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watch some of the World Cup. It's exhausting.

Nobody knows when the game ends, they add on as much time as they want. Not used to dead ball situations and the clock continues to run.....after goals (which are rarer than Halley's Comet), out of bounds, injuries, etc.....and I still have a hard time figuring out how a 0-0 tie.....excuse me, draw.....is a "thing of beauty" to soccer purists.

And what is with those freakin' horns, good grief. It sounds like the stadium is overrun with an epic plague-like invasion of angry hornets.

Like I said, I've tried. And I've yet to figure how why we're being pelted each year with derision because we haven't lovingly adopted this form of torture into our cultural mainstream.

HUP HOLLAND!

Well, that fixes that.

Those lovely young ladies were escorted from the stadium. A couple of them were arrested. Seems their orange dresses violate an advertisement agreement.

Yeah, the dresses had a teenie tag at thigh level that said "Bavaria" instead of Budweiser. Only two were arrested for organizing it.

lets clear up the horn thing...EVERYBODY hates them except the people blowing them. i really hate how people who dont like soccer act like the soccer fans here like them. its much like a mississippi state cow bell. the only people that like them are the people ringing them...period (not necessarily directed towards you, redeemed).

i love the game of soccer. as ive said many time before, i can understand why some dont. what i dont get is the fact that people who dont like soccer are so vocal about it...you dont like it...fine...dont watch it.
--i know lots of people that dont like golf (including myself), but i dont see multiple threads during the masters talking about it being boring.
--i know lots of people that think watching baseball is more boring then watching glue dry, but they dont take their time telling everybody that will listen that they dont like it.
--ive heard many people talk as though they feel personally assaulted just because a soccer tournament is getting a fair amount of coverage (not directed to anybody on blazertalk). i just dont get it.

if you dont like it, fine. as soon as somebody sits you down and tapes your eyes open and tries to force you to like it, i'll be on your side to punish that person. but short of that, just dont watch it. for those who complain that it dominates espn...well, i pretty much avoid sportscenter during prime baseball season because it bores me. its one month every 4 years...change the channel

It's one month every four years. What else is there to watch in June? No one is forcing anyone or "pelting anyone with derision" for not watching it. I probably won't remain a fan after its over, but I think I am a fan for a month anyway.

I don't like baseball. Guess what! I don't watch it.

If you don't like soccer, don't watch it. But don't claim that you are some how victimized for not liking soccer.

Yeah, Redeemed and lair, the horns are VERY annoying.

Soccer - or futbol, if you will - is entertaining to watch in person; I can't watch it on TV. It's much like baseball; it's fun to watch in person, but if you don't have a rooting interest in a team, then it's less than fun to watch on TV.

(06-16-2010 08:33 PM)BlazerJoe Wrote: [ -> ]Soccer - or futbol, if you will - is entertaining to watch in person; I can't watch it on TV. It's much like baseball; it's fun to watch in person, but if you don't have a rooting interest in a team, then it's less than fun to watch on TV.

I was watching the Dutch-Danish match the other morning at work on the internet. A few people found out when the Dutch scored their second goal.

(06-16-2010 08:33 PM)BlazerJoe Wrote: [ -> ]Soccer - or futbol, if you will - is entertaining to watch in person; I can't watch it on TV. It's much like baseball; it's fun to watch in person, but if you don't have a rooting interest in a team, then it's less than fun to watch on TV.

Soccer and baseball are more fun to watch in person because you get to see the entire field all the time instead of only the guy who has the ball. One advantage football has is that it is concentrated with a starting line of scrimmage that the TV can cover leaving no one on offense or defense to be important to a play by surprise. Instant replay has enabled us to see a particular player if by some chance he was out of the picture from the line of scrimmage-catching a deep pass for instance. Instant replay has become so important today that the fans at the game want the jumbo TVs so they also can see it.

In baseball, TV zeros in on the pitcher-batter with each pitch, so home viewers don't get to see the fielders being moved to position them for each pitch or for each batter unless a commentator calls for a shot of the field. They are seen only if the ball is hit toward them and we see if the manager called for the right defense, or not. For me, baseball remains the only team sport where the clock can never become a participant on the side of one team and against the other. No team ever loses because "they ran out of time".

"One advantage football has is that it is concentrated with a starting line of scrimmage that the TV can cover"

Quick-cut editing has taken me away from watching much televised football. It's just ingrained that the play starts when you break the huddle. Cutting away to show some talking head or some busty sideline babe or highlights of a different game and then cutting to the play just at the snap ... it's just not football. The anticipation, the tension - it's all taken away.

I could watch any amount of soccer involving the Dutch girl on the far right.