This struck me as a little odd ... (soccer related)

[nublikescake]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8741924.stm

In the picture, the guys on the left and the center look pretty athletic...as professional soccer players ought to be. The one on the right, however, looks like some lazy IT guy who got up from his computer and threw on that uniform! (I've got nothing against IT people!) Not only do his legs look pretty weak for a soccer player his size but I also see some belly fat.

Granted, New Zealand isn't a world-beating soccer outfit but I'm just curious how he came to be in the team. Is he a defender, picked mainly because of his size?

 

[AMDZen]

It isn't odd that the player on the left looks like a huge chunk of his skin is peeling off?

Tack this up to another reason to hate soccer, why do they feel the need to take their shirt off in celebration?

 

[KB]

The guy on the right almost looks retarded. Talk about a bad picture. It must be a bad angle; otherwise it explains why this is New Zealands first goal in a World Cup.

Tack this up to another reason to hate soccer, why do they feel the need to take their shirt off in celebration?

After running 7 miles during a game you get hot and just can't wait to take your shirt off.

 

[Gibson486]

Wow....so you celebrate that much from a tie?

 

[edro]

It's not always about sprinting power... it's about endurance and skill.

I think it's just a bad photo angle though. He is probably in extremely good shape.

 

[destrekor]

In soccer, having defined, rock-hard abs is not necessary.

Also, that guy looks to have fairly beastly upper legs. Not sure what you're looking at, but I'm not seeing weak legs there.

He's also probably a fullback, versus the two on the left look more like halfbacks or strikers.

But yeah, as a guy who himself cannot obtain a visible rock-hard set of abs, I resent the notion that a little belly fat means you are out of shape. On the contrary, some men are just genetically destined to have a little bit of a flabby outer stomach, even when they are in great physical shape.

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

There are successful belly guys in all sports.

Prince Fielder, Charles Barkley, Albert Haynesworth, etc..

 

[Mucho]

Thats probably a bad angle, Wayne Roony looks more like a rugby player though.

 

[destrekor]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/134191/chris-wood?cc=5901&ver=us

He's 6'3", 179lbs.
That's hardly screams out of shape.

 

[nublikescake]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/134191/chris-wood?cc=5901&ver=us

He's 6'3", 179lbs.
That's hardly screams out of shape.

True.

 

[JTsyo]

It isn't odd that the player on the left looks like a huge chunk of his skin is peeling off?

Tack this up to another reason to hate soccer, why do they feel the need to take their shirt off in celebration?

Think that's an ice pack or some sort of bandaging.

 

[LTC8K6]

Yeah, it's just his shirt or something. He's not chunky.

 

[Mike Gayner]

The guy on the right almost looks retarded. Talk about a bad picture. It must be a bad angle; otherwise it explains why this is New Zealands first goal in a World Cup.

It's our first GAME in a world cup AFAIK. TBH I'm not that sure because I don't give a crap about soccer and neither does anyone else in this country.

 

[DayLaPaul]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/134191/chris-wood?cc=5901&ver=us

He's 6'3", 179lbs.
That's hardly screams out of shape.

Bullshit. There's no way that guy's only 179lbs. Maybe in his rookie year or whatever they call it in soccer.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Wow....so you celebrate that much from a tie?

He was celebrating the goal, genius.

It's our first GAME in a world cup AFAIK. TBH I'm not that sure because I don't give a crap about soccer and neither does anyone else in this country.

4th game (or maybe 3rd? I forget).