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(03-15-2013 07:48 PM)MattC Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 01:37 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 10:08 AM)MattC Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 08:45 AM)cool Wrote:  Soccer is the most played sport worldwide, because all you need to do to play is find something that resembles a ball. You don't even need shoes. There is nothing inherently superior about the game itself

It takes more skill and ability to kick a ball to get the right swerve, power, precision etc than it does throwing an American football or hitting a baseball. Fact.

I don't think so. To be good at baseball you have to throw on the money, hit a ball coming at you at 100mph, run fast and have perfect timing and be able to judge/field balls coming at you at blistering speed. Even Micheal Jordan couldn't do it worth a shit.

We'll have to agree to disagree, mate. There's some ridiculous skill I've seen with football that you may not have, and vice versa. As far as baseball goes though, I think it's pretty one dimensional. Happy to be proved wrong though.

I have mad respect for soccer/football and think there is a ton of talent involved. But man, football (American football) and basketball athletes in the US are just straight up beasts. Imagine if Lebron James or Adrian Peterson decided to play soccer rather than football or basketball. These dudes are just straight up athletes. That's the reason the US soccer team isn't good. All of our good athletes play football, basketball, or soccer. But I'm not gonna sit here and say that one sport takes more talent than the other, because all of those sports take their own type of skill.

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The word soccer is thrown around like an American Hand-egg again.

Sorry, I can't resist.

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Since this forum is American based, soccer should be called soccer at all times so those of us that enjoy a manly sport like football are not confused when the Euros start talking about that feminine game they play.

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(05-03-2013 10:04 AM)Hotwheels Wrote:  Since this forum is American based, soccer should be called soccer at all times so those of us that enjoy a manly sport like football are not confused when the Euros start talking about that feminine game they play.

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I can go all day Neil.

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Too bad it's already evening here. I was up for a few more rounds.

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(05-03-2013 10:04 AM)Hotwheels Wrote:  Since this forum is American based, soccer should be called soccer at all times so those of us that enjoy a manly sport like football are not confused when the Euros start talking about that feminine game they play.

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I think that most health problems can be solved with strategic ketosis.

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(03-15-2013 07:48 PM)MattC Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 01:37 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 10:08 AM)MattC Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 08:45 AM)cool Wrote:  Soccer is the most played sport worldwide, because all you need to do to play is find something that resembles a ball. You don't even need shoes. There is nothing inherently superior about the game itself

It takes more skill and ability to kick a ball to get the right swerve, power, precision etc than it does throwing an American football or hitting a baseball. Fact.

I don't think so. To be good at baseball you have to throw on the money, hit a ball coming at you at 100mph, run fast and have perfect timing and be able to judge/field balls coming at you at blistering speed. Even Micheal Jordan couldn't do it worth a shit.

We'll have to agree to disagree, mate. There's some ridiculous skill I've seen with football that you may not have, and vice versa. As far as baseball goes though, I think it's pretty one dimensional. Happy to be proved wrong though.

Yeah, you should maybe try playing Baseball at a somewhat competitive level, it isn't as easy as it looks. Hitting an average of 0.3+ in Baseball is ridiculous, you need a lot of skill in being able to judge where/when to hit, in the space of a fraction of a second where you can barely see the ball. Obviously football at the highest levels requires a ridiculous amount of skill as well, but in terms of judging which needs more it'd be tough to find a totally unbiased opinion from someone who knows what they're talking about.

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People needing tons of protection to play a sport are fags, like handegg.

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You guys talking shit about football, take the most fit soccer player and put him up against most football players, and the football player would crush him. You can say what you want about football, but to say they are "pussies" or "fags" makes you look dumb. I'd like to see you take a hit from one of those linemen, you'd be knocked the fuck out. The dudes playing football and basketball in the US have more raw athletic talent than most soccer players.

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I like rugby because it's a manlier version of soccer. No pads, full contact brutality.

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^^^

Cristiano Ronaldo is a better overall athlete than pretty much any sportsman right now. One of the most supreme athletes in history in any sport. Of course, this is sort of unfair, as medical advancements etc mean athletes get better with every passing year - It's one of the reasons I get pissed with people who say the Klitshckos would be crap in any other era. Bojangles will hopefully help me out with this point about Ronaldo. Sure, he wouldn't win a fight against some NFL guy, but on overall athleticism and his other genetic attributes, like coordination etc, he's incredible.

Check this doc out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSL-gPMPVXI

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Renaldo has nothing on this guy...

   

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^ Maybe not as impressive, but nevertheless:

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(05-04-2013 05:30 PM)InternationPlayboy Wrote:  You guys talking shit about football, take the most fit soccer player and put him up against most football players, and the football player would crush him. You can say what you want about football, but to say they are "pussies" or "fags" makes you look dumb. I'd like to see you take a hit from one of those linemen, you'd be knocked the fuck out. The dudes playing football and basketball in the US have more raw athletic talent than most soccer players.

Football (soccer) players are not built like NFL stars for good reason.

If you want a fair comparison match your guys to the rugby players.

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Rugby players are built for both explosiveness AND power etc...but with endurance. NFL guys are bigger and more explosive but lack the endurance due to the stop-start nature of that game.

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I think Ronaldo is the greatest player of all time. He has already done it in the Premier League - which is something I am not sure Messi would be able to do. And unlike Messi - he has done it in teams that didn't contain the bulk of possibly the most succesful international side of all time.

I actually predicted he would be the greatest player of all time when he first joined Man Untd as a skinny teenager. The first time I saw him I realised I had never seen a player who could humiliate defenders in such devastating style.

But - the one thing I didn't predict was the impressive physique and fitness levels he would develop. That is testament to his desire to be the best.

Here he is against the England goalkeeper at the time:

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Messi would enjoy playing against Stoke.

And possibly most of the Championship teams. Bottom feeder players who chump their way through games. Its like watching a sunday league game.

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(05-04-2013 05:44 PM)Teedub Wrote:  ^ Maybe not as impressive, but nevertheless:

Game recognized, but come on. Where do you see more athleticism?

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Unpopular views, mainly shit everyone knows but doesn't speak on... I don't like Jewish influence in media, economics and politics - don't like the Israel support, don't like jews making up 25% of Caucasians in the news media/film when they are 2% of the population, or ~40% of NBA team owners. Don't like the fatherlessness in the black community - when are these black women going to close their legs to men who won't take care of their kids? Don't like the illegal immigrant situation at all.. shocking that people want a class of people who came here to do the shit no one wants to compete with the unemployed in this country.. I wouldn't say I'm "racist", but maybe just the typical white guy who has no problem admitting shit people keep in their (white) subconscious.. I'll trust this is the thread to state this shit without being labeled a race troll

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I think people that blame banks for the financial crisis are tards. (Occupy Movement, etc.)

I think people that blame the government for problems need to look in the mirror.

I think sports fandom is silly.

I think Abraham Lincoln was a terrible president.

I think people should stop watching tv.

I think some people are just born stupid.

I think the US should return to the gold standard.

I think Iowa deserves more respect.