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Demon Of The Fall posted:soccer is cool and hell, fun to watch on a Saturday morning Smoke a bowl and watch some soccer. It's all good.
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Oscar Wild posted:Smoke a bowl and watch some soccer. It's all good. Or just smoke a bowl and watch something fun
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May 16, 2019 01:14
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Hmm yes. Soccer is blood.
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Speleothing posted:We need more televised women's sports in general, for this reason. Soccer, softball, hockey, basketball, football, volleyball, rugby, cricket, mma, whatever. The only women's "sport" that I willingly watch is women's beach volleyball. Respect for women MMA, those girls are legit but they look too much like dudes to me. Don't care.
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May 18, 2019 01:12
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GORILLA BASTARD posted:The only women's "sport" that I willingly watch is women's beach volleyball. Respect for women MMA, those girls are legit but they look too much like dudes to me. Don't care. thanks for bumping this dead thread to give us this gem
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May 18, 2019 01:19
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golf is clearly the master race sport cuse all of the most successful people play it
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May 18, 2019 01:26
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why do americans use 'toughness' as a metric for judging how good a sport is? screams insecurity really
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May 18, 2019 02:02
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FlimFlam Imam posted:My mom's boyfriend is British. Me and my brother are sitting there watching television, he comes booming in yelling "Up your irons boys!" I was shocked "I didn't take you for an Iron Maiden fan" to which he replies "What the gently caress you talking about, mate? I'm just asking to put West Ham on the telly." He sounds ok. Are you sure you aren't just mad that your mom's getting CRUMPETED?
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May 18, 2019 02:25
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I kind of like American soccer with the big Super Cup event at the end of the season every year and the fact you got three chances to try and move the somewhat roundish ball.
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May 18, 2019 02:35
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I liked the american soccer hockey-style shootouts on penalties. Very dramatic and marketeable.
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May 18, 2019 03:18
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Looks like Atlanta United beat Vancouver 1-0! That's five in a row boys, way to turn it around even with that Dutch weirdo managing the team Vaaaaaamos vamos vamos A-T-L!
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May 18, 2019 03:20
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Laurenz posted:why do americans use 'toughness' as a metric for judging how good a sport is? Unfortunately I can't talk about NFL football to any Australians or Kiwis or English people without them saying "OH YOU MEAN THE ONE WITH THE PADS WHERE THEY STOP EVERY 3 SECONDS YOU SHOULD SEE RUGBY THERES A REAL SPORT MATE FISH AND CHIPS NO PADS REAL MEN PLAY RUGBY GO THE ALL BLACKS"
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May 18, 2019 03:27
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GORILLA BASTARD posted:The only women's "sport" that I willingly watch is women's beach volleyball. Respect for women MMA, those girls are legit but they look too much like dudes to me. Don't care. Dont you have class tomorrow?
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May 18, 2019 03:42
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The_Continental posted:Unfortunately I can't talk about NFL football to any Australians or Kiwis or English people without them saying "OH YOU MEAN THE ONE WITH THE PADS WHERE THEY STOP EVERY 3 SECONDS YOU SHOULD SEE RUGBY THERES A REAL SPORT MATE FISH AND CHIPS NO PADS REAL MEN PLAY RUGBY GO THE ALL BLACKS" Rugby is pretty cool, but then you have to pretend the haka doesn't look embarrassingly stupid before a game or you're an rear end in a top hat who doesn't understand tradition.
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"Sport is for losers and has nothing to offer us as a society." He says, sliding one hand out of the Cheeto bag and depositing the extracted sustenance into his mouth of row and row of teeth like jagged cracked tombstones. In the same fluid movement, his hand thrusts between his belly and sweatpants strap and cups his testicles. "The truly cerebral experience is found in video games, and within the other finer arts of the soul." The hand returns to his face, but to the nose this time. The sniff is deep, the satisfaction palpable, and the goon has settled the issue of leisure time for humanity.
