7 reasons why Soccer is the best sport ever.

[baub]

Definitely no feigning of injuries in the NFL! Someone remind me why teams started getting charged with timeouts when a player of theirs was "injured" in the last 2 minutes of a half [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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[Kiwaukee]

Sure, you can cite specific examples of vaginitis in both sports.

In American football, it's frowned upon to act like a giant sweaty pussy.

In soccer, it's a strategy to fall down and flail like an idiot on the slightest contact in the hope of gaining an advantage.

I mean seriously... I love soccer and watch it all the time, but to try to compare it to the NFL in regard to "toughness" is just stupid. Can you really defend the shit that Robben did all throughout the World Cup? Because that type of shit happens every ten minutes in every professional soccer match.

[Brutal_X]

Originally Posted by Kiwaukee [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sure, you can cite specific examples of vaginitis in both sports.

In American football, it's frowned upon to act like a giant sweaty pussy.

In soccer, it's a strategy to fall down and flail like an idiot on the slightest contact in the hope of gaining an advantage.

I mean seriously... I love soccer and watch it all the time, but to try to compare it to the NFL in regard to "toughness" is just stupid. Can you really defend the shit that Robben did all throughout the World Cup? Because that type of shit happens every ten minutes in every professional soccer match.

Not sure if you noticed, but none of the "soccer" fans here said anything about toughness until the meatheads brought it up.

There are way more sports that are more harsh than football when it comes to physical contact, so making that argument is completely invalid. To say that football requires anymore tactical skill than soccer is such an ignorant thing to say. A football game might last about 3 hours with maybe a solid 10 minutes of actual play time, lol. Soccer is so much better (in my opinion) because there is constant movement and any time wasted with fouls, etc. are added in the end anyway. The people who say soccer is a boring sport clearly don't know the game and only look at the scoreboard.

Anyway, just my 2 cents. Please continue the classic discussion on how football is a more physical sport than soccer. Football is obviously a more physical sport but to declare soccer is full out for pussies is stupid. I strongly suggest if you want to watch something with a lot of physical interaction that you watch some professional fighting.

[Rhambuk]

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In soccer, it's a strategy to fall down and flail like an idiot on the slightest contact in the hope of gaining an advantage.
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Im not a sports person at all but this is fucking retarded right here. probably the only sport ive heard of where you don't get penalized for faking an injury

[myriverse]

Originally Posted by Brutal_X [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not sure if you noticed, but none of the "soccer" fans here said anything about toughness until the meatheads brought it up.

There are way more sports that are more harsh than football when it comes to physical contact, so making that argument is completely invalid. To say that football requires anymore tactical skill than soccer is such an ignorant thing to say. A football game might last about 3 hours with maybe a solid 10 minutes of actual play time, lol. Soccer is so much better (in my opinion) because there is constant movement and any time wasted with fouls, etc. are added in the end anyway. The people who say soccer is a boring sport clearly don't know the game and only look at the scoreboard.

Anyway, just my 2 cents. Please continue the classic discussion on how football is a more physical sport than soccer. Football is obviously a more physical sport but to declare soccer is full out for pussies is stupid. I strongly suggest if you want to watch something with a lot of physical interaction that you watch some professional fighting.

Just because there are sports with harsher physical contact doesn't invalidate the point. Risk of physical injury is important when determining a sport's ability to hold interest. Yes, there are sports more interesting than American football. Soccer, however, is deservedly weakened by the facts that there is little physical contact/injury and the long, long stretches of time between scores. Watching a ball shouldn't be the end-all-be-all of holding a person's interest.

But even soccer is more interesting than many sports.

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by baub [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Definitely no feigning of injuries in the NFL! Someone remind me why teams started getting charged with timeouts when a player of theirs was "injured" in the last 2 minutes of a half [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are you honestly suggesting football players feign injury anywhere near the rate of soccer players? Hilarious. I watched 2 whole games this world cup and saw at least half a dozen dives, with a few "I hurt so bad I'm screaming in pain, no wait I'm up running around 30 seconds later" mixed in.

[Daldolma]

soccer is one of the top 3 reasons why america is better than europe at everything

stop lionizing effeminate micro-men

[Brutal_X]

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just because there are sports with harsher physical contact doesn't invalidate the point. Risk of physical injury is important when determining a sport's ability to hold interest. Yes, there are sports more interesting than American football. Soccer, however, is deservedly weakened by the facts that there is little physical contact/injury and the long, long stretches of time between scores. Watching a ball shouldn't be the end-all-be-all of holding a person's interest.

But even soccer is more interesting than many sports.

This is kind of what I'm saying. Physical contact shouldn't really matter in determining how could a sport is (in fact it's your opinion on how good a sport is anyway) but people will always force their opinions on others...

It doesn't take a genius to understand that soccer is hardly about scoring goals, but rather about maintaining possession and building up to the point of a shot or goal that can often times be the most exciting. Take the 6 or 7 pass gif earlier that lead up to a goal for example. The final pass into the goal was a mere 10 feet out and was a tap in, but the sweet passes leading up to that just made it pretty. This isn't like football where a single pass to a single guy who then runs the ball to one direction.

I understand where the impatience can come from watching soccer, but if you know the game it's all really actually exciting. Same could be said for me and my lack of football. In the end it's all a matter of opinion, I'm not going to force it on you but just state how I feel about it.

[Orruar]

Originally Posted by Brutal_X [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is kind of what I'm saying. Physical contact shouldn't really matter in determining how could a sport is (in fact it's your opinion on how good a sport is anyway) but people will always force their opinions on others...

It doesn't take a genius to understand that soccer is hardly about scoring goals, but rather about maintaining possession and building up to the point of a shot or goal that can often times be the most exciting. Take the 6 or 7 pass gif earlier that lead up to a goal for example. The final pass into the goal was a mere 10 feet out and was a tap in, but the sweet passes leading up to that just made it pretty. This isn't like football where a single pass to a single guy who then runs the ball to one direction.

I understand where the impatience can come from watching soccer, but if you know the game it's all really actually exciting. Same could be said for me and my lack of football. In the end it's all a matter of opinion, I'm not going to force it on you but just state how I feel about it.

Physical contact has nothing to do with how good a sport is. My entire point (which spawned this whole tangent) was that soccer has very little physical contact and yet the players writhe around on the ground as if they were getting MMA-style kicks to the face all game. The sport actively encourages acting like a little bitch and anyone who watched even 1 world cup match this year knows it. I saw grown ass men pretend to be tripped (zero contact whatsoever) and then proceed to hold their leg as if they had been clipped by a stray bullet, and then 30 seconds later sprinting around as if they were perfectly fine. It's shameful that a sport would continue to encourage this kind of behavior.

[Brutal_X]

Originally Posted by Orruar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Physical contact has nothing to do with how good a sport is. My entire point (which spawned this whole tangent) was that soccer has very little physical contact and yet the players writhe around on the ground as if they were getting MMA-style kicks to the face all game. The sport actively encourages acting like a little bitch and anyone who watched even 1 world cup match this year knows it. I saw grown ass men pretend to be tripped (zero contact whatsoever) and then proceed to hold their leg as if they had been clipped by a stray bullet, and then 30 seconds later sprinting around as if they were perfectly fine. It's shameful that a sport would continue to encourage this kind of behavior.

Okay, I'll repeat myself again. I am well aware physical contact has nothing to do with what makes a sport. That's exactly what I am saying. Yet then you will say "Physical contact has nothing to do with how good a sport is" and then go on and say soccer has very little physical contact. I'm very confused, what are you trying to say here?