Beckham Sucks

[SequSpur]

He didn't do shit... what a waste of a bunch of hoopla for nothing....

:pctoss

[usckk]

Dude...he only played for 15 minutes, and he was playing on one ankle!

[FromWayDowntown]

Forum etiquette can blow SequSpur.

[phxspurfan]

He will be a 5 year underperforming benchwarmer on a bad team. So much marketing and yet, MLS still sucks.

[theroc5]

He will be a 5 year underperforming benchwarmer on a bad team. So much marketing and yet, MLS still sucks.
have you ever even watched a soccer game in your life. Stop being ignorant to what you dont know. He had a couple great passes on one ankle and in 13 min of play. Granted Chelsea is just ending there preseason and LA is in midseason form but the mls is shortly catching up to the other leagues. It might not be in the next 5 yrs but the mls has jumped up crazy in there level of play since it first began.

ps. Go Dynamos

[Switchman]

I will never watch soccer but Eva was sitting in the box with Beckhams stick figure of a wife.

She will corrupt Tony and he will betray us.

[theroc5]

I will never watch soccer but Eva was sitting in the box with Beckhams stick figure of a wife.

She will corrupt Tony and he will betray us.
ya i so hope tony doenst go to la, i mean out of all teams LA? He just needs to stay a spurs for life.

[SequSpur]

soccer is stupid.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Non-Spurs forum forum.

Premature ejaculation forum.

He's only in LA for marketing anyway forum.

Forum.

[Flight3107]

soccer is stupid.


I think someone has shortman madness.

[mikeanthony21]

He will be a 5 year underperforming benchwarmer on a bad team. So much marketing and yet, MLS still sucks.

MLS cannot suck if I do not watch it! :toast

[Solid D]

Sequ, you mean you actually watched him?

[Roxsfan]

why is this posted here :rolleyes

[lefty]

what the fuck

[koopa]

soccer fucking sucks, i've actually tried watching a few games and they've all bored the hell out of me............... mls will never be on the level of other sports

it's ranked pretty much in this order

nfl
mlb
nba (i put it tired cause world series ratings are higher then nba finals)
nascar
nhl
golf
tennis
poker
spelling bee
bingo












and way down here is were mls fits in

soccer will never be popular here in america

[Cant_Be_Faded]

You can always imagine it's 1996 and fuck his wife

that would be fun

[spurscenter]

i saw him at VONS (texas' HEB) at 12 am a day ago, it was surreal, buying his own shit. $225K+ car is outside just chillin next to the Vons Manager Honda Accord, it seemed like, so out of place. I first saw the car outside, walked in and thought it was some Laker or Clipper since they practice around here in off season and then saw the dude by the counter in line to pay. The funny thing, other than looking athletic, no one was swarming him or talking to him, probably thought he was a UCLA athlete. lol --This chick in front of him was not paying attention to him as if she was annoyed that she was hot and people were checking her out, even Beckam. (thats L.A. but if she knew who he was, chick would be doing the cartwheel kick for him - nigga please) -- He knew I recognized him and I just smiled and he smiled, gave him the cholo Whats up, "you saw me" nod---- and he then asked how Kori was doing. J/k but anyhow, thats my Beckam story and I dont care for soccer. Dude was crazy going out that late in that car. He thinks this is England. lol - i have this thing running into celebs/sports people all the time. its surreal. one time I flew on a plane and the entire fucking plane was filled with WWE wrestlers from a show the night before. I sat next to The big show and Kurt angle and they were all loud. it was the funniest plane ride ever. also michael jackson at blockbuster one time, talk about weird, just run into everyone some times, Percy Miller was playing ball with Lil Romeo the other day at Collins Court, shit never ends. lol i should be a paparazzi photog. lol

[Slinkyman]

soccer fucking sucks, i've actually tried watching a few games and they've all bored the hell out of me............... mls will never be on the level of other sports

it's ranked pretty much in this order

nfl
mlb
nba (i put it tired cause world series ratings are higher then nba finals)
nascar
nhl
golf
tennis
poker
spelling bee
bingo












and way down here is were mls fits in

soccer will never be popular here in america

nascar is actually 2nd

[phyzik]

nascar is actually 2nd

As sad as that statement is..... Its even worse that its true.... this country is fucked. :depressed

[RC's Boss]

I watch the Superbowl b/c it's a good excuse to drink free alchohol and smoke free grass at someone else's expense. Other than that, I'm all NBA!

