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Ok so i was at the upper-state girls soccer match between Lexington and Dorman high schools last night. never before have i seen a sport soo cotolled by referees ever ever evrer. Especially that stupid stoppage rule. the ref controls the end of a game and ended teh game last night in overtime before lexington could get a corner kick off (we lost 1-0). i dont know much about soccer but i thought that was gay. dorman scored a goal off a free kick that was headed in off a cheap call. lexington players reciaved 2 yellow cards for what looked like nothing (but then again i dont know soccer).

Firstly, women's football is always terrible. I don't know why that is, it just is.

Secondly, American football is awful. It is one of the most boring things I have ever seen. They only ever seemed to play for 10 seconds at a time before the referee lined them all up again. No wonder Janet Jackson's boob caused such a stir - it was the most interesting thing ever to have happened in the history of the game.

Thirdly, cricket beats all other sports, so worrying about which second rate sport is the least inferior is irrelevant.

Ok so i was at the upper-state girls soccer match between Lexington and Dorman high schools last night. never before have i seen a sport soo cotolled by referees ever ever evrer.
Thats kinda why the referee exists....

Especially that stupid stoppage rule. the ref controls the end of a game and ended teh game last night in overtime before lexington could get a corner kick off (we lost 1-0).
Why didn't you score earlier in the game then?

i dont know much about soccer
Aye, you don't.

but i thought that was gay.
Is that meant to be an insult to football or homosexuals?

dorman scored a goal off a free kick that was headed in off a cheap call.
Poor defending then.

lexington players reciaved 2 yellow cards for what looked like nothing
It was obviously something to the referee.

(but then again i dont know soccer).

That's ok. Football dont know you.

I would rather watch soccer than baseball or (american) football.

i thought that the reff couldnt end stoppage during a corner kick
it was exciting to watch just...really stupid

Thats kinda why the referee exists....

Why didn't you score earlier in the game then?
oh c'mon...


Aye, you don't.
true

Is that meant to be an insult to football or homosexuals?
football


Poor defending then.
*sighs hes ripping me to shreds


It was obviously something to the referee.
no dip


That's ok. Football dont know you.
lol

i thought that the reff couldnt end stoppage during a corner kick
it was exciting to watch just...really stupid

The ref can blow for full time any time after the minimum extra time required, deceided by the ref, has been played.

Rules of the Game (http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesAndRegulations/FIFALawsOfTheGame/)

Thats kinda why the referee exists....

Why didn't you score earlier in the game then?


Aye, you don't.


Is that meant to be an insult to football or homosexuals?


Poor defending then.


It was obviously something to the referee.


That's ok. Football dont know you.

Well done! :D

alright just as i excpected its a rip new-Lexington party...

I saw some people playing touch football in the park the other day. I didn't understand the rules at all, but it looked totally hetero. I was told it's kinda like American football, so American football must suck.

should i do a "who plays what sports poll"?

I saw some people playing touch football in the park the other day. I didn't understand the rules at all, but it looked totally hetero. I was told it's kinda like American football, so American football must suck.

Wait until they hit the showers....

Then it all changes.
*porn music bass line- Ooh yeah..*

Ok so i was at the upper-state girls soccer match between Lexington and Dorman high schools last night. never before have i seen a sport soo cotolled by referees ever ever evrer. Especially that stupid stoppage rule. the ref controls the end of a game and ended teh game last night in overtime before lexington could get a corner kick off (we lost 1-0). i dont know much about soccer but i thought that was gay. dorman scored a goal off a free kick that was headed in off a cheap call. lexington players reciaved 2 yellow cards for what looked like nothing (but then again i dont know soccer).You're doing it wrong. You need to be up in arms ranting at the refs, shouting "We know where your car's parked at!" and whatnot instead of hating soccer. :p

Well.....I have to say that more countries play football (soccer to the Americans here) than any other sport. The upcoming football World Cup features teams from -

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Ecuador
England
France
Germany
Ghana
Holland
Iran
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Mexico
Paraguay
Poland
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
Serbia & Montenegro
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Togo
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
USA
Ukraine

I am not a huge football fan, but I do watch 'big' games and will follow England in the World Cup....I have also watched American style 'football' and find it just about the most boring thing I have ever seen on television with the exception of golf....and can not understand the CONSTANT breaks, and all the big fat men wandering about in silly little tight trousers is too horrid to think about....

