Rugby refs were black mate
Wow, I'd never lump soccer in with baseball and golf. I think soccer is a pretty fast-moving game, and that's what makes it more tolerable than a lot of other sports. Even when they aren't making a goal, there's still something happening. It's more like basketball where the interest lies more in the passing and blocking and quick movements of the players more than with the actual scoring of points. What bugs me about sports like American football is that every time things start to get interesting, they stop play, and you sit around waiting while they take measurements and get all lined up again. Baseball is mostly a game of standing around doing nothing interrupted by the occassional running in circles. It's boring enough to play let alone watch. Soccer isn't nearly as painful to watch as baseball or American football or golf, and I do think it's pretty fun to play, even if you aren't very good at playing (and fun to watch when it's kids playing...they do some of the goofiest things), but I have no interest in watching the televised version.Jeff Ford said:
The funniest thing about the measurements: the referees figure out the approximate location where the player was tackled, the linesman try to eyeball approximately where to place the sticks to line up with the ball, a couple more plays where the ref figures out approximately where the ball should be spotted, followed by a key third down play where the referee eyeballs approximately where the ball should be spotted so the linesmen can run out on the field and see if the last approximate spot of the ball is exactly ten yards away from the first approximate spot of the ball.Moonbear said:
Who are the guys near the goals wearing white labcoats with pancake hats that when a goal is made take a quick step forward and make a chopping-like hand signal where their arms both wind up parallel to the ground? Maybe its that game where its a cross between field hockey, baseball, and rugby I used to see on the Irish channel. Meh, like I know sports anyway.Anttech said:
Echo 6 Sierra said:
Like Shmoe said, it sounds like Aussie rules footie, especially if the field is oval and there are 4 posts at each end, two tall in between to short. A goal (6 points) is scored between the two tall posts, and point is scored between the tall and shorter posts.Echo 6 Sierra said:
That's probably it. I can remember a player holding the "ball" in one hand and bopping it to pass it to another player and the goal posts were the H kind and tall and skinny.Astronuc said:
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Bladibla said:
Sounds like a good analogy to rugby union. Rugby league is a far more heterosexual and manly game.Pengwuino said:
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Mollet1955 said:
Cheers! I've got my kevlar vest, my M60 with ammunition belt, several grenades stuffed into my pockets (with the saftey pins in) and my bandana on; I'm ready to rock and roll!Pengwuino said:
I can assure you that it is neither beautiful, nor english verseMollet1955 said:
Perhaps we could get a translator in here?Andy said:
