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Satori · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Above it all

Here's the thing about the low scoring nature of soccer. Think about the free market, what happens when something gets scarce? That's right, the difficulty and rarity of soccer goals makes them a much more extatic and cathartic event when they do happen...

So it's a bit like sex really. It seems americans like to do it at frantic speeds for a few seconds, fizzle out, have a wee breather, then try again and see if it feels any better than the last time. Whereas Europeans and South Americans like a long slow grinding build up, probing here, pulling back, probing there, going across field, spreading the defence wide, sending it deep, and then finishing with a stuning display of skill, passion, and finesse...

flakfizer · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject:

ajgeddes · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan

Satori · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Above it all

ajstew · Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Location: Korea

This is an interesting discussion. I'm not going to knock hockey or soccer but I would like to add a few comments.

I agree that goals in soccer are harder to come by, and because of that, I think the fans and the players themselves really appreciate them in a way that a regular season hockey goal isn't. Of course, if we are talking about hockey playoffs where each goal scored takes on added importance, then that changes. Having said that, many hockey playoff games are low scoring as well, so perhaps that is why they do get larger celebrations when goals occur.
Anyway, I don't think the fact that hockey has more goals means it is a better game.

Which sport has more skilled players? That's a brutal question. Both sports have extremely skilled players and players who are not as skilled. If you can't appreciate the skill that many soccer players demonstrate while controling the ball... you proabably haven't really given the sport a chance. The same could be said about people who think hockey players are all goons. Some can do some amazing things with their sticks while skating.

I would like to add this. Although I grew up around hockey and have followed it for years... I find playing the xbox/playstation soccer games (FIFA) far more enjoyable than the hockey counterparts. Why is that? The hockey games seem far more repetitive for one. Also, scoring goals in the soccer games is also far more enjoyable experience than scoring goals in the hockey games.

Lastly, hockey fans probably enjoy hockey more because they have a personal investment in the results of their favorite (city) teams and players. Of course such a person will not care so much about a game with teams they don't know. The same goes for soccer fans. For both fans, if you can't find a team to pull for, you probably won't get full enjoyment from the games. Anyway... that's my two cents worth. Go Togo! And go USA tonight.

inspector gadget · Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Location: jeollanam-do in the boonies

Jinju,

Your knowledge about the skill of nhlers is ridiculous to say the least, humerous in fact. If you searched all NHL rosters this past year and knew the game, you would find maybe one player per team that could be classified as a goon. Having said that the goons of years ago are now long gone.

Goons of today have more hockey talent than you could ever dream of.
The past NHL season had a total of 475 fights in 1230 games or 73, 800 minutes of play.

Now hockey ia a high flying, high intensity game like no other on the planet where grown men strap sharp blades on their feet and go at it with full body contact. fighting has been a part of the game since inception and like it or not it still plays a minor role and I for one hope it never totally disappears.

I think it is completely reasonable to think that 475 times in 73,800 minutes of game time some men drop the gloves and solve things like real men.

Soccer was the topic of the OP and I wish these men would take a little more pride in how they solve their problems. I am not suggesting fighting, although that would entertaining but what they do is a shame.

soccer players that dive and writhe in pain on the field for moments until they see the ref is not going to call a foul and then get up and run around as if they were jesus walking on water, now there is a problem with sport, I wish that FIFA and major soccer leagues around the world would immediatly dismiss that player from the game with a red card, no questions asked just get off the field you p***y.

After one season with a rule like that soccer would actually become a more exciting sport to watch and the whimp soccer players would be eliminated and be on the way to holleywood where they belong.

Have you ever played hockey at a high level???? I think not, I have, several of my friends play in the nhl, about a dozen in other "fringe leagues" as you say. I wish you wouldn't shoot your mouth off about things you pretend to know about regardless of the subject.

SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul