rubiconman wrote: 
Deano...dude...y'know I luv ya....BUT please do not bash soccer,man.....it is the world's no 1 game ( with the exception of USA )....
And what is it about soccer that you don't like...?
C'mon let's talk sports...
Ray
God, I have just been waiting for someone to ask me this.. !!!
Okay, I am trying to remain calm here. Soccer sucks, Ray. I will give you some solid reasons as to why it isn't even a sport.
1) First off, it's the "world's number one sport" because the poor states of the world can't afford a baseball and a bat, or a football( a real one with laces), or ice for a rink, or basketball hoops and asphalt. All you need is a coconut and two trees for goal posts to play this shit game.
2) Corruption- The referees and the players are all in on the rigging of games. Stay with me here. I will meld this into reason number 3.
3) Scoreboard. What the hell is with that? Soccer, the "world's best game" doesn't use a fixed scoreboard with a CLOCK! Why is this important. Let me tell you. The "referee" aka, the betting scumdick, keeps the "injury" time in his head, and when the stopwatch goes off(the scoreboard clock), he just guesstimates how much time should be added on to accomadate "injury time." First off, these clowns don't get hurt. How the fuck does one get hurt by sliding on grass? Did poor south American tiger beater get a grass burn? poor baby...nuh uh. So, said ref "adds time on to the end of the game." Let's say scumref has a grand on Columbia to beat Paraguay. Paraguay is up 1-0, and Columbia is threatening(like that ever happens in soccer). Anyway, what's to stop referee from throwing a few extra mins on the clock?
4) Lack of scoring chances/shots on goal. If I hear how soccer is like hockey, I will go to prison for life, because I will maim the person who says it. Hockey can be 1-0, and be exciting as Hell. You can have 25-35 shots on goal and numerous scoring chances, but soccer, you are lucky to get three consecutive passes to conect.
5) Contact..err, lack therof. As mentioned earlier, these are the world's biggest pussies. They fall down and writhe in agony and pain, until referee pulls out a "yellow card." Ooohhh, a yellow card! Look out. Once card is pulled out, "injured dude" magically jumps up, and there is no sign of pain anylonger.
6) Fans, err, assholes. I just love a sport where the fans are tougher than the players. They throw ziplock bags of urine and blood, called urine bombs and bloodbombs on players, not to mention fireworks. Pitiful. A good reason I HATE all soccer playing nations. Thank God Canada and the USA suck in soccer.
7) Those gay soccer shin pads and even more gay shin guards. Shin guards? Are you fucking kidding me? I am starting to lose it.
In summation, when my son was 2, and he licked a soccer ball across the room, I immediately picked it up and said, "Bruce, you will never ever do that again! Understand?" I took that ball and stuffed it into the garbage can, before the Mexican kids across the street ripped it from the can, those littel bastards. Not because he was playing in the house. Hell, I built him an indoor hockey rink....He wasn't ever going to play that shit "sport" again. That alone made me a great parent.
Nothing personal to you Ray, you seem cool, but please realize, when a kid realizes he can play football, baseball, hockey, golf or basketball, he hates himself and his parents for making him play soccer.
One more thing that pisses me off about soccer.
Those Goddamned orange slices and capri sun drinks..WTF is that about?
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ahem...if you could be so kind enough as to teach me how the hell do I do that cut n paste thingy to repond to each of your points....i'd appreciate it....
