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Which do you prefer? Personally, soccer, though Aussie Rules is great to watch.

Football roxx0rz j00r b0xx0rz

I dislike all of them.

I enjoy American football, and I'm a Raiders fan.

Soccer is football.

That is all.

I find playing Football (American) to be the most fun.

However I enjoy watching rugby (and soccer to a lesser extent) more.

Soccer is undoubtedly the best out of those.

I have no idea what the difference between Rugby League and Union is, but Rugby as I know it isn't a very good sport. American Football is complete sh-te, and though Aussie rules is ok, it's no soccer. :)

American Football

Football, playing, watching, whatever, beats the hell out of them ALL!
(Football is not soccer. Soccer is soccer.)
Go Irish!
Da Bears.

Baseball pwns you all.

That said, there should be multi-choice. I love American Football, but Soccer rocks like no other as well.

So .. hey ... redo your damn poll! :p

Soccer is football.

That is all.

Not anymore. Muahaha.

Packers! Green Bay all the way! Favre is a god!

After that, it the Cornhuskers from Nebraska. That's who my dh played for.

Let's Go Pitt!

The Pittsburgh Panthers are my favorite NCAA team by far.

My favorite NFL team? The Steelers, of course!

Go the Brissy Lions!:D And yay for AFL getting half the total vote at the time of posting!:D

Edit - Ooops! I misread the poll. American football (Grid Irons) has half the vote, I'm the only one to vote for AFL! :eek: Personally I don't care too much for American football because they are allowed to throw the ball forwards, which is cheating! :eek: :D :gundge: Plus they wear all that strange crap! :confused: :eek: :gundge:

I voted for American Football cause it's my brother's favorite sport. He got me into being a Saints fan.

Let's Go Pitt!

The Pittsburgh Panthers are my favorite NCAA team by far.

My favorite NFL team? The Steelers, of course!

You wouldn't happen to be from Pittsburgh, would you? :rolleyes:

Go the Brissy Lions!:D And yay for AFL getting half the total vote at the time of posting!:D

Edit - Ooops! I misread the poll. American football (Grid Irons) has half the vote, I'm the only one to vote for AFL! :eek: Personally I don't care too much for American football because they are allowed to throw the ball forwards, which is cheating! :eek: :D :gundge: Plus they wear all that strange crap! :confused: :eek: :gundge:


In all seriousness, it takes a hell of a lot of skill to complete a good amount of passes. It's not just heaving it out into the open. You have to anticipate, and you have to pick very carefully (and watch for double coverage).

The Quarterback position is a very daunting one, and it's the most difficult in the game. You have to pick plays (if the Coach isn't a bastard, he'll let you do this), you have to call signals, assign different routes, and get the timing right. You also have to avoid a lot of rushers and blockers.

Do a google search for Dan Marino. Read about him, and you'll see why some of us are so fascinated with the American Football (and the QB position).

You made it difficult by not allowing multiple choices.

I live in Brazil, so I have to at least have some interest in football (soccer)
But:
I played RU at school and for the old boys
I played RL at college
I played American Football at Uni (in England, Go celtics. If anyone call tell which uni that is they get a cookie)

So I vote against Aussie rules simply from ignorance.

I voted for RU as it was my first sport, and I must be one of the very few peole in the world to have played tight head and wing 3/4 (Blind side Flanker no. 6 was my normal station though)

You wouldn't happen to be from Pittsburgh, would you? :rolleyes:


Nope, not in the least. I was born in McAllen, Texas, near the Mexican border. I've lived in the Houston area for the past eight years.

But, that doesn't mean I'm anything like the people here. I have much more in common with people from Pitt (the way I talk, the foods I like, etc.). It's got a lot to do with the kids who were my friends when I was growing up (they were all from the Northeast).

In my mind, Pitt is It.

I voted for American Football cause it's my brother's favorite sport. He got me into being a Saints fan.

Hooray for New Orleans' Charity team. My tax dollers at work :rolleyes:

Hooray for New Orleans' Charity team. My tax dollers at work :rolleyes:

Montreal IS Hockey so the NFL isn't something most people would take interest in over here. There are a lot of people that like the CFL though.

Montreal IS Hockey so the NFL isn't something most people would take interest in over here. There are a lot of people that like the CFL though.

So what are you watching now then? No NHL, CFL has finished (I believe, may be wrong). This leaves what, the NBA?

So what are you watching now then? No NHL, CFL has finished (I believe, may be wrong). This leaves what, the NBA?
I'm not a very sporty person despite my interest in this thread...
CFL season is going to start soon.

1. Soccer is for Faries
2. Football rules all ( i am from the south what else do you expect)
p.s., we pass forward because the passes are a lot farther than in rugby, I used to play rugby (hooker) for the college I go to I know. Rugby passes are usually close, short, and quick, Football passes can be around 30-40 yards, big difference. We wear pads in football because we like our faces and brains, this is why rugby players end up like meat heads, and Football players are usually left with AT LEAST half a brain. Unless you were actually talking about football in europe (which i didn't even know they had) and by that I mean football, and not gay ass soccer. In which case, I do not understand why you do not wear more protection.
3. Baseball, is the second best.

I'm not a very sporty person despite my interest in this thread...
CFL season is going to start soon.

OK then. ( :confused: ) At least the football (soccer) fans have the Uefa Champions league (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=399865) to follow. Next matches comming up in three days.

Potaria!
I know where you are from, i am from the same area, (eventhough, i don't understand how you could possibly be from Texas and not like Texas teams) But I am in College station now at A&M.

1. Soccer is for Faries
2. Football rules all ( i am from the south what else do you expect)
p.s., we pass forward because the passes are a lot farther than in rugby, I used to play rugby (hooker) for the college I go to I know. Rugby passes are usually close, short, and quick, Football passes can be around 30-40 yards, big difference. We wear pads in football because we like our faces and brains, this is why rugby players end up like meat heads, and Football players are usually left with AT LEAST half a brain. Unless you were actually talking about football in europe (which i didn't even know they had) and by that I mean football, and not gay ass soccer. In which case, I do not understand why you do not wear more protection.
3. Baseball, is the second best.
go go american football. in high school i was our starting left guard at 145 lbs.
second baseball is ok but lacrosse is much better.

1. Soccer is for Faries
2. Football rules all ( i am from the south what else do you expect)
p.s., we pass forward because the passes are a lot farther than in rugby, I used to play rugby (hooker) for the college I go to I know. Rugby passes are usually close, short, and quick, Football passes can be around 30-40 yards, big difference. We wear pads in football because we like our faces and brains, this is why rugby players end up like meat heads, and Football players are usually left with AT LEAST half a brain. Unless you were actually talking about football in europe (which i didn't even know they had) and by that I mean football, and not gay ass soccer. In which case, I do not understand why you do not wear more protection.
3. Baseball, is the second best.


30-40 yards? Oh yeah, Aggies can't throw very far, can they :D?

Potaria!
I know where you are from, i am from the same area, (eventhough, i don't understand how you could possibly be from Texas and not like Texas teams) But I am in College station now at A&M.


I said I'm not really like anything in Texas. I do like the Longhorns, though only somewhat.

I'm still waiting for Pitt to claim another National Championship with Tyler Palko at the helm. He's a fucking tough guy.

2. Football rules all ( i am from the south what else do you expect)
p.s., we pass forward because the passes are a lot farther than in rugby, I used to play rugby (hooker) for the college I go to I know. Rugby passes are usually close, short, and quick, Football passes can be around 30-40 yards, big difference. We wear pads in football because we like our faces and brains, this is why rugby players end up like meat heads, and Football players are usually left with AT LEAST half a brain. Unless you were actually talking about football in europe (which i didn't even know they had) and by that I mean football, and not gay ass soccer. In which case, I do not understand why you do not wear more protection.

1 and 3 No comment beyond you are entitled to your opinion.
2. True, rugby passes are usually short and sharp, but sometimes a double miss pass from fly half out to a winger can cover thirty plus yards. Rare though.
I played American football in the UK, fully padded. ( I had to switch from rugby due to a neck injury) Helmet, shoulder & ribs, kidneys, groin, hip, thigh and tailbone pads. Some were optional (kidney, thigh and tailbone), but most people used them all.

I like American and Aussie rules...Soccers ok, but the low scoringness makes me angsty.

1 and 3 No comment beyond you are entitled to your opinion.
2. True, rugby passes are usually short and sharp, but sometimes a double miss pass from fly half out to a winger can cover thirty plus yards. Rare though.
I played American football in the UK, fully padded. ( I had to switch from rugby due to a neck injury) Helmet, shoulder & ribs, kidneys, groin, hip, thigh and tailbone pads. Some were optional (kidney, thigh and tailbone), but most people used them all.
thats the UK trting to immatate the US. i never used rib pads or kidney pads

thats the UK trting to immatate the US. i never used rib pads or kidney pads

You are telling me that your shoulder pads did not lace up down the front over your rib cage.
Obviously, if we were playing American fotball we were imitating the US (or maybe Canada), but we didn't care about that. We just played to hit people, well the defense did anyway. I cant swear for the offense.

You are telling me that your shoulder pads did not lace up down the front over your rib cage.
Obviously, if we were playing American fotball we were imitating the US (or maybe Canada), but we didn't care about that. We just played to hit people, well the defense did anyway. I cant swear for the offense.
all of the shoulder pads i have seen stop at the bottem of your chest.

Yeah, and then there are the Flak Jackets. Of course, those are usually just for Quarterbacks, so they don't break their ribs.

i only knew one quorterback who wore those and he was a wimp

all of the shoulder pads i have seen stop at the bottem of your chest.

