Why Do People Hate Football?

[arildno]

The "I loathe football" thread.

This will be a gathering place for all of us who hate football.
Post your snide comments, sarcasms or just express your anguish that otherwise intelligent and well-balanced individuals are now totally f***ed up.

 

[heartless]

I'm not against soccer, I like it, but I really dislike watching it on tv. It's just lame, watching people running for the ball entire 90 minutes. The key is to do, not to watch. Anyway, I also enjoy the bettings, don't consider it lame. It's just fun. What are your arguments against either playing or watching soccer?

 

[dav2008]

What are your arguments against either playing or watching soccer?

Having an actual argument over the topic is even more pointless than ranting about it.

 

[selfAdjoint]

I think the players and the games are OK, though not interesting enough for me to devote time to watching them. But all these self proclaimed experts and their speculative predictions -- what's to like? It's at the same level as supermarket tabloids.

 

[Bladibla]

I think the players and the games are OK, though not interesting enough for me to devote time to watching them. But all these self proclaimed experts and their speculative predictions -- what's to like? It's at the same level as supermarket tabloids.

Not true. Most commentators and experts mostly are past players (of a high prestige) and are even coaches for teams.

 

[Moonbear]

I think the players and the games are OK, though not interesting enough for me to devote time to watching them. But all these self proclaimed experts and their speculative predictions -- what's to like? It's at the same level as supermarket tabloids.

Agreed. Actually, I wouldn't have even wandered into this forum if someone hadn't asked if there was a problem posting new threads here. But, since I see arildno managed to start one, question answered. But, then I feel the same way about all sports. At least some are played in the late Fall and Winter when you can understand a bit more motivation to stay inside and watch TV rather than going outside to do stuff, but this time of year, nobody should be sitting inside glued to a TV for hours on end.

 

[brewnog]

A famous mountaineer friend of mine said, at the time of Euro 96, "team sports are for people who can't do things for themselves".

 

[Anttech]

At least some are played in the late Fall and Winter when you can understand a bit more motivation to stay inside and watch TV rather than going outside to do stuff, but this time of year, nobody should be sitting inside glued to a TV for hours on end.

Bit like posting on a forum? The world cup is the biggest sporting event since the olympics. Come on give us some slack :)

 

[Bladibla]

Agreed. Actually, I wouldn't have even wandered into this forum if someone hadn't asked if there was a problem posting new threads here. But, since I see arildno managed to start one, question answered. But, then I feel the same way about all sports. At least some are played in the late Fall and Winter when you can understand a bit more motivation to stay inside and watch TV rather than going outside to do stuff, but this time of year, nobody should be sitting inside glued to a TV for hours on end.

90 mins isn't really hours and isn't really that long (even with consecutive football matches, 2 matches a day is pretty good) and I think it's just plain wrong that I should 'rather go out and do something' during the summer times. I like to watch football at the highest level as shown in the world cup. The feeling of excitment and competition against others is unrivalled compared to playing normal team games with other people you know around you. Although I do partly understand your point in terms of JUST sitting around and doing jack all for the summers, I think it's safe to say that the world cup cannot be included into this.

 

[SpaceTiger]

This will be a gathering place for all of us who hate football.

Football's great, it's just soccer I can't stand.

 

[-Job-]

Is this becoming an anti-sports thread?

 

[Hootenanny]

Some quotes you may like, note that football refers to the terrible game of soccer not the fantastic game of American Football that is almost as good as Rugby League.

“Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers”

“If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.”

My personal favourite;

Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

'I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.'

I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.

'Sometimes in football you have to score goals.'

"If England are going to win this match, they're going to have to score a goal."

Julian Dicks is everywhere, it's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."

 

[Hootenanny]

Is this becoming an anti-sports thread?

Certainly not anti-sport, just anti football (soccer); in fact I don't think soccer should be classed as a sport. It's more of a pass-time really.

 

[-Job-]

Are you trying to annoy me or something?

 

[Moonbear]

Is this becoming an anti-sports thread?

It's supposed to be...or at least anti-football/soccer. I can't help it if people who actually like the sport keep butting in even though they have plenty of other threads to post in here.

If you like football/soccer, go back to watching your TVs and let us complain in peace.

 

[Moonbear]

A famous mountaineer friend of mine said, at the time of Euro 96, "team sports are for people who can't do things for themselves".

I like that.

 

[-Job-]

A famous mountaineer friend of mine said, at the time of Euro 96, "team sports are for people who can't do things for themselves".

Sounds like a real social guy.

 

[Hootenanny]

I can't help it if people who actually like the sport keep butting in even though they have plenty of other threads to post in here.

Well I know when I'm not wanted...

 

[Gokul43201]

To all the folks here, my condolences. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6063478215160948442

 

[Hootenanny]

To all the folks here, my condolences. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6063478215160948442

Very funny Gokul, here's one for you

http://macteens.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10327/cisse.jpg

 

[-Job-]

That picture made me a little lightheaded. At first i thought "what's wrong with this?", but then i realized that wasn't his knee.
Actually, the injured player, Cisse, just suffered another such injury last week or so. Poor guy:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19402368-23215,00.html

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

That picture made me a little lightheaded. At first i thought "what's wrong with this?", but then i realized that wasn't his knee.
Actually, the injured player, Cisse, just suffered another such injury last week or so. Poor guy:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19402368-23215,00.html

yeah I was watching, same injury however its on the other leg

 

[SpaceTiger]

Some quotes you may like, note that football refers to the terrible game of soccer not the fantastic game of American Football that is almost as good as Rugby League.

Which is not really almost as good as footy.

 

[Anttech]

Some quotes you may like, note that football refers to the terrible game of soccer not the fantastic game of American Football that is almost as good as Rugby League.

Union is far superior :)

 

[Hootenanny]

Union is far superior :)

Let us not get started on this debate. Rugby union should be called either "15-a-side-tennis" or "kick n' clap". League is superior in every way, speed, skills and strength. The only advantage union players have is weight.

 

[wolram]

Definition of a football player, a butch fairy.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I used to love watching baseball and football - real football like that played in the US - but got away from it almost completely by my early twenties. Now it just ticks me off when something important like a fifteenth time re-run of X-Files is preempted by a ball game.

 

[Astronuc]

Very funny Gokul, here's one for you

I've seen that happen once in person, and a friend of mine had it happen, but both times the other person was kicking from the front.

In the first case, the guy with the broken leg only had his tibia broken. He dropped quickly to the ground and grabbed his leg.

In the second case, the friend of mine was running and managed to take an extra step after both the tibia and fibula were broken. Both bones broke the skin just below the knee - the tibia in front and fibula out the back side.


I enjoy watching football (soccer), but prefer to play it.

 

[Evo]

My personal favourite;

those were great!

 

[Moonbear]

That picture made me a little lightheaded. At first i thought "what's wrong with this?", but then i realized that wasn't his knee.
Actually, the injured player, Cisse, just suffered another such injury last week or so. Poor guy:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19402368-23215,00.html

Well, that leaves little choice, either shoot him or put him out to stud. The sisterhood will confer with arildno to come to a final decision.

 

[Pengwuino]

Soccer is one of the most boring games i have ever seen in my life. I mean what is this, 3-1 is a blowout? And its like the whole world is put on hold for this little joke of a world cup thing. I start to wonder if the world cup takes more lives then cancer even though i wonder if they are one in the same.

 

[Evo]

Soccer players are incredible athletes, American football players just aren't in the same league - skill wise.

I dated a German pro soccer player from Australia once. He didn't even feel human, his entire body was as hard as stone, it was actually a bit creepy.

 

[Pengwuino]

Soccer players are incredible athletes, American football players just aren't in the same league - skill wise.

thats a rather unfair generalization

 

[Evo]

thats a rather unfair generalization

Watch the video Gokul posted, and tell me a football player could do that.

 

[Moonbear]

Soccer is one of the most boring games i have ever seen in my life.

I actually enjoy going to a game, but televised sports...meh. But, that might be because the soccer games I went to were in a much smaller stadium than football games, so you're right down close to all the action (and the soccer players with hot bodies and uniforms that show them off unlike American football players that are all hidden under padding). Or maybe it's because when I was going to the college soccer games, it was when Alexi Lalas was one of the Rutgers players. :!) :!)

 

[Pengwuino]

Watch the video Gokul posted, and tell me a football player could do that.

Half way through i started falling asleep. Obviously a football player can't do any of that boring stuff because they pretty much aren't allowed to touch a ball with their foot in most situations. Watch some football for a few years and try to find a soccer player that can even begin to use their hands in the same way.

 

[Omega_6]

Soccer players are incredible athletes, American football players just aren't in the same league - skill wise.

I dated a German pro soccer player from Australia once. He didn't even feel human, his entire body was as hard as stone, it was actually a bit creepy.

Perhaps some American football players are not as athletic as some soccer players (as in, linemen), but to say that of all of them is just plain wrong. I would say that most of the players who play positions such as wide receiver would easily keep up with ANY soccer player. American football players spend many hours practicing and working out as well.

To stay more on topic...soccer is horrible to watch.

 

[Pyrrhus]

Frankly, i like soccer. I used to play it when i was younger about 10 or 11 years ago. I still like the sport, but i don't like only watching it. I watch it, yes, but i have to do something else, too.

 

[Pengwuino]

Yah ill second that, linemen are meant to be big fat unmovable walls, easily trained for. Receivers are a different story however. I mean some run at olympic sprinting speeds while quarterbacks have to calculate trajectories while keeping an eye out on 5 big tubs trying to sit on them.

 

[Moonbear]

...while quarterbacks have to calculate trajectories while keeping an eye out on 5 big tubs trying to sit on them.

That's the best, and funniest, description of football I've ever heard.

 

[Bladibla]

How can you lot hate 'soccer' or the more coherent name, football?

Thank god that I absolutely lothe american football to cancel out all the football-hatred.

Watching football is great, playing football is absolutely ****ing great!

 

[Moonbear]

How can you lot hate 'soccer' or the more coherent name, football?

Thank god that I absolutely lothe american football to cancel out all the football-hatred.

Watching football is great, playing football is absolutely ****ing great!

Hate is a strong word...more that we just have no interest in watching it. We don't find it entertaining.

 

[Bladibla]

Hate is a strong word...more that we just have no interest in watching it. We don't find it entertaining.

Then I say 'keep that in your own hole!' No need to make threads about it, especially at the time of the WORLD CUP, where some people are obviously to take offense. A joke is fine, but some post I have seen here have led to me to conclude that this is going a bit too far.

 

[Pengwuino]

soccer fans are scary/insane/have mental problems

 

[Bladibla]

soccer fans are scary/insane/have mental problems

This coming from a person who thinks a game played with legs and footballs is the same as 'cancer'?

 

[Pengwuino]

This coming from a person who thinks a game played with legs and footballs is the same as 'cancer'?

Well people don't die watching the NFL

Then again the wya some people eat while watching american football makes me think otherwise

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Soccer is one of the most boring games i have ever seen in my life. I mean what is this, 3-1 is a blowout? And its like the whole world is put on hold for this little joke of a world cup thing. I start to wonder if the world cup takes more lives then cancer even though i wonder if they are one in the same.

The low scores make the excitement even greater. Not like in basketball where all but the last 5 minutes worth of baskets are important. THey should just skip the first three quarters of a game. And if football didn't have such high point targets it would be pretty low too. So if a soccer goal was worth 10pts would that make it better? bah!

 

[Pengwuino]

Not like in basketball where all but the last 5 minutes worth of baskets are important. THey should just skip the first three quarters of a game.

I don't think you really understand how a game of basketball is played In the last few minutes, you just do things that would get you screwed up if you did them within the first 55 minutes. Its all strategy.

I agree on the football thing with points however.

Point still stands, soccer sucks.

I mean this world joke thing gets more attention then the olympics. People die just watching, I have a feeling suicide bombers think football fans are a little otu of their minds

 

[Moonbear]

Then I say 'keep that in your own hole!' No need to make threads about it, especially at the time of the WORLD CUP, where some people are obviously to take offense. A joke is fine, but some post I have seen here have led to me to conclude that this is going a bit too far.

Why? There's now an entire forum dedicated to the World Cup, we can't have one thread of dissent? It makes me think some people take a GAME way too seriously. The thread title was clear. If you like the game and don't want to hear from those of us who find it all a bit silly that so many of the world's population will be glued to their TVs for a week because of a game, then don't open the thread. You don't see us butting into the threads for fans and disrupting that topic, do you? We're entitled to not share your enthusiasm for it.

 

[Pengwuino]

Why? There's now an entire forum dedicated to the World Cup, we can't have one thread of dissent? It makes me think some people take a GAME way too seriously. The thread title was clear. If you like the game and don't want to hear from those of us who find it all a bit silly that so many of the world's population will be glued to their TVs for a week because of a game, then don't open the thread. You don't see us butting into the threads for fans and disrupting that topic, do you? We're entitled to not share your enthusiasm for it.

aka freedom of speech