fischer
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Post by fischer on Jun 28, 2010 10:56:18 GMT -5
Oh, and exalt to KBK for not being a soccer guy, even though he's a soccer guy.
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Post by mikeswife on Jun 28, 2010 14:22:38 GMT -5
soccer players...very athletic...hard work
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Post by P. Marf on Jun 28, 2010 19:32:06 GMT -5
But pop their collars.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jun 28, 2010 19:42:03 GMT -5
Soccer just reaks of socialism and third-worldness. That's what's wrong. That's why it's gay. Soccer also invented participation ribbons and not keeping score. More gayness.
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sully
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Post by sully on Jun 29, 2010 11:11:52 GMT -5
Good points.
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Post by duckbutter on Jun 29, 2010 12:41:27 GMT -5
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Post by karilou on Jun 29, 2010 13:12:10 GMT -5
wow. there is a special place in hell for that man.
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fischer
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Post by fischer on Jun 29, 2010 13:53:13 GMT -5
I don't think soccer started the participation ribbon thing.
In fact, my first memory of receiving a trophy for nothing was in little league. Maybe soccer did it sooner, I don't know. But neither do you.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jun 29, 2010 17:36:50 GMT -5
My first memory of a ribbon was when my brother played soccer. The year before his t-ball team finished 3rd and he cried b/c he didn't get a trophy. The next year his soccer team finished dead last and they got a little gay statue.
Another thing about soccer...how can a game end on a pansy little p penalty kick? That guy for Paraguay did a little toe tap and the goalie went the other way. It looked gay. They should close up half the net for PKs. Make the goalie actually make a save instead of making him guess right.
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Post by P. Marf on Jun 29, 2010 18:52:53 GMT -5
Agree.
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Post by The River Assassin on Jun 29, 2010 23:44:55 GMT -5
My first memory of a ribbon was when my brother played soccer. The year before his t-ball team finished 3rd and he cried b/c he didn't get a trophy. The next year his soccer team finished dead last and they got a little gay statue. Another thing about soccer...how can a game end on a pansy little p penalty kick? That guy for Paraguay did a little toe tap and the goalie went the other way. It looked gay. They should close up half the net for PKs. Make the goalie actually make a save instead of making him guess right. Head. Nail. My first memory of a participation ribbon was in little league, but we didn't have soccer in Gonzales so I can't really say where it came from. I just remember throwing that ribbon in the trash because even then I knew it was worthless. Any little kid that gets joy from a participation ribbon is a dumbass. |
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Post by karilou on Jun 30, 2010 7:44:24 GMT -5
we got participation ribbons in elementary school for track and field. i still have all of mine.
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Post by duckbutter on Jun 30, 2010 8:52:23 GMT -5
we got participation ribbons in elementary school for track and field. i still have all of mine. I've never gotten participation ribbons in any sport. I was always a winner. Participation ribbons suck. It's just a nice way to tell someone they are terrible at whatever they are doing. |
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 12, 2010 11:46:54 GMT -5
Are soccer players normally stupid or do they just put the most mentally incompetant ones in the media?
Alexei Lalas looks like he's never spoken a word on camera. He appeared to have prepared as much as John Kruk prepares for a 4x100 relay.
The semi-black dutch guy does not know how to put a complete sentence together. I thought that if Captain Caveman ever decided to learn Japanese he would resemble this guy.
I somehow found myself listening to yesterday's game on the radio on the way back from Houston and the Irish guy (Tommy Smith, I think was his name) actually said "If ever a game needed a goal, this is it." Really? REALLY? KBK, was this guy known for headers because he's obviously taken a lot of blows to the head.
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Post by Kickball Kevin on Jul 12, 2010 12:18:47 GMT -5
I love listening to Tommy Smith call games. He was saying a goal would force the Dutch out of their defensive mindset and allow for a better game. Ruud Gulit (the dutch guy) was nervous and excited and probably not to focused, he's typically pretty good. I don't like listening to many of the ex-players when they do analysis, but there are some good ones. We've seen it in all sports, not all good players, make good TV personalities.
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