View Full Version : It's Official...I Still Don't like Soccer.
cuervo72
08-28-2003, 04:01 PM
Just thought I'd share that.
mckerney
08-28-2003, 04:03 PM
I like soccer.
JeeberD
08-28-2003, 04:05 PM
Soccer = bleh
cuervo72
08-28-2003, 04:06 PM
Is "Man U" some kind of homosexual university?
EagleFan
08-28-2003, 04:29 PM
lol, yeah they teach them to run around in shorts and play with balls.
GoldenEagle
08-28-2003, 04:35 PM
I heart soccer.
ice4277
08-28-2003, 04:48 PM
I hate baseball.
Calis
08-28-2003, 04:53 PM
In other news, Nascar is still not a sport, and Hockey sucks.
FBPro
08-28-2003, 05:08 PM
I like soccer, but just cannot get into any soccer sim.
tucker342
08-28-2003, 08:49 PM
I like soccer also
Originally posted by Calis
Hockey sucks.
Sinner
Craptacular
08-28-2003, 09:20 PM
I don't like soccer.
ColtCrazy
08-28-2003, 09:47 PM
Originally posted by ice4277
I hate baseball.
I totally agree. Give me soccer anyday over it. Hell, give me a game of horseshoes with one-armed lesbians over it.
Marc Vaughan
08-29-2003, 04:27 AM
Cuervo72 - I'll convert you eventually ..... only a matter of time until you succumb ;)
Honolulu_Blue
08-29-2003, 04:42 AM
NASCAR is not a sport. Neither is golf for that matter. Baseball, for the most part, is painfully dull. I like soccer. It's entertaining and fun to watch (heading to Manchester in a few weeks to catch the Man U-Arsenal match and already have tickets and hotel reservations for European Championships next year), though I'll never have a real passion for it.
Give me hockey.
Give me football.
Those are real sports. For people who don't like hockey, I only feel pity for you. I really, really do.
MIJB#19
08-29-2003, 04:54 AM
Originally posted by mckerney
I like soccer. Really, since when?
Back in the days of sideline green, you joined my list of anti-soccer fof.com'ers.
In general, it's amzing to see how much the fofc crowd has changed.
3 years ago, when Marc V started his journey to convert anti-soccer people into soccer fans, I would not have expected to see so many people leave the bandwagon that easy.
condors
08-29-2003, 05:47 AM
hockey doesn't make a great tv sport, live its great
Football is the ultimate tv sport
baseball can be entertaining but i haven't watched all the phillies games since 93
soccer depending on the competition is my favorite
there should be a poll what would you watch(if your team is elminated)
stanely cup game 7
world cup final
super bowl
world series game 7
nba finals game 7
i would hate to miss any of them but i would watch world cup and tape the superbowl and start making phone calls to find other people to tape the other games
Honolulu_Blue
08-29-2003, 06:43 AM
Originally posted by condors
hockey doesn't make a great tv sport, live its great
Football is the ultimate tv sport
baseball can be entertaining but i haven't watched all the phillies games since 93
soccer depending on the competition is my favorite
there should be a poll what would you watch(if your team is elminated)
stanely cup game 7
world cup final
super bowl
world series game 7
nba finals game 7
i would hate to miss any of them but i would watch world cup and tape the superbowl and start making phone calls to find other people to tape the other games
This would be an interesting poll, more so if you assume that your favorite team in each sport is participating.
In that order, at present I would go:
1. Super Bowl. If the Lions are ever in the Super Bowl there are few things in the world that would stop me from watching it.
2. Stanley Cup Finals, Game 7. This would have been #1 back in 1997 before the Wings won three. Wings are still the most beloved, but I've seen them win three times (once in person) already. So they take a back seat to the Lions.
3. World Cup Final. It would be an historic event if the US even made it.
4. World series Game 7. It's exciting. '84 was a blast. After the decade the Tigers have had it would be amazing too.
5. NBA finals, Game 7. Seen the Pistons win it twice back in '89 and '90. It would be fun. But definitely the last on my list.
You could add two:
National Championship game in college football (reckon it'd be either above or below the Stanley Cup finals).
NCAA college basketball finals (definitely be last).
If my favorite team wasn't in it?
1. Stanley Cup Finals, Game 7
2. Super Bowl
(College Football National Championship Game)
3. World Cup
4. World Series, Game 7
5. NBA Finals, Game 7
(NCAA College basketball finals)
cuervo72
08-29-2003, 07:53 AM
Originally posted by Marc Vaughan
Cuervo72 - I'll convert you eventually ..... only a matter of time until you succumb ;)
You can try Marc, you can try!
I will actually watch some of the World Cup games, but more from a standpoint of it being a major international competition (and the fact that I like shiny orange uniforms).
Got my first 13" TV during the '86 World Cup :)
JeeberD
08-29-2003, 11:08 AM
Originally posted by ColtCrazy
I totally agree. Give me soccer anyday over it. Hell, give me a game of horseshoes with one-armed lesbians over it.
Mmmmmm...one-armed lesbians... *gurgle*
Karim
08-29-2003, 11:55 AM
TV sporting events in my order of priority...
World Junior Hockey Championship
Stanley Cup
SuperBowl
Grey Cup
World Series
Champions League Final
(World Cup of Soccer, World Cup of Hockey and Olympic Hockey excluded because it isn't an annual event).
I'd love to see how the rest of the country would react if the United States actually made it to the finals of the World Cup.....
cuervo72
09-02-2003, 01:07 PM
BUMP!
Bonegavel
09-02-2003, 01:34 PM
If NASCAR isn't a sport (i don't care either way) then you can't call Baseball a sport. I'm willing to bet that a NASCAR driver exerts himself far more on a Sunday than a Baseball player in an entire year.
Baseball is loitering with an oversized, lump of animal flesh worn on the hand.
cuervo72
09-02-2003, 01:44 PM
Heh, I actually got another reply on this. I was just bumping because I saw that Man U thread again :)
Craptacular
09-02-2003, 09:11 PM
I was hoping this would turn into another one of those long "what is considered a sport?" arguments. We haven't had a good one in a while.
Golf is definitely a sport.
Sharpieman
09-03-2003, 03:02 AM
Personally, I like soccer, the fans are great, they are almost as fanatic as I am about the Niners. I like watching soccer, but I don't understand some of the stuff that goes on, like when the season actually starts and ends and whats up with all these cups they play in europe. I actually have a favorite team, Celtic, I can't have an English team as my favorite because its in my blood to hate the fancy Brits (I'm Irish).
And what about rugby ?
I like rugby
and World Cup will begin in a month.
MIJB#19
09-03-2003, 06:19 AM
Originally posted by Sharpieman
I actually have a favorite team, Celtic, I can't have an English team as my favorite because its in my blood to hate the fancy Brits (I'm Irish). You can support Chelsea, they have about 2 British players on their 40 players squad.
Katon
09-03-2003, 09:49 AM
As a matter of fact, Chelsea have four English players in the national team plus two who'll soon be joining them. Our English contingent at the club is . . . well, the exact same group, actually.
vulcan
09-03-2003, 10:13 AM
soccer = poo poo
PilotMan
09-03-2003, 11:26 AM
I have on a mission to try and get caught up on world soccer. Having started with SAAP, and moved into CM, in addition to the World Cup, and going to see the local 'A' league team, I am on a major soccer kick. Too bad I don't get Fox Sports World. Too bad the US isn't following me in my desire to get more soccer fix. Where wlse can I go to get it?
Calis
09-03-2003, 11:42 AM
Originally posted by Sharpieman
I actually have a favorite team, Celtic, I can't have an English team as my favorite because its in my blood to hate the fancy Brits (I'm Irish).
You know, I've realized over the years...you don't need a English to root for. A love of Celtic and a deep burning hatred of Rangers is enough to keep a person going.
ice4277
09-03-2003, 11:42 AM
Originally posted by PilotMan
I have on a mission to try and get caught up on world soccer. Having started with SAAP, and moved into CM, in addition to the World Cup, and going to see the local 'A' league team, I am on a major soccer kick. Too bad I don't get Fox Sports World. Too bad the US isn't following me in my desire to get more soccer fix. Where wlse can I go to get it?
You might want to check with some local sports bars; a lot of them open early on Saturdays and Sundays to screen games, usually English and Scottish games. Its actually pretty fun, especially if there is a supporter's club in the area that goes, gives it pretty good atmosphere if their team is playing.
Critch
09-03-2003, 11:48 AM
Originally posted by Calis
You know, I've realized over the years...you don't need a English to root for. A love of Celtic and a deep burning hatred of Rangers is enough to keep a person going.
Don't forget all those tears you'll need as well when the season falls apart and your team loses the championship to Rangers on the last day then gets humped in Seville in the UEFA Cup final.
Bonegavel
09-03-2003, 05:38 PM
No matter how much I try (or don't) I can't find it in any molecule in my body to like soccer. I tried the demo of CM and, while it may be the greatest sports sim around, it took me all of 5 minutes to realise that I will never understand or like soccer.
It could be that I see soccer as a marathon run in a rectangle, or just that I think there aren't enough stats to peruse. Whatever it is, I would prefer to have my daughter date HornsManiac than watch a soccer game. And that is saying something.
CAsterling
09-03-2003, 06:53 PM
Originally posted by BoneGavel
I would prefer to have my daughter date HornsManiac than watch a soccer game. And that is saying something.
I detest many things, but i don't think I could ever dislike anything enough to be willing to let HM date anybody I know, let alone family.
MIJB#19
09-04-2003, 08:02 AM
Originally posted by Katon
As a matter of fact, Chelsea have four English players in the national team plus two who'll soon be joining them. Our English contingent at the club is . . . well, the exact same group, actually. Well, I knew you'd reply, Katon.:)
With all the transfers at Chelsea going on I missed pace and moreover I forgot to do my reasearch to back up my statement.
Then again, the past years Chelsea has become a team leading the tendency of soccer teams consisting mostly of foreign players.
Though it must have been a lot of years ago that Chelsea signed 3 English players in one Summer break...
Bonegavel
09-04-2003, 05:39 PM
Originally posted by CAsterling
I detest many things, but i don't think I could ever dislike anything enough to be willing to let HM date anybody I know, let alone family.
Trust me, it would be over my dead body that HM even looked at my daughter, but that shows you my level of "bleck" for soccer.
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