RANT: Soccer players are panzy ass drama queens

[Abel007]

I blame the refs. This World Cup sucked because the refs tossed out yellow cards like they were going out of style. If the refs hadn't pulled so many cards then the players would've known that the acting wouldn't have helped. Unfortunately it seems the refs were gullible and it made for a mediocre World Cup.

Go USA 2010! 😀

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Doboji
You have to take one hell of a hit in the chest to have any real effect... go ahead try it... let a friend haul off and sock you in the chest as hard as they can... will it hurt? Yes... will it do anything CLOSE to knocking you on the ground, and making you cry like a girl for 2 minutes? Absolutely not.

I played rugby for years... I've been headbutted many many times in the chest... I've had people run head first into my chest at full speed... trust me.... the Italian was acting it up big time.

-Max

But rugby players are insane. They will keep playing with broken noses dislocated finger... Some of my friends in college played and they were a little nuts. 😉

Yeah, but yeah a normal person headbutting you in a chest doesn't really hurt all that much. It may welt up or bruise, but it will definitely not hurt all that much. Unless you get hit in the solar plexus. The only thing that makes me pause about it is that fact that these are trained athletes that train for headbutts to be able to head butt a soccer ball into a goal almost as fast and hard as kicking the ball into the net. So that makes me think it would hurt a little more than normal.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: Doboji
You have to take one hell of a hit in the chest to have any real effect... go ahead try it... let a friend haul off and sock you in the chest as hard as they can... will it hurt? Yes... will it do anything CLOSE to knocking you on the ground, and making you cry like a girl for 2 minutes? Absolutely not.

I played rugby for years... I've been headbutted many many times in the chest... I've had people run head first into my chest at full speed... trust me.... the Italian was acting it up big time.

-Max

But rugby players are insane. They will keep playing with broken noses dislocated finger... Some of my friends in college played and they were a little nuts. 😉

Yeah, but yeah a normal person headbutting you in a chest doesn't really hurt all that much. It may welt up or bruise, but it will definitely not hurt all that much. Unless you get hit in the solar plexus. The only thing that makes me pause about it is that fact that these are trained athletes that train for headbutts to be able to head butt a soccer ball into a goal almost as fast and hard as kicking the ball into the net. So that makes me think it would hurt a little more than normal.

Rugby players are crazy... it's the exact opposite of Soccer in regards to injuries... Rugby players will take real injuries and never show it. But just because we don't show the injuries doesnt mean we don't know we are injured. I can tell you this... no rugby player I have ever known was actually injured by a chest headbutt.

I'm sure it hurt... but did it reall hurt this much?

I mean c'mmon.

 

[bobdelt]

Soccer is a gentleman's game played by ruffians and Rugby is a ruffian's game played by gentlemen

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: Doboji
You have to take one hell of a hit in the chest to have any real effect... go ahead try it... let a friend haul off and sock you in the chest as hard as they can... will it hurt? Yes... will it do anything CLOSE to knocking you on the ground, and making you cry like a girl for 2 minutes? Absolutely not.

I played rugby for years... I've been headbutted many many times in the chest... I've had people run head first into my chest at full speed... trust me.... the Italian was acting it up big time.

-Max

But rugby players are insane. They will keep playing with broken noses dislocated finger... Some of my friends in college played and they were a little nuts. 😉

Yeah, but yeah a normal person headbutting you in a chest doesn't really hurt all that much. It may welt up or bruise, but it will definitely not hurt all that much. Unless you get hit in the solar plexus. The only thing that makes me pause about it is that fact that these are trained athletes that train for headbutts to be able to head butt a soccer ball into a goal almost as fast and hard as kicking the ball into the net. So that makes me think it would hurt a little more than normal.

Rugby players are crazy... it's the exact opposite of Soccer in regards to injuries... Rugby players will take real injuries and never show it. But just because we don't show the injuries doesnt mean we don't know we are injured. I can tell you this... no rugby player I have ever known was actually injured by a chest headbutt.

I'm sure it hurt... but did it reall hurt this much?

I mean c'mmon.

Yeah, there was some acting going on. I actually missed the acting after the headbutt. I only saw replays of the headbutt because I was working on my bike while watching the World Cup and I got sidetracked. That seems a bit overdone. 😉

 

[JulesMaximus]

Did you actually see the headbutt? Zidane basically put his entire body behind it and slammed his head full force into Materazzi's chest. I've known guys who could knock a refrigerator over with a headbutt.

 

[archiloco]

it's part of the game, you should not hit each other on the field period. so when someone does get hit they try and exaggerate as much as possible in order to get the right call. sometimes if you do get hit, but don't over react you won't get the call. now there are a few young players that won't do this, there are a few examples. one player looks like an ape when he gets hit because he will try and finish the play and uses his knuckles to stay up and looks like a monkey running. hehe it's his signature move 🙂

 

[Janet Reno]

I think that a headbutt to the chest like that could break something.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
The Italians are especially adept at flopping. That said it's a shame that Zidane lost his cool and whether that Italian would have fake it or not he still would/should have been red carded for his actions.

True but every time Zidane fell he immeditaly would look up at the ref crying for a foul.

which proves the OP's point. all of them are panzy ass drama queens.

Oh, and the NBA is any better?

 

[Deeko]

The headbutt deserved a red card.

