for a soccer player 6'3" 210 pounds |
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Post by tezza202 on Feb 3, 2006 19:37:42 GMT -5
Lions convert to Pro Evolution Soccer! Its kicks fifa's arse! ;D
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Post by wolffman on Feb 4, 2006 0:46:46 GMT -5
Can somone explain to me how soccer requires any kind of upper body strength at all?
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Post by globe on Feb 4, 2006 8:27:40 GMT -5
Can somone explain to me how soccer requires any kind of upper body strength at all? if you tried to run past somebody like Tony Adams, Marcel Dasilly, Sol Campbell or Rio Ferdinand etc with a ball at your feet you'd find out soon enough. you also need great balance, fitness (a midfielder runs about 12 miles a game on average), co-ordination and a quick mind to be a top football player. |
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Post by tezza202 on Feb 4, 2006 9:20:17 GMT -5
Can somone explain to me how soccer requires any kind of upper body strength at all? if you tried to run past somebody like Tony Adams, Marcel Dasilly, Sol Campbell or Rio Ferdinand etc with a ball at your feet you'd find out soon enough. . Or if you're up against Big Duncan Ferguson ;D Poor Scharner |
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Post by wolffman on Feb 4, 2006 10:33:59 GMT -5
Can somone explain to me how soccer requires any kind of upper body strength at all? if you tried to run past somebody like Tony Adams, Marcel Dasilly, Sol Campbell or Rio Ferdinand etc with a ball at your feet you'd find out soon enough. you also need great balance, fitness (a midfielder runs about 12 miles a game on average), co-ordination and a quick mind to be a top football player. But isn't bumping and contact a foul? |
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Post by tezza202 on Feb 4, 2006 11:16:16 GMT -5
Well if you push someone over then yes, but you're allowed to outmuscle people. Like a shoulder barge (only if they have the ball though).
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Post by lionsden® on Feb 4, 2006 11:22:51 GMT -5
Well if you push someone over then yes, but you're allowed to outmuscle people. Like a shoulder barge (only if they have the ball though). *in limpwristed gay voice* hey! he touched me! thats a foul! |
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Post by tezza202 on Feb 4, 2006 11:32:15 GMT -5
At least they don't get wrapped up in cotton wool like your boys  I bet theres a scrawny little git underneath all that padding |
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Post by brumoscardo on Feb 4, 2006 12:49:48 GMT -5
Well if you push someone over then yes, but you're allowed to outmuscle people. Like a shoulder barge (only if they have the ball though). *in limpwristed gay voice* hey! he touched me! thats a foul! Nope. Wrong again! That sounds like a basketball player to me! |
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Post by lionsden® on Feb 4, 2006 12:58:20 GMT -5
*in limpwristed gay voice* hey! he touched me! thats a foul! Nope. Wrong again! That sounds like a basketball player to me! i know i'm not a big basketball fan ;D its almost as gay as soccer! ;D |
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Post by Currian on Feb 4, 2006 13:06:16 GMT -5
Stupid Americans. EDIT: Sorry, what I meant was: Stupid inhabitants of the United States of America. |
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Post by brumoscardo on Feb 4, 2006 13:09:20 GMT -5
Nope. Wrong again! That sounds like a basketball player to me! i know i'm not a big basketball fan ;D its almost as gay as soccer! ;D lol bastard |
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Post by lionsden® on Feb 4, 2006 13:33:49 GMT -5
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Post by brumoscardo on Feb 4, 2006 15:43:59 GMT -5
I bet this one was in a game for the US League  But it's understandable mate. In a country that the national male team plays like girls and the national female team at least tries to play like boys, we don't expect to be such a pop sport. ;D |
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Post by lionsden® on Feb 4, 2006 17:57:42 GMT -5
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Post by talktonight on Feb 4, 2006 19:11:23 GMT -5
Can somone explain to me how soccer requires any kind of upper body strength at all? 2 players jumping and going for a header, that requires a huge amount of upper body strength. Goalkeeping in general too needs it. Also, as someone already said, use of the shoulder when challenging is allowed. On another note, football (aka "soccer") is my way of life. I was despondent for weeks when Leeds got relegated 2 years ago. I'm Irish and I go to every home match and some away games too and when Keano vs McCarthy was going on pre-World Cup 2002 it affected me so much. I've never met an American who follows their sport as much as this (btw I actually like american football, it's class. Up the stealers.) If any football ("soccer") club wanted to move hundreds of miles to another city it wouldn't be tolerated. Come to think of it, it HASN'T been tolerated; Wimbledon were a decent premiership team for over a decade. As soon as they moved just 65 miles away, they were forced to change their name to MK Dons and are now shit and about to go into the 4th division. A club called AFC Wimbledon has been founded by old Wimbledon fans, a genuine and honourable club. A similar thing happened when the Glazers (owners of Tampa Bay i think) bought Manchester Utd (boo, c'mon Leeds!) last year. Football is singularly the most important thing in my life. |
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