Sick to the back teeth of Soccer

RobAMerc · 10-10-2007 2:20pm #1

hi,

I am in the humor for a bit of a rant so so here goes.

Is anyone else sick to death of hearing about, and seeing soccer all over the place ?
I mean - I am happy to have the channels broadcast results but soccer seems to be taking over all media.
I am particularly sick to death of hearing about English club soccer.
It absolutely galls me that the first thing out of the sports news reporters mouth every day is always something about English club soccer - even if an IRISH sports person in some other sport is doing well in a world event, soccer is even first when the "news" might be something as mundane as a 3rd rate managers name has been linked to a 4th rate team.They barely mention our own soccer league at all either.

I know I can turn it off but am I being unreasonable in asking that I am not barraged with soccer every time I turn the TV or radio on ?

Hellm0 · 10-10-2007 2:26pm

Completely agree. I dont hate the sport(Its difficult to hate the act of kicking a ball), I hate the over dramatisation and the over coverage of it.

Its a ball. Its a few guys kicking a ball(with another team of guys trying to take it off them). So f*cking what.

leninbenjamin · 10-10-2007 2:30pm

BLASPHEMY!!!!!! :mad:

lots of people have an interest in soccer. therefore it's broadcast all over the place. deal with it.

zuutroy · 10-10-2007 2:31pm

Like everything, its pretty easy to avoid if you've no interest. I couldnt tell you a single thing about the premier league this year.

Genghiz Cohen · 10-10-2007 2:33pm

Lots of people have an interest in computer games too, 9 million people world-wide play WoW, there has been a couple of billion* hours of Halo 3 played so far, wheres the news coverage of that sort of thing.

*I think, heard it from someone across the room in class.

gustavo · 10-10-2007 2:34pm

Agree with the annoying propensity for exposure of foreign football to the detriment of our own football,Still though Go on the Rovers!

Dragan · 10-10-2007 2:36pm

I used to love the game, but then all the players became pussies.

Don't watch it no more.

Degsy · 10-10-2007 2:38pm

Soccer is complete idiocy.Imbeciles sitting in pubs,grossly oeverweight bullshiiting on about "we beat you" or "you beat us".If most of these halfwits were to take a running kick at a ball they'd collapse with instant heart failure.Then there's the idiots who have nothing better to talk about amongst each other than to crap on about "the match" last night.People who cant string two words together become verbose pundits on the subject of football.I hate it and everything to do with it.

MOH · 10-10-2007 2:38pm

Great, it's bad enough that it's all over the media, now it's here in After Hours too. :mad:

Nah, doesn't bother me. I'm sick to death if seeing tons of 'celebrity' nonsense in the media everyday too, but I just ignore it.

They wouldn't report it if they didn't feel a large portion of listeners/readers/viewers were interested.

leninbenjamin · 10-10-2007 2:39pm

Genghiz Cohen wrote:

Lots of people have an interest in computer games too, 9 million people world-wide play WoW, there has been a couple of billion* hours of Halo 3 played so far, wheres the news coverage of that sort of thing.

*I think, heard it from someone across the room in class.

well that's simple really...because you're average person who plays these video games spends don't look at other forms of media as much as others. a couple of billion hours already, do you think the one's who really put in the time clocking up those hours sit down at nine o clock to watch the news or read the paper over breakfast? not likely...

Horsefumbler · 10-10-2007 2:39pm

Fuck You.

indough · 10-10-2007 2:40pm

I don't think that soccer is all over TV, that seems like a bit of an exaggeration to be honest.

A lot of people are very passionate about football just like anything else. If you want to go down the route of saying that it's just a few guys kicking a ball around then we could also say that the frescos in the Sistene Chapel are just some paint on a wall or that Beethovens 9th is just some musical notes thrown together.

The reason why the Eircom League isn't really concentrated on that much here is that it's just not a great standard of play compared to the premiership. That doesn't mean that people here aren't interested. TV stations over here do give quite detailed coverage of it though AFAIK.

Irish rugby was given precedent over soccer in the past weeks IMO so i'm not really sure why you think that all other sports are forsaken because of soccer. GAA also gets good coverage here.

Edit: There are also quite a few Irishmen involved in English soccer in case you weren't aware

RobAMerc · 10-10-2007 2:47pm

Degsy wrote:

Soccer is complete idiocy.Imbeciles sitting in pubs,grossly oeverweight bullshiiting on about "we beat you" or "you beat us".If most of these halfwits were to take a running kick at a ball they'd collapse with instant heart failure.Then there's the idiots who have nothing better to talk about amongst each other than to crap on about "the match" last night.People who cant string two words together become verbose pundits on the subject of football.I hate it and everything to do with it.

Stall the digger there Degsy - I was merely commenting on the amount of coverage of the premiership, I never said I hated the game
nor its supporters - please dont alter the direction of my thread.

Hellm0 · 10-10-2007 2:52pm

indough wrote:

I don't think that soccer is all over TV, that seems like a bit of an exaggeration to be honest.

A lot of people are very passionate about football just like anything else. If you want to go down the route of saying that it's just a few guys kicking a ball around then we could also say that the frescos in the Sistene Chapel are just some paint on a wall or that Beethovens 9th is just some musical notes thrown together.

The reason why the Eircom League isn't really concentrated on that much here is that it's just not a great standard of play compared to the premiership. That doesn't mean that people here aren't interested. TV stations over here do give quite detailed coverage of it though AFAIK.

Irish rugby was given precedent over soccer in the past weeks IMO so i'm not really sure why you think that all other sports are forsaken because of soccer. GAA also gets good coverage here.

Edit: There are also quite a few Irishmen involved in English soccer in case you weren't aware

Are you acually comparing football to works of art or musical masterpeices? Are you seriously sudgesting that? You should be taken out at dawn and shot like a lame horse.

Dyr · 10-10-2007 2:52pm

What cracks me up is when you here some bloke from cabra who's (for example) never stepped foot in lancashire yet refers to man yoo as "we" or "us". hell, even the ones who go travel to the odd game are risible. Have they got family there? Any ties other than manu/liverpool/arsenal were the team of the moment when they were in school? i doubt it.

Every english person ive met chortles mightily at this wannabe carry on too.

MySelf56 · 10-10-2007 2:53pm

I am aligning with OP and Degsy. I don’t understand what the big deal about the whole game is. Mr Billionaire X comes buys a club, buys all the best players and they will just keep winning every game and most of cups (Especially English Premier League). The more money you more pump in club you will win more games, hardly rocket science or excitement any more??! (Don’t tell me Club Bottom X won a cup 950 BC, it’s hardly convincing)

I know I am going to kicks and screams! But hey it’s my opinion!
:rolleyes:

Hellm0 · 10-10-2007 2:53pm

Degsy wrote:

Soccer is complete idiocy.Imbeciles sitting in pubs,grossly oeverweight bullshiiting on about "we beat you" or "you beat us".If most of these halfwits were to take a running kick at a ball they'd collapse with instant heart failure.Then there's the idiots who have nothing better to talk about amongst each other than to crap on about "the match" last night.People who cant string two words together become verbose pundits on the subject of football.I hate it and everything to do with it.

I applaud you sir.

Nevyn · 10-10-2007 2:54pm

Degsy wrote:

Soccer is complete idiocy.Imbeciles sitting in pubs,grossly oeverweight bullshiiting on about "we beat you" or "you beat us".If most of these halfwits were to take a running kick at a ball they'd collapse with instant heart failure.Then there's the idiots who have nothing better to talk about amongst each other than to crap on about "the match" last night.People who cant string two words together become verbose pundits on the subject of football.I hate it and everything to do with it.

Well said.

Dyr · 10-10-2007 2:54pm

Horsefumbler wrote:

Fuck You.

wow using formatting to get around the bold word filter, theres someone who really puts some effort into their insults

SimpleSam06 · 10-10-2007 2:55pm

Listen if getting drunk while staring dreamily at twenty two men in shorts running around sweating and kicking a bit of leather makes you a gargantuan homosexual, we may as well paint all soccer fans pink!1!

...

Wait, what?

Doodee · 10-10-2007 2:55pm

I just don't like black people.

No more inappropriate comments from you young lads.

Banned for 1,234,897,444 weeks

-Asok

biko · 10-10-2007 2:58pm

I'm not sick of it, merely inconvenienced by that's it's always on the telly in the pub. If you wanna support your local soccer club, fine, but don't support a club that you have no connection with whatsoever.

RobAMerc · 10-10-2007 3:00pm

indough wrote:

I don't think that soccer is all over TV, that seems like a bit of an exaggeration to be honest.

I disagree - listen to your radio on your way home this evening - sports news will be 60% soccer despite all the other sports played today.

you'll get home to watch six ones sports news - same thing - TV3 will devote a whole hour to it later in the evening in their "Sports" tonight. meanwhile if you dont wanna watch a champions league game on the telly turn back on the radio for some current affair or political debate -nope Off the Ball 60% soccer before another hour of soccer in the soccer show.

indough wrote:

Irish rugby was given precedent over soccer in the past weeks IMO so i'm not really sure why you think that all other sports are forsaken because of soccer. GAA also gets good coverage here.

Em - its the feckin World Cup and only Major news comes before news of some bolton wonderer's forward crying coz his mother forgot to breast feed him this morning.

GAA - gets coverage because its major season is in the Premiership off season.

Rob_l · 10-10-2007 3:00pm

I have no relation to the madelaine mccann case yet i am bombarded with reports on this issue I deal with this by not watching or reading or listening to gumbo's talk about it

I suggest the soccer haters follow a similiar line

humbert · 10-10-2007 3:02pm

SimpleSam06 wrote:

Listen if getting drunk while staring dreamily at twenty two men in shorts running around sweating and kicking a bit of leather makes you a gargantuan homosexual, we may as well paint all soccer fans pink!1!

...

Wait, what?

Indeed, and lets not even start on rugby! Worse excuse for men groping men since wrestling.

Ger the man · 10-10-2007 3:02pm

Degsy wrote:

Soccer is complete idiocy.Imbeciles sitting in pubs,grossly oeverweight bullshiiting on about "we beat you" or "you beat us".If most of these halfwits were to take a running kick at a ball they'd collapse with instant heart failure.Then there's the idiots who have nothing better to talk about amongst each other than to crap on about "the match" last night.People who cant string two words together become verbose pundits on the subject of football.I hate it and everything to do with it.

+1

ScumLord · 10-10-2007 3:04pm

a load of pansies kicking a bag o' wind around a field and it IS on all the time. THe soccer isn't even the worst of it. Listening to those gob****es moan on andon about how they would have done things for hours and hours. Then! As soon as that's over it's highlights of the game that just ended.. Then people get all inflamed about soccer talk like they where out on the pitch or paying these pansies with they're own hard cash to play the game for them.

It's muck I say, muck of the highest order! At least with GAA you get to see fight's and they don't roll around on the ground like a little girl that's just had her pony shot for bitching about a lack of icecream.

humanji · 10-10-2007 3:04pm

If only it was that easy. Why should I have to make an effort not to watch it? Actually, I probably wouldn't have a problem with football if there weren't so many drama queens in it. It really pisses me off to see some twat taking a dive every two minutes. When that happens, the other team should be allowed to kick the living **** out of them. That'll stop all that rubbish and leave the rest to play the game properly.

BaZmO* · 10-10-2007 3:05pm

Genghiz Cohen wrote:

Lots of people have an interest in computer games too, 9 million people world-wide play WoW, there has been a couple of billion* hours of Halo 3 played so far, wheres the news coverage of that sort of thing.

*I think, heard it from someone across the room in class.

According to a survey conducted by FIFA published in 2001, over 240 million people from more than 200 countries regularly play football.

marco_polo · 10-10-2007 3:05pm

biko wrote:

I'm not sick of it, merely inconvenienced by that's it's always on the telly in the pub. If you wanna support your local soccer club, fine, but don't support a club that you have no connection with whatsoever.

To sum up this post. "Do what ever you like, as long as I approve".

Correct?

godtabh · 10-10-2007 3:05pm

Genghiz Cohen wrote:

Lots of people have an interest in computer games too, 9 million people world-wide play WoW, there has been a couple of billion* hours of Halo 3 played so far, wheres the news coverage of that sort of thing.

*I think, heard it from someone across the room in class.

I would say alot more pople play football and alot more time/money has been involved in playig the sport

SimpleSam06 · 10-10-2007 3:06pm

humbert wrote:

Indeed, and lets not even start on rugby! Worse excuse for men groping men since wrestling.

I nearly caught teh ghey once after watching a scrum. The missus had to lash me down to the kitchen table and slip on the schoolgirl uniform for a bout of exotic dancing. Close one, I'm telling you.

Consider yourselves warned!!!

builttospill · 10-10-2007 3:07pm

RobAMerc wrote:

hi,

I am in the humor for a bit of a rant so so here goes.

Is anyone else sick to death of hearing about, and seeing soccer all over the place ?
I mean - I am happy to have the channels broadcast results but soccer seems to be taking over all media.
I am particularly sick to death of hearing about English club soccer.
It absolutely galls me that the first thing out of the sports news reporters mouth every day is always something about English club soccer - even if an IRISH sports person in some other sport is doing well in a world event, soccer is even first when the "news" might be something as mundane as a 3rd rate managers name has been linked to a 4th rate team.They barely mention our own soccer league at all either.

I know I can turn it off but am I being unreasonable in asking that I am not barraged with soccer every time I turn the TV or radio on ?

Soccer??? Who does this guy think he is? It's FOOTBALL!!!

biko · 10-10-2007 3:11pm

marco_polo wrote:

To sum up this post. "Do what ever you like, as long as I approve".

Correct?

Not really, even though I like the quote

I regularly go to local games but it'd be beyond me to support Man U - I've never even been to Manchester.

I've mates that support an English team because their da did, but they've never been to a proper game - just watching telly games.

jebuz · 10-10-2007 3:12pm

Degsy thats quite a generalization, a bit OTT if you ask. While it is true those people exist, its still not the majority. I like soccer, I support man utd because they're brilliant to watch, its entertaining, and I used to love seeing the Irish lads do well.

I also play soccer every weekend and have a good knowledge of the game. I don't sit in a pub all weekend watching the tv, but will watch the man utd matches if I can at home or wherever. I don't consider myself a pundit but do enjoy conversing with my mates about the game every now and then, whats the problem there? How can you hate something others enjoy, is it because you're rubbish at sport and were always the last guy picked in P.E and since then have held a grudge against the game? I'm not sure I just don't understand that sort of hate against a sport!

SimpleSam06 · 10-10-2007 3:13pm

ScumLord wrote:

Then people get all engorged about soccer talk like they where out on the pitch or paying these pansies with they're own hard cash to play the game for them.

Fixed that for you.

BaZmO* wrote:

According to a survey conducted by FIFA published in 2001, over 240 million people from more than 200 countries regularly play football.

Jesus thats a lot of ghey. Did anyone tell the UN?

BaZmO* · 10-10-2007 3:14pm

biko wrote:

Not really, even though I like the quote
I regularly go to local games but it'd be beyond me to support Man U - I've never even been to Manchester.

I've mates that support an English team because their da did, but they've never been to a proper game - just watching telly games.

I know people that watch Eastenders and have never been to Albert Square! Bleedin cheek!

s_carnage · 10-10-2007 3:15pm

Irelands involvement in Italia '90 was the single biggest contributor to the Celtic Tiger. FACT!!!!

How ye sad sad people have forgotten what football has done for this country!! Ye disgust me!!!

ScumLord · 10-10-2007 3:16pm

That's because it's not a real place! :rolleyes:

Manic Moran · 10-10-2007 3:18pm

If you want something to rant about, it's Hamilton-mania on any of the English-Speaking stations covering Formula 1.

Enough to drive you batty.

NTM

Hellm0 · 10-10-2007 3:19pm

Let me tell you something, and this is FACT!

Of those 240 Million people who play football, at least 50% are poor. You know what that means? Their (potential)terrorists!

Playing football SUPPORTS TERRORISM people!!! We must end this madness and ban the sport without another days delay!

purple'n'gold · 10-10-2007 3:20pm

When I seen the antics of that AC Milan goalkeeper , I couldn’t help but wonder how he would have coped going up for a 50/50 ball with Tipperary’s John Doyle?

youcancallmeal · 10-10-2007 3:20pm

Wow haven't been in AH for a while but its scary how much its starting to look like stormfront every day. I can understand rants about bad drivers or people who take ages at cash machines but calling somebody an imbecile for having an interest in a sport

Although I have a feeling that this entire thread is one big pisstake and I've missed the point?

SimpleSam06 · 10-10-2007 3:23pm

youcancallme>al wrote:

Wow haven't been in AH for a while but its scary how much its starting to look like stormfront every day.

Yes, because disliking soccer makes you a racist.

...

Who likes short shorts?

JohnnyStones · 10-10-2007 3:24pm

Degsy wrote:

Soccer is complete idiocy.Imbeciles sitting in pubs,grossly oeverweight bullshiiting on about "we beat you" or "you beat us".If most of these halfwits were to take a running kick at a ball they'd collapse with instant heart failure.Then there's the idiots who have nothing better to talk about amongst each other than to crap on about "the match" last night.People who cant string two words together become verbose pundits on the subject of football.I hate it and everything to do with it.

you seen just to not like any sport!!

all sport is idiotic if you think about it, but so what it's FUN!!