However, all throughout the tournament, if someone gets at ALL touched they fell to the ground, clutching themselves and crying. God, it's worse than basketball, these guys are either PANSIES or they are trying to make the refs decide the game and not the players, which is worse.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
The Italians are especially adept at flopping. That said it's a shame that Zidane lost his cool and whether that Italian would have fake it or not he still would/should have been red carded for his actions.

True but every time Zidane fell he immeditaly would look up at the ref crying for a foul.

which proves the OP's point. all of them are panzy ass drama queens.

Oh, and the NBA is any better?

hmmm that could be an interesting topic of discussion... who's wussier soccer players or basketball players?

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Did you actually see the headbutt? Zidane basically put his entire body behind it and slammed his head full force into Materazzi's chest. I've known guys who could knock a refrigerator over with a headbutt.

Soccer players definitely have stronger headbutts than normal people for sure. Who knows? It does give me pause to think how strong soccer players much get there head butts with their training, but there probably was a little acting going on, too.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: Doboji
hmmm that could be an interesting topic of discussion... who's wussier soccer players or basketball players?

I think we can all agree that you can't be a judge in that category since you probably play the most un-wussy sports game out there, so any other sport will seem wussy to you. 😉

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Did you actually see the headbutt? Zidane basically put his entire body behind it and slammed his head full force into Materazzi's chest. I've known guys who could knock a refrigerator over with a headbutt.

Soccer players definitely have stronger headbutts than normal people for sure. Who knows? It does give me pause to think how strong soccer players much get there head butts with their training, but there probably was a little acting going on, too.

If Materazzi didn't expect the headbutt, that could've factored in as well. It's hard to take a full-on headbutt to the chest when you don't expect it. If he had the wind knocked out of his lungs, his "girlying" is a little bit justified.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Did you actually see the headbutt? Zidane basically put his entire body behind it and slammed his head full force into Materazzi's chest. I've known guys who could knock a refrigerator over with a headbutt.

Soccer players definitely have stronger headbutts than normal people for sure. Who knows? It does give me pause to think how strong soccer players much get there head butts with their training, but there probably was a little acting going on, too.

If Materazzi didn't expect the headbutt, that could've factored in as well. It's hard to take a full-on headbutt to the chest when you don't expect it. If he had the wind knocked out of his lungs, his "girlying" is a little bit justified.

I don't think he expected it. He wasn't even looking at Zidane when he hit him.

 

[Doboji]

Oh c'mmon you guys don't honestly believe that Materazzi was really hurt that bad by that headbutt do you? I'm sure it surprised the hell out of him, and I'm sure that surprise contributed to him falling down... but the rolling around on the ground part? for godsakes get up you pansy.

-Max

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: Doboji
Oh c'mmon you guys don't honestly believe that Materazzi was really hurt that bad by that headbutt do you? I'm sure it surprised the hell out of him, and I'm sure that surprise contributed to him falling down... but the rolling around on the ground part? for godsakes get up you pansy.

-Max

fine, he's a girl - but that doesn't take away from the fact that it must've hurt at least moderately. if he had his breath knocked out of him that might've caused the rolling on the ground part, but that'd be the only thing that'd let him off from the pansy hook.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Doboji
Oh c'mmon you guys don't honestly believe that Materazzi was really hurt that bad by that headbutt do you? I'm sure it surprised the hell out of him, and I'm sure that surprise contributed to him falling down... but the rolling around on the ground part? for godsakes get up you pansy.

-Max

He was lifted off his feet by a full-force headbutt to the sternum. I say he can roll around all he wants.

 

[Feldenak]

What little of the World Cup I watched made me think the game was played by American Football punters & placekickers. "Oww! He looked at me wrong!"

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
they are all drama kings. they fall like it's the end of the world, and then go over to the sidelines and get some "magic spray" put on them and are miracuously healed.

i won't condone what Zidane did, but Materazzi did fall like a little girl.

On some level though, that's just how the sport works.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: Doboji
Oh c'mmon you guys don't honestly believe that Materazzi was really hurt that bad by that headbutt do you? I'm sure it surprised the hell out of him, and I'm sure that surprise contributed to him falling down... but the rolling around on the ground part? for godsakes get up you pansy.

-Max

He was lifted off his feet by a full-force headbutt to the sternum. I say he can roll around all he wants.

how does it feel to live in denial?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
What little of the World Cup I watched made me think the game was played by American Football punters & placekickers. "Oww! He looked at me wrong!"

You do realize where NFL punters and placekickers come from? 😉

Go look up the lyrics of "The Lonesome Kicker" by Adam Sandler. 😛

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Feldenak
What little of the World Cup I watched made me think the game was played by American Football punters & placekickers. "Oww! He looked at me wrong!"

You do realize where NFL punters and placekickers come from? 😉

Go look up the lyrics of "The Lonesome Kicker" by Adam Sandler. 😛

Oh, I know where they come from. 🙂

I was thinking more along the lines of Robin Williams.... "I keek da ball." 🙂

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

this thread is hilarious.

to the OP, not all of us are freaking ogres like you ok so getting headbutted like that would probably knock most of us onto our asses. Especially if I wasn't expecting it.

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: Sudheer Anne
this thread is hilarious.

to the OP, not all of us are freaking ogres like you ok so getting headbutted like that would probably knock most of us onto our asses. Especially if I wasn't expecting it.

Maybe... but would you roll around on the field and cry in front of 1 billion people?