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May 19, 2019 12:47
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The_Continental posted:Unfortunately I can't talk about NFL football to any Australians or Kiwis or English people without them saying "OH YOU MEAN THE ONE WITH THE PADS WHERE THEY STOP EVERY 3 SECONDS YOU SHOULD SEE RUGBY THERES A REAL SPORT MATE FISH AND CHIPS NO PADS REAL MEN PLAY RUGBY GO THE ALL BLACKS" The padding ironically makes NFL more violent and dangerous than rugby, since it primarily protects the player doing the tackle. This means they can slam into other players full-on with far less risk of injury to themselves but with much more force being delivered to the recipient. Doing the same in rugby would carry a far greater risk of injury so the tackles tend to be more strategic. It's kind of like how boxing gloves greatly increase the risk of brain trauma in that sport compared to bare-knuckle boxing, because nobody is going to punch someone in the head so hard they break half the bones in their hand.
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Elevator Screamer posted:The padding ironically makes NFL more violent and dangerous than rugby, since it primarily protects the player doing the tackle. This means they can slam into other players full-on with far less risk of injury to themselves but with much more force being delivered to the recipient. Doing the same in rugby would carry a far greater risk of injury so the tackles tend to be more strategic. I've seen a lot of hockey players from different eras say the same thing in interviews about the increasing amount of padding over the years. Apparently back when there wasn't as much padding just steamrolling a guy tended to hurt like hell even for the dude making the hit. Now it's not as painful for that guy so he's more than willing to drill somebody that hard more often. E: I've seen a lot lament the gradual death of the enforcer for similar reasons too. Guys are less likely to just loving ruin somebody if they know some raging juggernaut with no teeth to worry about will be more than happy to knock out any of yours you've got left. Honky Dong Country fucked around with this message at 20:36 on May 20, 2019 |
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May 20, 2019 20:34
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GORILLA BASTARD posted:Respect for women MMA, those girls are legit but they look too much like dudes to me. Go on
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May 20, 2019 21:44
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Elevator Screamer posted:The padding ironically makes NFL more violent and dangerous than rugby, since it primarily protects the player doing the tackle. This means they can slam into other players full-on with far less risk of injury to themselves but with much more force being delivered to the recipient. Doing the same in rugby would carry a far greater risk of injury so the tackles tend to be more strategic. Didn't that bareknuckle fighting championship that got started put an end to that myth? Pretty sure it just had dudes bleeding like hell from their faces. Agreed on padding making sport impacts harder though.
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ilmucche posted:Didn't that bareknuckle fighting championship that got started put an end to that myth? Pretty sure it just had dudes bleeding like hell from their faces. What's worse for a competitor's health though, facial cuts bleeding or a heavier object (a gloved fist vs. a bare knuckle one) delivering greater blunt force? To be clear I'm not trying to be snarky or anything, that's an honest question.
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May 20, 2019 21:56
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Soccer is the sport in which you gain advantage by appearing as weak as possible and falling over at the slightest touch, all while competing to see who can appear the least emotionally mature and/or most racist. Well, men's soccer is. Women just suck it up and play, mostly because they get paid poo poo and are playing primarily for honor.
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Honky Dong Country posted:What's worse for a competitor's health though, facial cuts bleeding or a heavier object (a gloved fist vs. a bare knuckle one) delivering greater blunt force? Rugby players get facial cuts all the time but the rate of chronic traumatic encephalopathy is FAR lower than in American football. Also it makes for much better photography 
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Yeah I guess that's what I'm asking. Like is there less instances of brain injury in bare knuckle fights than boxing? Iunno I guess it's kind of an irrelevant question though since pretty much all forms of bare knuckle involve more than just head/body shots like boxing deals exclusively in. But either way I think it's probably safe to say that full contact sports full of crazy rear end impacts of some kind are likely more dangerous wrt permanent injury like brain damage and such with padding. If that's not the case though I'd love to read any sources anybody has on it.
