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I don't understand football

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    #32
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,120 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    kfallon wrote: »
    It's the most popular sport in the world.....the majority of us can't be wrong!

    And flies love shíte.


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    #33
    Conor108
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN1WN0YMWZU


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    #34
    Turtyturd
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    starbelgrade wrote: »
    I don't understand League of Ireland football.

    That's more an off field game of 'Stop your club from going into liquidation.'


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    #35
    CuriousOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭CuriousOne


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    Indeed. We wouldn't want to put any unnecessary strain on the servers.

    When I said me, I meant us.

    Us, as in, all of me's.


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    #36
    thunderthing
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭thunderthing


    i like football, but like the OP, I'm starting not to care anymore. United got knocked out of the CL last night and i really should give a bigger crap considering i've supported them since i was 5 (the reason i started? Cause my brother told me to). i just find i have no attachment, it was a completely arbitrary choice.

    However, words can't express in much i care about the Irish football team. That's something i actually care about, and the way it should be. Similarly, my county in GAA, ireland and leinster in rugby, these are all teams i'd actually care about deeply

    At this stage football is more of a distraction for when there's no sport i really care about on.


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    #37
    foxyboxer
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    stoneill wrote: »
    I don't understand football.

    I don't understand football.
    I understand the concept, I understand the rules, I understand the need for tribal teams
    to pit their skills and prowess against rivals. However I do not understand what
    football is today. How does a person chose a team to support? Why that team?
    What affiliation do you as an individual have to that team, be it Man U or Liverpool or Wolves or whatever.
    I understand football evolved from thousands of villagers pusing a dead pig around for a week
    trying to get it into the neighbouring village to a structured form that we see today.
    I understand supporting a local team made up of local players doing the best they can.
    I do not understand the fanatic supporting a team made up of players who have absolutely no affiliation or
    history associated with the team or locality that they are playing for.
    I do not understand the overpaid, overpampered and overarrogant players that are supposedly the top of the
    skills pyramid.
    Football is pure business that sometimes a bit of sport will bubble to the surface.

    So - who do you support and why?

    Considering the billions that the sport generates I would argue that they are underpaid if anything.


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    #38
    Dionysus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    black francis wrote: »
    It's OK, you're probably a woman - or perhaps have a touch of the ghey.

    Yeah, because "real men" love engaging in the bad ballet which is soccer, and getting naked in all-male dressing rooms before have big emotional talks together. Bring it on, you complete fairies.

    Soccer is shíte, and as a rule the more commercialised it is, the more shíte it is. All of which makes British soccer the greatest load of shíte in the history of shíte. And all its slavish followers shítehawks of the most brain-dead order.



    /end rant.


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    #39
    Dotrel
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    starbelgrade wrote: »
    I don't understand League of Ireland football.

    Imagine twelve bald guys fighting over a comb.


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    #40
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    I'm far from a fanatic or anything but i basically support 2 teams.

    Barca - which hardly needs explaining, they just play the game the way it should be played and are usually a joy to watch. Messi is without a doubt the greatest footballer in the world at the moment - possibly even ever. It's barca that got me interested in football to begin with. It's very easy to be a barca fan.

    Liverpool - your guess is as good as mine, they break my fúcking heart year after year, but for some reason i just can't give them the boot! I'm not a life long fan or anything like that, i didn't really like football at all until my early to mid 20's (i'm 36 now). The match with AC Milan in Istanbull, to win the champions league, probably sucked me in as a full on supporter, although i was leaning towards them for a few years before that. I've actually no idea why, i have zero ties to liverpool the town, except for a love of the club!

    Basically, why do we like anything? We just do, and thats reason enough!:D


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    #41
    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    And flies love shíte.

    Yeah....what has that got to do with football??? :confused:


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    #42
    Dotrel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,980 ✭✭✭Dotrel


    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    Barca - which hardly needs explaining, they just play the game the way it should be played

    They don't really.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3_ocUYu244


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    #43
    Chuck Stone
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    I like kickety-fall-over ball but I can't abide arguing about which team or player is best.


    Messi>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ronaldo.


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    #44
    foxyboxer
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    The attraction of football is in it's simplicity. The only really complex rule if offside, which is easy enough to understand. Rugby simply baffles me and the rules of Golf is as thick as a phonebook.

