Do you reckon Fat Yanks would like football (soccer, Fat Yanks) more if they were actually any good at it?

[Guest]

I like the idea of players fighting and they not missing the entire game or weeks/months worth of game

Then you get enforcers to protect your superstars also like hockey

Adds a dimension to the game


The greatest hockey player in my lifetime was Wayne Gretzky

Near the end of his career, obviously no longer great as he once was, a player on an opposing team commented on how Gretzky wasn't that good anymore and how he wasn't hard to defend


Next game vs that team

1 second into the game, enforcer on Gretzkys team was kicking that guys arse

Lol

I think the appeal of football (soccer, Fat Yanks) is that the fights don't take place among the players, but amongst the fans.

It's the main reason I've never liked the sport, just drunken morons brawling in the streets.

[JimRaynor]

If America cared about soccer we’d have 8 world cups and our domestic league would be comparable to the English Premier league.

The amount amazing athletes that we have in our other sports who if they decided they wanted to play footsie ball would easily make US a top 3 premier team in the world.

[Sparked_26]

Sparked, stop saying the word "literally" for no reason. that's the second time in this thread.

You can literally f.uck off mate

[Guest]

You can literally f.uck off mate

I literally recommend some anti-biotics for it... you literally sound like a retard when you literally write it.

[Sparked_26]

I literally recommend some anti-biotics for it... you literally sound like a retard when you literally write it.

You've literally killed me there.

[Blond Beast]

I like Football/Soccer myself, not that I get to see many games. The games are not that long, and it there isn’t a lot of delays. Almost the whole world plays it and you know the best are from a pool of billions who play. At the highest level they run/jog/walk 5-9 miles in a game. You never see a fat person on a high level football/soccer pitch.

[billeau2]

I don't get how millions of people all over the world could love it, but one country doesn't.

That said, I don't get how millions of people all over the world could love it, full stop. (period, Fat Yanks.)

Fat yanks are a force to be reckoned with Sir Anorak. We revolutionized combat sports with the fashion sense to put small shirts, skin tight over our big bellies with phrases like "Tap Out" or, "Jesus did not tap."

[_Rexy_]

Yeah, nothing more exciting than watching a 90 minute 0-0 game.

It's boring AF, and that's coming from a hockey fan.


only redeeming quality is the running clock. But even then it's like:
"Hey we're going long because of injuries and **** to make up for when we should have stopped the clock."
"oh...okay. How much extra time?"
"Who the **** knows?"

[billeau2]

Yeah, nothing more exciting than watching a 90 minute 0-0 game.

It's boring AF, and that's coming from a hockey fan.


only redeeming quality is the running clock. But even then it's like:
"Hey we're going long because of injuries and **** to make up for when we should have stopped the clock."
"oh...okay. How much extra time?"
"Who the **** knows?"

Hockey used to be great... I stopped watching when it seemed to be more about the fights and guys were seriously hurting each other in these fights... Going after each other.

But nothing comes close to full contact Curling. The adrenaline pours! when the brushwork is happening!!! Anorak would have a heart attack watching such a match.

THIS!!! Boys and Girls is heart stopping action!!! Beware, may trigger some because of extreme nature!!

[BodyBagz]

I luv yas really.

A kind of luv that defies logic