[T Park]

As sad as that statement is..... Its even worse that its true.... this country is fucked

yeah the country liking athletes that don't participate in dog fighting, or beating their wives.

What a horrible country.


Go to a Nascar race, meet the drivers, and WATCH, the race. You'll comeback with a different attitude.

[resistanze]

yeah the country liking athletes that don't participate in dog fighting, or beating their wives.

What a horrible country.


Go to a Nascar race, meet the drivers, and WATCH, the race. You'll comeback with a different attitude.

But apparently, they clip officiers with their cars while high on heroin and wreck their sponsor's racing truck while wasted.

http://keyetv.com/topstories/local_story_098193819.html

http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=a92fd4b9-3fc3-4437-b312-63a18b1e402e

Ahh, the good old boys.

That's the problem with generalizations.

[SAtown]

Soccer > all American sports combined

[Sense]

Soccer > all American sports combined

Not in America :P

but yeah agreeed

[Soul_Patch]

American's dont like a sport that is more about defense that it is about offense. it fits right in with everything the world hates about america. If it isn't in your face, X game style, high flying, shit talking, bling bling, fast cars, fuckin chicks...etc...then it sux! gimme a suns vs mavs game with the score 200 to 174 and every play is a dunk with some dude bangin his chest grabbin his dick, yea thats fun!! fuckin a right?!?!?! Wipin his sweat off with million dollar bills, counting his fuckin carrats on his diamond teeth...its all about the bling yo!



gimme a break.

You are not supposed to score in soccer. if a team scores that means the defense did something wrong. Soccer is about long term strategy, and team play.

Same reason people hate on the spurs for being boring. Figured a long time spurs fan (15k posts on the board) would understand this more than anyone.

Your star players in soccer aren't going to score 15 goals a game with 5 assists. They do a lot more for the team in intangibles...your star players may not even be strikers, but really good set shot takers, or really good defenders, maybe really good runners (ronaldo?)...its not all about the scoreboard...

[Thunder Dan]

He is like if you gave Europe Michael Jordan in 2001 when he started playing for Washington. So washed up that nobody else wants him, and since they would think he is still great, they would promote the shit out of him.

Except Beckham was never the best soccer player in the world, just the most marketable.

but atleast Grandpa Jordan was watchable, something that can't be said for any type of soccer.

[Evan]

Soul_Patch :king

[LEONARD]

I played soccer thru HS and even a few indoor and outdoor seasons since then, but I just can't watch it...I can't handle the dives, flops, and stretcher-offs...it's just ridiculous at the highest levels of the game. Makes it unwatchable for me...

[DarkReign]

I played soccer thru HS and even a few indoor and outdoor seasons since then, but I just can't watch it...I can't handle the dives, flops, and stretcher-offs...it's just ridiculous at the highest levels of the game. Makes it unwatchable for me...

On a related note, soccer's influence is killing the NHL and NBA. When you import Euros, you import flopping/diving of the highest magnitude.

Its not so much a problem in hockey, although it does happen quite often. The balance though is that you'll get your ass kicked, or even worse, the next time you hit the ice, the other team will cheapshot you.

In the NBA, there is no recourse for the players that actually want to play. So it just spreads like a virus throughout the league because one team that does not flop will not be as successful as the team that does (when it comes to getting the call).

All in all, flopping/diving make me sick. And there is no worse offender in the world than soccer. Actually soccer takes it to the worst extreme.

