Why the hell is soccer so popular?

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: mchammer187
by their logic football should a pansy sport and World's Strongest man or maybe Pride Fighting / UFC should be the only "real" man sports because those people can take hits :roll:

Now those are some awesome sports. I love watching UFC and Strongest Man. Those are some badass dudes.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Yeah, I'm quite intimidated by a guy who has a post count of almost 5400 in six months. I'm sure you're a physical specimen not to be trifled with. :roll:

How about you post a picture of yourself so I can see who I'm dealing with? You talk a big game, let's at least see you back it up somewhat. Yes, I guess you can say I'm calling you out on this one.

Talk is cheap, let's see what kind of shape you're in.

^Wow, silence after that. Guess he can't back it up.

Wow, I have a life outside of ATOT, unlike a loser such as yourself.

5'10" 183 is what I'm supposed to be afraid of? I'm just a hair under 6' and was 200, but I started exercising more and dropped about 15lbs. What's your point?

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Kalbi
all you need is a ball and feet to play. baseball you need glove, bat, ball, 2 teams, etc. basketball you need a court, football you need a LOT of people and equipment.

right. soccer is one of the cheapest sports to play. maybe thats why its so popular in much of the world. All you need is the ball. and a couple friends. I used to play soccer every evening back in my youth. so much fun

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Wow, I have a life outside of ATOT, unlike a loser such as yourself.

5'10" 183 is what I'm supposed to be afraid of? I'm just a hair under 6' and was 200, but I started exercising more and dropped about 15lbs. What's your point?

I'm not a loser, I'm at work getting paid. There is a lot of downtime when I can browse ATOT. And I still get paid for it.

You talk a big game but seem unable to back it up. When asked for proof, you talk some more crap. Good job. Feel free to produce some actual evidence.

You are less than a man.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: SuperTyphoon
soccer is called football in spanish, i don't know why, but it makes more sense.

its more more football is called soccer in the US. most of the world calls the game football which makes sense...as opposed to football here in America, when the only time ball makes contact with the foot is during a kickoff, a punt, or a field goal attempt

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: BoberFett
And if football makes you feel more manly, then it definitely is some inadequacy on your part. You need a shrink, boy.

Yeah, you gotta wonder why this wunderkin is so threatened by true futbol?

Maybe it was a childhood episode where he was totally embarassed on the pitch? So he cried and hid behind a helmet and shoulderpads to feel more "manly"?

As I've pointed out before, stickboy, I used to play soccer and most football players do not wear pads, just as most people that play soccer don't have a full size field and wear cleats. This isn't the NFL. This is a bunch of guys playing football.

The only thing this thread has proven conculsively is that, whatever your physical age, you have the maturity level of a three year old, and an emotional issue that makes $250/hr shrinks slobber with anticipation.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Wow, I have a life outside of ATOT, unlike a loser such as yourself.

5'10" 183 is what I'm supposed to be afraid of? I'm just a hair under 6' and was 200, but I started exercising more and dropped about 15lbs. What's your point?

I'm not a loser, I'm at work getting paid. There is a lot of downtime when I can browse ATOT. And I still get paid for it.

You talk a big game but seem unable to back it up. When asked for proof, you talk some more crap. Good job. Feel free to produce some actual evidence.

You are less than a man.

Fine, don't believe me. Be a little bitch. Watch your football and pretend to be a man. It's OK.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Soccer is popular all over the world because it costs virtually nothing to play and a good portion of the world is poorer than the poorest in our country. The poorest in our country can still play sports other than soccer because a lot of the local goverments provide funding for sports. This isn't exactly a privelage in your average third world country.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

The only thing this thread has proven conculsively is that, whatever your physical age, you have the maturity level of a three year old, and an emotional issue that makes $250/hr shrinks slobber with anticipation.

Don't let your inferiority complex rear its ugly head online.

I can be a d1ck, I admit it. I feel that since I can back it up, I'm able to talk trash to my intellectual inferiors. Bitch, moan, and complain all you want, but you're not going to change your abilities or mine.

It's like Terrell Ownens and Randy Moss showboating all the time- I'm better than you, I know it, I can back it up, and there's nothing you can do about it.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
I can be a d1ck, I admit it. I feel that since I can back it up, I'm able to talk trash to my intellectual inferiors. Bitch, moan, and complain all you want, but you're not going to change your abilities or mine.

It's like Terrell Ownens and Randy Moss showboating all the time- I'm better than you, I know it, I can back it up, and there's nothing you can do about it.

When I come across your intellectual inferiors I'll send them your way. When I take my daughter to the zoo this weekend maybe I can tell the monkeys you want a shot at them.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: BoberFettFine, don't believe me. Be a little bitch. Watch your football and pretend to be a man. It's OK.

Nice. More talk. When asked to back it up, even more talk. When I call you out on that, even more talk.

I guess when you can't back it up and all you can do is talk, that's your only card to play.

 

[PimpJuice]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
Admittedly I grew up in a time when soccer just wasn't played by kids. It was either baseball or football as far as organized sports went. Now it seems like every kid wants to play soccer. Why? When did it suddenly become the youth sport to play?

I've asked a few of my cousins why they play and the majority of the time the answer I hear is "because it is cool." Umm, ok I suppose. A couple of them have even told me they like football or baseball better but that those aren't cool sports to play. WTF?

maybe youre mad cause youre not cool

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: BoberFett
When I come across your intellectual inferiors I'll send them your way. When I take my daughter to the zoo this weekend maybe I can tell the monkeys you want a shot at them.

