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billybrobby
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 Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject: All you need to know about soccer |
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Maybe you've seen this before, but it's a pretty funny column about soccer:
http://www.bigheadbadhair.com/soccer.htm
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I prefer to categorize soccer not as a sport but an activity involving sports equiptment. Like Jazzersize or Butt��s Up. I say that because two years ago I witnessed a soccer game between North and South Korea, two nations that are not only intense rivals but, technically speaking, still at war. This, I thought beforehand, would be pretty good.
That, I thought afterwards, really sucked. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Some goon wrote: |
| Soccer sucks and that��s the end of it. I hate soccer, I hate soccer fan, I hate soccer player. Call it fooseball, call it football, call it soccer, call it unprotected sex, if it involves kicking a ball back and forth with no real objective it��s not fun. I��m an American. |
He really didn't need to add that bit at the end. |
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on_me_head_son
Joined: 26 May 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:34 am Post subject: Re: All you need to know about soccer |
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| billybrobby wrote: |
Maybe you've seen this before, but it's a pretty funny column about soccer:
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Not really funny, just ignorant. |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| onmeheadsonunderscoresomitted, first post I've seen from you outside of song titles. Well done, son. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| My favorite part about soccer is the feigning of injuries. Ghey with a capital "G". |
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trigger123
Joined: 08 Sep 2004
Location: TALKING TO STRANGERS, IN A BETTER PLACE
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:45 am Post subject: |
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its all right lads, don't take it all to heart.
the yanks are just jealous cos everyone hates them and no-one plays their games
bye! |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| the yanks are just jealous cos everyone hates them and no-one plays their games |
Isn't this called projection? The world gets in a snit because they all play football and the Americans don't care. Until a few years ago the TV networks and the sports pages didn't even mention the World Cup. I didn't even know there was a World Cup until I was in my late 30's. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
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| the yanks are just jealous cos everyone hates them and no-one plays their games |
Isn't this called projection? The world gets in a snit because they all play football and the Americans don't care. Until a few years ago the TV networks and the sports pages didn't even mention the World Cup. I didn't even know there was a World Cup until I was in my late 30's. |
Doesn't that indicate how insular Americans can be about some things?
When you live on Planet America only three sports seem to matter.
And no. The rest of the world doesn't care if Americans dig soccer or not. Even suggesting that is the height of self-centeredness if you ask me. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| The world gets in a snit because they all play football and the Americans don't care. |
No.
People get in a snit when self-proclaimed football apathetics troll around calling a game the rest of the world loves "boring".
Morons. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| The rest of the world doesn't care if Americans dig soccer or not |
Which fully explains why the World Cup was held in a country that doesn't watch it. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:17 am Post subject: |
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| The rest of the world doesn't care if Americans dig soccer or not |
Which fully explains why the World Cup was held in a country that doesn't watch it. |
So why then?
Was it a matter of dollars or sporting interest? Most followers of football have given up on the US taking on football in a serious way. It has went up and down in the States about 4 times since the early 70's.
FIFA's policy is to hold the World Cup in each continent in rotation(sorry Australia. FIFA don't see you as a continent).
On your behalf, everyone knows that no one can organise a sporting event like America. FIFA knew that hosting the World Cup in the US would guarantee a smooth, slick show. Which is what happened.
Yes. FIFA would like the USA to get serious about football for dollar reasons. They w | |
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