[Thunder Dan]

I like how when they get hurt they take them off on the stretcher
http://www.torkiljohnsen.com/hattrick/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/injured_player_on_stretcher.jpg

notice the sheer pain this guy is in. He looks like he can't stand to be alive



Here is Daunte Culpepper moments after a torn ACL

http://images.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/_photos/2006-07-20-culpepper.jpg


Here is McNabb (check out his knee)

http://espn-ak.starwave.com/photo/2006/1119/nfl_g_mcnabb_412.jpg

Here is LeCharles Bentley (he almost died from this, no kidding)
http://www.cleveland.com/images/hp/332/060727_browns1.jpg


Another Soccer stud
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/media/images/feeds/reuters/sport/2006/06/20/150/2006-06-20t211130z_01_nootr_rtridsp_2_ouksp-uk-soccer-world-sweden-owen-injury.jpg

This guy apparently can't breathe anymore, so he must be carted off
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/03_03/SoccerVidicL_468x239.jpg

Chris Simms ruptures his spleen, but still finishes the game
http://images.usatoday.com/sports/_photos/2006/12/19/simms.jpg

[Evan]

I can't really disagree with either of you guys but I can say the EPL is doing a much better job of stopping diving than ever before last season. They just ignore it a lot.

But I will say that diving and flopping in the NHL 2 years ago is worse than the epl has ever been.

Anyway, the EPL starts in about a week and I can't wait.

[chode_regulator]

it should be noted*and i didnt read the wohle thread so sorry if its a repeat*that beckham isnt noted mostly for scoring, or so ive read in magazines.
either way soccer is stupid, boring and not going to become popultar in america because of him. golf is lucky that america has attached themselves to tiger, and i think thats only bc he's homegrown and also made himself from nothing. most people on here dislike nascar, whereas i like it, and if people start to like soccer more than nascar bc of this chode, well i guess ill have to go to la and regulate

[Marcus Bryant]

Soccer players don't play the game with any helmets (save for Cech) or pads other than shin guards. Most of the time when I see a soccer played laid out it is because of a collision between two players running at full speed, or two guys going up for a header and knocking domes. If we want to discuss the toughness of football players then how about playing without any pads and helmets (aka rugby)?

Anyways, not sure what the post above was trying to prove, other than ignorance.

[Thunder Dan]

Soccer players don't play the game with any helmets (save for Cech) or pads other than shin guards. Most of the time when I see a soccer played laid out it is because of a collision between two players running at full speed, or two guys going up for a header and knocking domes. If we want to discuss the toughness of football players then how about playing without any pads and helmets (aka rugby)?

Anyways, not sure what the post above was trying to prove, other than ignorance.


just saying how NFL players don't act like pussies when they are hurt, they take it like men. Soccer played act hurt the whole way to the locker room, then they come back and keep playing.

What pads do you need in soccer anyway?

[Soul_Patch]

NFL players also dont run, constantly for 90 minutes. They have a 5 second play and stop for 5 minutes to talk.


in pro soccer, if you take a knock, and are down on the ground, its a good chance you may want to use that opportunity to catch your breath. Ill completely agree that the flopping in soccer is absurd (hello argentina), but you cannot blame them when they are down, for playing it up a bit to get their team a break for water / etc...remember, there are no time outs in soccer...at all...and only a few substitutions allowed...think of the flops as time outs?

[MajorMike]

The misnomer that soccer players run for 90 minutes cracks me up everytime I hear it. It leads everyone to believe that each player out there constantly sprints back and forth, non-stop, for an hour and a half. Goalies are normally the only players that are in the entire game and we all know they aren't running anywhere. Just like in football, it depends whether you are on offense or defense if you are running. There is plently of getting into position, jogging waiting for a pass, waiting for side outs or whatnot, and substitutions. Not to mention the game is 2 halves of 45 minutes with a half time of 15 minutes.

