Am I the only one who doesn't like Rugby & Football?

Zascar · 10-06-2006 01:26PM #1

It seems the whole country is football and rugby Mad. I really can't stand it. I have played both in my younger years but nowadays I really get annoyed by being surrounded by fever pitch practially non stop. Not many of my mates are big into socccar, but they all like to know whats going on and will watch a match it it's on. Many of them however are rugby freaks and pretty much plan their lives around it. Even the girls in the group have got well into it and sometimes talk about it between themselves, which is quite unusual.

Seriously, I have tried many times but just cannot enjoy either. I haev sat down with the intention of watching a whole match but I just get completely bored and have to go do somehting else. Even the sound of a screaming crowd gets under my skin. I'd rather leave the room when a match is on than try to ingore it. It annoyes me how fanatical people get about it. I used to support Manchester United when I was in Primary School, so I suppose I'd kind of like to see when win, but really the only thing I get pleasure out of is seeing teams like Liverpool and Arsenal loose, and watch the reactions of the distraught fans who had previously been all loud and lairy about how sure they were their team would win. Sounds eveil but its true.

Don't get me wrong I don't hate sport, there are plenty of other sports I enjoy but the 2 most popular I just do not understand. I could sit and watch a whole day of snooker, tennis, motorsport, but just not rugby or football. It would be fine if there was 2 main groups, those who do and those who don't, but often it feel like I'm the only one who doens't have even some interest. In times like now when the world cup is on, you meet so many people who try to start a conversation with you about football, but when they realise you have no interest, it seems like they have nothing else to talk about. Pretty sad.

Does anyone else feel like this too? Am I the only one who looks forward to the End of the Football and Rugby Word Cup?

BMH · 10-06-2006 01:28PM

Don't like football, rugby isn't bad but I'm not the kind of person to be insulting my lovely tv whenever the other team score. But hey, whenever there's a match on, it means my brothers aren't on the computer.

Zascar · 10-06-2006 01:30PM

Its not like I go parading in the faces of the loosers, I just like to be smug in my own enjoyment

Setun · 10-06-2006 01:30PM

Yeah I find football a bit boring, having said that I love watching the snooker. I don't mind rugby but I'd prefer to be doing something else most of the time.

MrJoeSoap · 10-06-2006 01:31PM

Whatever about rugby, that Germany game yesterday reminded me (like I needed reminding...) why soccer is the greatest sport.

Ruu_Old · 10-06-2006 01:34PM

I would seek help OP, obviously something wrong. Football ftw! ¬.¬

The Raspberrier · 10-06-2006 01:34PM

I'm much the same way. I know a few people who have no idea of whats going on in soccor, Gaelic or Rugby, so its not that unusual, OP. For the life of me, I can't understand Rangers and Celtic and the passions aroused in this country by them. I personnally think those fans should be neutered.:

Im not anti-sport, for I do watch the odd football or rugby game but Ive never been an enthusiastic follower of either.

Dave! · 10-06-2006 01:36PM

I don't really follow football, but I do watch an interesting match when it's on. Like the world cup... Lots of brilliant teams to watch

I find it alot better than say the premiership, tbh. I tend to get quite into the games if they're particularly good

I watched Germany and Costa Rica yesterday, and was well into it (although I was drinking at the same time, so that always plays a role

).

Rugby, I don't follow either, but similarly with football, if there's a good match on, I'll leave it on, or else seek it out if it's not already on. I don't understand it as much as football, cos I've never actually played a rugby match myself, but I'm catchin on

It's a great sport, very rough and exciting, and unlike football, the teams don't be kicking it around in their own box, playing down the clock. It seems to be constantly charging up to the opponent's area. I'll usually watch Ireland if they're playing, or some Irish team (was watching the Leinster and Munster matches recently, for example). Or if I knew that New Zealand were going to be playing, I'd probably take a look at that.
I actually went to see my first rugby match a few weeks ago -- Monkstown and someone else. It was deadly

Much more interesting to watch than alot of the football matches I've been to see.

So there

X-SL · 10-06-2006 01:42PM

Hopefully the rugby craze will die down soon. Soccer is good though imo

Endurance Man · 10-06-2006 02:02PM

X-SL wrote:

Hopefully the rugby craze will die down soon. Soccer is good though imo

Why do you say hopefully? Are the rubgy fans affecting you in some way?

the Shades · 10-06-2006 02:11PM

Can't see what you could find boring about 20 grown men running up and down a field chasing a ball...

I've triend hard many times to foster some kinf o interest in both sports and it's never happened, they seem like a complete waste of time to me, I could be of doing far more productive things and usually do. So they don't actually bug me I just do somehting else. try having sex the next time a match is on, you'll probably find you don't even care about the result.

Pighead · 10-06-2006 02:16PM

the Shades wrote:

try having sex the next time a match is on, you'll probably find you don't even care about the result.

Yeah you're right, once the football is on and Pigheads making the love, he couldn't give a toss if the sticky stuff comes out or not. COME ON IRELAND!

Zascar · 10-06-2006 02:17PM

Agreed. When I was a kid I played football but I was a goalie (a pretty good one at that actually). When I started secondary school I played rugby for 2 years - I had no choice. I'm pretty small so was never very good, but I did give it my best and was a pretty vicious scrum half for a while. However the one thing I never unbderstood was how rugby players seem mnore intersted in smahing into eachother that actually getting the ball over the line of the oposition. I don't understadn why they choose to run towards the large group of men waiting to smash your face in, as opposed to running through the gaps and possiuble get a break and score a try. I just don't understadnt he mentality.

Boxing is a great sport. No stipid balls involved. Just one man aginst the other Primal animal fighting at its most pure.

the Shades · 10-06-2006 02:20PM

ummmm... there's something very homoerotic about that post.