Womens football is not popular in England, thats all I know about it....

You're doing it wrong. You need to be up in arms ranting at the refs, shouting "We know where your car's parked at!" and whatnot instead of hating soccer. :p
hey yeah thats a good idea!!!!! i love that...
after the game (which was a Lexington) 5 dorman students tried to come over to our side and taunt us the resource officer stopped them b4 they could come over there...pity there was only 5!! they would have been mutilated

I disagree that woman's football is poor but it does seem you had a poor game to watch. Not all games be execiting and ref's can be poor or overly controlling but soccer, as you call it, does have its good side. Watch a few more games, like in the World Cup

The only reason that Association Football (soccer) is'nt a mainstream sport in the US is because the TV companies can't dictate how many commercials an hour they can show. to quote a popular phrase in the United Kingom "Football is a game of two halves" the half time break is when the the commercial tv companies can show commercials. Any game which originates from the US has stops and time outs in it ergo commercial time. The Tv rights have just been sold for £1.7 billion that's almost $30 trillion and thats just for the rights to screen English and Scottish league matches. for that sort of dough I think they could cut back on the commercials don't you?

I am not a huge football fan, but I do watch 'big' games and will follow England in the World Cup....I have also watched American style 'football' and find it just about the most boring thing I have ever seen on television with the exception of golf....and can not understand the CONSTANT breaks, and all the big fat men wandering about in silly little tight trousers is too horrid to think about....

Womens football is not popular in England, thats all I know about it....

The most boring televised sport has to be fishing. Come on, who wants to watch that?
American football is boring if you don't know the sport and what is going on, and I guess the same may well apply to soccer. Difficult to know as most of the world grows up with soccer.

The only reason that Association Football (soccer) is'nt a mainstream sport in the US is because the TV companies can't dictate how many commercials an hour they can show. to quote a popular phrase in the United Kingom "Football is a game of two halves" the half time break is when the the commercial tv companies can show commercials. Any game which originates from the US has stops and time outs in it ergo commercial time. The Tv rights have just been sold for £1.7 billion that's almost $30 trillion and thats just for the rights to screen English and Scottish league matches. for that sort of dough I think they could cut back on the commercials don't you?

I think your calculator is a little off.....

I think your calculator is a little off.....

No. He is converting from british billions (1,000,000,000,000) to american trillions (the same number)

Cricket has GOT to be the most boring game I have EVER watched or played. Soccer is fun to play, but not to watch. Give me Hockey anytime.

No. He is converting from british billions (1,000,000,000,000) to american trillions (the same number)
Then he's still very wrong, because no British media outlet has used 'British Billions' for a very long time.

Even the Chancellor uses 1,000 million as a billion in the budget. If he didn't, the figures he gives would make us by far the richest nation ever to have existed. :p

alright just as i excpected its a rip new-Lexington party...

what exactly did you expect given your ill-informed, borderline-offensive post?

hey yeah thats a good idea!!!!! i love that...
after the game (which was a Lexington) 5 dorman students tried to come over to our side and taunt us the resource officer stopped them b4 they could come over there...pity there was only 5!! they would have been mutilated


YAY! Hooliganism!!!

Best insulting chants to a referee:

"Who's the bastard, who's the bastard, who's the bastard in the black? Who's the bastard in the black?"

"Does your mother, does your mother, does your mother know your dad? (referee), does your mother know your dad?"

"The Referees Got Cataracts!!
The Referees Got Cataracts!!
The Referees Got Cataracts!!"

"Its like havin 12 men
Its like havin 12 men
Its like havin 12 men
12 men!!!"