Soccer players do NOT run constantly for 90 minutes.

[Soul_Patch]

The misnomer that soccer players run for 90 minutes cracks me up everytime I hear it. It leads everyone to believe that each player out there constantly sprints back and forth, non-stop, for an hour and a half. Goalies are normally the only players that are in the entire game and we all know they aren't running anywhere. Just like in football, it depends whether you are on offense or defense if you are running. There is plently of getting into position, jogging waiting for a pass, waiting for side outs or whatnot, and substitutions. Not to mention the game is 2 halves of 45 minutes with a half time of 15 minutes.

Soccer players do NOT run constantly for 90 minutes.


Ok so im curious...lets buy your argument of they dont "run" constantly for 90 minutes.

When do they get water breaks? or timeouts to discuss moves? or just a break for air?


they can make 3 total subs all game long

[Evan]

give it up soulpatch. :)

They will never understand soccer if they don't give it a chance. It is so ignorant to bash something you don't know anything about.

It would be like someone overseas coming here making fun of the nba and sayings its nothing but guys throwing a ball at a circle. But they played it in grade school so they udnerstand it.

[MajorMike]

Once again, people from abroad acting like they are the only ones that know anything about the sport, acting like elitest, but making fun of Americans in the same breath for liking 'their' sports. Hypocrits, the lot of you.

Give it up, Americans, foreigners will never be able to comprehend why Americans see them as simple minded for only being able to follow one sport.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Once again, people from abroad acting like they are the only ones that know anything about the sport, acting like elitest, but making fun of Americans in the same breath for liking 'their' sports. Hypocrits, the lot of you.

Give it up, Americans, foreigners will never be able to comprehend why Americans see them as simple minded for only being able to follow one sport.Mike you've constantly proven you don't know SHIT about football, so what the fuck are you complaining about?? You just even went so far as to say the goalie is the only one who plays the entire game, when the fact is each team gets to sub 3 players out of the 11 on the field. That means that 8 play ALL GAME LONG you moron. Please refrain from opening your mouth about things you OBVIOUSLY know nothing about.

[MajorMike]

Mike you've constantly proven you don't know SHIT about football, so what the fuck are you complaining about?? You just even went so far as to say the goalie is the only one who plays the entire game, when the fact is each team gets to sub 3 players out of the 11 on the field. That means that 8 play ALL GAME LONG you moron. Please refrain from opening your mouth about things you OBVIOUSLY know nothing about.

All game long. Do they run constantly for 90 minutes?

No. Thanks for playing.

Go be an asshole to your mom again, she looks like she needs it. She didn't do such a good job with you, because you obviously didn't learn any manners.

[johngateswhiteley]

All game long. Do they run constantly for 90 minutes?

No. Thanks for playing.

Go be an asshole to your mom again, she looks like she needs it. She didn't do such a good job with you, because you obviously didn't learn any manners.

most of these guys are right though, you don't know much about soccer. there is more running in soccer than just about any sport and if you include jogging as some type of running, then yeah, they pretty much are running the entire time. even when there are throw ins or corners and goal kicks, players are running for position. besides if you look at the game as a whole, these type of 'stoppage' plays rarely constitute more than 5% of the game.

[MajorMike]

Again, I love how the only explaination you can give as to why someone doesn't like something is that they don't know anything about it. Would you like to see my USSF certification? I guess the reason I didn't know that the pros only get 3 subs is that youth soccer gets unlimited.

No, they don't run constantly for 90 minutes. Don't try to spin your way around it. The phrase "run constantly for 90 minutes" is utterly and completely false, no matter how you spin it.

[SAtown]

No, they don't run constantly for 90 minutes. Don't try to spin your way around it. The phrase "run constantly for 90 minutes" is utterly and completely false, no matter how you spin it.

