Overrated - sport and music

KnowItAll · 2005-05-30 00:12:23

Here is a list of some of the things (in sport & music) I think are overrated: Soccer : So boring. The goals should be made bigger and real tackles allowed! Hip Hop/Rap music: Do/can they ever write their own songs? Gealic Football: It's not a bad game but hurling it ain't! Gospel Music: High pitched screaming. Martin…

30-05-2005 01:12AM

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Here is a list of some of the things (in sport & music) I think are overrated:

Soccer : So boring. The goals should be made bigger and real tackles allowed!
Hip Hop/Rap music: Do/can they ever write their own songs?
Gealic Football: It's not a bad game but hurling it ain't!
Gospel Music: High pitched screaming.
Martin Johnson: Good leader but not a great player. Over hyped by media.
All US sports: And they say soccer is boring!
Muhammad Ali: The greatest? I don't think so.
Boxing: Put Muhammed Ali in a UFC octagon and see how long he would have lasted!

I could go on all night but you get my drift!

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#2 30-05-2005 01:14AM

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#3 30-05-2005 01:16AM

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In reference to Ali, who would you think is the greatest?

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#4 30-05-2005 01:45AM

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he he i forgot about him

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Soccer : So boring. The goals should be made bigger and real tackles allowed!
Yeah, sure remove the skill factor, make the goalsd 15 feet high so payers can score from their own half.
Hip Hop/Rap music: Do/can they ever write their own songs?
Dont like this myself, but each to their own
Gealic Football: It's not a bad game but hurling it ain't!
yeah, the sticks and the little ball are a bit of a giveaway
Gospel Music: High pitched screaming.
See rap/hip hop
Martin Johnson: Good leader but not a great player. Over hyped by media.
Sometimes being a good leader is whats needed
All US sports: And they say soccer is boring!
I believe it was you who said that
Muhammad Ali: The greatest? I don't think so.
Well their hasnt been anyone better
Boxing: Put Muhammed Ali in a UFC octagon and see how long he would have lasted!
Id get in the rinm with him if I was allowed to kick aswell. Its like saying Thierry Henry wouldnt score 25 tries a season in rugby

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#7 30-05-2005 01:56AM

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ziggy67 wrote:

Subsitute Roy Keanes name in there IMO

hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahahahahahahahahah, how did you get access to the soccer forum?

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#8 30-05-2005 02:03AM

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KnowItAll wrote:

Soccer : So boring. The goals should be made bigger and real tackles allowed!

WHAT WHAT WHAT

make the goals bigger? what the hell are you on about

i agree about the tackling aspect though

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Rocky, DUH!

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Someone needs to smack you ... Hard.

I volunteer.

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KnowItAll wrote:

Here is a list of some of the things (in sport & music) I think are overrated:

Soccer : So boring. The goals should be made bigger and real tackles allowed!
Hip Hop/Rap music: Do/can they ever write their own songs?Eh ..yeah!!! And they're the lyricists around.... Gealic Football: It's not a bad game but hurling it ain't! Hurling's great, but football has it's charms too...
Gospel Music: High pitched screaming.Was never a fan...../b]
Martin Johnson: Good leader but not a great player. Over hyped by media.SCUMBAG!!!! (.....Thought everyone knew that....)
All US sports: And they say soccer is boringState the obvious, why dontcha...?"!

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#13 30-05-2005 06:57AM

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Badly Drunk Boy wrote:

Hip Hop/Rap music: Do/can they ever write their own songs?Eh ..yeah!!! And they're the lyricists around....

What? that doesn't make any sence at all......

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#14 30-05-2005 09:52AM

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fightin irish wrote:

In reference to Ali, who would you think is the greatest?

Roy Jones Junior

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#15 30-05-2005 09:53AM

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KnowItAll wrote:

Soccer : So boring. The goals should be made bigger and real tackles allowed!

no

KnowItAll wrote:

Hip Hop/Rap music: Do/can they ever write their own songs?

yes

KnowItAll wrote:

Martin Johnson: Good leader but not a great player. Over hyped by media.

no

KnowItAll wrote:

Gospel Music: High pitched screaming.

no

KnowItAll wrote:

All US sports: And they say soccer is boring!

no

KnowItAll wrote:

Muhammad Ali: The greatest? I don't think so.

no

KnowItAll wrote:

Boxing: Put Muhammed Ali in a UFC octagon and see how long he would have lasted!

no

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#16 30-05-2005 10:35AM

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KnowItAll wrote:

Soccer : So boring. The goals should be made bigger and real tackles allowed!

That Budweiser ad had the right idea with 'multiball'. I'm sure some 'purists' would disagree though.

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#17 30-05-2005 03:08PM

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Your first two points have some merit, I'd love to see proper tackling allowed in soccer again, but the sport has become a business and the human resources are too valuable these days to allow soccer to be a proper contact sport. That's why I started taking an interest in the GAA tbh.

Hip Hop/Rap is the most over-rated musical genre I've come across. Every second week a classic is butchered by another talentless "artist" and hits number 1. There are some diamonds in the rough but there's a hell of a lot of crap to dig through to find them.

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#18 30-05-2005 03:14PM

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Multiball would be great in soccer. They should so do that.

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#19 30-05-2005 04:42PM

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#20 30-05-2005 05:32PM

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Mr. T all the way...

Two words: Apollo Creed.

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#21 30-05-2005 11:58PM

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Mossy Monk wrote:

WHAT WHAT WHAT

make the goals bigger? what the hell are you on about

Think about it.. Make the goals about 3 /4 feet wider. This would benifit the most skillful players for long range shots.

It would not be good for the more defensive minded teams though. Any free kick near the goal and the chances are increased that a goal would be scored.

This would probally mean that brazil would win every world cup and it would give less chance of weaker teams pulling off good results... but at least it will be more exciting!

oh... i forgot to mention about scrapping the offside rule!

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#22 31-05-2005 12:06AM

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KnowItAll wrote:

This would probally mean that brazil would win every world cup!

Or EVERY team will have a free kick specialist and every player will fling themselves to the ground anywhere within shooting distance.

KnowItAll wrote:

oh... i forgot to mention about scrapping the offside rule!

And every team will leave a player in the opposition box, which will lead to 1 or 2 defenders in their own box all the time.

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#23 31-05-2005 12:53AM

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KnowItAll wrote:

Think about it.. Make the goals about 3 /4 feet wider. This would benifit the most skillful players for long range shots.

It would not be good for the more defensive minded teams though. Any free kick near the goal and the chances are increased that a goal would be scored.

This would probally mean that brazil would win every world cup and it would give less chance of weaker teams pulling off good results... but at least it will be more exciting!

oh... i forgot to mention about scrapping the offside rule!

Oh sweet jesus. Someone smack him/her. As Stekelly said that would remove the skill factor, and it's not all about the goals.

And as for the removing of the off-side rule, no one will agree with you, there will be so many goal hangers that it wouldn't take much skill or coordination to score then.

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#24 31-05-2005 10:50AM

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KnowItAll wrote:

Think about it.. Make the goals about 3 /4 feet wider. This would benifit the most skillful players for long range shots.

It would not be good for the more defensive minded teams though. Any free kick near the goal and the chances are increased that a goal would be scored.

This would probally mean that brazil would win every world cup and it would give less chance of weaker teams pulling off good results... but at least it will be more exciting!

oh... i forgot to mention about scrapping the offside rule!

That's ridiculous man! Think about penalties, the goalie wouldn't have a chance, plus you'd have loads of longshots, way off target etc. A goal from the halfway line or outside the box may look brilliant, but that's only because they are rare and skillful.. imagine seeing 2 or 3 volleys go into the net in every game... the same goal.. the same tactics.... yawwwwn!

Oh and football is already an exciting and great game! As is Gaelic Football.

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#25 31-05-2005 10:53AM

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KnowItAll wrote:

Here is a list of some of the things (in sport & music) I think are overrated:

Soccer : So boring. The goals should be made bigger and real tackles allowed!
Hip Hop/Rap music: Do/can they ever write their own songs?
Gealic Football: It's not a bad game but hurling it ain't!
Gospel Music: High pitched screaming.
Martin Johnson: Good leader but not a great player. Over hyped by media.
All US sports: And they say soccer is boring!
Muhammad Ali: The greatest? I don't think so.
Boxing: Put Muhammed Ali in a UFC octagon and see how long he would have lasted!

I could go on all night but you get my drift!

Consider changing your name to KnowNothing
This is in it's highest form 'Pure Booollix

Sounds like you are king bore rather than the list above

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#26 31-05-2005 11:31AM

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Nicole Kidman
The Eagles
Fa Cup Finals
Lap Dancing
The Matrix

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#27 31-05-2005 11:39AM

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Pighead wrote:

Nicole Kidman
The Eagles
Fa Cup Finals
Lap Dancing
The Matrix

You're having a laugh! All those things are great usually!

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#28 31-05-2005 01:19PM

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KnowItAll wrote:

Think about it.. Make the goals about 3 /4 feet wider. This would benifit the most skillful players for long range shots.

It would not be good for the more defensive minded teams though. Any free kick near the goal and the chances are increased that a goal would be scored.

This would probally mean that brazil would win every world cup and it would give less chance of weaker teams pulling off good results... but at least it will be more exciting!

oh... i forgot to mention about scrapping the offside rule!

Ahhhhh - so we are dealing with a girl.

It's not for girls....

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#29 31-05-2005 01:46PM

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Thumper Long wrote:

Roy Jones Junior

wrong

Honey Roy palmer ... most underrated heavyweight of his time

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#30 31-05-2005 02:14PM

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Guess what Kernel you are overrated too.Eagles my arse

Nicole Kidman:OVERRATED-2 good films,The Others and To Die For.

She reminds me of that creepy 2002 movie S1m0ne, where a producer creates a cybernetic actress. The robot actress becomes wildly famous, as has Kidman. The robot actress never ages - neither does Kidman
She's a Stepford Actress extraordinaire - plastic skin, plastic smile, all facade and no dimension, which would explain why she seems only to shine doing cold and scary.

The Eagles:OVERRATED-the Eagles – there’s not a single redeeming quality there. I take issue with those who think Don Henley is a good songwriter – those songs are wordy and overwrought. ‘Hotel California’? Poo!Kernel the only reason you like them is because they wrote the theme tune of your life-"Desperado"

FA Cup Finals:-2004-05 Arsenal 0:0 Manchester United (after overtime)
Winners - Arsenal FC after penalty shoot out (5:4) Enjoyable
2003-04 Manchester United 3, Milwall 0 Crap
2002-03 Arsenal 1, Southampton United 0 Crap
2001-02 Arsenal 2, Chelsea 0 Crap
2000-01 Liverpool 2, Arsenal 1 Average
1999-2000 Chelsea 1, Aston Villa 0 Crap
1998-99 Man Utd 2, Newcastle 0 Crap

Lapdancing:- http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2811033#post2811033

The Matrix:-Wanna know why The Matrix is overrated? Keanu Reeves to pull in the females, the effects to pull in the males and kung-fu for the guys, Fishburn to pull in the real critics, Moss for the average Joe, the plot for the sci-fi nerds. The "men in black" dudes were geeky as heck. A software hacker guy that is the chosen one to save the real world, yeah whatever. The Matrix doesn't need another hyped review. I give it thumbs down.

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#31 31-05-2005 02:27PM

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Kidman is a great character actress, who, when allowed stretch her wings, can deliver a great performance. Plus, she's a ride.

Eagles.. hotel california and so many other great classics, that nobody should ever doubt their status as rock/country legends.

FA cup finals... this years one was cheated away by Arsenal scum, but usually they are gripping and enjoyable.

Lapdancing... tits and naked girls rubbing up against your hard cock for money. Do I even have to say anything here?

The Matrix - perhaps the best movies ever, with an engaging storyline and deep philosophy.

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