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Onasander
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I hate it when people quote me and I see spelling or grammar mistakes.
Rocky gots a bladder baby, Rocky gots a bladder baby, na na na booo booo
(p.s., I figured you were Baha'is from Libya of Swedish decent. Am I close?
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ABCD
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| Maverick wrote: | P.S. Please leave the Dutch people alone now, they are still bawling after their team got pwned hardcore by the Russians in the Euro.  |
Do NOT remind me of that anymore.  I thought lots of nightmares and crying was enough for me. But no, you just had to rub it in...
OK honestly, we deserved to lose. God we were so bad, the Russians deserved to win big time. But I mean why, why now? Why after those other awesome matches...
*cuts wrist*
| Quote: | That's one thing that absolutely is true.  Why do you guys care so much about soccer over there? I mean, sure, we watch sports in America too, but I can't think of any events (not the World Series, not the Super Bowl) where we seem to care as much about the outcome as you do with soccer matches. |
FOOTBALL. Not soccer, god I hate that name.
Anyways, have you ever seen more then one football match? And try to really understand it and open up to it? I think it's impossible for men to dislike the game.  Even women like it, it's so much fun and really exciting. |
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ABCD
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:40 am Post subject: |
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Oh yeah, by the way, welcome Mav.
And nothing is tmi on this forum. |
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Rocky
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:46 am Post subject: |
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| ABCD wrote: | | Quote: | | That's one thing that absolutely is true. Why do you guys care so much about soccer over there? I mean, sure, we watch sports in America too, but I can't think of any events (not the World Series, not the Super Bowl) where we seem to care as much about the outcome as you do with soccer matches. |
FOOTBALL. Not soccer, god I hate that name.
Anyways, have you ever seen more then one football match? And try to really understand it and open up to it? I think it's impossible for men to dislike the game. Even women like it, it's so much fun and really exciting. |
I use the word "soccer" for practical purposes, since we already have a different game called "football" in America, it's the easiest way to distingush between which sport we're talking about.
And of course I've seen "football" () matches before. I don't think it's weird for you to enjoy the game, I think it's weird to care so much about your team winning and to take the matches so seriously. I love baseball, but if my team doesn't win, big deal, it's not a serious concern to me. I was trying to ask why you care so much.
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| Rocky wrote: | | And of course I've seen "football" () matches before. I don't think it's weird for you to enjoy the game, I think it's weird to care so much about your team winning and to take the matches so seriously. I love baseball, but if my team doesn't win, big deal, it's not a serious concern to me. I was trying to ask why you care so much. |
Well, how long is the soccer season? Baseball is 162 games, so if you lose one, lah dee dah. If you losing a game in the NFL could be difference between winning your division and playing golf in January.
| ABCD wrote: | | Anyways, have you ever seen more then one football match? And try to really understand it and open up to it? I think it's impossible for men to dislike the game. Even women like it, it's so much fun and really exciting. |
Watch a game of real football, and you'll understand.
Seriously though, every time I see soccer/football highlights, I can't help but consider it a game for wimps. Reason is, some guy's rushing down the field with the ball, he gets slide tackled and lays on the ground writhing in agony like he just shattered his leg in six places. What a crock. What kind of sport is it where falling to the ground and howling like sissy (when you're not even injured) is standard practice?
Want a real sport? Watch hockey. I can't even imagine what one of these soccer wimps would do if a guy like Chris Pronger merely glared at them. 
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Onasander
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I can't get behind soccer, it's too damn boring. Is the American team in last place or something? They really should be, nobody cares about them. We should trade them for gasoline or something.
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| Rocky wrote: | | ABCD wrote: |
FOOTBALL. Not soccer, god I hate that name. |
I use the word "soccer" for practical purposes, since we already have a different game called "football" in America, it's the easiest way to distingush between which sport we're talking about.
And of course I've seen "football" () matches before. I don't think it's weird for you to enjoy the game, I think it's weird to care so much about your team winning and to take the matches so seriously. I love baseball, but if my team doesn't win, big deal, it's not a serious concern to me. I was trying to ask why you care so much. |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Onasander wrote: | | I hate it when people quote me and I see speelling or gramar mistakes. |
| Onasander wrote: | | (p.s., I figured you were Baha'is from Libya of Swedish decent. Am I close? |
NO...
And that combination is rather disturbing..
Geographically close, though. I'm from Egypt.
| ABCD wrote: | Do NOT remind me of that anymore. I thought lots of nightmares and crying was enough for me. But no, you just had to rub it in...
OK honestly, we deserved to lose. God we were so bad, the Russians deserved to win big time. But I mean why, why now? Why after those other awesome matches...
*cuts wrist* |
I was rooting for the dutch side too. I even had 4 dutch players in my euro fantasy team (a competition on the official site where you choose players for your team and get points depending on how they perform in the actual games) and not a single russian, and 4 was the maximum number of players from one country.
So if I don't win (an I won't), it will be because of them.