Ok, well in American football, you run a play for 4-6 seconds and you rest for 40. Does that make them better athletes? Also, they only play 16 times a year (compared to soccer players that play league games, inner-league cup games, champions leauge/uefa cup games, and national team summer games ALL YEAR ROUND); so are baseball players better athletes than football players? Your argument is ignorant and stupid. You don't know soccer, so don't post and act like you do. Most baseball and football players can't run 10 kilometers a game; the average soccer player runs more than that per game. Just face it, Americans are afraid of change. They feel as if soccer is infringing on their culture.

Have fun watching roid-using cheaters play baseball and felons play American football. At least soccer players respect their sport, fanbase, and more importantly, COUNTRY OF BIRTH. How many times can you say that about American sports, and more importantly, American national teams recently?

[SAtown]

Also, Americans need something EXTREME to bring them together and feel "proud to be Americans." They need something like a natural disaster or terrorist attack to feel proud of themselves. What does the rest of the world need? A World Cup game.

[Help A Brother Out]

You can take a boy out of Okie State but you can't take the Okie State out of the boy.

:donkey

[MajorMike]

Ok, well in American football, you run a play for 4-6 seconds and you rest for 40. Does that make them better athletes? Also, they only play 16 times a year (compared to soccer players that play league games, inner-league cup games, champions leauge/uefa cup games, and national team summer games ALL YEAR ROUND); so are baseball players better athletes than football players? Your argument is ignorant and stupid. You don't know soccer, so don't post and act like you do. Most baseball and football players can't run 10 kilometers a game; the average soccer player runs more than that per game. Just face it, Americans are afraid of change. They feel as if soccer is infringing on their culture.

Have fun watching roid-using cheaters play baseball and felons play American football. At least soccer players respect their sport, fanbase, and more importantly, COUNTRY OF BIRTH. How many times can you say that about American sports, and more importantly, American national teams recently?


Here's the best part. I never said American sports run more, ya'll just put that in my mouth.

Soccer players respect their sport and fanbase hahaha. Yeah, that's why they change teams and nations as often as backup NFL quarterbacks change teams. Country of Birth?? What country is Beckham oplaying in now? What country did he play in last year? How many times to players skip country to get more money? That's a complete laff. Not to mention the fanbase that makes monkey calls and throw bananas when Africans come to town, and corrupt franchises that are run by organized crime and constantly declare bankruptcy.

By all account, the only reason you soccer peeps give as to why soccer players are better athletes is because they run so much. That's the only thing you can go back on. They run all the time. Run run run. Well, by your own logic, a marathon runner is a better athlete than a soccer player, because he runs constantly for hours.

Boy, I'd love to see a marathon runner, or even Beckham for that matter (who you keep tellig me is not only the world's best athlete but best soccer player), take a forearm from someone like Boozer or Malone or stand his ground at home plate with Ryan Howard or Prince Fielder barrelling towards them full speed to knock the shit out of em, or even in full gear in a backfield waiting for Brian Urlacher or Ray Lewis to grind them into the dirt. That'd be fun.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Here's the best part. I never said American sports run more, ya'll just put that in my mouth.

Soccer players respect their sport and fanbase hahaha. Yeah, that's why they change teams and nations as often as backup NFL quarterbacks change teams. Country of Birth?? What country is Beckham oplaying in now? What country did he play in last year? How many times to players skip country to get more money? That's a complete laff. Not to mention the fanbase that makes monkey calls and throw bananas when Africans come to town, and corrupt franchises that are run by organized crime and constantly declare bankruptcy.

By all account, the only reason you soccer peeps give as to why soccer players are better athletes is because they run so much. That's the only thing you can go back on. They run all the time. Run run run. Well, by your own logic, a marathon runner is a better athlete than a soccer player, because he runs constantly for hours.

