What is the best type of football? (poll)

[sharedawealth]

I played Australian rules football for 10 years. In my opion it is the most spectator pleasing enjoybale game to play. If you think your code of football is better post away!

[sharedawealth]

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[Ken17625]

Hmm, lets see. American Football has more padding because...........................THEY'RE SMARTER JACKASS!!!!!


I mean its a full contact sport. Might as well have some proctection. Unless you feel sports are worth dying over....


Remember something else, American football has more diversity as far as body type. You have massive 300 pound guys and then little 180 pound recievers and such. Do you wan't to be tackled by a 300 pound monster with no padding? I could go on forever.

[method77]

what the hell is your avatar sharedawealth?

[sharedawealth]

As much as I like gridiron its flaw is this stupid armour they where. As for diversity Australian rules is greater, we need 6 ft tall ruckmans and 5ft. rovers.American footballers would get slaughtered if they played rugby or AFL because they have no helmets or anything. I still like american football we use to play it at high school, except we had no gay ass armour.

[Allis]

Rugby Union is easily the most entertaining spectator sport.

American Football - Should be called Handball instead. Too mechanical, too slow, too boring, too long, too many eye-bulging meatheads with veins about to pop.

Many full-contact sports get by without excessive padding. But I guess al that extra stuff looks good on TV.

[Psilaxs]

Try playing tackle football on the pavement with no padding.
NOW THATS A MANS SPORT!!!

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by method77
what the hell is your avatar sharedawealth?

My avatar is a photo of Ned kellys armour. He is a famous australian bushranger (outlaw). He had a last stand with the ploice about 150 years ago. He and his gang made metal armour to take on the police, the armour worked but they shot Ned in the knees and he got captured. Even though he was a criminal he is still worshiped as a australian iconic symbol that has yet to be surpassed!

[ManaSmoker]

Hmm I dont like your comments on soccer [aka futbol in Europe]. It is a great sport, in my opinion far greater than American Football to watch and play. Rewards for faking an injury?I've got a feeling someone has been hearing and stereotyping a certain sport. More people need watch or experience soccer before blabbing about how boring is. the real deal is that it's a hundred times tougher and more exciting than American Football and loads of other sports. Like my friends, all that they could say before was soccer sucks, its boring as hell. Well I first told them to watch an American Football game, the whole game, Then we played some amateur american football. After that we watched a soccer match up together and played some soccer. Well after it all they changed their minds about soccer and said it was much tougher and better than American Football, and you dont have to stop like a pansy every 20 seconds. Well I dunno I guess I just like to defend my sport a lot.I was born in a country where soccer was king :] Yugoslavia or Serbia and Montenegro now.

[Ken17625]

Try playing tackle football on the pavement with no padding.
NOW THATS A MANS SPORT!!!

That brings back painful memories.

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by ManaSmoker
Hmm I dont like your comments on soccer [aka futbol in Europe]. It is a great sport, in my opinion far greater than American Football to watch and play. Rewards for faking an injury?I've got a feeling someone has been hearing and stereotyping a certain sport. More people need watch or experience soccer before blabbing about how boring is. the real deal is that it's a hundred times tougher and more exciting than American Football and loads of other sports. Like my friends, all that they could say before was soccer sucks, its boring as hell. Well I first told them to watch an American Football game, the whole game, Then we played some amateur american football. After that we watched a soccer match up together and played some soccer. Well after it all they changed their minds about soccer and said it was much tougher and better than American Football, and you dont have to stop like a pansy every 20 seconds. Well I dunno I guess I just like to defend my sport a lot.I was born in a country where soccer was king :] Yugoslavia or Serbia and Montenegro now.

I agree soccer has its merits. It is I suppose the most popular footbal in the world. I think that it is the most easiest to teach perhaps that explains soccers success internationally.

[Cenarious]

Football (Soccer as americans call it) is IMO way better to watch and play than the sports listed, with the expection of Australian Football which i have not had the pleasure to play.
If american football was better then why do only americans play it? I also agree with ManaSmoker in that it is very boring to watch with all of the stop start playing etc.
But i guess the only reason i like football is because i have been playing it since i was three, i also like to watch rugby but not too fond of playing it.
People generally like the sports they are brought up playing or watching.

[sharedawealth]

Some one else voted for AFL as the best type of football! Could you please tell me your name so I can mark a screamer over your head!

[sharedawealth]

Although I love soccer very much and I hope the socceroos do very well in the world cup in germany, Soccer is border line football as it is the least contact.

[cheapprick]

Canadian football, I couldn't find it on the list.

[beardedwonder]

Rugby Union has to be one of the best to watch IMO, more diversity in terms of players than League. I don't like league the whole thing with a grown man wriggling around on the floor like a worm that's just been stabbed with a tooth pick every time they get tackled is...well funny!

I follow football (soccer < dammit i hate that word soooo much) and quite like watching it, i think it's the most watched/played sport in the world, i might be wrong though.

As for Amercian football; IMO it sucks ass, it takes a whole day to play a game each team has about 60 players and every time someones tackled or falls over with the ball the game stops completely and you have to wait about 10 minutes for it to start again. Oh yeah and then there's the commercials ugggghhhh!

I've tried to watch Australian rules but i can't really get into it.

Nice poll BTW.

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by cheapprick
Canadian football, I couldn't find it on the list.

Correct me if Im wrong but Canada does not have its own code of football.

Any canadian football is just gridirion which is american football, correct me if Im wrong, which is oftten.

[sharedawealth]

[i] I've tried to watch Australian rules but i can't really get into it.