Van Basten and the Netherlands owe me a digital camera.
| ABCD wrote: | | Oh yeah, by the way, welcome Mav. |
That's the first and only mention of the word "welcome" in this thread..
Thank you very much and see you around here. It's just weird that since I registered here I got busy all of sudden and barely have time just to check this thread, while I spent the few days before that in front of my pc. |
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Onasander
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| Quote: | I was rooting for the dutch side too. I even had 4 dutch players in my euro fantasy team (a competition on the official site where you choose players for your team and get points depending on how they perform in the actual games) and not a single russian, and 4 was the maximum number of players from one country.
So if I don't win (an I won't), it will be because of them. |
The only thing worst than soccer is fantasy soccer.
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Maverick
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| Rocky wrote: | | And of course I've seen "football" () matches before. I don't think it's weird for you to enjoy the game, I think it's weird to care so much about your team winning and to take the matches so seriously. I love baseball, but if my team doesn't win, big deal, it's not a serious concern to me. I was trying to ask why you care so much. |
People are just so passionate about it, and they hate losing. So they take it as a matter of pride, which gets pretty stupid at times. I'm sure there are fans of every sport (and not just sports) who are like that.
I love football as a sport, and it's one of the few things that gets me to show strong emotions.. yelling, jumping, cheering, cursing like a sailor, even punching the wall... (of course not always, just in really important games), but I accept it when my team loses, especially when they deserve it. But sometimes it's just frustrating.
| KNL wrote: | | Well, how long is the soccer season? Baseball is 162 games, so if you lose one, lah dee dah. If you losing a game in the NFL could be difference between winning your division and playing golf in January. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football#Domestic_competitions
Top clubs play about 80 game a season, I think. Season is normally from August to May, 2 games a week or so.
| KNL wrote: | | Seriously though, every time I see soccer/football highlights, I can't help but consider it a game for wimps. Reason is, some guy's rushing down the field with the ball, he gets slide tackled and lays on the ground writhing in agony like he just shattered his leg in six places. What a crock. What kind of sport is it where falling to the ground and howling like sissy (when you're not even injured) is standard practice? |
That's one of the worst things about Football. It's called "simulation" (or diving by fans). Simply, the player exaggerates a fall or fakes an injury (sometimes with no contact at all!) to get a free kick or a penalty, or to get an opposing player booked or sent off. Booing starts when diving happens (by fans of the other team) and normally, this is when i 'curse like a sailor'.
When referees don't buy it (rarely), the diver gets punished by a yellow card (2 yellows= sending off).
So it depends on the 'acting' talent of the player.
| KNL wrote: | | Want a real sport? Watch hockey. I can't even imagine what one of these soccer wimps would do if a guy like Chris Pronger merely glared at them. |
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Maverick
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| ABCD wrote: | | I think it's impossible for men to dislike the game. |
I agree with what you're implying
| Onasander wrote: | | I can't get behind soccer, it's too damn boring. Is the American team in last place or something? They really should be, nobody cares about them. We should trade them for gasoline or something. |
And some people find any fairly long movie that doesn't have enough explosions, car chases or love scenes to be boring.
The American team is pretty good actually, far from the last place. It's among the top 20-30 I think.
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The only thing worst than soccer is fantasy soccer. |
But the top prize is a JVC Home Cinema system. I don't have one.
And all one has to do is to register and choose players. |
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ABCD
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| Ow yea Germany WOOHOOWWW!! |
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ABCD
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| Maverick wrote: |
I was rooting for the dutch side too. I even had 4 dutch players in my euro fantasy team (a competition on the official site where you choose players for your team and get points depending on how they perform in the actual games) and not a single russian, and 4 was the maximum number of players from one country.
So if I don't win (an I won't), it will be because of them.
Van Basten and the Netherlands owe me a digital camera. |
Which players were in your dream team? Now that I think of it, I don't know which players I want. Well maybe Van der Sar. He's really good, did you see that Turkish goalkeeper did today (Germany - Turkey) see I don't want something like that going on.
No Russian players? Pavlyuchenko is really good though. 
| Quote: | That's one of the worst things about Football. It's called "simulation" (or diving by fans). Simply, the player exaggerates a fall or fakes an injury (sometimes with no contact at all!) to get a free kick or a penalty, or to get an opposing player booked or sent off. Booing starts when diving happens (by fans of the other team) and normally, this is when i 'curse like a sailor'.
When referees don't buy it (rarely), the diver gets punished by a yellow card (2 yellows= sending off).
So it depends on the 'acting' talent of the player. |
God I hate that, HATE IT. |
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| ABCD wrote: | | Ow yea Germany WOOHOOWWW!! |
NAZI...!!!  |
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ABCD
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| Maverick wrote: | | ABCD wrote: | | Ow yea Germany WOOHOOWWW!! |
NAZI...!!! |
Ha! Not at all.
I just like the German team. (even though they SUCK this year haha) |
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