Borderline ofensive? He was stating an opinion. Think about it some.

The only reason that Association Football (soccer) is'nt a mainstream sport in the US is because the TV companies can't dictate how many commercials an hour they can show. to quote a popular phrase in the United Kingom "Football is a game of two halves" the half time break is when the the commercial tv companies can show commercials. Any game which originates from the US has stops and time outs in it ergo commercial time. The Tv rights have just been sold for £1.7 billion that's almost $30 trillion and thats just for the rights to screen English and Scottish league matches. for that sort of dough I think they could cut back on the commercials don't you?

Don't forget; football is a communist game because you aren't allowed to use your hands to control the ball, unlike proper American games.

Then he's still very wrong, because no British media outlet has used 'British Billions' for a very long time.

Even the Chancellor uses 1,000 million as a billion in the budget. If he didn't, the figures he gives would make us by far the richest nation ever to have existed. :p
Either that, or Sky can single handedly wipe out the United States debt.... nearly 4 times over.

Ok so i was at the upper-state girls soccer match between Lexington and Dorman high schools last night.

So you're judging an entire sport on one school game? and a girls game at that?

Shouldn't mock really. i saw two girls playing cricket the other day, and that's changed my whole perception on that sport.
And last week, there were two five year olds having their first tennis lesson. They were so crap, and so is tennis - coincidence? no.
And amazingly, last month saw a few girls having a go at basketball. not netball, basketball. What a crap sport that is.

Jeez, does sarcasm come across in these posts?

Borderline ofensive? He was stating an opinion. Think about it some.

"i dont know much about soccer but i thought that was gay"

you think about it

Didnt see that part. Scan reading once again. I enjoyed the soccer/communist quote, by the way.

Soccer doesn't quite jibe with the American mentality. I don't necessarily blame soccer. I don't necessarily blame the American mentality.

Though being american, I lean toward blaming the american mentality. :p

Anyhoo... Here's what's 'wrong' with soccer from an American's viewpoint:


The clock goes the wrong way. We Americans like our countdowns. ANd we HATE not knowing the exact time left. The idea that a game can end anytime and not when the clock reaches 0:00 annoys us.
Ties annoy us. We've done almost everything in our power to eliminate draws in American Sports. If you look at the big three: Football(AMerican), Basketball and Baseball, Two of them are almost impossible to have a draw in and the other one is impossible. Baseball continues until there's a winner.
For the most part, it makes for crappy television. Soccer on tv mostly sucks. It's much better in person. But if it's no good on TV, then it will never be big in America. There's one good thing about soccer on TV. I'll get to that shortly.


On the other hand, there are a few things that are pretty groovy about soccer:


Hooligans. I love hooligans. MY kind of people. :)
Crazy players. Every few years a player comes along that is a total nutcase and everybody loves or hates him. I still can't get enough of Vinnie Jones. :)
Mexican announcers. There's nothing better than a mexican soccer announcer going "GOOOOOAAAAAAALLLL!!!!!!" Loud enough to wake the dead in Zimbabwe. :)


By no means to I fault Soccer and for the most part, I don't fault Americans. Though I do wish we could be a bit more tolerant of Soccer's differences. We could really use some AMerican Soccer Hooligans. :)

There are gay football teams....is that what he means?

It cant be as gay as fat guys wearing tight trousers, helmets and tons of padding to play a game that is basically rugby for girls......

*ducks :p

It cant be as gay as fat guys wearing tight trousers, helmets and tons of padding to play a game that is basically rugby for girls......


LMAO :p

"Don't forget; football is a communist game because you aren't allowed to use your hands to control the ball, unlike proper American games"

You bunch of colonial softies don't like it because you are'nt allowed to wear all that padding you usually wear in your games, the only half decent game is baseball which is a ripped off version of rounders which girls play over here:p

I know a guy here in the U.S. who plays rugby. I would give him about 5 seconds against an NFL player. And he isn't a small guy either.

It cant be as gay as fat guys wearing tight trousers, helmets and tons of padding to play a game that is basically rugby for girls......



