Which do you dislike most: soccer or football?

Dionysus

I've just turned off the tv. Why is it that even on St Stephen's Day commercial soccer is saturating tv land? Is there any respite from it?
We're not talking about a group of people in the local community having a kick around for the craic. It's just sheer, unadulterated commercial bullshít, and it seems to be on every day of the year. There are paid 'pundits' pretending to be passionate and even controversial about soccer things which should be on some obscure pay-per-view channel, not on mainstream television. They really are that unimportant to the vast majority of people.

I've no problem with international soccer matches being on every couple of months and I actually enjoy the craic attached to a bit of rivalry like Ireland being in the World Cup. If the same things were on television all the time, however, I'd be just as sick of them and the hot air they produce. Even if they had soccer from a country other than Britain that would be some bit of difference - but they don't. It's all about this one narrow, extraordinarily commercialised national league rather than about soccer across the world. Mammon has taken the sport out of soccer.

Football, on the other hand, is a rarity on television especially at this time of year. If it's on television, it has novelty, despite matches being on throughout the winter in almost every local community. It's not invading television land. Even in the height of summer, it's not anything near as commercial as soccer - even though it draws far bigger crowds to matches. It's largely a weekend event, not a daily event. It's days like today that remind me why I so rarely watch television: it's now much more about promoting businesses, such as the soccer industry, than about entertaining us.

AntiMatter

Football? As in Gaelic football?

BOHtox

Soccer is Football!
Gaelic football is gah!

Novella

Soccer is boring as fuck, in my opinion. 90 minutes and can still finish up with no score at all... Yawn.

DB10

Dionysus wrote: »

I've just turned off the tv. Why is it that even on St Stephen's Day commercial soccer is saturating tv land? Is there any respite from it?

Did you expect something else while sticking on Sky Sports 1 (English channel) and in particular Gillete Soccer Special.....:rolleyes:

I'm watching it as well so no dig at it, but how can you complain ffs...

BOHtox

Novella wrote: »

Soccer is boring as fuck, in my opinion. 90 minutes and can still finish up with no score at all... Yawn.

Such a stooler attitude.

Being at a match which is 0-0 after 90minutes can still be good. Crunching tackles, great atmosphere etc etc.
Maybe if you went to a match instead of watchin on the tele you'd know what i'm on about

Micky Dolenz

Aren't they the same thing?

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