Nice poll BTW. [/B]

Aussie rules is unique.........it is a little different

[cheapprick]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
Correct me if Im wrong but Canada does not have its own code of football.

Any canadian football is just gridirion which is american football, correct me if Im wrong, which is oftten.

Yeah, there are differences.
3 downs instead of four, and a narrower field.
Makes for a faster paced game.

[Platinum Theory]

soccer, my god i love soccer!, Where i come from (A Latin American Country, El Salvador) all they play is soccer, maybe a little american football but the rest of the sports you put in the poll are not known in alomost ALL of Central America. Soccer has to be the best, and about 10,000,000 (more, i know that, just counting Central America) people agree with me

[Arctic]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
Some one else voted for AFL as the best type of football! Could you please tell me your name so I can mark a screamer over your head!

Go ahead :hole

Afl all the way :P

[Crazy Horse]

I edited your poll to correct your typo

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by cheapprick
Yeah, there are differences.
3 downs instead of four, and a narrower field.
Makes for a faster paced game.

Oh my god 3 downs and a smaller field makes a different game then? Please take this nicley my canadian brothers but your your differentionation to the US is so different to us non americans it is laugable!

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
I agree soccer has its merits. It is I suppose the most popular footbal in the world. I think that it is the most easiest to teach perhaps that explains soccers success internationally.

Dude..please

When I heard your opinion on soccer on the poll and on your posts...I thought I was going to puke at you

I'm sorry if I'm going to sound a little mean but take no offence.

How the hell can you even compare all these sports as football?
First off, the only FOOTBALL on your list in the poll is soccer and nothing else.

American Football isn't football, and I dont even know who the hell named that sport football when clearly you ALMOST NEVER kick the ball...

Rugby is a cross between soccer and american football so I'll give you that...

Now onto the topic of soccer

You think it's easy to learn eh? It's the toughest sport to play out of all your "football type" sports on that poll

Tell me, in what other sport do you run your ass off for 45 minutes non-stop?
In what sport do you get your ass checked and have a chance to break your leg, hand, or for the fact, ANYTHING
In what sport do you need to learn the skills of handling the ball as well as soccer players do?
In what sport do you need to learn how to fake people out and have a shot strong enough to be able to make it in the top corner of the goal from 30 yards?

Exactly! There is nothing out there that pushes players to that kind of level..NOTHING

People fake injuries? I thought I was going to cry for you when I heard that...

How do you fake injuries and get away with them? Obviously you have no idea on how to play soccer and you probably never did.

You get your ass beat down to the ground by getting hit with the ball in the face at times, and getting checked and doing a 180 in the air while falling to the ground on your head or back..you think thats fun? You think you fake injuries that way? I dont think so..

Soccer is THE MOST POPULAR sport in the world and you ask why?
Because it presents the toughest challenge and brings the most out of a player...that's why!

I could give you 50 thousand more reasons WHY soccer is the most popular sport in the world..but my post is long enough already..so I wont go into detail

Thank you and have a nice day,
Of course, dont get me wrong I just got pissed at your view of the sport of the world..

Bye!

[sharedawealth]

[i]and about 5,000,000,000 people agree with me. Unfortunetley these people are all dumb asses [/B]

[evilmegaman]

Canadian football, I couldn't find it on the list.
Yup, Canadian football must rock cuz they gave the 49ers Jeff Garcia. :P

Try playing tackle football on the pavement with no padding.
I did that a few days ago. but all I got was a few rocks inside my hand (owww)

But I like rugby union. that is FUN to watch.

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
Dude..please

When I heard your opinion on soccer on the poll and on your posts...I thought I was going to puke at you

I'm sorry if I'm going to sound a little mean but take no offence.

Bye!

AFL Kicks soccers ass. In aussie rules you get 6 points for a goal and in soccer you only get one.........I guess this reflects the skill needed to score.

[Ken17625]

it takes a whole day to play a game

I suppose if a whole day is 3 hours, then ya sure. Soccer(football) takes longer.......a lot longer than american football.

each team has about 60 players

53 for the whole roster (regular season, playoffs, super bowl), and only eleven are on the feild of play at any given time


American football has so many rolls and so many different angles and objectives. Like I said before, where else do you see such a wide variety of different people (size, ethnic, etc...).


I'm sorry if I'm going to sound a little mean but take no offence.

ED, that is the funniest quote i've ever seen.

[Undermind]

I vote for the NFL, though I am partial, 'cuz I was raised on it, but I don't think the padding makes them pussies, you try getting spearheaded with a helmet and then tell me if that feels good, I've played the game, and let me tell you that when someone gets a good hit on you, it hurts a hell of a lot, especially when you get blindsided, plus when scores get to be too ridiculous, like in the 100's, I just lose interest, let's not have like a million different ways to score a point

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
You juist lost your argument hard because AFL gos for 2 hours per match and they run not walk like nlike soccer losers. afl GETIS THE BIGEST CRWODS IN THE WORLD!/ We get sell out of 100.000! while english fands are about 50,000!! Perhaps those steps in southrern america might get more peope along to the soccer, but no descent westerner would submit themselves to sit on thosw bench seats!! ! Soccer I lke, but it is the the most lamest form of football.

Ok...I guess there is no point in arguining with you..because your reasons are pretty pathetic, you know that right?

First off, who cares how many people come to the games?
Who cares what "seats" the people sit on?
For all I care, I could be sitting on the ground watching a lovely and exciting game rather then sitting on some leather seets watching crap...dont you agree?

I dont care if I'm one of the 50k watching the game..it doesnt matter because there are 200k more watching on tv and breaking their hands by hitting their tables because a player has missed a shot
What matters is what's popular, enjoyable, and fun to watch..not what sport gets more people to come to the games

And btw, Thanks Ken :fire

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by Undermind
I vote for the NFL, though I am partial, 'cuz I was raised on it, but I don't think the padding makes them pussies, you try getting spearheaded with a helmet and then tell me if that feels good, I've played the game, and let me tell you that when someone gets a good hit on you, it hurts a hell of a lot, especially when you get blindsided, plus when scores get to be too ridiculous, like in the 100's, I just lose interest, let's not have like a million different ways to score a point

NFL would be a better game if they had no armour.


And AFL regulary has points into the humdreds because they score the most often compared to any other type of hard football game

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
Ok...I guess there is no point in arguining with you..because your reasons are pretty pathetic, you know that right?

First off, who cares how many people come to the games?
Who cares what "seats" the people sit on?
For all I care, I could be sitting on the ground watching a lovely and exciting game rather then sitting on some leather seets watching crap...dont you agree?

I dont care if I'm one of the 50k watching the game..it doesnt matter because there are 200k more watching on tv and breaking their hands by hitting their tables because a player has missed a shot
What matters is what's popular, enjoyable, and fun to watch..not what sport gets more people to come to the games

And btw, Thanks Ken :fire

Dude I applause to you . Soccer has the most bandwagon supporters!

[Sockfulloflove]

i like american football, to watch and play it (with no pads, cause i don't have any).

[EnglishManInStuttgart]

I'll have to go for football (soccer to others), it's fast and fun and doesn't stop all the time. Someone mentioned that it's barely football because it doesn't have so much contact, well who said that you have to have contact, it's named after a ball and your foot. I might have said Aussie Rules football but to be honest I do not know enough about the game to comment, from the little I've seen though, it looks good.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
Dude I applause to you .

Thank You

The rest I couldn't read either because you are too illiterate or because you just dont read what you post

I present to you the bouncing frog for trying..but failing

:fire

[beardedwonder]

Originally posted by Ken17625
I suppose if a whole day is 3 hours, then ya sure. Soccer(football) takes longer.......a lot longer than american football.


Really!! Didn't know that, i thought a football game lasted 90 minutes and had a 10 minute break at half-time.

I dislike American football so much because of all the stopping and starting. It detracts from the game and makes it (for me at least) boring to watch.

PS: How long does the superbowl last?

[Cenarious]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
You juist lost your argument hard because AFL gos for 2 hours per match and they run not walk like nlike soccer losers. afl GETIS THE BIGEST CRoWODS IN THE WORLD!/ We get sell out of 100.000! while english fands are about 50,000!! Perhaps those steps in southrern america might get more peope along to the soccer, but no descent westerner would submit themselves to sit on thosw bench seats!! ! Soccer I lke, but it is the the most lamest form of football.

Um, thats incorrect, have you heard of a little stadium in Spain called "Nou Camp" home to Barcelona. Its stadium holds over 100,000 seats. The new wembly will hold 100,000 thousand seats. Virtually most of the teams in the serie A in Italy house over 80,000 i cant remeber which ones off my head that hold 100,000 but believe me there are plently of them.
Maybe english stadiums are a bit smaller than the massive ones around the world but the quality inside them are among the finset in the world. Players such as Juan Pablo Veron and Thierry Henry have said that inside english stadiums the quality is second to none.
Manchester Uniteds stadium is >70,000, but when you think about it clubs arent all about how many fans they can stick into a stadium, if manchester united thought that im sure they would build a massive one seeing as they are the most supported and richest team in the world.

[TipYourBartender]

My vote goes for soccer, but only snce I actually played it.
BUT....
What abou Foosball?

[isus]

which one is the one where they just whoop each others asses at random?

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by isus
which one is the one where they just whoop each others asses at random?

Huh?
lol

[Wolfie]

Originally posted by TipYourBartender
My vote goes for soccer, but only snce I actually played it.



Same here, man. I loved playing soccer even though it messed up knees a bit.

[Siagne]

Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world. The World Cup is watched by more people than any other sport.

Maracana stadium (Brazil): 200 000 seats.

[rainbowdemon]

There is no right or wrong in a poll like this. Everybody likes whatever it is that they like. Personally I like the NFL. More to the point, The Pittsburgh Steelers

[ThePillarOfAutumn]

Football soccer ( SUCKS)

FAG azz sport ( fake shiat all the time )

Personally i think its more borring than baseball

and baseball sucks enough already.

FAGS

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by ThePillarOfAutumn
Football soccer ( SUCKS)

FAG azz sport ( fake shiat all the time )

Personally i think its more borring than baseball

and baseball sucks enough already.

FAGS

Yes..I know

Sports suck for nerds..so go on through life through the internet world and dont bother posting when you have no reason to back up what you are saying besides saying it's "boring"

I hate dumbasses like you who say certain sports are "fake" or boring...when they have no knowledge whatsoever about the sports they are referring to...

Just go play checkers with some aoler online..that's what you are most suited for


Hey everybody...I'm not really like this and you know..
But when someone says shit like that about sports I just go ballistic

[Tremaine]

I don't like soccer i find watching the sport boring but the game is a good workout, i like american and canadian football, rugby it fun to play but i don't like following the sport. Australian football i've never seen a game.....

[Wolfie]

Originally posted by ThePillarOfAutumn
Football soccer ( SUCKS)

FAG azz sport ( fake shiat all the time )

Personally i think its more borring than baseball

and baseball sucks enough already.

FAGS

That's a most intelligent argument i have seen since zeropain...

[ATLien]

Coming from an ex-football player, American football is the best, be it the NFL or College football. Don't like Soccer at all because it has no action or excitement. Love Canadian Football and Aussie Rule football.

