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Mozi posted:you know what would make soccer more exciting? if it was played on ice instead of grass, and everybody ran around on these sharp steel blades, and instead of kicking the ball you have big sticks you can hit it with and also hit the other players when the refs aren't watching, and you can punch them sometimes too and just get a few minutes penalty  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwJxkdCqYw soccer dudes just need to hit each other imo but thats basically rugby
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GORILLA BASTARD posted:America needs another sport for middle sized white guys to play. Hockey can only absorb so many 5'7" white dudes. Golf is painfully popular
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Mar 12, 2019 19:34
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Away all Goats posted:Golf is painfully popular Thats cool and all but we were talking about sport
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Mar 12, 2019 19:35
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I'll care about Soccer when they give a red card for flopping/diving.
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Mar 12, 2019 19:39
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You can get booked for diving. Guess football is for you after all.
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deported to Canada posted:You can get booked for diving. Guess football is for you after all. They why do the players still do it every 30 seconds ALL GAME LONG?
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Mar 12, 2019 20:12
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Because if there is a situation for it (like a tough tackle or players jumping for a ball in the air) you need to make sure the referee notices and also if you go down they will stop play, useful if the opposite team have the advantage. Also before video replays it was easy to get away with if the referee or linesman didn't see the contact. The other reason is because football is terrible.
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Mar 12, 2019 20:21
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Was just thinking about it again and I really think Kyler Murray would be a great soccer player. Like, even if he never learned how to shoot well, but could still defend at an elite level and pass decently I think he would be a good midfielder (is that the best position for him, what is the 'center' of the midfield, and would he be good at that or better at a wing?) and would be worth at least $300 million to a mid level Premier League team so, actually he chose the wrong sport after all.
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Mar 13, 2019 00:08
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i like watching americans play soccer
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Mar 13, 2019 00:14
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Mar 13, 2019 00:23
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The best players come from poor countries where people are desperate for any sort of economic escape so give it a few more years and Americans will start caring about it a lot.
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Mar 13, 2019 00:24
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Michael Corleone posted:Was just thinking about it again and I really think Kyler Murray would be a great soccer player. Like, even if he never learned how to shoot well, but could still defend at an elite level and pass decently I think he would be a good midfielder (is that the best position for him, what is the 'center' of the midfield, and would he be good at that or better at a wing?) and would be worth at least $300 million to a mid level Premier League team so, actually he chose the wrong sport after all. If he played for the mls he would make like 60k a year and would need a second job and even if he had the talent theres a real possibility nobody in Europe would notice. Its the low pay thats the real killer because you cant dedicate your time to getting better. Most mls teams dont even have mandatory practice because it doesnt work with their players schedules lol
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Mar 13, 2019 00:26
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If you learn passing and tackling as an adult you will always suck rear end compared to a top level pro no matter what your physique is, because they have been practicing those skills every day since they were little children, or at least whenever they aren’t busy filming themselves having sex. They’re finesse skills and just being strong or fast af isn’t a substitute for them.sassassin posted:The best players come from poor countries where people are desperate for any sort of economic escape so give it a few more years and Americans will start caring about it a lot. lol
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Mar 13, 2019 01:06
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sassassin posted:The best players come from poor countries where people are desperate for any sort of economic escape so give it a few more years and Americans will start caring about it a lot. that explains beckham lmao
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Mar 13, 2019 01:11
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Zazi posted:this just sounds like a dumb opinion all over possibly crafted to be annoyingly dumb or hate it, whichever
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Mar 13, 2019 03:33
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i think golf is really the only sport that truly sucks on a conceptual level, most others have something going for them
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Mar 13, 2019 04:02
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Nut to Butt posted:what if we just kill the other team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVrsGHs2MCk
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Mar 13, 2019 04:10
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If you don't want yanks taking over soccer just hand out red cards for spousal abuse
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Mar 13, 2019 04:13
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Roundup Ready posted:They still have cricket my dude god it's already begun
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Mar 13, 2019 04:43
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soccer should just get rid of offsides and then it would be good
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Mar 13, 2019 04:43
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American women are great at soccer and play just as rough as the men. BYU ladies are all about hair pulling and kicks to the clams.
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Mar 13, 2019 06:40
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big nipples big life posted:*bursts into thread, falls down and rolls on the ground howling in pain for 15 minutes*
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Mar 13, 2019 09:03
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Panfilo posted:American women are great at soccer and play just as rough as the men. BYU ladies are all about hair pulling and kicks to the clams. Refereeing in women's football is shockingly bad. And the players all have massive chips on their shoulder so they're always trying to prove how tough and manly they are. It's ridiculous. It's like the men's game in the UK 30 years ago. Talented players get bullied out of the sport when they're young. There's a pervasive culture of macho toughness ruining it for everyone.
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Mar 13, 2019 13:02
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Europe got more gold medals and more medals in general from the olympics compared to America (more than twice as many gold medals actually) so we have the better athletes, objectively speaking. Suck it down capitalist swine The only sports America is better at than Europe are sports where Europe do not participate lol. No one except America gives a poo poo about the NFL or baseball or whatever Even obscure sports like stronglifting and stuff, Europe does best. Sorry America, all you're really good at is making and shooting guns
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Mar 13, 2019 13:10
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We make the best movies. It's why all the euro trash are taking our hollywood jobs.
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Mar 13, 2019 13:37
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sassassin posted:Refereeing in women's football is shockingly bad. This is actually a big problem in American men’s soccer as well. I know everyone likes to joke about MLS refs being Guatemalan ex cons or whatever but the standard of officials in the league really is worse than the standard of players.
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Mar 13, 2019 13:41
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Guessing this is a 'get what you pay for' sort of situation? Looked it up and yeah a few hundred bucks a game, if that. Mozi fucked around with this message at 13:46 on Mar 13, 2019 |
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Mar 13, 2019 13:44
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Zzulu posted:Europe got more gold medals and more medals in general from the olympics compared to America (more than twice as many gold medals actually) so we have the better athletes, objectively speaking. Suck it down capitalist swine God, imagine if americans were allowed to compete in the olympics under their state flags
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Mar 13, 2019 13:47
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You did have Lance Armstrong take over cycling, which was mostly dominated by Europeans before, which was very impressive. That guy did some superhuman stuff
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Mar 13, 2019 13:58
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Zzulu posted:You did have Lance Armstrong take over cycling, which was mostly dominated by Europeans before, which was very impressive. That guy did some superhuman stuff Yeah he was dope
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Mar 13, 2019 14:08
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fun fact: Lance Armstrong keeps his removed testicle in a jar on his nightstand and gives it a squeeze for good luck before every race
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Mar 13, 2019 14:11
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Mozi posted:fun fact: Lance Armstrong keeps his removed testicle in a jar on his nightstand and gives it a squeeze for good luck before every race What, like, in to his mouth?
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Mar 13, 2019 14:16
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sure, why not!
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Mar 13, 2019 14:19
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5 foot 6 n'golo kante would just bully them across the pitch
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Mar 13, 2019 14:20
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Nerses IV posted:God, imagine if americans were allowed to compete in the olympics under their state flags Texans would go bezerk at the olympics.
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Mar 13, 2019 14:23
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Oh boy I love being the world champions of baseball every year because no one else is invited.
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Mar 13, 2019 14:24
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Gridlocked posted:Oh boy I love being the world champions of baseball every year because no one else is invited. If you're gonna make fun of americans for dubbing themselves world champions, it would be smart to pick a sport where all the teams are actually from america
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Mar 13, 2019 14:40
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CitizenConned posted:Soccer is like America's 6th ranked sport moneywise (i.e they get the absolute dregs of talented athletes) and they still manage to be competative every once in awhile on a world stage. Gotta let the rest of the world feel good about something I suppose. I guess the US recipe for success is playing sports that are only relevant in the US?
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Mar 13, 2019 15:19
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soccer is for children and astoundingly racist adults
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There seems to be a weird balance in soccer, in which Americans are super defensive about it not being a proper sport and people from countries that play soccer are super defensive about it being a proper sport
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