You, sir are a genius.

I know a guy here in the U.S. who plays rugby. I would give him about 5 seconds against an NFL player. And he isn't a small guy either.

I, as I keep having to say, have played both Rugby and American Football. A good rugby player will outlast an American Footballer every time. The problem in the US is that those that would be good rugby players play American football instead only leaving mediocre rugby players at best.

And this thread is about soccer.

after the game the lexington girls said some naughty words to the dorman players and the two coaches got into an rgument. then the dorman coach kicked two balls at the lexignton sideline and made the following comment:"we had mroe class than them [lexington] so that is why we move on"

Soccer doesn't quite jibe with the American mentality. I don't necessarily blame soccer. I don't necessarily blame the American mentality.

Though being american, I lean toward blaming the american mentality. :p

Anyhoo... Here's what's 'wrong' with soccer from an American's viewpoint:
(snip)



i dig your points, and the bottom line here is the cutural differences in regards to sport. Its not as if Baseball and Basketball are not global sports (which they are to an extent)



The clock goes the wrong way. We Americans like our countdowns. ANd we HATE not knowing the exact time left. The idea that a game can end anytime and not when the clock reaches 0:00 annoys us.

Me personally i love the fact that in football we could have injury time added on and such, adds to the suspense.

Ties annoy us. We've done almost everything in our power to eliminate draws in American Sports. If you look at the big three: Football(AMerican), Basketball and Baseball, Two of them are almost impossible to have a draw in and the other one is impossible. Baseball continues until there's a winner.


Ties are cool as long as the football was good (but for the most part its not hence no goals).

Hooligans. I love hooligans. MY kind of people. :)
As regards Hooligans, it depends which team they represent - some crews can be cool (i would like to point out the St Pauli Hamburg fans, not really violent unless provoked kinda fans, and being an anti Nazi club they get provoked ALOT!!!) but most are SCUM and largely right wing SCUM at that. But if its the passion you like then Hooligans are not the only ones that are passionate about their teams.

Crazy players. Every few years a player comes along that is a total nutcase and everybody loves or hates him. I still can't get enough of Vinnie Jones. :)
Crazy players are best, they add character to the game but i get the feeling that they are getting rarer and rarer (except maybe the south americans).

Please, everyone knows that baseball is the worst sport.

Hockey pwns all.

Actually, the worst sport is either curling or the soccer-with-vodka I heard they play in Turkey.
Soccer has the best flow of any team sport, and it is both the least subjective and the most versatile one out there.

Please, everyone knows that baseball is the worst sport.

Hockey pwns all.

You can't think outside the box at all can you, any sport that the US is'nt good at you're not interested in although Ice Hockey was invented in Canada

Actually, the worst sport is either curling or the soccer-with-vodka I heard they play in Turkey.
Soccer has the best flow of any team sport, and it is both the least subjective and the most versatile one out there.
Curling: don't knock it 'till you tried it.

I find the most boring sport to watch and play is golf.

If this has become a discussion of worst sports, I'd like to nominate Formula 1


International playboy tax-exiles pissing around in ludicrous 'cars', whilst fat crooks sit on the sidelines and count piles of money.

You can't think outside the box at all can you, any sport that the US is'nt good at you're not interested in although Ice Hockey was invented in Canada
Say again?
I say I'm not interested in baseball, which is played almost exclusively in the US and the Carribean, so your post makes zero sense.
Furthermore, canada and Eastern Europe has a tendency to beat the US.

The only reason that Association Football (soccer) is'nt a mainstream sport in the US is because the TV companies can't dictate how many commercials an hour they can show. to quote a popular phrase in the United Kingom "Football is a game of two halves" the half time break is when the the commercial tv companies can show commercials. Any game which originates from the US has stops and time outs in it ergo commercial time. The Tv rights have just been sold for £1.7 billion that's almost $30 trillion and thats just for the rights to screen English and Scottish league matches. for that sort of dough I think they could cut back on the commercials don't you?