Hey, at least you've proven that you can clone and feed, I'll give you that.

It's fun toying with you. You're devoid of any intellect yet you keep trying. Persistence + lack of ability = glutton for punishment.

 

[IGBT]

..they like the non stop action..which is why the networks don't like it because there's no predictable breaks and can't sell commerical time. I'd rather watch soccer or ice hockey then football/baseball.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: BoberFettFine, don't believe me. Be a little bitch. Watch your football and pretend to be a man. It's OK.

Nice. More talk. When asked to back it up, even more talk. When I call you out on that, even more talk.

I guess when you can't back it up and all you can do is talk, that's your only card to play.

You want proof of my size? You're sick.

I'm about 6' 185lbs. If you don't belive me that's your problem dipsh!t. I'm not going to send you a photo of myself that you can jerk off too you pervert.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: BoberFett
When I come across your intellectual inferiors I'll send them your way. When I take my daughter to the zoo this weekend maybe I can tell the monkeys you want a shot at them.

Hey, at least you've proven that you can clone and feed, I'll give you that.

It's fun toying with you. You're devoid of any intellect yet you keep trying. Persistence + lack of ability = glutton for punishment.

Whatever, son. I've slapped you so hard you don't know which way is up right now. If you did, you'd understand that you look like a loser here.

 

[aplefka]

I dunno, I used to play. I just played it cuz I liked running and had nothing to do in the fall because I wasn't old enough to play winter ball. What pisses me off though is that a lot of soccer players around my age are douchebags. Only the soccer players and swimmers go around badmouthing other sports (they say that football, basketball, and baseball are pussy sports) so that's why I've lost some respect for the game, but outside of the US I'm sure it's different.

 

[Sheepathon]

Man, those of you who say soccer is boring need to watch some goals by Dennis Bergkamp.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
I used to play soccer, but then I got into football. I find football much more exciting because it's more physical. I've found that skinny dweebs like soccer because they have no upper body strength and can only kick.

Flexing your ePenis?

Football is for losers. Morons with short attention spans. 5 seconds of action followed by two minutes of advertisements.

Half of the players on a football team have no athletic ability. Their only redeeming quality that gets them a spot on the team is size.

That is just garbage. First of all, there are no advertisements when you play football on a team, unless you're on a college/pro team.

Secondly, football players are much more athletic than soccer players. Anyone can run. But can you run, get tackled, then get back up and do it again? I guarantee that a soccer player would be broken by the end of the game.

Like I said, I've played soccer and I'll still play soccer, but it doesn't compare to football. I'll do both, let's see a soccer player do both. They'll lack the required muscularity to take hard hits in football.

:roll:

we did full upper body as well in highschool for soccer. Football players will never be anywhere near the same level of fitness as a soccerplayer. I don't think most football players could handle actually having to run, or for that matter move.

On the other hand you can beat the hellout of a soccerplayer and they will keep on taking it.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: CRXican
It's easy to point out the stupidity of just about any sport. The point is each one is fun to play for different reasons depending on who you ask.

I never understood the appeal of soccer however. Why run around for 90min and score maybe 1 time, that is LAME. Especially considering how HUGE the freaking goals are.

same thing can be said for hockey and hockey pwns.

 

[xboxist]

Originally posted by: Jzero
The only reason soccer is not the #1 watched sport in the US is because TV networks don't want to carry games where the average combined score for both teams is 2.2

I took the liberty of fixing this for you.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: CtK
soccer is just soooo boring
watching them kick the ball around for 2 hours is not fun
and is there out of bounds?!?!?!
i see them kicking the ball over the out of bounds lines but then kicking it back in??

I played soccer starting when I was about 17 for about 4 years straight. Its fun to play but incredibly boring for me to watch. Its like what the poster above said. You can watch the game for hours without anyone scoring. I gave up on the world cup after watching 2 games.

yet somehow people still manage to watch basebell...

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: xboxist

Originally posted by: Jzero
The only reason soccer is not the #1 watched sport in the US is because TV networks don't want to carry games where the average combined score for both teams is 2.2

I took the liberty of fixing this for you.

perhaps they can do like football and give you 7 points for scoring once!

omg its 14-7 look at the big numbers!

I enjoy all the talk of low scoring games here, when really you only scroe 3-4 times in a football game on average, thats not a whole lot either.

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

The only thing this thread has proven conculsively is that, whatever your physical age, you have the maturity level of a three year old, and an emotional issue that makes $250/hr shrinks slobber with anticipation.

Don't let your inferiority complex rear its ugly head online.

I can be a d1ck, I admit it. I feel that since I can back it up, I'm able to talk trash to my intellectual inferiors. Bitch, moan, and complain all you want, but you're not going to change your abilities or mine.

It's like Terrell Ownens and Randy Moss showboating all the time- I'm better than you, I know it, I can back it up, and there's nothing you can do about it.

only that in reality you've been owned repeatedly in this thread and look like a fool.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: BoberFett


You want proof of my size? You're sick.

I'm about 6' 185lbs. If you don't belive me that's your problem dipsh!t. I'm not going to send you a photo of myself that you can jerk off too you pervert.

:camera::camera: