Soccer

Started by Diomedes, July 09, 2009, 06:59:13 AM

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smeags

agreed.

all in all it was great tourney for the US. the final should be awesome no matter who Argentina plays.
If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnel a fatass.

Quote from: ice grillin you on March 16, 2008, 03:38:24 PM
phillies will be under 500 this year...book it

QB Eagles

Not really defending soccer, just explaining the shot thing. My favorite sport is football, a strategic sport of discrete moves that is like chess played by superhumans. Soccer is more like go, where most of it is about owning and holding territory in vague ways that can't be easily measured, but a single fargup by an otherwise dominant team can rapidly change the entire game and flip the board. That's where the excitement comes from for soccer fans, from that drawn-out anxiety as the clock methodically ticks down. American culture doesn't really get that kind of game. Hockey is probably the closest thing, it has that same ebb and flow although on a much smaller and faster scale, but most Americans don't really get hockey either.

ice grillin you

Quote from: QB Eagles on June 22, 2016, 09:51:06 AM
Soccer is more like go, where most of it is about owning and holding territory in vague ways that can't be easily measured, but a single fargup by an otherwise dominant team can rapidly change the entire game and flip the board.

the holding territory thing doesn't apply but it sounds a lot like baseball except the outs are the ticking clock...which is funny because while they are so different in so many ways within the game ive still always kinda thought soccer was the worlds baseball...where to outsiders the game seems incredibly slow and boring with nothing happening but to people who grew up on it its a game of fascinating nuances
i can take a phrase thats rarely heard...flip it....now its a daily word

igy gettin it done like warrick

im the board pharmacist....always one step above yous

QB Eagles

I think that's fair. Messi's goal against the US yesterday was like Mickey Mantle getting a hold of a pitch perfectly painted on the outside corner and still blasting it 500 feet. Nothing that could have been done about it, the guy is a master and it doesn't take much knowledge of the sport to notice it. The rest of the game takes nuance.

Rome

Arguing about something you have no interest in or knowledge about is super.

smeags

Quote from: Rome on June 22, 2016, 10:04:37 AM
Arguing about something you have no interest in or knowledge about is trolling.

:paranoid
If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnel a fatass.

Quote from: ice grillin you on March 16, 2008, 03:38:24 PM
phillies will be under 500 this year...book it

ice grillin you

Quote from: smeags on June 22, 2016, 10:06:04 AM
Quote from: Rome on June 22, 2016, 10:04:37 AM
Arguing about something you have no interest in or knowledge about is trolling.

sadly that would limit your discussion topics to fishing lumberjacking and puking at tailgates....and that wouldn't be fun
i can take a phrase thats rarely heard...flip it....now its a daily word

igy gettin it done like warrick

im the board pharmacist....always one step above yous

phattymatty

that messi goal was amazing and is there anyone who did not expect that exact same result?  crazy.

smeags

Quote from: phattymatty on June 22, 2016, 10:09:03 AM
that messi goal was amazing and is there anyone who did not expect that exact same result?  crazy.

nobody on this board. im sure there were some slightly delusional fans out there that believed the US could win it but ....
If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnel a fatass.

Quote from: ice grillin you on March 16, 2008, 03:38:24 PM
phillies will be under 500 this year...book it

hunt

i don't give a single shtein about soccer...not one.  i can barely make it through my kid's games.  if it's not the olympics/world cup and the usa isn't playing, it doesn't exist in my world...and i feel good about that.
lemonade was a popular drink and it still is

smeags

Quote from: hunt on June 22, 2016, 10:26:13 AM
i don't give a single shtein about soccer...not one.  i can barely make it through my kid's games.  if it's not the olympics/world cup and the usa isn't playing, it doesn't exist in my world...and i feel good about that.

so, you're saying you are not the biggest fan ?
If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnel a fatass.

Quote from: ice grillin you on March 16, 2008, 03:38:24 PM
phillies will be under 500 this year...book it

hunt

Quote from: smeags on June 22, 2016, 10:30:22 AM
Quote from: hunt on June 22, 2016, 10:26:13 AM
i don't give a single shtein about soccer...not one.  i can barely make it through my kid's games.  if it's not the olympics/world cup and the usa isn't playing, it doesn't exist in my world...and i feel good about that.

so, you're saying you are not the biggest fan ?

:yay   :-D
who the hell is messi? 
lemonade was a popular drink and it still is

smeags

Quote from: hunt on June 22, 2016, 10:32:02 AM
Quote from: smeags on June 22, 2016, 10:30:22 AM
Quote from: hunt on June 22, 2016, 10:26:13 AM
i don't give a single shtein about soccer...not one.  i can barely make it through my kid's games.  if it's not the olympics/world cup and the usa isn't playing, it doesn't exist in my world...and i feel good about that.

so, you're saying you are not the biggest fan ?

:yay   :-D
who the hell is messi?

meh, he's just some guy that kicks a ball for a living. nothing to see here.
If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnel a fatass.

Quote from: ice grillin you on March 16, 2008, 03:38:24 PM
phillies will be under 500 this year...book it

Rome

#2233
Quote from: hunt on June 22, 2016, 10:32:02 AM
Quote from: smeags on June 22, 2016, 10:30:22 AM
Quote from: hunt on June 22, 2016, 10:26:13 AM
i don't give a single shtein about soccer...not one.  i can barely make it through my kid's games.  if it's not the olympics/world cup and the usa isn't playing, it doesn't exist in my world...and i feel good about that.

so, you're saying you are not the biggest fan ?
:yay   :-D
who the hell is messi?

Lesbo porn star.  Name says it all.

smeags

Quote from: Rome on June 22, 2016, 11:37:49 AM
Quote from: hunt on June 22, 2016, 10:32:02 AM
Quote from: smeags on June 22, 2016, 10:30:22 AM
Quote from: hunt on June 22, 2016, 10:26:13 AM
i don't give a single shtein about soccer...not one.  i can barely make it through my kid's games.  if it's not the olympics/world cup and the usa isn't playing, it doesn't exist in my world...and i feel good about that.

so, you're saying you are not the biggest fan ?
:yay   :-D
who the hell is messi?

Lesbo porn star.  Name says it all.

no doubt hunt at least googled the name, just in case you were right.
If guns kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnel a fatass.

Quote from: ice grillin you on March 16, 2008, 03:38:24 PM
phillies will be under 500 this year...book it