Actually, that hasn't been true in the States since before the USA 94 World Cup. They started then having companies pay for chunks of the game to be uninterupted. The announcer says "this portion of the game presented by Jergen's AssCream" and the company logo is up by the score/time box for that 5 minutes or so of the game. US soccer just hasn't really found a commercial niche yet, which should start to change considering that much of the current generation of kids grew up playing soccer. my generation was on the tail end of baseball's popularity with much less opportunities to play soccer. I got bored with baseball at 12 and switched to soccer. NHL screwed everyone with the cancelled season, NBA sucks, MLB has faded greatly in the last decade or so, leaving the NFL as the real powerhouse of American sports. There's a vacuum there that soccer could slide into, especially if the US national team somehow manage to get out of the group of death they drew in the World Cup.

I have one question....is it Baseball (like rounders, but men play in funny tight trousers) that has the 'World Series'? And if it is.....how many nations participate in said WORLD series?

I now have yet another question...

Whats with the tight trousers dude? We dont want to see your lunch box while you play ballgames, unless you are linford Chritie, a man with a lunch box WORTH looking at...

Darts is a pretty terrible sport to watch. It's mediocre to play. "Bullseye" was great, though

Also, table tennis. Especially with chinese people. Is it actually possible to follow the ball? I think not.

I despise the card playing as a sport the most, mainly because it isnt a sport, and card players are not athletes.

I know a guy here in the U.S. who plays rugby. I would give him about 5 seconds against an NFL player. And he isn't a small guy either.
I'[d give a NFL team 20 mins in a Rugby match, they'd lose by a mile. The way you run and atckle you'd probably lose all your ball turnovered and they'd be knackeed after 20. Rugby is one of the most Physically demanding sports there is.

I'[d give a NFL team 20 mins in a Rugby match, they'd lose by a mile. The way you run and atckle you'd probably lose all your ball turnovered and they'd be knackeed after 20. Rugby is one of the most Physically demanding sports there is.
you lie

you lie

I play both: Rugby is far more demanding thn football.

The only reason that Association Football (soccer) is'nt a mainstream sport in the US is because the TV companies can't dictate how many commercials an hour they can show. to quote a popular phrase in the United Kingom "Football is a game of two halves" the half time break is when the the commercial tv companies can show commercials. Any game which originates from the US has stops and time outs in it ergo commercial time. The Tv rights have just been sold for £1.7 billion that's almost $30 trillion and thats just for the rights to screen English and Scottish league matches. for that sort of dough I think they could cut back on the commercials don't you?They need to take a page from the Mexican leagues that are broadcast around here. They show commercials in small popup windows during the half, You can still watch the action and the sponsers get the ad time they paid for.
And soccer rocks, maybe not on the tube, but as a sport to participate in it can't be beat. Too many other sports give certain physical atributes an advantage. How many other sports are there where a six foot two, 220 pound guy doesn't have an decided edge over a five foot six 135 pounder? Skill and conditioning can make a good soccer player out of a larger portion of the population than most other sports.

And don't even mention baseball.... way too slow. Any sport where you can chew tobacco while playing isn't fast enough for my taste.

I play both: Rugby is far more demanding than football.

If you are refferring to rugby union, I would say it depends very much on the position you play.

If it is rugby league, then I agree it is intense.

Having only played American Football in England, I am not we qualified to comment.

That said, with any sport, if someone dismisses it because they do not understand it, well, it does not do them credit to value their ignorance.

Having only played American Football in England, I am not we qualified to comment.
having only played 'rugby' (not an insult but more like 'ball-plus-running-plus-tackling-sans-pads-and-rules' american rugby :) ) i am in no way qualified to comment. i admit, needing pads and helmets and playing with soooooo many stoppages is weak. i cant even play it cause i weigh 95lbs. *hopes school sets up intramural flag football next year*

That said, with any sport, if someone dismisses it because they do not understand it, well, it does not do them credit to value their ignorance.

you win the thread. :p

since it seems only LG has played both am football and rugby, he is the only one qualified.

and soccer (moins the World Cup) in America, like the *yack*MLS, is horrible. I pray for the day i get Fox Soccer Net. Same day tapes from Bundesliga, Premier Leauge, Italy A, Spain, and Brazil.

oh. and go Germany. :)

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don't watch womens football. watch the world cup!

I despise the card playing as a sport the most, mainly because it isnt a sport, and card players are not athletes.

Lies. Poker, at the least, is definitly a sport.

I play both: Rugby is far more demanding thn football.

Ditto, agreed. (Except maybe Aussie Rules)

I have one question....is it Baseball (like rounders, but men play in funny tight trousers) that has the 'World Series'? And if it is.....how many nations participate in said WORLD series?Usually one and rarely two.

As someone who has PLAYED women's soccer (poorly, as I'm the first to admit), don't knock it. It's not as fast as a men's game, or as spectacular because *SHOCKER* women aren't as fast or strong as men. If you're used to watching a men's game (of any sport), it's not as fun watching a women's game. That doesn't mean that it's not as fun to play or not as "good" a sport or that the athletic feats are any less impressive in their way.

I still like that story about the time Mia Hamm was brought into a pro American football practice and was knocking off field goals with both feet...

It isn’t any more or any less stupid than any of the other sports that men waste half their lives sitting around watching.

Soccer is a good sport, and very fun to play. Actually, the boys aren't always better. In soccer, skill can usually beat speed and strength. That's why my team at school (the girls), usually beat the boys when we practiced against each other, even though a lot of them were faster than most of us.

"Baseball, the only sport you can take a nap while playing..."

Football (World version) I have quite a few friends participating in Football (Hell, I am just going to call it soccer to avoid confusion) and I must say it is very exciting. The game doesn't have as half as many slow downs as American Football has, and the non-stop action is exhillerating to watch and play.

Football (American version) is rather boring to watch in general, but playing it is something completely different, just avoid the sweaty group shower at the end and your good to go.

Baseball. I must say is the most boring to watch and play. If your "at bat" you hit a ball and run to the next base, and wait for the next person to hit the ball. Otherwise you're just standing around waiting for the ball to come near, ugh, how do people play that?

you lie
No mate, i don't. Rugby is 80 minauets pure work for the forwards, with just a few second intivals every 5 mins or so for a setpeice-even then your still moving to the play.

Even for the backs theres a lot of work, Wingers do the least but they run a bit, and have to work bloody hard a lot of the time (Shuttling back between attack/Defence, moves, keeping with the gameline, atckling ect.) At the pace modern rugbys played a American Footballer wouldn't last 20 mkins-in a NL2 game. Plus the hits are massive, though not as big as American Football, however your unprotected and you atke more of them.

You need more skills in Union that anyother sport. A prop needs to be able to scrum, lift in the linout, tackle, maul, clear rucks-and if there amitious kick. A Fly-Half nees to be able to kick, run, pass, tackle, maul and ruck-as well as present the ball well.

No mate, i don't. Rugby is 80 minauets pure work for the forwards, with just a few second intivals every 5 mins or so for a setpeice-even then your still moving to the play.

Even for the backs theres a lot of work, Wingers do the least but they run a bit, and have to work bloody hard a lot of the time (Shuttling back between attack/Defence, moves, keeping with the gameline, atckling ect.) At the pace modern rugbys played a American Footballer wouldn't last 20 mkins-in a NL2 game. Plus the hits are massive, though not as big as American Football, however your unprotected and you atke more of them.

You need more skills in Union that anyother sport. A prop needs to be able to scrum, lift in the linout, tackle, maul, clear rucks-and if there amitious kick. A Fly-Half nees to be able to kick, run, pass, tackle, maul and ruck-as well as present the ball well.


Thats why sensible people choose to be flankers :D like me

Thats why sensible people choose to be flankers :D like me
And me....(Well I'm moving there, i still play Wing somtimes.)

Best Sports or worse sports... this topic is entirely subjective and personal.