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I used to tolerate soccer and even played it a little but I moved to England for a few years and now I hate the entire sport eternally because English soccer players and fans are the worst people on the planet. Watching highlights of South American games at a Mexican restaurant while eating chips and salsa is legit though.
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Tough guy "just bleed!" types need to get over it. It's 2019, that sort of toxic masculinity isn't cool any more. The ability to express emotion should be celebrated equal to technical skill and athletic prowess. And in the world's most popular sport, it is. Vincent Van Goatse posted:I used to tolerate soccer and even played it a little but I moved to England for a few years and now I hate the entire sport eternally because English soccer players and fans are the worst people on the planet. Yeah I'm sure the continent where they regularly murder referees is "legit".
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May 20, 2019 22:46
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Apollodorus posted:Rugby players get facial cuts all the time but the rate of chronic traumatic encephalopathy is FAR lower than in American football. the one time i played rugby we disturbed a wasp and all got hosed up. well that’s my rugby story.
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sassassin posted:
The Aztecs regularly beheaded members of the royal family during times of famine or drought and the people would play games kicking the heads at leopards in large cages. The cages were called "leo"s and heads as everyone knows created a big mess which they called "messi". Thus the Aztecs gave the world Leos Messi.
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May 20, 2019 23:04
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Honky Dong Country posted:I've seen a lot of hockey players from different eras say the same thing in interviews about the increasing amount of padding over the years. Apparently back when there wasn't as much padding just steamrolling a guy tended to hurt like hell even for the dude making the hit. Now it's not as painful for that guy so he's more than willing to drill somebody that hard more often. I played both Rugby and American Football in HS and can confirm this. It's not just about the feeling of safety that padding offers either, usually I found the shoulder pads so restricting that when trying to tackle and wrap(as they teach you to do in Rugby) that it was easier to just try to knock them off balance rather than trying to wrap my arms around them.
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May 21, 2019 00:52
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God drat it I wish I grew up in a state where hockey was a thing in public schools. 
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Oscar Wild posted:The Aztecs regularly beheaded members of the royal family during times of famine or drought and the people would play games kicking the heads at leopards in large cages. The cages were called "leo"s and heads as everyone knows created a big mess which they called "messi". Thus the Aztecs gave the world Leos Messi. These are the only interesting words about soccer, ever.
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May 21, 2019 00:57
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WatermelonGun posted:thanks for bumping this dead thread to give us this gem The glory is in the service. Your welcome.
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May 21, 2019 00:58
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Honky Dong Country posted:God drat it I wish I grew up in a state where hockey was a thing in public schools. I don't know if it's common in public schools in the US. Never had it around me and I'm in the midwest. Private Schools had them and there were always teams/leagues you could join outside of school.
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May 21, 2019 00:59
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Soccer would be better if they played in straight jackets
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Soccer needs to add a second ball to the game so there's more scoring. It's time to modernize the game.
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Schweinhund posted:Soccer needs to add a second ball to the game so there's more scoring. It's time to modernize the game. How about one ball, but more teams. Actually make each player a team, and have 40 of them fighting over a single ball. Soccer Royale
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Chomp8645 posted:How about one ball, but more teams. Actually make each player a team, and have 40 of them fighting over a single ball. Google "Calcio fiorentino" friend and wonder no more.
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May 21, 2019 03:41
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Tongues posted:Google "Calcio fiorentino" friend and wonder no more. I mean sorta, but they seem to get tired after the first 2 minutes and then its just a bunch of out of shape guys trotting around a field.
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ChesterJT posted:I mean sorta, but they seem to get tired after the first 2 minutes and then its just a bunch of out of shape guys trotting around a field. Watch it at x2 speed then. Problem solve
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quote:English soccer players and fans are the worst people on the planet. Can't argue with that though
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TheMaskedUgly posted:Can't argue with that though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv4SpjMinlQ
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