OK…..Soccer is just plain Stupid

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

Put Biden and Trump in a closed, locked room....each one with a baseball bat.

Now THAT is a SPORT!!!!

 

[Toro]

The world LOVES this game?

1. First off, they don’t call it Soccer, they call it Football. An affront to the greatest game ever invented.

2. Then, they don’t play on a Soccer Field, they call it a Football Pitch. An affront to two great American sports.

3. When the score is 2-0, they don’t say Two to Zero or Two to Nothing, they say Two to Nil. Almost as bad as Tennis where they would call it 60 Love

4. They don’t know how to keep time. Every other sport runs the clock backwards so the fans and players know how much time is left. Soccer starts at 0 and runs to 45 minutes. When it reaches 45 min, is the game over? No, the refs keep a secret stoppage time and adds it to the end of the game.

 

[Yarddog]

The world LOVES this game?

1. First off, they don’t call it Soccer, they call it Football. An affront to the greatest game ever invented.

2. Then, they don’t play on a Soccer Field, they call it a Football Pitch. An affront to two great American sports.

3. When the score is 2-0, they don’t say Two to Zero or Two to Nothing, they say Two to Nil. Almost as bad as Tennis where they would call it 60 Love

4. They don’t know how to keep time. Every other sport runs the clock backwards so the fans and players know how much time is left. Soccer starts at 0 and runs to 45 minutes. When it reaches 45 min, is the game over? No, the refs keep a secret stoppage time and adds it to the end of the game.

I love soccer. It has a giant assed goal the size of a Winnebago and nobody can hit the ball in it hahahaha

 

[rightwinger]

I love soccer. It has a giant assed goal the size of a Winnebago and nobody can hit the ball in it hahahaha

Great game between the US and England

An hour and a half for a 0-0 game

I see why Soccer is so popular around the world

 

[Mindful]

Great game between the US and England

An hour and a half for a 0-0 game

I see why Soccer is so popular around the world

Nobody’s forcing you to watch it?

 

[rightwinger]

Nobody’s forcing you to watch it?

And miss watching paint dry?
No way

 

[Mindful]

And miss watching paint dry?
No way

That’s an old one. Very lame.

 

[rightwinger]

That’s an old one. Very lame.

Very true

0-0 games are so exciting

 

[Yarddog]

Great game between the US and England

An hour and a half for a 0-0 game

I see why Soccer is so popular around the world

And just think. All that boredom is broken up by four years of boredom meaningless soccer in between the World Cup boredom

 

[Yarddog]

That’s an old one. Very lame.

Haha true, though it’s more like watching the paint fade over the years

 

[boedicca]

 

[petro]

Because the players fall over and writhe in pain after any contact at all

Make it more like Hockey with full body checks and fist fighting.
Then I might tune in.

 

[Mindful]

Very true

0-0 games are so exciting

Just like you.

 

[candycorn]

The world LOVES this game?

1. First off, they don’t call it Soccer, they call it Football. An affront to the greatest game ever invented.

2. Then, they don’t play on a Soccer Field, they call it a Football Pitch. An affront to two great American sports.

3. When the score is 2-0, they don’t say Two to Zero or Two to Nothing, they say Two to Nil. Almost as bad as Tennis where they would call it 60 Love

4. They don’t know how to keep time. Every other sport runs the clock backwards so the fans and players know how much time is left. Soccer starts at 0 and runs to 45 minutes. When it reaches 45 min, is the game over? No, the refs keep a secret stoppage time and adds it to the end of the game.

Well, it's actually added to the end of the half as well; not the end of the game per say (BTW...its called a match--not a "game").

Soccer is much more difficult than American Football. I will say this though; American Football is perfect for America. Near-instant gratification, sanctioned violence, women wearning next to nothing on the sidelines, accepted traumatic brain injuries and a wink-wink/nod-nod approach to addressing any issues that come up in the sport. Pretty much a mirror to American society.

 

[frigidweirdo]

The world LOVES this game?

1. First off, they don’t call it Soccer, they call it Football. An affront to the greatest game ever invented.

2. Then, they don’t play on a Soccer Field, they call it a Football Pitch. An affront to two great American sports.

3. When the score is 2-0, they don’t say Two to Zero or Two to Nothing, they say Two to Nil. Almost as bad as Tennis where they would call it 60 Love

4. They don’t know how to keep time. Every other sport runs the clock backwards so the fans and players know how much time is left. Soccer starts at 0 and runs to 45 minutes. When it reaches 45 min, is the game over? No, the refs keep a secret stoppage time and adds it to the end of the game.

So, you have to be able to count up to 90 to be a "soccer" fan? So how much of the US population does this rule out then?

 

[braalian]

Hank Hill explains it well

 

[rightwinger]

So, you have to be able to count up to 90 to be a "soccer" fan? So how much of the US population does this rule out then?

How stupid is that?
Who doesn’t realize you run the clock backwards so you know how much time is left? Doesn’t really matter because you are not going to score anyway

How stupid is it that you don’t stop the clock during breaks in action? No, you end the game and then add extra time on the clock

 

[frigidweirdo]

How stupid is that?
Who doesn’t realize you run the clock backwards so you know how much time is left? Doesn’t really matter because you are not going to score anyway

How stupid is it that you don’t stop the clock during breaks in action? No, you end the game and then add extra time on the clock

So it's stupid because it's not what you've grown up to know? How much time is left in football depends on what happened in the match. But kids manage to figure it out.

 

[rightwinger]

So it's stupid because it's not what you've grown up to know? How much time is left in football depends on what happened in the match. But kids manage to figure it out.

Then why doesn’t any other sport use soccers stupid clock system?

Stop the clock during game stoppages?
Inconceivable!

 

[frigidweirdo]

Then why doesn’t any other sport use soccers stupid clock system?

Stop the clock during game stoppages?
Inconceivable!

Well, they actually do.

Rugby and handball do the same as soccer.