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Celerity

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78. Especially by people who do not even know the rules and use false claims to bash football.

Sun Dec 18, 2022, 09:30 PM

Dec 2022

So glad football normally doesn't get posted in GD. I would have been banned long ago, lololol. I am being good though. Some of these replies would get roasted on a normal football forum, especially my UK ones (I grew up in West London, less than a mile from Stamford Bridge, played girls football for years, and am a huge Chels supporter since I could walk and talk. 💙 Been to so many matches, I miss it terribly now that I live in Stockholm. We also follow AIK (despite living in a Hammarby neighbourhood, lol) here, but it's not at all the same.

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So, who wants to tell us that "watching soccer is like watching paint dry"? [View all] brooklynite Dec 2022 OP

people who claim that simply do not understand football, period, full stop nt Celerity Dec 2022 #1

Nope Joe Cool Dec 2022 #4

wrong, so wrong Celerity Dec 2022 #6

Right, right, right Joe Cool Dec 2022 #8

It's a game of strategy and skill angrychair Dec 2022 #13

Every other game has strategy and skill. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #32

The concept that a high score is the only thing that makes a sport good mcar Dec 2022 #40

Oh my gosh. Of course the score is the only thing that matters. Nothing else does! jimfields33 Dec 2022 #43

2-1 is a win. LOL mcar Dec 2022 #61

If the entire world disagrees with you jcgoldie Dec 2022 #64

If six scores (aside from the shootout) Joe Cool Dec 2022 #9

Hockey is often a low scoring game. Disaffected Dec 2022 #44

it's hard to score goals when the teams are fairly evenly matched, or if a lesser team, they go low Celerity Dec 2022 #53

There are SO many problems with soccer that could be Joe Cool Dec 2022 #11

Nice try Hav Dec 2022 #21

There were 9 refs on the field? Nope. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #33

A yellow card at the time means NOTHING but a change in possession. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #34

And getting a SECOND YELLOW card later in the game means... brooklynite Dec 2022 #57

No, again you are dead wrong, as I already explained. Celerity Dec 2022 #77

Soccer is such a poorly officiated sport. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #35

One ref on the field for 22 soccer players. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #36

So watch your fucking football 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2022 #67

Hold Up Now! ruet Dec 2022 #68

Soccer would automatically be astronomically better if they removed two players from each side Goodheart Dec 2022 #72

No. Go invent a new game if you do not like football's rules. Celerity Dec 2022 #76

You don't even understand some of the basic rules, and now you are trying to rewrite a game played Celerity Dec 2022 #75

That's what people who love baseball say about baseball. BannonsLiver Dec 2022 #16

This Thread Cements It For Me ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #46

Don't you love when soccer fans tell you "you just don't understand it"? Goodheart Dec 2022 #73

Oh, There's One Thing ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #79

It isn't interesting enough to take the time to understand it Kaleva Dec 2022 #62

That simple malaise Dec 2022 #63

Wrong Goodheart Dec 2022 #71

I was putting up "holiday" lights, but I did catch the last half of the game. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2022 #3

I have an idea who would say that 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2022 #5

The vast majority of the time Joe Cool Dec 2022 #7

Soccer needs a shotclock. joshcryer Dec 2022 #20

Soccer needs about 50 rule changes. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #24

The thing that causes slow pace... joshcryer Dec 2022 #42

If a team gets up 3-0 Joe Cool Dec 2022 #45

One That Really Bugs Me Is... ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #48

The soccer offsides rule is completely stupid. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #50

MLB does a little too much though Polybius Dec 2022 #52

It is like watching France cry. GreenWave Dec 2022 #10

Right here, sparky. BannonsLiver Dec 2022 #12

It was a very exciting game. Tomconroy Dec 2022 #14

But still less exciting Joe Cool Dec 2022 #17

You score more points in American football and that makes it Tomconroy Dec 2022 #23

Watch soccer players who don't have the ball nor are around it. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #25

American football is the ideal sport for bathroom breaks Tomconroy Dec 2022 #28

Soccer is also the ideal sport for any break. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #30

There are normally more SCORES in football. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #27

3-3 is a high-scoring soccer game. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #29

We got it. You don't like soccer, you don't have to keep repeating the same thing. Bev54 Dec 2022 #58

All of those games combined angrychair Dec 2022 #51

American football.... Happy Hoosier Dec 2022 #65

It was exciting but I do wish the winner was not determined by penalty kicks. honest.abe Dec 2022 #15

Soccer has so many issues Joe Cool Dec 2022 #18

I agree. Exciting second half but the ending was an anti-climatic Walleye Dec 2022 #47

Never watched until I moved to France. Now I watch it, along with rugby. GoneOffShore Dec 2022 #19

Soccer is cross country with a ball. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #22

You may need this GoneOffShore Dec 2022 #26

17 games from the World Cup had 1 goal or no scoring. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #31

No, it's like watching paint dry while drinking mass quantities of beer. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2022 #37

Don't insult watching paint dry. Joe Cool Dec 2022 #38

Not me. I'd much rather watch soccer mcar Dec 2022 #39

You like 0-0 or 1-0 scores? Joe Cool Dec 2022 #40

They need to up their Flopping acting game Submariner Dec 2022 #49

Paint drying never ends in a tie lame54 Dec 2022 #54

I disagree Earl_from_PA Dec 2022 #55

Well played lame54 Dec 2022 #56

Nah...... whistler162 Dec 2022 #59

The only thing I dislike about futball is the faking of injuries. SYFROYH Dec 2022 #60

+1 honest.abe Dec 2022 #74

Thank god no more World Cup for 4 years. n/t MicaelS Dec 2022 #66

I watch football and soccer. Dysfunctional Dec 2022 #69

Right on. Music Man Dec 2022 #70

Especially by people who do not even know the rules and use false claims to bash football. Celerity Dec 2022 #78