Soccer is rubbish

**SimJen** · 27th June 2006, 14:05

Originally Posted by GR81

football, tennis, golf... its on ESPN 24/7 , cant get away from it! you can hardly say football if on tv for 'a change'

Its hardly ever on the standard domestic channels! Rugby on the other hand is always on domestic tv, constantly over rules all other sports on the news and often the news itself, constantly on the radio, seemingly the only topic of conversation at morning and afternoon tea or in the lift or whatever/wherever. The whole nations psyche is ruled by it........AB's do well the country is happy, they lose and its like the world has ended.....quite pathetic as its only a damn game.
NO I don't think Football is always on TV!
As for ESPN, they only really put on the euro matches generally not english premier league soccer as that is on Sky sport 1/2...
Motogp should be compulsory watching for all people....

**GR81** · 27th June 2006, 14:08

Originally Posted by SimJen

As for ESPN, they only really put on the euro matches generally not english premier league soccer.

i beg to differ... when the barclays cup was on... they (chan 10-13) repeated games late afternoon everyday from the previous day. used to come home every day and watch the last 1/2 of a game.

Originally Posted by SimJen

Motogp should be compulsory watching for all people...

i dont dispute that comment

**SimJen** · 27th June 2006, 14:13

Originally Posted by GR81

i beg to differ... when the barclays cup was on... they (chan 10-13) repeated games late afternoon everyday from the previous day. used to come home every day and watch the last 1/2 of a game.
i dont dispute that comment

Still its not on domestic tv all the time

As for Motogp.....I wish it was although the wife might have to switch over the E! channel

**GR81** · 27th June 2006, 14:19

E! is the devil! (along with telecom) :@

**Winston001** · 27th June 2006, 14:28

Originally Posted by rogson

Don't get me wrong, I think the individual player skills exhibited at the highest level are fantastic - but the game is rubbish.

Many (most?) games seem to comprise 90 minutes of aimlessly kicking the ball around only to be decided by one or two pieces of luck (for the winning team) verses one or two pieces of back luck (for the losing team).

Bling. My thoughts exactly. No question that the players are skillful but matches that are 90 minutes long and end in a draw?? Thats nuts.

Soccer administrators recognise the danger of spectator boredom and it has been suggested that the goal mouth should be widened. But the problem with that is the poor goalie becomes the whipping boy on the losing team.

Another idea would be to award two points for scoring from outside the penalty box. Works in basketball. IMHO the ideal soccer match would have a final score of 6-5.

**TwoSeven** · 27th June 2006, 15:16

Originally Posted by Jamezo

What a load of tripe, they should obviously just keep playing until one of them catches the Golden Snitch.

They do, penalty shootouts are normally only used because its costs a shyte load of money to book a channel on a satilite for an unknown period of time. They have to provide footage for several billion people - not a couple of lads down the back of a country pub that rugby does.

**TwoSeven** · 27th June 2006, 15:23

Originally Posted by GR81

i have trouble working out the offside rule... so do the commentators sometimes!

Really simple. If a chap is in the oppositions half and between the last opposition player and the goal when the ball is played - he is offside.

The only difference now is that they dont take into account people that are not inovled in the game, so people walking back to get onside or injured people. If the ball is played to them or they dont get out of the way of play, then its called interfering and they automatically offside.

Thats probably the only real rule of the game.

**Postie** · 27th June 2006, 15:23

from todays Herald

" MELBOURNE - Australia was in a state of disbelief today after the Socceroos' incredible World Cup soccer journey ended in heartbreak.

A highly dubious stoppage time penalty earned Italy a 1-0 victory over Australia in the second round in Germany, reducing thousands watching the game in public arenas to silence and even tears."

i can't believe that people break down to tears for the fact that there team lost, i know that every country has supporters that will cry when there team is out, but how fucking pathetic is that???? its just a game. Do you see Rossi supporters crying when he doesn't win, or Suzuki supporters crying when yet another blows up during the race, or even Aussie rugby fans crying when they lost the rugby world cup? c'mon, there's worse things going on in the world then loosing a game of football.

**GR81** · 27th June 2006, 15:37

Originally Posted by TwoSeven

Really simple. If a chap is in the oppositions half and between the last opposition player and the goal when the ball is played - he is offside.

doesnt it depend where the ball is at the time he picks it up and which foot he is standing on and which way the wind is blowing?

Originally Posted by Postie

c'mon, there's worse things going on in the world then loosing a game of football.

like the price of fish on sundays? :P

**Big Dave** · 27th June 2006, 17:27

Originally Posted by SimJen

Motogp should be compulsory watching for all people....

Fuck that!
Monkey boy and unobtainable machines - SBK at least has bikes I know what they are.

**Oscar** · 27th June 2006, 17:31

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Fuck that!
Monkey boy and unobtainable machines - SBK at least has bikes I know what they are.

I don't see any Buells or Trumpy's out there...

**Big Dave** · 27th June 2006, 17:32

Originally Posted by Postie

from todays Herald

" MELBOURNE - Australia was in a state of disbelief today after the Socceroos' incredible World Cup soccer journey ended in heartbreak.

or even Aussie rugby fans crying when they lost the rugby world cup? c'mon, there's worse things going on in the world then loosing a game of football.

The vast majority of Aussies follow League and AFL.
Union & Soccer draw smaller crowds that the Basketball.
Was mainly the european immigrants/1st generation tearing up - the Aussie team has 7 Croatians.