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This wanker midnightpup ( got name tbh) just clogged an entire thread with pics of shirtless overweight, son just go on spread the cheeks and ask one of them for the tbh.
only Trump can save us from "poverty ball"
I respect soccer, but no way is it more entertaining than the NBA and NFL, LOL. Just my opinion, but most non-Americans beg to differ. I personally don't see what the most foreigners see in soccer over American Football and Basketball. I'd rather watch a chess game than soccer. Sure they have the occasional spectacular goal, but that hardly ever happens with the ridiculously low scores that usually take place.
"Poverty kids" in America going nuts for Messi
America likes trendy retro . No surprise. "Hey remember this old antiquated thing? Let's go back to that!" Americans get bored of their popular modern sports from time to time, and so they temporarily get into some simple ancient sport for a while.
Foreigners are pretty much grandfathered in to loving the sport. Real talk here. It can be amazing at times, but I do wholeheartedly believe its game design is outdated, a design that doesn't balance the "tension" with enough payoffs. I'm casually following the Euros and Copa America, just for the purpose of witnessing 3rd worlder meltdowns when their team loses, and as I've said, 90% of the scores are some 3-2, 2-1, 1-0, or tie variation.
Look as this (and there were two more ties today):
You simply don't get that punch-counterpunch-punch dynamic as much in soccer as you do in other sports. Another big advantage football, basketball, baseball, and even rugby and Aussie rules have is that you can win a game in the last moments facing a deficit (down 2 in basketball, a 3 wins it. Down 6 in football, a TD wins it. Down 2 runs in baseball, a 3 run homer wins it, etc). In soccer, the best you can is tie and go into overtime.
I gave it a chance once, and it's an okay sport, but it's just not captivating enough for me. What usually makes soccer games entertaining is the fan involvement rather than the game itself. Wild crowds can make anything "exciting." That's one cue US sports fans need to take from soccer fans. They simply never stop cheering, even during a mind-numbingly boring park-the-bus 0-0 snoozefest.
That's a testament to the compe ion, not some systemic failure.
Soccer is great fun to watch. Especially considering I didn't know about any of the premiere league teams and met a die hard ManU fan in Florida who converted me into the legions I didn't know existed. It's cool rooting for a Lakers/Yankees type team and not feeling guilty about it
I'm just talking about reality.
Perception is reality, friend. didn't you figure that out trippin acid back in the day?
I'm cool with soccer, but they need to start fining players for flopping.
They do actually suspend players..millionaries dont care about 50k fines bro. Chances are at a national level..the government will pay for it
Well whatever it is, they need to do something bout it. Sure there is flopping in other sports, but it's just it's on a whole different level in soccer. It's hard to fully respect the sport when someone falls to the ground writhing in pain on the floor every 3 minutes, only to get back up and keep playing.
I see his point. You have the chance to shoot for a win in NBA. In soccer you are either one down and trying to tie, or tied looking to go ahead. There isn't a a dramatic shot. Now if youmade goals in soccer worth 2 points in the last 2 mintues (and extra time) you could shut up Mid's point.
now that i'm thinking....goals in soccer should be worth 3 pts. Penalties worth 1-3 penalty kicks on goal worth one point each depending on severity. More shots on goal, more stoppage time, more convaluted scoring. Thats what america wants.
Yes, I understood what he said. My "what?" referred to his wrong conclusion. There have been many comebacks in the last minutes of a football match. For example this Champions League final.
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