One thing i can say is American Football has the BEST looking Cheerleaders, hands down!

[Ken17625]

Really!! Didn't know that, i thought a football game lasted 90 minutes and had a 10 minute break at half-time.

Plus commercial breaks. Stoppage of play. Other random bullshit (animal spotted on the feild, etc...).

All in all, the reported time is not how long a game lasts OBVIOUSLY.


P.S. I believe the halftime is about 15 minutes long.

[aqlo]

which one is the one where they just whoop each others asses at random? That's technically called "Carrier" football, you may not recognize the name because while all of us have played it we tended to refer to it as "smear the queer" or "rape the ape" or a dozen other lame rhymes. Someone kicks off or tosses an american football into a crowd and whoever catches it is the "carrier" (or whatever) and everyone piles on them. Great game!

[Captinspliff]

As someone mentioned earlier to whole poll is flawed because only football(soccer) is a type of football and all other forms are just imitators that share a common name.

Soccer came first and i mean like 800 years ago, then rugby in the 19th century and then the american and austrialian versions

i voted football(soccer) as i'm British and thats the game I love, although i also greatly enjoy rugby union and american football.

Don't know enough about aussie rules

rugby league just isn't that interesting here in Britian, i've seen some Austrailian rugby though on TV which is much more high paced and brutal though

[isus]

Originally posted by aqlo
That's technically called "Carrier" football, you may not recognize the name because while all of us have played it we tended to refer to it as "smear the queer" or "rape the ape" or a dozen other lame rhymes. Someone kicks off or tosses an american football into a crowd and whoever catches it is the "carrier" (or whatever) and everyone piles on them. Great game!

ahh, never played it by that name... or any of the others... but i don't remember what we used to call it.

actually, it probably had no name...

the game:
set up like football... quarterback, etc...
get in line, give the ball to the quarterback.
while the teacher isn't looking, tackle somebody.

nobody ever cared that they got tackled, so nobody ever got in trouble. great game. no particular aim in who would win, just as long as you tackled an enemy.

[beardedwonder]

Originally posted by Ken17625
Plus commercial breaks. Stoppage of play. Other random bullshit (animal spotted on the feild, etc...).

All in all, the reported time is not how long a game lasts OBVIOUSLY.


P.S. I believe the halftime is about 15 minutes long.

Plus commercial breaks? I don't think you understand, the adverts are shown during half-time, that's it.

[NovaP2P]

With a good ref (not a northern hemisphere one) rugby is my fav game (obviously im from New Zealand :p).

I find American football more fun to play than watch, its like rugby with the set pieces but nothing else except a whole lot of padding which is stupid, it only serves to slow players down.

Dont understand Aussie Rules but it looks more like water polo to me than anything else.

Any Soccer frustrates me. There is zero tolernace for any kind of physical aggression (part of the reason I like rugby). Players are pussies, someone gets their triple reinforced shin scraped gently and they lie on the ground crying. And the "Hollywoods" which fake injuries for a penalty piss me off the most.

Rugby League is good but can be a bit boring unless its a big game imo.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by NovaP2P
With a good ref (not a northern hemisphere one) rugby is my fav game (obviously im from New Zealand :p).

Players are pussies, someone gets their triple reinforced shin scraped gently and they lie on the ground crying. And the "Hollywoods" which fake injuries for a penalty piss me off the most.



Wow..seems you never played it

Would you like to get kicked with kleets (however you spell it lol) right in your leg? You know how powerful a dude must kick in order to kick the ball far? What if he missed and smacked the kick straight in your leg? Would that be fun? You would be crying in pain and wouldn't walk for 5 days if it wasnt for shin guards

So please dont say they are pussies

As for faking sometimes when getting hurt in the penalty box..I would too

As long as it gets my team a free shot on goal :P

[Triple_T]

Definatly American Football, the reason for all the padding is because we are playing against 300 lb people and and try running full force into a 300 lb person with your head down and taking hits from the side while going throught the line, without pads, it wont happen. Also the pads just add to the dificulty of the game, think about it if you have about 20 pounds more than your normal body wieght of pads on, its gonna seem i little harder. Also about all the stop and go action, it makes it more stressful and even more tiring, just because you are thinking reacting, running to your huddle running to the line running the ball or you pattern, then running back to a huddle. Garunteed soccer players couldnt play american football just because they wont get the concept. American football is a game of brains and skill, to fake out a corner, you need to study how he reacts on the snap and how he will react in all situations so that you are prepaired to counter-react, to defeat a stuf quaterback, you need to study his pocket protection and they way he looks, you also need to get in his head and see what he is seeing and judge were he will throw, to beat a stud running back, you need to know his weak spot and think of what he will do. So in order to play the game of football it isnt just a game of hitting senslessly or running around like chickens with ur heads cut off like other sports, it is a game of knowing how the other 11 will react and reading all of thier minds at the same time.

[mpatl]

American Football entertains me the best, and I enjoy them all. When you've played this game against 300 lb. men you will know exactly why padding is required. Trust me, its not for looks.

[Platinum Theory]

Players are pussies, someone gets their triple reinforced shin scraped gently and they lie on the ground crying. And the "Hollywoods" which fake injuries for a penalty piss me off the most.

haha, lol!. Ever got hit with a soccer ball in your face going around 30 mph?, you tell me if you wouldnt even wince. And another thing, ever been hit in the ankle?, 'cause if u had u would have known its like ice hitting your red hot ankles, its like rocks with daggers on them. And sharedawealth, wtf is that 'football' your talking about?, sounds like playing 'roshambo', lol. and pillar of autumn..............2 words.......................mental hospital.