Never the less, I think it would be hard to find sports fans that are as passionate about their sport as genuine Rugby fans.

One of the worst sports is curling. I mean WTF?

Best Sports or worse sports... this topic is entirely subjective and personal.

Never the less, I think it would be hard to find sports fans that are as passionate about their sport as genuine Rugby fans.
Agreeed, both League and Union are icnredable apssionate.

Cricket has GOT to be the most boring game I have EVER watched or played. Soccer is fun to play, but not to watch. Give me Hockey anytime.

Not true, cricket is a wonderful, thrilling sport which once you learn the basic rules and get into the right mindset, becomes hugely entertaining.

Thats why sensible people choose to be flankers :D like me

I too played no 7 eventually. When I wasn't (in historical sequence) no 2, 1, 3, 5, 15, 12, 13, 11, 8. The only tight head prop to have progressed on to play wing three quarter and then back to the flank. (It has a lot to do with the way I developed as I grew. Short and fat to tall and skinny to just big.)

Note I never played as a half back of any kind. I am not suicidal.

I have one question....is it Baseball (like rounders, but men play in funny tight trousers) that has the 'World Series'? And if it is.....how many nations participate in said WORLD series? Two, at most, but usually just one, though since there's been a World Series of Baseball, they might change that.

I now have yet another question...

Whats with the tight trousers dude? We dont want to see your lunch box while you play ballgames, unless you are linford Chritie, a man with a lunch box WORTH looking at...Oh, they all wear tight pants, the pitcher is just the most noticeable because most of the focus is on him.

One of the worst sports is curling. I mean WTF?
I like curling.

It may be a misunderstood word, but that's the strangest placing of lest I've ever seen.

no 2, 1, 3, 5, 15, 12, 13, 11, 8.

Dang, I was looking for some sort o' Fibbonnaci sequence in there...

It may be a misunderstood word, but that's the strangest placing of lest I've ever seen.
He meant "least". But he's not very... Well, I'd better not say.
Soccer and Hockey rule the realms of team sports.
But combat sports are still better.

Soccer.. or football?

:eek: :eek: :D

I like curling.
Without even seeing your name, I knew you were Canadian.

*sigh* I feel blasphemous saying this, but I am a Canadian who dislikes curling *screams as she gets chased out of the country*

He meant "least". But he's not very... Well, I'd better not say.
Soccer and Hockey rule the realms of team sports.
But combat sports are still better.

I had no idea that he meant least...:rolleyes:

Without even seeing your name, I knew you were Canadian.

*sigh* I feel blasphemous saying this, but I am a Canadian who dislikes curling *screams as she gets chased out of the country*

To the US? :D

Without even seeing your name, I knew you were Canadian.

*sigh* I feel blasphemous saying this, but I am a Canadian who dislikes curling *screams as she gets chased out of the country*
Canada6 if from the UK.

I too played no 7 eventually. When I wasn't (in historical sequence) no 2, 1, 3, 5, 15, 12, 13, 11, 8. The only tight head prop to have progressed on to play wing three quarter and then back to the flank. (It has a lot to do with the way I developed as I grew. Short and fat to tall and skinny to just big.)

Note I never played as a half back of any kind. I am not suicidal.
Sh isn't bad- forwards protect you but plkayign Fh is just nuts.

should i do a "who plays what sports poll"?

yep, but put "soccer" as "football"... much easier to understand...

yep, but put "soccer" as "football"... much easier to understand...

Tim's gotten to you hasn't he?:headbang:

Tim's gotten to you hasn't he?:headbang:

Actually my Dad and Adrian have been drilling it into me for years but I think it was Tom that finally convinced me...

If you imagine shots on goal and corner kicks as points then it ain't to bad.
Soccer ain't Rugby or Cricket though.

Soccer is an awesome game, though I must admit it is not as entertaining as other sports with more scoring. It, Hockey, and College Football (American) are the only sports I watch reguarly because of how good the games are.

And to all you soccer haters, don't knock it till you try it.