Degsy · 10-10-2007 3:26pm

jebuz wrote:

Degsy thats quite a generalization, a bit OTT if you ask. While it is true those people exist, its still not the majority. I like soccer, I support man utd because they're brilliant to watch, its entertaining, and I used to love seeing the Irish lads do well.

I also play soccer every weekend and have a good knowledge of the game. I don't sit in a pub all weekend watching the tv, but will watch the man utd matches if I can at home or wherever. I don't consider myself a pundit but do enjoy conversing with my mates about the game every now and then, whats the problem there? How can you hate something others enjoy, is it because you're rubbish at sport and were always the last guy picked in P.E and since then have held a grudge against the game? I'm not sure I just don't understand that sort of hate against a sport!

Just cant stand it,People going on about *for example* Man U as if they themselves play for the team.And why Manchester united anyway?If you're from manchester or know somebody who plays in the team i can sort of understand it but babbling on about an english football team you have nothing to do with i cant.If you think i'm crap at sports you can come and watch me lift weights some time:p

slinky · 10-10-2007 3:32pm

purplengold wrote:

When I seen the antics of that AC Milan goalkeeper , I couldn’t help but wonder how he would have coped going up for a 50/50 ball with Tipperary’s John Doyle?

You're seriously mistaken John Doyle never did 50-50 balls;)

jebuz · 10-10-2007 3:39pm

Degsy wrote:

Just cant stand it,People going on about *for example* Man U as if they themselves play for the team.And why Manchester united anyway?If you're from manchester or know somebody who plays in the team i can sort of understand it but babbling on about an english football team you have nothing to do with i cant.If you think i'm crap at sports you can come and watch me lift weights some time:p

Fair enough you don't like it, but I don't see the problem with supporting another club if you like their style, players, your da supports them, whatever. There's no rule that says you can't like a team if you're not from that town or city. If I was looking for a good exciting game of football, I know i'd pick man utd over say wexford youths, or should you only be allowed support the club where you're from? A lot of people don't seem to think so. English football is popular here for a simple reason, its so much better, the drama, the skill, the characters, the premier league has got it all! Why should we be confined to football we don't want to watch because we're from Ireland, watch whatever the hell you like I say, spanish, italian english, it doesn't matter to me. I guess people who hate football will never understand, they're not passionate about it and I don't mind that, just don't go around belittling people who do like soccer.

Oh and degsy i'd actually rather watch the eircom league than watch you lift weights, sure any old eejit can lift an iron bar

Hellm0 · 10-10-2007 3:46pm

jebuz wrote:

Fair enough you don't like it, but I don't see the problem with supporting another club if you like their style, players, your da supports them, whatever. There's no rule that says you can't like a team if you're not from that town or city. If I was looking for a good exciting game of football, I know i'd pick man utd over say wexford youths, or should you only be allowed support the club where you're from? A lot of people don't seem to think so. English football is popular here for a simple reason, its so much better, the drama, the skill, the characters, the premier league has got it all! Why should we be confined to football we don't want to watch because we're from Ireland, watch whatever the hell you like I say, spanish, italian english, it doesn't matter to me. I guess people who hate football will never understand, they're not passionate about it and I don't mind that, just don't go around belittling people who do like soccer.

Oh and degsy i'd actually rather watch the eircom league than watch you lift weights, sure any old eejit can lift an iron bar

Get into the theatre, it seems more of what your looking for.

Bloody peasants

jebuz · 10-10-2007 3:49pm

Hellm0 wrote:

Get into the theatre, it seems more of what your looking for.

Bloody peasants

I was there last week my friend, Uncle Vania in the gate, tragic stuff!

BeautifulLoser · 10-10-2007 3:51pm

Originally Posted by Degsy
Soccer is complete idiocy.Imbeciles sitting in pubs,grossly oeverweight bullshiiting on about "we beat you" or "you beat us". If most of these halfwits were to take a running kick at a ball they'd collapse with instant heart failure.Then there's the idiots who have nothing better to talk about amongst each other than to crap on about "the match" last night.People who cant string two words together become verbose pundits on the subject of football.I hate it and everything to do with it.

I can't quite seem to get your point..

You seem unable to make the distinction between soccer and people talking about soccer.

Would you seriously begrudge a group of people in social setting marvelling at two groups of players playing a sport at its highest level?

It's baffling that you think that people unfit to play soccer should not watch it or talk about it. Should I not go to a music concert with my friends or talk about a new album because I can't play an instrument or hold a tune?

Sick to the back teeth of Soccer

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