[Ken17625]

Plus commercial breaks? I don't think you understand, the adverts are shown during half-time, that's it.

American Football? I hope we are on the same page here.

American Football has comercial breaks every so often and yes some during halftime as well.

I think you are mistaken, or maybe a little confused.

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

Originally posted by Ken17625
Plus commercial breaks. Stoppage of play. Other random bullshit (animal spotted on the feild, etc...).

All in all, the reported time is not how long a game lasts OBVIOUSLY.


P.S. I believe the halftime is about 15 minutes long.

There are no commerical breaks during a game of football (soccer), only at half time. Stoppage of play for throw ins, corner kicks etc is not added on, only time for injurys - and that is rarely more than five minutes.

I often watch soccer on a saturday afternoon, the game kicks off at 3 and is always finished by 4.50.

Aussie rules? Dont make me laugh. Only an aussie would classify a bunch of baboons jumping on each others head as a sport.

.

[MxRob]

Just wanted to clear up a few things about the NFL
1. Each period is 15 minutes
2. There is a two minute intermission between periods
3. There are four periods in a game
4. Halftime is 12 minutes
5. All games are the same length playoff or Superbowl

As for my feeling towards professional sports,
NFL,Futbol,AFL,Soccer etc., (I love them all). Too hard to vote on it.
I would just love to be one of the players making the large chucks of $$. I feel all Pro sports figures make a huge impact on all of us and our children as mentors and role models.

Peace Out:gj

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by Siagne
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world. The World Cup is watched by more people than any other sport.

Maracana stadium (Brazil): 200 000 seats.

Maracana stadium has no seats you sit on rows of steps and benches.......

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
Maracana stadium has no seats you sit on rows of steps and benches.......

Does it matter? It supports 200k

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by Captinspliff
As someone mentioned earlier to whole poll is flawed because only football(soccer) is a type of football and all other forms are just imitators that share a common name.

Soccer came first and i mean like 800 years ago, then rugby in the 19th century and then the american and austrialian versions


Well some australian aborigines claim that Australian football came from a game they played kicking a wombat around. In that case Australian football maybe way older.

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
Does it matter? It supports 200k

true....soccer is big in third world countries

[Ken17625]

Just wanted to clear up a few things about the NFL
1. Each period is 15 minutes
2. There is a two minute intermission between periods
3. There are four periods in a game
4. Halftime is 12 minutes
5. All games are the same length playoff or Superbowl

You don't need to clear things up. Everyone agrees with this.


I'm talking reality here, not what is on paper.

[Ken17625]

There are no commerical breaks during a game of football (soccer), only at half time.

For about the last time, i'm talking about American football. I've stated that over and over.

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

Originally posted by Ken17625
For about the last time, i'm talking about American football. I've stated that over and over.

Well it must have been your clone who said this:

" Soccer(football) takes longer.......a lot longer than american football. "

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
true....soccer is big in third world countries

You are BEYOND pathetic dude..do you even know what you are saying?

Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Central America, and Mexico...guess what the MAJOR sport is?
FOOTBALL (as americans call it "soccer")
I would include India but they have cricket...although soccer is popular

So please...get your facts straight..and then try to argue

There is not ONE country out there that doesn't play soccer except for maybe like Mongolia

[Platinum Theory]

true....soccer is big in third world countries

.........was that supposed to be funny? or retarded?, im going with B. Anyways at least more then 3 people know what soccer is. Hmm........Perhaps your mad because Australia lost to New Zealnd in the Confederation Cup to classify?, me thinks so!. Besides.............umm...............what was the name of that crappy sport you like?, umm.......................well yeah, not alot of people know it, trust me. And since when was England a 3rd world country?, since when was Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Japan, and Greece 3rd world countries?, and dont say something stupid like in the '1500's.

[Wolfie]

true....soccer is big in third world countries

Since when England, Germany, France and Italy became third world countries, dude?

[sharedawealth]

I did not mean anything as an insult by saying soccer is big in thrid world countries. It is by far the most popular type of football in the world!

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
You are BEYOND pathetic dude..do you even know what you are saying?

Why Thank you!

[Ken17625]

" Soccer(football) takes longer.......a lot longer than american football. "

I apologise for that. Too many quotes to keep track of these days.

Anyway, i've watched entire Soccer(football) games and they have taken longer than any Football (american) games i've ever watched.

Or maybe it just felt that way...........

[MusikBeatz23]

I play American Football for my High School and I find nothing "pussy" about it...

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
Why Thank you!

LoL

Are you ok? Seriously..man

I just can't stop laughing

[NovaP2P]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
Wow..seems you never played it

Would you like to get kicked with kleets (however you spell it lol) right in your leg? You know how powerful a dude must kick in order to kick the ball far? What if he missed and smacked the kick straight in your leg? Would that be fun? You would be crying in pain and wouldn't walk for 5 days if it wasnt for shin guards

So please dont say they are pussies

I said "someone gets their triple reinforced shin scraped gently". Not if he got hit hard. Im not saying some hits to the shins dont hurt its just that the majority of players make a big deal out of nothing alot of the time.

My main point was the pain aspect players have to put up with is in general far higher in Rugby Union and Rugby League (imo) and players dont sit on the ground crying. If they did it would be a pretty boring game.

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
As for faking sometimes when getting hurt in the penalty box..I would too

As long as it gets my team a free shot on goal :P

Well if you're team tries to win by manipulating the ref, good luck to you. But it would make the game boring and pointless, at least until you were found out :p

[MoonMan]

I am what is known as a geek. I stay inside for most of the day on the computer and tan my face infront of the monitor. lol if I wasn't such a frail bastard, I might enjoy playing sports.

