World Cup 2010

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Flexin

Yeah if you were watching the commercial on 10000 fucking tvs at the same time. Its a constant drone and makes me want to rip someones head off and then shove it up their ass.

I can see if you did it when the other team is about to score on you to try to screw them up but they go non stop.

I think the chanting and so on is much better.

James

Yeah a 30 second or one minute...no biggie...but a couple of hours of that...good gawd !!

Agreed on the chanting and so on and when the other team is about to score as well.

[Inferno]

yep, annoying but I got used to them.

Funny thing is, I have seen Chelsea play twice, and AC Milan once and the games were all chanting, then I went to a Club America and Chivas(Mexican teams) and it was all those damn horns lol

[NONE_too_SOFT]

Originally Posted by Inferno

yep, annoying but I got used to them.

Funny thing is, I have seen Chelsea play twice, and AC Milan once and the games were all chanting, then I went to a Club America and Chivas(Mexican teams) and it was all those damn horns lol

the spanish speaking countries are very fond of the horns, you'll notice.

[NONE_too_SOFT]

Italy is spanking Paraguay right now

[Trip]

I forgot how much acting is apart of soccer. There should be a penalty for bad acting. A kick in the nuts punishment would do.

[NONE_too_SOFT]

acting is a part of every sport with officials.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

acting is a part of every sport with officials.

yeah, but they suck at it in soccer and do it way more than football. Don't watch hockey or basketball enough to make an accurate judge.

[NONE_too_SOFT]

Originally Posted by Trip

yeah, but they suck at it in soccer and do it way more than football. Don't watch hockey or basketball enough to make an accurate judge.

In soccer things are spread out and not a huge clustefuck, so its more obvious to see.

Plus no pads warrents a simple rule called "dangerous play" which is basically at the ref's discretion, but in the fifa rulebook is defined as doing things like slide tackling with the cleats facing up, slide tackling from behind (although this is acceptable if contact is made with the ball first), challening a ball higher than mid waist with your cleats (high kick), etc etc.

Basketball isnt a contact sport, so its pretty easy to tell what a foul is.

Hockey and football you wear pads and helmets to protect yourself.

Soccer is full contact, with a set of rules designed to minimize serious injury, which is officiated by typically 4 men. 2 on each sideline, a center official, and an official at midfield to manage substitutions.

So yea, i guess you could call it acting when a player exaggerates being tackled or pushed, but in reality its just using the rules of the game to try and get an advantage. The rules arent cut and dry like other sports, and soccer referees know this.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

In soccer things are spread out and not a huge clustefuck, so its more obvious to see.

Plus no pads warrents a simple rule called "dangerous play" which is basically at the ref's discretion, but in the fifa rulebook is defined as doing things like slide tackling with the cleats facing up, slide tackling from behind (although this is acceptable if contact is made with the ball first), challening a ball higher than mid waist with your cleats (high kick), etc etc.

Basketball isnt a contact sport, so its pretty easy to tell what a foul is.

Hockey and football you wear pads and helmets to protect yourself.

Soccer is full contact, with a set of rules designed to minimize serious injury, which is officiated by typically 4 men. 2 on each sideline, a center official, and an official at midfield to manage substitutions.

So yea, i guess you could call it acting when a player exaggerates being tackled or pushed, but in reality its just using the rules of the game to try and get an advantage. The rules arent cut and dry like other sports, and soccer referees know this.

You don't have to tell me shit about soccer. I played it through middle and high school. I also played Lacrosse. We didn't act nearly as much in lacrosse as we did in soccer.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

So yea, i guess you could call it acting when a player exaggerates being tackled or pushed, but in reality its just using the rules of the game to try and get an advantage. The rules arent cut and dry like other sports, and soccer referees know this.

Bullshit.

It is acting and it has become more and more acceptable in soccer over the last decade or so and it sucks.

I'd guess that close to half the calls made in Professional soccer are from little or no contact.