    It's a game that involves 'dancing' for space. Players are always seeking space. The very best proponents of the game would arguably make incredible dancers (see Lionel Messi).

    When it is played well (Barcalona) is is fantastic to watch the fuidity and tempo, when it is played poorly (Route One) it's awfully depressing to watch.

    I would say that picking teams to 'follow' would stem from your Parents and you'd pick them to follow from an early age. Alternatively, it's fashionable to pick the BEST time at the present time and jump on the bandwagon (see Man United in the mid 90's, Chelski under Mourihno and Mercenary City currently).


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    #45
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,120 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    kfallon wrote: »
    Yeah....what has that got to do with football??? :confused:

    Flies love it, and all of them can't be wrong, but they are...

    Soccer is fly food for the intellect.


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    #46
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF_uOgyBK1c


    I'll watch the occasional game but wouldn't classify myself as a 'fan'. If the end-product is entertaining then I'll enjoy - same with films and books.

    The "overpaid primadonnas" deserve every penny - sorry LOI fans, skill and talent trumps honest and hard-working every time!


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    #47
    bnt
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    You think Football is bad, you should try Cricket. They made us try it when I was at school in South Africa, but I was so bad at it they made me an Umpire, so I had to learn the rules. To this day I can tell when someone has been run out, but I still don't know what terms like Silly Mid-Off mean without consulting The Book Of Knowledge.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    #48
    IcedOut
    Registered Users Posts: 221 ✭✭IcedOut


    I like soccer

    most people who dont like soccer are usually terrible at it


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    #49
    Snakeblood
    Registered Users Posts: 4,466 ✭✭✭Snakeblood


    stoneill wrote: »
    I don't understand football.

    I don't understand football.
    I understand the concept, I understand the rules, I understand the need for tribal teams
    to pit their skills and prowess against rivals. However I do not understand what
    football is today. How does a person chose a team to support? Why that team?
    What affiliation do you as an individual have to that team, be it Man U or Liverpool or Wolves or whatever.
    I understand football evolved from thousands of villagers pusing a dead pig around for a week
    trying to get it into the neighbouring village to a structured form that we see today.
    I understand supporting a local team made up of local players doing the best they can.
    I do not understand the fanatic supporting a team made up of players who have absolutely no affiliation or
    history associated with the team or locality that they are playing for.
    I do not understand the overpaid, overpampered and overarrogant players that are supposedly the top of the
    skills pyramid.
    Football is pure business that sometimes a bit of sport will bubble to the surface.

    So - who do you support and why?

    I just started watching football after seeing Manchester United smash Arsenal 8-2. I don't know why, but I rather liked how Arsenal played, even if they lost. Then I started getting into the storyline of each of the players, what they were about, what they were good at, their weak points.

    Then I saw Balotelli be mental for months on end, and yet be able to perform like a top gymnast for 90 minutes. You can appreciate players who don't play for 'your' team. I'm not really into the tribalism of it to be hoenst, but overall it's amazing stuff, really, and I'm sorry I wasn't interested in it previously.

    Arsenal 4 eva etc.


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    #50
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Just before the lock I would like to mention that anyone who likes soccer has teh ghey, IMO.


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    #51
    mojesius
    Registered Users Posts: 4,324 ✭✭✭mojesius


    It's so fcuking boring to watch.

    90 minutes pass and as a spectator, you're lucky if a couple of goals are scored in that time. Most matches (take the premiership or whatever it's called nowadays) are 0-0 and 1-0 and anything different from that gets the usual response such as 'Great match last night'. Snore.

    Also, there are way too many competitions, leagues and cups to warrant genuine excitement. There's always another match, another cup if your team lose that week. It's actually becoming quite like sports in the United States such as baseball and football -It's on too fcuking often, so it really doesn't matter if you win or lose. It's all about the ££££££


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    #52
    DanTheMan91
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭DanTheMan91


    I have supported Manchester United from a very young age, I had no choice really. My father and his father supported United so I was of course going to do the same. I love football, or soccer as most people call it, I have played it all my life. It's great to sit down and watch a match with friends or family, and it's even better to play it. I also enjoy the banter that comes with it, for example when Manchester United lost last night I had to avoid Facebook, because I knew the Liverpool fan's would be out in force trying to wind everyone up :P


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    #53
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,120 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    DanTheMan91 wrote: »
    ...for example when Manchester United lost last night...