If I HAD to choose, I would say soccer. It was always a fun sport for me to play in school.

[beardedwonder]

Originally posted by NovaP2P
With a good ref (not a northern hemisphere one) rugby is my fav game (obviously im from New Zealand :p).

I find American football more fun to play than watch, its like rugby with the set pieces but nothing else except a whole lot of padding which is stupid, it only serves to slow players down.

Dont understand Aussie Rules but it looks more like water polo to me than anything else.

Any Soccer frustrates me. There is zero tolernace for any kind of physical aggression (part of the reason I like rugby). Players are pussies, someone gets their triple reinforced shin scraped gently and they lie on the ground crying. And the "Hollywoods" which fake injuries for a penalty piss me off the most.

Rugby League is good but can be a bit boring unless its a big game imo.

Pretty much agree with you completely, esp. about the refs!

PS: England spanked your asses! :fire

Originally posted by Ken17625
American Football? I hope we are on the same page here.

American Football has comercial breaks every so often and yes some during halftime as well.

I think you are mistaken, or maybe a little confused.

I was talking about football, not American football.

The official name of Rugby Union is Rugby Football Union. It's just that people don't call it by it's full name.

And also many 'poor' countries have large football followings because you can play football with practically anything, cans, rolled up t-shirts etc etc. That's all you need you don't need to buy a special ball, pads, helmets or anything.

[sharedawealth]

At this moment in time soccer is winning as the best football code!

[ManaSmoker]

ShareDaWealth Ill tell you this. I was born in Yugoslavia or what is now Serbia and Montenegro. And before I moved to America I had never heard of American Football. Soccer was my sport and there is absoultely nothing pussy about it. When I tried to get into American Football, it was so dull I couldnt stand it. I played it for a year and I dont know how I survived. I was the Defensive and and tight end and It was So boring I should of killed myself. So I returned to soccer where the good times roled., And ohhh myyy try watching American Football on tv.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by ManaSmoker
ShareDaWealth Ill tell you this. I was born in Yugoslavia or what is now Serbia and Montenegro. And before I moved to America I had never heard of American Football. Soccer was my sport and there is absoultely nothing pussy about it. When I tried to get into American Football, it was so dull I couldnt stand it. I played it for a year and I dont know how I survived. I was the Defensive and and tight end and It was So boring I should of killed myself. So I returned to soccer where the good times roled., And ohhh myyy try watching American Football on tv.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

hmmmm.. I like soccer probably more so than american football. I played soccer for years when I was younger.

Still Soccer has its bad points!
1)off side rule
2)Dudes faking penalties
3)No real tackling
4)Low scoring!

i still love soccer...I hope the socceroos do well in germany!

p.s. Australian Football is the best!!!!!!!!:fire :fire :fire :fire

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
hmmmm.. I like soccer probably more so than american football. I played soccer for years when I was younger.

Still Soccer has its bad points!
1)off side rule
2)Dudes faking penalties
3)No real tackling
4)Low scoring!



Listen...

People DONT FAKE penalties in soccer man...they used to and they still try to AT TIMES but they NEVER win..

Do you know why?
Because refs aren't stupid anymore..they know whether the fall was severe and the team deserves a penalty kick or if it was an accident or small scratch...where nothing is awarded

You get a penalty kick in soccer not really from getting hurt in the penalty box but because a player HAD THE CHANCE to score a goal yet a player from the other team denied him the chance by purposely tripping, or checking the player in the box

Who the hell needs tackling?
How is that all exciting?
You see in American Football all they do is tackle and take 10 minute breaks to line back up again..how is that exciting?

In soccer there are low scores because there is a goalie on the freaking team...do you see 15 goals in hockey? No

Damnit...I love this thread
I get into it so much :fire

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
Listen...

People DONT FAKE penalties in soccer man...they used to and they still try to AT TIMES but they NEVER win..


I still remember Ronaldo in the world cup. He is spose to be one of the best soccer players and he proved himself as a Lying poece of shit verses turkey. You know the incident! I have no respect for people like him......to even call him self a footballer is a shame! In any other code of football ronaldo would have his teeth smashed in by real footballers!

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
1)off side rule

This is related to your 4th point, and it is there for a reason: it makes the game more special when a goal is scored, and leads to a game with more skill, and a more studied build up. It also means attacking players have to show more skill in timing runs and positioning themselves.

Games have been played without the offside rule many times, and they just end up kinda boring with high balls being pumped upfield and the midfield being bypassed. They typically have 10 to 15 goals per game. The status of a goal is lowered and the game becomes dull.


2)Dudes faking penalties

That is called gamesmanship and you will find it in ANY sport.


3)No real tackling

Thats not really true, leg breaks are common in football, and the rules against tackling the man instead of the ball are there for a reason: to stop players getting more serious injuries and to give the finesse of more skillful players a chance to flourish.


4)Low scoring!

I would call this a strong point of football. Who wants to watch a game which ends 105-96?
When a goal is scored in football it is something special, not like basketball where they score a basket every 10 seconds.

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
.to even call him self a footballer is a shame! In any other code of football ronaldo would have his teeth smashed in by real footballers!

Thats horseshit, you get cheats in every sport.

[Cenarious]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
I still remember Ronaldo in the world cup. He is spose to be one of the best soccer players and he proved himself as a Lying poece of shit verses turkey. You know the incident! I have no respect for people like him......to even call him self a footballer is a shame! In any other code of football ronaldo would have his teeth smashed in by real footballers!