Pighead · 10-06-2006 02:24PM

End of discussion.

Zascar is obviously bitter that he wasn't picked as goalkeeper for the final of the schools U17 final.

"You're too small and thats the fcuking end of it Zascar, now cut them fcuking oranges pipsqueak" screamed the coach
"I hate you and I hate soccer and rugby too,waaahhhh, do you want the oranges cut in halves or quarters?" wailed Zascar
End of discussion. NEXT

Stompbox · 10-06-2006 02:29PM

Love the rugby and can stand soccer when playing it but it is the most boring sport to watch.God,watching the backs play possession and players acting as if they've been shot after being hit by a gust of air.Fuckin n00bs.Hate them sooo much!

Endurance Man · 10-06-2006 02:52PM

Sweet wrote:

Love the rugby and can stand soccer when playing it but it is the most boring sport to watch.God,watching the backs play possession and players acting as if they've been shot after being hit by a gust of air.Fuckin n00bs.Hate them sooo much!

Have to agree, when im watching english football and those girls take a dive and then cry like they have 3 broken legs :mad: , drives me up the wall. Thats not how soccer should be played! I am very glad they have stamped that out in the World Cup though, dont think i would watch if they hadn't.

projectmayhem · 10-06-2006 03:03PM

i watch the big games (for both rugby and soccer), but i don't particularly support anyone. i just want to be entertained, which is the best way to enjoy it IMO.

i do support teams in motorsport though, so i'm not entirely "faithless" as it were

Zascar · 10-06-2006 03:03PM

Pighead wrote:

End of discussion.Zascar is obviously bitter that he wasn't picked as goalkeeper for the final of the schools U17 final.

"You're too small and thats the fcuking end of it Zascar, now cut them fcuking oranges pipsqueak" screamed the coach
"I hate you and I hate soccer and rugby too,waaahhhh, do you want the oranges cut in halves or quarters?" wailed Zascar
End of discussion. NEXT

Ha ha ha ha, pighead your probably right, I can't remeber it exactly but I've probably just shoved those memories to the darkest caverns of the abck of my mind...

smemon · 10-06-2006 03:08PM

have no time for rugby... no time for the gaa either

soccer is the biggest and best sport in the world

Zascar · 10-06-2006 03:10PM

Whoever put up that photo has to be highly diturbed in the head

SpAcEd OuT · 10-06-2006 03:11PM

Rugby is a lot more exciting to watch in my opnion, played with more heart and the players aren't complete wimps like in soccer where diving and acting up to the ref seem to be common place now.

and besides, Ireland have a rugby team to be damn proud of

edit ; that photo is sick, enjoy your banning you weirdo

the Shades · 10-06-2006 03:12PM

Jockneill wrote:

True. Football isn't for everyone, namely gays and women.

how wonderfully enlightened...

Endurance Man · 10-06-2006 03:15PM

Jockneill wrote:

True. Football isn't for everyone, namely gays and women.

You have a problem with gays? Its 2006 man, wake up!

Endurance Man · 10-06-2006 03:16PM

Jockneill wrote:

I just happened to work in Topman for the last world cup. Nobody gave a **** about the football and didnt even know when Ireland were playing.

Ban this idiot.

CuLT · 10-06-2006 03:17PM

I used to go to football matches and "support" a club when I was younger, mostly just because my dad was so into it, brought me to england a few times for games. He even played in the Neville Southall tesimonial in Goodison Park

I'll watch a game if it's particularily good and I don't have anything specific to do, if it's an Ireland match I'll watch alright. Pub's really the best place to be for the atmosphere, kinda hard to get into it sitting at home watching the TV.

But essentially I've minimal interest. I'm the only person I know who has never been to a concert though. I like the music, not the bands... if you get me.

Edit: This is a rambling post if ever I saw one.

WhiteWashMan · 10-06-2006 03:22PM

Zascar wrote:

It seems the whole country is football and rugby Mad. I really can't stand it. I have played both in my younger years but nowadays I really get annoyed by being surrounded by fever pitch practially non stop. Not many of my mates are big into socccar, but they all like to know whats going on and will watch a match it it's on. Many of them however are rugby freaks and pretty much plan their lives around it. Even the girls in the group have got well into it and sometimes talk about it between themselves, which is quite unusual.

Seriously, I have tried many times but just cannot enjoy either. I haev sat down with the intention of watching a whole match but I just get completely bored and have to go do somehting else. Even the sound of a screaming crowd gets under my skin. I'd rather leave the room when a match is on than try to ingore it. It annoyes me how fanatical people get about it. I used to support Manchester United when I was in Primary School, so I suppose I'd kind of like to see when win, but really the only thing I get pleasure out of is seeing teams like Liverpool and Arsenal loose, and watch the reactions of the distraught fans who had previously been all loud and lairy about how sure they were their team would win. Sounds eveil but its true.

Don't get me wrong I don't hate sport, there are plenty of other sports I enjoy but the 2 most popular I just do not understand. I could sit and watch a whole day of snooker, tennis, motorsport, but just not rugby or football. It would be fine if there was 2 main groups, those who do and those who don't, but often it feel like I'm the only one who doens't have even some interest. In times like now when the world cup is on, you meet so many people who try to start a conversation with you about football, but when they realise you have no interest, it seems like they have nothing else to talk about. Pretty sad.

Does anyone else feel like this too? Am I the only one who looks forward to the End of the Football and Rugby Word Cup?

and?

daveirl · 10-06-2006 03:30PM

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Zascar · 10-06-2006 03:34PM

And what. Do you have a question?

daveirl · 10-06-2006 03:38PM

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Zascar · 10-06-2006 03:42PM

Sorry Dave that was not aimed at yourself, it was for White WashMan

Am I the only one who doesn't like Rugby & Football?

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