A thread about soccer, now we’re talkin’! I’d like to address a few quotes by some of y’all.
The European Cup is there for the taking for the French unless they work really hard at throwing it away – like they did with the World Cup in the Far East a couple of years back.
Like they will in Portugal if they seriously intend on starting Sylvain Wiltord over Robert Pires. Seriously, other than David Beckham, has there ever been a player more over-rated than Wiltord? He was instrumental in Arsenal going undefeated this year…by not being fit enough to play!
I am supporting Spain, it would be nice to see them win a major trophy for once.
Yeah, too bad Spain aint winning anything. They will lose to Greece in the first round, because for I will be at that game!
I am sick and bloody tired of seeing his bloody face, his bloody wife’s face and his bloody tattoo in our newspapers every day. I dread to think what overkill we would be subjected to if England won!!! You must admit that as far as the media is concerned, there is only one player in the England team, and that is Beckham. What about the other 10? Have the media forgotten that football is a team game in their sick perverted obsession with a jessie who wears girls hair bands, pink nail varnish, sarongs, perfume etc? I hate the idea that people see an effeminate pr*ck like Beckham as a representation of England. And I hate it when they assume that all English women adore Beckham, because I certainly bloody don’t.
This is one of the greatest tirades I have ever heard! I like this so much, Comet, I am going to print this out and show it to my cousins who are avid England supporters. Beckham is so over-rated, it is disgusting. Real Madrid had a great season, didn’t they?
I don’t want to know another snippet of dreck about that arrogant tosser. He fouls and then squinies. He plays up for the press and then moans like buggery about them. The guy is a cretin; not for nothing is he portrayed the way he is by imitators. Hate is not a strong word for my feelings here.
Equally well said, Flood.
As an American, I can tell all you very confused people that Football season does not begin until September. The World Champion team is the New England Patriots. And that silly game that the rest of the world plays in short pants and a round ball is Soccer. No one in the US gives a damn about Soccer. In the US, Soccer is the game we force our children to play until they are old enough to take up Baseball. The only European game that Americans could become interested in is Rugby…. but you will have to change the off side rule, allow forward passes and give the player some pads and helemts so that they can really injure each other.
See, it’s commentary like this that really portrays us Americans as arrogant. For the record, gentleman, I am an American who loves soccer, and there are more like us. Soccer does get a bad rap here in the U.S., and there seemingly is no end in sight. It is a misunderstood game by most here, but yet, hockey has boomed in the last decade. The ironic thing is, during that time, hockey has turned into a joke of a sport. The NBA isn’t much better nowadays, with scores in the 72-67 variety. Ridiculous. As far as American football goes, that’s where I draw the line, because most of the anti-gridiron comments are about as illogical as this anti-soccer post. It is just misunderstood by most outside the U.S., just like soccer is here.
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