If you are talking about the incident that i am thinking of i think it was Rivaldo not Ronaldo who committed that incident, and he is known for doing stuff like that.

[sharedawealth]

In response to grab the haddock

1)It would also require more skill if they played on 1 metre long stilits!

2)Gamemanship.....I would label it different........Soccer is the best example of faking penalties of all sports in the world....Even you have to agree with me there!

3))It is soccer so we should not try to hurt each other that much, but the rules should allow you to be more aggresive with tackling

4) Low scoring is the reason soccer fans get bored and try to beat each other up!!!!!!!

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by Cenarious
If you are talking about the incident that i am thinking of i think it was Rivaldo not Ronaldo who committed that incident, and he is known for doing stuff like that.

perhaps It was rivaldo.........it was when that turkey guy kicked the ball at him and he pretended it his face...

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
perhaps It was rivaldo.........it was when that turkey guy kicked the ball at him and he pretended it his face...

I fucking hate Rivaldo...he is a disgrace to the sport of soccer

That incident still lingers in my head and will...

As for cheating as a whole, I won't get into it because grab_grab over here summarized everything perfectly and I would have responded the same way

Thank you grab :fire
Originally posted by sharedawealth
4) Low scoring is the reason soccer fans get bored and try to beat each other up!!!!!!!

Can you stop spreading bullshit?
I'm sick and tired of your retarded comments...

Low scoring is what makes the game fun!
Fans jump from their seats when a team is trying to score a goal and it brings so much excitement when a team is on the attack trying to score...

There is nothing wrong with basketball where you score all the time but I just dont get the point in that..although I like BB...

Fans beat each other up because of the rivalries among teams in soccer...they hate each other for the sole fact that they think their team is better..and vice versa

[Cenarious]

Originally posted by sharedawealth

3))It is soccer so we should not try to hurt each other that much, but the rules should allow you to be more aggresive with tackling


So your saying that to make soccer a "better" game it should become more aggresive? Yeah right, how in hell would that make it better?

Back in the old days players were allowed to charge down the goalkeepers, but it was eventually banned. Oh yeah and whats so bad about having the offside rule? If there was not one the would be players literally standing on the line of the oppositions goal wating for a tap in. It adds more techinicality to the game.

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by cheapprick
Canadian football, I couldn't find it on the list.

Im sorry there are only 5 options I could do

[beardedwonder]

yeah that was Rivaldo. I have to say i have watched football from a lot of different countries and i think one of the best to watch is the English game. It tends to be a lot stronger and the refs now seem to be playing advantage a lot more often. I think they have learnt this from Rugby Union where i think that the refs have really got it together in terms of playing advantage.

As for the diving, i think this happens in all sports and may eventually lead to a video referee in football. I'm still unsure whether a video ref. would benefit the game or not.

[ThePillarOfAutumn]

Finally i had to act like a moron to get some attention around here - stir things up. :devil

FOOTBALL all the way - not Pussy Soccer

[ATLien]

Originally posted by ThePillarOfAutumn
Finally i had to act like a moron to get some attention around here - stir things up. :devil

FOOTBALL all the way - not Pussy Soccer

Soccer is for "Girly Men with Station Wagons"

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Ya I think Video Refs would be good for soccer..there are too many little fouls and arguements between players and refs about plays...

Video Refs would settle things once and for all...

As for AtLien and Pillar of Autumn...

Both of you stop living under a rock and stop talking smack

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
In response to grab the haddock


3))It is soccer so we should not try to hurt each other that much, but the rules should allow you to be more aggresive with tackling



I think Dave Busst, whose leg you can see at the bottom of this pic might disagree with you on that point.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by grab_grab_the_haddock
I think Dave Busst, whose leg you can see at the bottom of this pic might disagree with you on that point.


See grab...Sharedawealth doesn't understand that..

He has no knowledge of injuries in soccer and he talks smack about it being non-aggressive

[sharedawealth]

Originally posted by grab_grab_the_haddock
I think Dave Busst, whose leg you can see at the bottom of this pic might disagree with you on that point.

Ouch that would hurt

I could keep flaming soccer but it is a good game and I like it anyhow.......you soccer hooligans take my insults to serious....

[Cenarious]

Originally posted by grab_grab_the_haddock
I think Dave Busst, whose leg you can see at the bottom of this pic might disagree with you on that point.
That was bad man! I remember watching that match between Man U and Man City, i will always remember the part where Peter Schmeical (Goalkeeper) ran off with his hands over his eyes.

BTW Did you see that injury that Henrick Larsson (Celtic) got when his shin snapped in half, i remember watching the video for it and it was almost as bad as the one listed above

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by sharedawealth
Ouch that would hurt

I could keep flaming soccer but it is a good game and I like it anyhow.......you soccer hooligans take my insults to serious....

I dont get you..

"I could keep flaming soccer but I like it"

Wtf does that mean?
Why bother bad mouthing it in the first place if you like it?

Geez...you get weirder and weirder

WE are NOT hooligans buddy...we have knowledge about the sport and are trying to tell you the truth about soccer which you seem to have no knowledge of :hole

[Captinspliff]

i just don't get the people who say that football(soccer) is a bad sport because you can't go round kicking the crap out of the opposition - americans wouldn't say basketball is boring because they don't allow contact

football isn't a non-contact sport anyway but when seeing italien and spanish matches you can see why people get that impression

thats actually the great thing about english football you don't get all that diving and rolling on the floor you get in la liga or siere A except from the foreign players you always get labeled cheats when they do, do it

[sharedawealth]

"Why bother bad mouthing it in the first place if you like it?"

Ever heard of constructive Cryticism?