    But they qualified for the Europa league with that great performance last night.:confused:


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    #54
    stovelid
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    The troubled spectra of P.E wedgies and football team picking exclusion is still restlessly haunting the hallways of your mind isn't it?


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    #55
    smash
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    black francis wrote: »
    It's OK, you're probably a woman - or perhaps have a touch of the ghey.

    coming from someone who like to watch men running around in shorts...

    Anyway, I'd describe football as 22 millionaires destroying a perfectly good lawn.


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    #56
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    mojesius wrote: »
    It's so fcuking boring to watch.

    90 minutes pass and as a spectator, you're lucky if a couple of goals are scored in that time. Most matches (take the premiership or whatever it's called nowadays) are 0-0 and 1-0 and anything different from that gets the usual response such as 'Great match last night'. Snore.

    Also, there are way too many competitions, leagues and cups to warrant genuine excitement. There's always another match, another cup if your team lose that week. It's actually becoming quite like sports in the United States such as baseball and football -It's on too fcuking often, so it really doesn't matter if you win or lose. It's all about the ££££££

    +1.

    I'd be a bit of a nostalgic traditionalist where only the domestic champions played in the European Cup....eh I mean....Champions League.

    If you lose, you're out. One match, straight knockout.
    Unfortunately, we've had scenario's where Liverpool (who haven't won a domestic championship for over two decades) have won this competition.

    The sad fact is more games equals more revenue.

    <rant>
    On a side note, whilst I love the game, some of the fans can be a bit mental. I was at the United 8-2 trashing of Arsenal. It was an incredibly entertaining match. Watching 22 grown men kicking a ball around in front of almost 80,000. However, every time an arsenal player was in possession a vitriolic stream of abuse came from a faction of the home supporters. No one wants to hear phrases like "Do him!", "Take him out!" etc. Brain dead idiots, who only seemed to be there to sing chants and scream abuse, while a thoroughly entertaining match played out in front of them.
    </rant>


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    #57
    foxyboxer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭foxyboxer


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Just before the lock I would like to mention that anyone who likes soccer has teh ghey, IMO.

    You may be onto something there.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-3cuCEt9k8


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    #58
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,387 ✭✭✭cml387


    Fopotball is a simple game. 22 players,one ball and the Germans always win.

    The Boy Lineker


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    #59
    CHealy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭CHealy


    Dotrel wrote: »
    Imagine twelve bald guys fighting over a comb.

    People like you are easily led. The vulnerable type id imagine.

    Some of the best and most exciting games Iv ever seen are in Turners Cross, Dalymount Park, Tolka Park to name a few. Iv seen the country from top to bottom following Cork City, iv flew to many bigger more developed European clubs when City played in Europe, and that my friend, is a sense of pride people like you will never understand.

    Im not for one second saying that everyone should be following LOI football, id love it, but its not possible with the barstool mentallity of the Irish, but dont make such silly stereotypical comments when you dont have a ****ing clue.

    Ill leave you with this, late October, Cork City have to beat Shelbourne to win the league in Tolka, all Shels need is the draw and the title is theirs. Its 1-1 and its the 94th minute and then this.........

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkkNGYtVE5w


    You just dont get that from a barstool.


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    #60
    Snakeblood
    Registered Users Posts: 4,466 ✭✭✭Snakeblood


    CHealy wrote: »
    People like you are easily led. The vulnerable type id imagine.

    Some of the best and most exciting games Iv ever seen are in Turners Cross, Dalymount Park, Tolka Park to name a few. Iv seen the country from top to bottom following Cork City, iv flew to many bigger more developed European clubs when City played in Europe, and that my friend, is a sense of pride people like you will never understand.

    Im not for one second saying that everyone should be following LOI football, id love it, but its not possible with the barstool mentallity of the Irish, but dont make such silly stereotypical comments when you dont have a ****ing clue.

    You just dont get that from a barstool.

    You could do with easing up on the stereotype juice there too, friendo.


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    #61
    starbelgrade
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    CHealy wrote: »

    You just dont get that from a barstool.

    Maybe not.

    But you also won't get a nice pint at a Shels game.


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