Quote:Unreasonably? This is a thread on the SOCCER World Cup, yet soccer is constantly being berated by those who have no willingness to attempt to understand the sport, instead just go about attacking it branding it boring etc.


I'm a Brit who grew up playing & loving soccer, and even played at a relatively high level, with players who have gone on to be pro, even one who has played & scored for England in this world cup. But I love and prefer football. I would rather watch football, and often have to defend football here against soccer fans.


"why do they keep stopping?", "why are so many of them fat?", "he ran 2 yards and they're celebrating?" "This is boring".


If you don't understand something and don't want to, then of course you'll find it boring.


If you watch MMA and don't understand or appreciate the technical aspects, then the majority of the time you'll just see two guys rolling around on the mat hugging

well put.. i like how u use "soccer" too.. i know that something that gets the brits panties in a wad..."they stole our name and ruined our game"blah blah blah blah... i think both sports have closed minded individuals who have never watched the other sport but still feel the need to say something.... i visited the fulham board the other day and about halfway through the first thread i saw about the jaguars, thats exactly what happen... some d bag said "oh yeah football, u mean that sport that takes 4 hours with 14 min of action", at which point a crew of d bag's chimed in.... morons will be morons i guess.... i played both sports as a kid and love them both so it sucks to see such a rift in the fan bases, but ive gotten use to it.

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