[Cenarious]

Shit as we're talking about injuries in soccer a player died on a pitch who played for Cameroon and West Ham United. Read the story here (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=270588&cc=5739)........weird, though it isnt really a "Football triggered" injury......

[ManaSmoker]

Ok moving on to golf.......Tiger Woods nails fans with golf club Read the story Here (http://www.zeropaid.com)

[NovaP2P]

Originally posted by beardedwonder PS: England spanked your asses! :fire

Oooooooo. Hopefully we meet in the final of the WC, black vs white, would be a damn good game :D

[ATLien]

Even thought i don't care about Soccer, hears one for the fans

[Ne007]

We call soccer players "soccer fags". LOL.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Originally posted by Ne007
We call soccer players "soccer fags". LOL.


hahahahhahaha!!!
Holy shit that's so funny!!! I can't stop laughing!! OMG!
(displaying the behavior of a typical aoler)

NOT!

We call dumbasses like you dumbass fags..LOL

Now tell me, does that make any sense?
Is it funny?
Of course not..yet I just imitated what you said

[Ne007]

Well....where I come from....only the fags played soccer. The football team could have looked at them wrong and they would have run.:shy

[Platinum Theory]

Well....where I come from....only the fags played soccer.

.................................................. ......................................So let me get this straight, your in MEXICO, where 98% play Soccer, so....................................damn!, i guess you live in that negative 1% category which like to see men wrestle in thongs all over enchiladas?, yep, ther's no other explanation, unless you like Homo Racing in thongs and mud with men.........................i think you live on both sides of those.

We call soccer players "soccer fags".

and WE call you a numnut/ dickless wonder, how did you ever get born in Mexico and poked fun at for not playing soccer?, oh wait, that did happen!

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

The comments of the American "football" fans in this thread amply demonstrate why American football needs to stay in America.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Holy shit Platinum...you are hilarious man

Dickless wonder
Thongs with enchiladas..

Dude where do you get this from? lol

[Platinum Theory]

Dude where do you get this from?

dunno, once someone gets me angry i burst out with 'funny anger' and start to bust out the insults my style.

[ATLien]

Originally posted by Platinum Theory
.................................................. ......................................So let me get this straight, your in MEXICO, where 98% play Soccer, so....................................damn!, i guess you live in that negative 1% category which like to see men wrestle in thongs all over enchiladas?, yep, ther's no other explanation, unless you like Homo Racing in thongs and mud with men.........................i think you live on both sides of those.



and WE call you a numnut/ dickless wonder, how did you ever get born in Mexico and poked fun at for not playing soccer?, oh wait, that did happen!

CRUCIAL!!!!

[beardedwonder]

Originally posted by NovaP2P
Oooooooo. Hopefully we meet in the final of the WC, black vs white, would be a damn good game :D

That would be nice, i reckon your forwards need a bit of work tbh. South Africa are having problems at the moment and Australia were dissappointing, especially after all the mouthing off!

[NovaP2P]

Originally posted by beardedwonder
That would be nice, i reckon your forwards need a bit of work tbh. South Africa are having problems at the moment and Australia were dissappointing, especially after all the mouthing off!

Yup was definitely noticable when you guys held us with 2 players yellow carded. We just dont have the experience you do. Still im very pleased you bet Aussie :)

[sharedawealth]

Collingwood won today!

[Induna]

Originally posted by grab_grab_the_haddock
The comments of the American "football" fans in this thread amply demonstrate why American football needs to stay in America.


There's no cause for worry, American Football isn't popular outside America.

Reading the pitiful comments in this thread to suggest American Football is better that Football made great reading. If you want to see 300lb men stand in the way of other men trying to get past them, and at the same time call it a sport? Then fine, you keep watching that shit, whilst calling you 'buds' over the phone and shouting ,What's uppppppp?"

Leave the rest of the world to enjoy a real sport, where it takes skill to control the ball, to caress the ball, it's almost like an artform watching a wonderfully crafted goal being scored. Seeing several large padded men, run into other several large padded men is not sport,or entertaining.

Please, I urge you people, for the sake of sport, keep American Football firmly in America. Keep it unpopular with the rest of the world.

[Evil_Dweller_01]

Wow Induna

I found someone who "actually" feels the same way as me in this thread...

Nice post..sums everything up :fire

[goku2040]

Football will always be called football or the official association wouldn't be named FIFA. In the Americans eyes any other countries is third world countries...well at least theirs government think so. Thats why they have world series which that no other parts of the world participates. American football is just more intense and barbaric rugby rip-off. I wonder why its called football when the game is almost as same as rugby...should be called American Rugby instead.

Please remember sports is real so is not about injured or killing someone if you want that just watch WWE...just love that funny chairman.

Conclusion, football is the most popular sports in the world.
Football and American football is totally different sports so can't compares.

[nasrules]

Can't say I agree about your comments on "Soccer". "Soccer" is the only ball game listed in which the feet are used for primary ball control. The rest use hands, therefore they should not be classed as Football. What do you think FIFA stands for?!

And wearing padding in "American Football" is just pathetic. People say it's because anyone can dive on anyone, well that's not sport, that's cheating! Now Rugby or Australian "Football", they're PROPER sports.

[Induna]

Originally posted by Evil_Dweller_01
Wow Induna

I found someone who "actually" feels the same way as me in this thread...

Nice post..sums everything up :fire


That's because I speak... The Truth!


American Sport is a typical example of the insular attitude of Americans. That the rest of the world is wrong and they are right.

[tamarisk]

I voted for soccer, but rrugby is much more physical than american football

[Ken17625]

And wearing padding in "American Football" is just pathetic.

Why?