Re: Official World Cup Thread: I bet Maicon couldnt hit that again if he tried. What a PERFECT strike and curve.
Re: Soccer sucks. Straight from the department of re-hashed old material, let's check in with failed you-tube sketch writer turned Onion Senior hack correspondent Dustin Oldjokesov, reporting from 15 years ago... Dustin do you have any new material to add here? "Nope, back to you, Jim"
Re: Soccer sucks. I watched the Brazil v N. Korea match today. Brazil is good. And pretty entertaining. Even without scoring a ton of goals they were attacking a lot and it created the impression that they could score at any moment. That made a difference for me, and I'm sure for other casual viewers. Plus I wanted to see if any N Korean player would smile even once. I was surprised to see emotion and even a little sportsmanship from them. The announcers said the N Korean fans in the stadium were paid actors from China. Fucking weird. I'm contemplating get up at 6:30am for the USA game Friday morning. I believe it's being played at 9:30am ET.
Re: Soccer sucks. The Koreans were very noble throughout the game and I didn't really expect anything else. You won't see them dive, that's for sure.
Re: Soccer sucks. Is diving when they roll and round overreacting to being tripped, stepped on, etc...etc? I get they do it to try and get a yellow, but it's pretty disgraceful, IMO.
Re: Soccer sucks. Exactly. It's what you guys call a 'flop' in the NBA. It's retarded and Italy are the master of it. Thankfully, England and USA don't dive much but then again Rooney and Gerrard aren't exactly saints. Complete twat: [video=youtube;O0UdpLNiD-o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0UdpLNiD-o&feature=related[/video] Another twat: [video=youtube;i1jvUjuzKn8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1jvUjuzKn8[/video] Worst dive of all: [video=youtube;0I8p_CRR3Bk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I8p_CRR3Bk[/video]
Re: Soccer sucks. lol @ worst dive ever. If you want to know one major reason American's don't like Soccer, look no further than diving. It's the #1 complaint my friends have about soccer, not lack of scoring. That one is funny though.
Re: Soccer sucks. Sortof reminds me of this moment in (American) football (comes at the end of the clip): [video=youtube;GWALEh7fT5w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWALEh7fT5w[/video]
Re: Soccer sucks. Diving is one of those things that fan's can't stand. Arsenal is one of the worst. Just look up any clip of Jens Lehmann or Thiery Henry with the word "dive" on YouTube. But you get it a lot in Italian leagues and anything in South America. But, that said I think a small share of "diving" comes from either an anticipation of contact and small amounts of contact at high speed. When you are using your feet to move you and to move the ball and something trips you up or throws you off, it does mess with your balance. But the thing is, there are the same obnoxious things in any sport and those who claim it's a big reason they don't like the sport are just (usually) repeating something they heard someone say. How seriously would you take me if I said that I can't be a fan of basketball because most people take more than 2 steps when going for a dunk? Or that I can't like the NFL because it's obnoxious how people celebrate every play like they just won the league (congrats, you made a tackle, get over it). Or that I can't like baseball because runners slide into the shortstop instead of the bag to break up a double play. All of those things are extremely lame, but part of the sport and I would be retarded for making a judgement based on a pet peeve. Hate the diver, not the sport in which the diver is disgracing.
Re: Soccer sucks. Yeah Brazil are always fun to watch. I was very impressed with N. Korea, it was like someone was holding their families hostage back home. They played really well (if overly defensive -- it was like watching Bolton play at times) for most of the game, even got a goal out of it, which is surprising. Must be hard on the west coast watching so early...
Re: Soccer sucks. Rivaldo is fucking ****! Tragic that he drew a red card here: [video=youtube;cVksdN4QnvA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVksdN4QnvA[/video]
Re: Official World Cup Thread: All these Rob Green jokes are getting out of hand. In fact, they're crossing the line.
Re: Soccer sucks. Anyway why don't you guys watch some FIFA Fairplay videos to counterbalance this slander that is going on here Guy refuses a penalty cause he didn't feel he deserved it: [video=youtube;mw6MYwokbhU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw6MYwokbhU&NR=1[/video] Keeper injured, player catches ball to stop play when his team had the advantage: [video=youtube;EWdf5ZLbtYo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWdf5ZLbtYo&feature=related[/video] A player is returning the ball to the other team after an injury, but accidentally scores, his team allows the other team to put in a goal to make up for it: [video=youtube;BfwktuMXK0I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfwktuMXK0I&feature=related[/video] Player tells ref he wasn't fouled: [video=youtube;T0AB0LoJeWM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0AB0LoJeWM&feature=related[/video] Unfortunately "FIFA Fair Play" is not as common as diving, but you never seen anything like this in American sports.
