Is he the best European athlete? - Page 2

Bort · 09-03-07, 01:15 AM

Okay, as a soccer player myself, I cannot stand it when everyone in the entire United States of America calls soccer (or football) a sissy sport, there's more contact in soccer than there is in just about every other popular sport in the U.S. aside from football and lacrosse. And besides, what does the amount of hitting that happens in a sport have to do with how good it is?

I don't understand, waste gate, why you aren't ragging on our own American Pasttime for being a sissy sport. With the exception of the almost-never-happens collision at home plate and perhaps a hard slide into a base (are there no hard slides in soccer?), there's pretty much NO contact whatsoever, and if contact does happen, interference is called because the players can't handle getting grazed by someone running past.

Now I'm not saying that you should go nitpick every single sport out there like this, but if you actually take the time to think about it, you pretty much have a choice of watching two sports in the U.S. if you want to watch a physical, "hard hitting" sport. Football and lacrosse, and how many times do you see lacrosse on TV?

I'll stick with watching and participating in all sports I want to watch or participate in, no matter how "sissy" they are. I also won't go into a public forum and try to piss off many people there by insulting for no reason a major part of their lives.

Oh, and your little dig about girls kicking eachother in the shins? Hmm, the ONE pad that soccer players wear is on the shins, so unless most soccer players enjoy kicking curved pieces of plastic, I don't think it stands. Besides, football players wear more pads anyways.

The Avon Lady · 09-03-07, 01:17 AM

I don't care much for any sport myself but my kids play soccer and I don't see anything 'sissy' about it. Nor does my husband.

This thread seems to be flamebait more than anything else.

Dowly · 09-03-07, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

This thread seems to be flamebait more than anything else.

mog · 09-03-07, 03:38 AM

Sounds like a serious question to me. Why are soccer players injured relatively frequently when the physical demands on them are nothing compared to the players of the other football codes?

It is hard to escape the conclusion that it's because they are gutless, pampered fairies. The way they behave is disgraceful, especially with all the diving. In any other sport that is called cheating and is not tolerated.

You could watch any given game of first grade Rugby Union or Rugby League and see players suffer far worse injuries than soccer players ever encounter, and still return to finish the game because their team needs them. Broken noses, dislocated shoulders and fingers, corked muscles, concussions, and huge cuts on the ears and face requiring stitches are all routinely played on with.

Happy Times · 09-03-07, 04:29 AM

All other games are sissy compared to ice hockey.:p

Ässät!

The Avon Lady · 09-03-07, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Times

All other games are sissy compared to ice hockey.:p

But I didn't see any ice hockey there. :hmm:

Happy Times · 09-03-07, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

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Originally Posted by Happy Times

All other games are sissy compared to ice hockey.:p

But I didn't see any ice hockey there. :hmm:

Hockey is plays, goals, saves, hits and fights.

Takeda Shingen · 09-03-07, 04:56 AM

Closed due to flamebait.

The Management

Onkel Neal · 09-03-07, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

This guy David Beckham is laughable as an athlete by US standards. He plays a sissy sport and is always injured. Are all Europeans like this guy? I think yes!! Your mommy/mummy/muti is calling.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/...news_beckham_7

What happened? I thought we were clear on trolling?
30 days in the brig. And I am closing your other recent threads as well, you are making too much work for the mods around here.

09-03-07, 01:15 AM	#16
Bort Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Studying in Atlanta Posts: 919 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Okay, as a soccer player myself, I cannot stand it when everyone in the entire United States of America calls soccer (or football) a sissy sport, there's more contact in soccer than there is in just about every other popular sport in the U.S. aside from football and lacrosse. And besides, what does the amount of hitting that happens in a sport have to do with how good it is? I don't understand, waste gate, why you aren't ragging on our own American Pasttime for being a sissy sport. With the exception of the almost-never-happens collision at home plate and perhaps a hard slide into a base (are there no hard slides in soccer?), there's pretty much NO contact whatsoever, and if contact does happen, interference is called because the players can't handle getting grazed by someone running past. Now I'm not saying that you should go nitpick every single sport out there like this, but if you actually take the time to think about it, you pretty much have a choice of watching two sports in the U.S. if you want to watch a physical, "hard hitting" sport. Football and lacrosse, and how many times do you see lacrosse on TV? I'll stick with watching and participating in all sports I want to watch or participate in, no matter how "sissy" they are. I also won't go into a public forum and try to piss off many people there by insulting for no reason a major part of their lives. Oh, and your little dig about girls kicking eachother in the shins? Hmm, the ONE pad that soccer players wear is on the shins, so unless most soccer players enjoy kicking curved pieces of plastic, I don't think it stands. Besides, football players wear more pads anyways. __________________ GT Aerospace

09-03-07, 01:17 AM	#17
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I don't care much for any sport myself but my kids play soccer and I don't see anything 'sissy' about it. Nor does my husband. This thread seems to be flamebait more than anything else. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

09-03-07, 04:29 AM	#20
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	All other games are sissy compared to ice hockey.:p Ässät! __________________

09-03-07, 03:38 AM	#19
mog Medic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 163 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sounds like a serious question to me. Why are soccer players injured relatively frequently when the physical demands on them are nothing compared to the players of the other football codes? It is hard to escape the conclusion that it's because they are gutless, pampered fairies. The way they behave is disgraceful, especially with all the diving. In any other sport that is called cheating and is not tolerated. You could watch any given game of first grade Rugby Union or Rugby League and see players suffer far worse injuries than soccer players ever encounter, and still return to finish the game because their team needs them. Broken noses, dislocated shoulders and fingers, corked muscles, concussions, and huge cuts on the ears and face requiring stitches are all routinely played on with.

09-03-07, 04:56 AM	#23
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Closed due to flamebait. The Management