Soccer really sucks, doesn't it?

[Frozzy]

people who cant appreciate a tie are retarded. the usa-slovenian tie is a good example of a entertaining tie.

Yep. There might always be a winner in baseball, but then there's always a winner in ludo and that's a **** game.

[MikeH]

it takes 50 seconds to advance from your own goal to the other side's goal in football

Huh? On a typical break it takes more like 15 seconds.

[MOBIUS]

Christ, what a whiny bunch of self-important little cry babies the England team are. They're the ones responsible for the execrable performance on the pitch - man up and sort it out you bunch of dicks!

If I see the same old **** against Slovenia, I'll actually want Slovenia to dump them out.

What I predict will happen however is that they'll somehow scrape a win and with that newfound confidence go on a decent run before some kind of heroic implosion against a team far more skilled than them before reaching the final (I'd like to say the Semis, but on the performance so far, I can only bring myself to say the quarters). Thus proving that the current predicament is the players' fault and that ultimately they are just a bunch of overpaid donkeys...

[MikeH]

It happens so often with England it's the plot of Mike Bassett England Manager.

[dannubis]

So Drake, why is it that all NA games involve wairing body armor? Is this what it takes to be a man? Short penis syndrome?

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Valderamma speaks

Colombian legend Carlos Valderrama has slammed the quality of football on display at the World Cup, calling it "a disaster". "Football-wise, there is nothing new," the retired midfielder told Maisfutebol. "Bad matches and few goals. The teams play bad, they are very defensive, there is not a single player who breaks the monotony." This World Cup has been one of the lowest-scoring ever so far, and Valderamma blamed the coaches: "They are afraid to lose. They are putting football into a hole. We only see defensive teams, who play all in the same system. You do not see talented players, the ones who make a difference. There is no room for them."

[MOBIUS]

Carlos who?

Hair today, gone tomorrow!

[MikeH]

Wow. there's some goals for you North America. Amazing stuff from Portugal.

[Hauldren Collider]

No I'm sorry it was not Portugal who won the game it was North Korea who lost the game. This was entirely about them sucking and not Portugal rocking.

[MikeH]

You know nothing about football.

[Al B. Sure!]

So Drake, why is it that all NA games involve wairing body armor? Is this what it takes to be a man? Short penis syndrome?

Umm... That was discussed several pages back with regards to rugby vs. american football. American football players hit so hard that without the padding, they would literally be dying on the field...

The situation came to a head in 1905 when there were 19 fatalities nationwide. President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to shut the game down if drastic changes were not made.

The padding is necessary

[BeBMan]

Umm... That was discussed several pages back with regards to rugby vs. american football. American football players hit so hard that without the padding, they would literally be dying on the field...

That's what real men would do.

[Kitschum]

Chile just took it to a whole nother level.

[BeBMan]

Can't watch right now - what did they do?

[Al B. Sure!]

Even with padding and a helmet, Kevin Everett had spinal chord damage and was paralyzed. He has since defied medical expectations and can walk but obviously can not play football anymore.

Imagine if these guys didn't have all the padding!