Boy, I'd love to see a marathon runner, or even Beckham for that matter (who you keep tellig me is not only the world's best athlete but best soccer player), take a forearm from someone like Boozer or Malone or stand his ground at home plate with Ryan Howard or Prince Fielder barrelling towards them full speed to knock the shit out of em, or even in full gear in a backfield waiting for Brian Urlacher or Ray Lewis to grind them into the dirt. That'd be fun.
jesus... seriously, how old are you?? You REALLY don't know ANYTHING about football do you?? Let me get this straight, by what you've written here, you've made it painfully clear that you are clueless about the rules of the game, the difference between club leagues and national tournaments and on top of that you're going to start making shit up now?? Who in the hell is saying Beckham is the best athlete in the world?? Are you on crack?? Nobody here is even saying he's the best football player! In fact, check the title of the thread Mickey... let me give you a piece of advice, if you ain't got anything intelligent to say... STFU!! There, how's that for manners :rolleyes



Yeah, that's why they change teams and nations as often as backup NFL quarterbacks change teams. Country of Birth?? What country is Beckham oplaying in now? What country did he play in last year? How many times to players skip country to get more money?
:lmao I rest my case, you're so fucking clueless about the subject, you're on par with NBADan talking about Chavez.

Next time, try and educate yourself on the subject at hand before opinionating, you'll save yourself the embarrasment of looking this stupid.



Go be an asshole to your mom again, she looks like she needs it. She didn't do such a good job with you, because you obviously didn't learn any manners.


Go cry to your mommy about manners son, this is a forum! more to the point, this is Spurstalk, shit flies everywhere here, next time try not to step in front of the fan, k?

[Soul_Patch]

Professional players typically cover around 10 km during the course of a game. The intensities are usually listed as walking (25% of the total distance), jogging (37%), sprinting (11%), backing (6%) and cruising ("running with manifest purpose and effort" 20%). The highest intensity, sprinting, is between 10-40 meters accumulating about 800-1000 meters. The total pat¬tern of movements number about 850 distinct activities. This then corresponds to 1 change in direction or intensity about every 5-6 seconds. A player sprints about once every 90 seconds and works at the higher intensities of sprinting/cruising about once every 30 seconds. Over half the total distance is covered in the first half.

http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/drafts/Soccer_physiology.doc

[Soul_Patch]

oh...and to those american's who dont know the conversion rate...that is about 6.3 miles.

[Soul_Patch]

and yes i am also american, but i find soccer entertaining.

[MajorMike]

jesus... seriously, how old are you?? ... let me give you a piece of advice, if you ain't got anything intelligent to say... STFU!!
Next time, try and educate yourself on the subject at hand before opinionating, you'll save yourself the embarrasment of looking this stupid.


Kettle.

[SAtown]

Country of Birth?? What country is Beckham oplaying in now? What country did he play in last year?

:lol When the World Cup or UEFA EuroCup comes along (before this year BECAUSE HE IS TOO OLD) you'd see him PROUDLY wear the captain's arm-band for the ENGLAND NAT'L TEAM. Just like any other soccer player in the world! They feel proud for wearing their country's colors.

The best "ballas" in the USA don't wanna put on a USA uniform in basketball. They best Baseball players never play ball for the USA. The NFL players... well, nevermind lol.

[SAtown]

Boy, I'd love to see a marathon runner, or even Beckham for that matter (who you keep tellig me is not only the world's best athlete but best soccer player), take a forearm from someone like Boozer or Malone or stand his ground at home plate with Ryan Howard or Prince Fielder barrelling towards them full speed to knock the shit out of em, or even in full gear in a backfield waiting for Brian Urlacher or Ray Lewis to grind them into the dirt. That'd be fun.

Ok, well I'd love to see Boozer or Malone go up against a fuckin Sumo wrestler, the best UFC fighter, or even the winner of the Stongest Man in the World Competition. Does that make any sense to you?

Again, your argument is ignorant and stupid, so please shut the fuck up about things you don't know, or are afraid of.

[1369]

If David Beckham were a horse, they would have shot him by now. (http://www.thestar.com/article/243345)