Discussion Football (Soccer) Thread

[Mowman]

Golf
The worst game on the planet


(Waiting....)

PLEASE

Name another sport where at half time you have 2 cans of southern and 4 dim sims

 

[joop]

Golf
The worst game on the planet


(Waiting....)

You monster.

 

[gringo2011]

PLEASE

Name another sport where at half time you have 2 cans of southern and 4 dim sims

You'll have Plugger camping out on the course now.

 

[Mowman]

So the world cup decided by a penalty shoot out LOL

 

[austinnn]

So the world cup decided by a penalty shoot out LOL

What would you do to decide the winner out of the two equally superior teams in the comp? Have a replay a week later?

 

[dougiemac]

"The game is too boring" was the argument being proposed there. Why don't I read about golf riots then?

My point is the responsibility for the violence rests with those perpetrating the violence.

Golf crowds are too old and feeble.

 

[Mowman]

What would you do to decide the winner out of the two equally superior teams in the comp? Have a replay a week later?

Next score wins

Go to you drop its the world cup

 

[PoppedCorn]

PLEASE

Name another sport where at half time you have 2 cans of southern and 4 dim sims

Sitting on the bench for A grade footy after playing a whole game in B's because they're short on players

'Wanna double up and sit on the bench for A grade, we're short '

'Ffs....can I drink port and smoke cigs, it's 12 degrees?'

'Yup'

 

[bergholt]

What would you do to decide the winner out of the two equally superior teams in the comp? Have a replay a week later?

Gradually make the goal bigger by an inch every minute until eventually someone scores

 

[pebblesofsand]

We don't need to change a game to make it less susceptible to crowd violence. People who are violent need to stop being violent. If it wasn't at a soccer game it would be somewhere else. A flare is not an unimpeachable cultural object - it's a functional tool for alerting people to being lost at sea.

"The game is too boring" was the argument being proposed there. Why don't I read about golf riots then?

My point is the responsibility for the violence rests with those perpetrating the violence.

Yep its true - people are violent. So the question is why is there more violence when people are watching soccer rather than golf?

And the answer is not because soccer is boring (because its not - its incredibly skilful), its because the low scoring element of the game increases the levels of frustration in supporters and frustration, unfortunately, is a significant trigger for violence (whether that be at the soccer or stuck on a clogged freeway).

So decrease the levels of frustration and you will decrease the outbreaks of violence (eventually!!!)

 

[Saintbloke]

Yep its true - people are violent. So the question is why is there more violence when people are watching soccer rather than golf?

And the answer is not because soccer is boring (because its not - its incredibly skilful), its because the low scoring element of the game increases the levels of frustration in supporters and frustration, unfortunately, is a significant trigger for violence (whether that be at the soccer or stuck on a clogged freeway).

So decrease the levels of frustration and you will decrease the outbreaks of violence (eventually!!!)

Synchronised swimming is highly skillful, but boring

 

[bergholt]

Yep its true - people are violent. So the question is why is there more violence when people are watching soccer rather than golf?

And the answer is not because soccer is boring (because its not - its incredibly skilful), its because the low scoring element of the game increases the levels of frustration in supporters and frustration, unfortunately, is a significant trigger for violence (whether that be at the soccer or stuck on a clogged freeway).

So decrease the levels of frustration and you will decrease the outbreaks of violence (eventually!!!)

Nah it’s cultural. Soccer and golf have completely different cultures, it’s not about the characteristics of the games. Soccer has always been a working class game and has been the outlet for frustrations of a lot of people. There’s a great book about this called Football Against The Enemy.

 

[gringo2011]

Yep its true - people are violent. So the question is why is there more violence when people are watching soccer rather than golf?

And the answer is not because soccer is boring (because its not - its incredibly skilful), its because the low scoring element of the game increases the levels of frustration in supporters and frustration, unfortunately, is a significant trigger for violence (whether that be at the soccer or stuck on a clogged freeway).

So decrease the levels of frustration and you will decrease the outbreaks of violence (eventually!!!)

It’s cultural. People would kick you up the arse for acting like a dick at the footy. Soccer it’s part of the experience so gets carried through generations.

 

[PoppedCorn]

Agreed
Golden goal

penalties suck imo

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Yeah, my son reckons that Messi was born obscenely talented where as Ronaldo was born talented but also had to work his arse off to get every drop to rise to the top.

It is a testament to Ronaldo's work ethic that he manged to make it a debate between the two for so long.

But time waits for no man and he did his best to fight it off.

 

[austinnn]

Gradually make the goal bigger by an inch every minute until eventually someone scores

That's an idea I could get behind.

 

[saint66au]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=HSWEB_WRE170_a_TWT&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fnews%2Fvictoria%2Falex-agelopoulos-revealed-as-bucket-man-involved-in-melbourne-victory-pitch-invasion%2Fnews-story%2F6b9b987728cc6fd876ad1e016905568c&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-high-control-score&V21spcbehaviour=append

Hilarious

 

[bergholt]

So I'm almost ready to believe that Arsenal might be title contenders. Halfway through the season, playing pretty well, 5 points clear of Man City. Unfortunately we still need to play them twice in the league so that margin could disappear in no time. But we're good enough if we have some luck.

 

[The Punter]

Arsenal showing all the signs of title winners.

 

[gringo2011]

How good is Haaland. Absolute freak. The mighty Toon Army are going pretty well too, we don't even have any of the Saudi money flowing through the list yet.

 

[bergholt]

How good is Haaland. Absolute freak. The mighty Toon Army are going pretty well too, we don't even have any of the Saudi money flowing through the list yet.

Yeah I rate Eddie Howe. Will be interesting to see if he can get the expensive guys to gel the same way the cheap ones do though.

 

[Brains Trust66]

im not too shocked at Liverpool's fall from grace . We have basically been playing the same players for a couple seasons now and i wonder if the motivation is still there . Also selling off Mane was a huge mistake as he so often scored while all the attention was on Salah . Hopefully we can stay somewhere near the top while we rebuild which im pretty sure is going to have to start happening for next season.

 

[Barrels]

How good is Haaland.

 

[mighty_sainters]

7

Si Senor!

 

[lewdogs]

Man Utd are still in the title race...