Which is also where your ribs end. Anyway, what I meant by rib pads was this extension down from the shoulders. As a D Lineman this protection was particularly good to have for me.

i only knew one quorterback who wore those and he was a wimp


He may have been a wimp, but the great Quarterbacks of our time have all worn Flak Jackets.

Dan Marino, John Elway, Steve Young, and Brett Favre. Elway had the most substantial, but Marino had the most padding overall (20 total pounds).

I'm still waiting for Pitt to claim another National Championship with Tyler Palko at the helm. He's a fucking tough guy.

I've played against him in high school and I must say he was one of the greatest talents, on any level, that I have seen play.

I love American football due to the excitement and complexity, eg. coverage and defensive schemes, offensive strategies....matchups between great offenses and defenses.

My team will always be the Denver Broncos. Damn I miss John Elway. :D

Plus the seasons is so much shorter than baseball or basketball, it always leaves you wanting more :headbang:

American football. Go Denver Broncos! :D

all of the shoulder pads i have seen stop at the bottem of your chest.

I definately wore a plastic plate that came down over my ribs and ended about an inch above my belly button.

Oh, and can someone remind me who won the Super Bowl the past two years? :D

I definately wore a plastic plate that came down over my ribs and ended about an inch above my belly button.

Oh, and can someone remind me who won the Super Bowl the past two years? :D
UHmmmmmmmmmmm
The Saints????

PAtriots are dumb that double pump/fumble/Incomplete pass 2-3 years ago is enough to make me hate them.

Go Rugby Union and League and Cricket and Ice Hockey...... and Bull rush. ;)

Go the Brissy Lions!:D And yay for AFL getting half the total vote at the time of posting!:D

Edit - Ooops! I misread the poll. American football (Grid Irons) has half the vote, I'm the only one to vote for AFL! :eek: Personally I don't care too much for American football because they are allowed to throw the ball forwards, which is cheating! :eek: :D :gundge: Plus they wear all that strange crap! :confused: :eek: :gundge:

Yah. Well you were the only one. I like Rugby Union too, but I prefer AFL, despite the fact I'm a NSW resident. Don't care much for the NRL these days.

I voted "hate 'em all" as that was a close to apathy as i could get.

Why get so worked up about it all? It's just a stupid game, whichever one of them you watch. Probably just invented to give modern man something to show off his athletic advantage over women now that he's no longer needed to hunt for food.

Rugby fuckin union.





Go the canes!

A good Rugby League game > all.
(Why do I feel like I've betrayed my country for saying that?)

Keruvalia - the whole point of the thread was which one you prefer, so you can only choose one. Sorry. If I were to put my preferencs in rank order, it'd be soccer, Aussie rules, rugby union, rugby league, american football. Though I don't care about the last two.
Alien Born - you were at Leeds. My brother is there now. And are you going to resurrect that CL predictions thread?
And to those of you mentioning baseball, hockey etc - this is a football thread. To the best of my knowledge, baseball and hockey ain't football.

Alien Born - you were at Leeds. My brother is there now. And are you going to resurrect that CL predictions thread?


Have one very well made cookie.

Edit: I linked to the CL prediction thread and bumped it, to no effect last night. I will bump it again now as I giess all the football fans were off line (time zone diff will have made it something like 5 in the morning.)

Have one very well made cookie.

Edit: I linked to the CL prediction thread and bumped it, to no effect last night. I will bump it again now as I giess all the football fans were off line (time zone diff will have made it something like 5 in the morning.)
Thankee very much...I'm praying right now. Good performance yesterday, but Portsmouth have now lost 8 in the last 10, so it doesn't really say much.

I have to say that I think the Blues have a much better chance now than the Gunners, but if we can let the Canaries score on us, how many will Barca score?

What about Gaelic Football?

Aussie Rules Football... well... rules. :D

What about Gaelic Football?
Erm...ahem...well, you're the first person to mention it, so I guess that not many people would vote for it. Sorry. Unless a kindly mod wants to edit the poll for me...?

Erm...ahem...well, you're the first person to mention it, so I guess that not many people would vote for it. Sorry. Unless a kindly mod wants to edit the poll for me...?
I'd vote for it! :p

What!??!?! No hockey in the poll!?!?!?!?

Rugby Union - it's a bit like American football, except without padding. Or rubbish rules. Or forward passes. So not at all like it, really. I'M GONNA RIP YOUR EAR OFF! (not really) :p

Soccer no doubt.

Soccer no doubt.

If I was forced to choose between playing soccer, rugby, and football, I would definitely play soccer.

I can't really stand watching any sports.

Rugby Union - it's a bit like American football, except without padding. Or rubbish rules. Or forward passes. So not at all like it, really. I'M GONNA RIP YOUR EAR OFF! (not really) :p

If you like that sort of thing watch the Newcastle match on Match of the Day tonight