Video: The original 60-yard goal
posted at 1:12 pm on May 28, 2008 by Allahpundit
Via Monkey Tennis Centre. After 230+ comments on yesterday’s post, I feel obliged.
Admittedly, this one’s impressive.
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The new traffic booster. Who knew?
TexasDan on May 28, 2008 at 1:16 PM
That IS impressive. But I beg you to stop with the soccer stuff. America has enough problems to deal with as it is.
Spirit of 1776 on May 28, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Actually, this is a pretty good metaphor for America’s problems. The guy who’s supposed to be guarding the goal seems to be a little absent-minded.
RushBaby on May 28, 2008 at 1:19 PM
WOW! Beckham.
I’m looking forward to Klaus doing that with Gore.
maverick muse on May 28, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Technically, about half as difficult as a 40 yard field goal.
Think_b4_speaking on May 28, 2008 at 1:24 PM
America’s pastime STILL has the BEST highlight EVER! Thank you Rick Monday.
kirkill on May 28, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Soccer still sucks.
lorien1973 on May 28, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Let’s see Julius Peppers do that.
SlimyBill on May 28, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Hawt!
KelliD on May 28, 2008 at 1:28 PM
For sure.
I suggest EFTI (European Footie Thread Igniter).
SlimyBill on May 28, 2008 at 1:29 PM
I never saw Bekham in a wig before.
Shy Guy on May 28, 2008 at 1:30 PM
The announcer sounds like Monty Python’s Eric Idle. All we need now is a YouTube video of Idle announcing the Upper Class Twit of the Year contest to do a side-by-side audio comparison.
jon1979 on May 28, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Two things separate humans from the other primates: an upper brain and opposable thumbs. Soccer utilizes neither.
token on May 28, 2008 at 1:34 PM
And of course it ends with the obligatory shot of all the poofs holding each other gently and whispering sweet nothings …
Too bad. It would have actually been a cool shot if you’d clipped the last 10 seconds off.
Then I remembered it was soccer. So it was time for hugging. Before they moved on to the always popular rolling on the ground and moaning, followed by the jubilant dancing.
Maybe all soccer really needs is some heavy editing to remove all the gayitude.
Professor Blather on May 28, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Meh.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sdapVBVA1wQ
mesablue on May 28, 2008 at 1:36 PM
You just saved this thread.
I just never get tired of watching that.
Of course, it would have been better if he’d just beaten them to death with their own bottle of lighter fluid.
But still. Good times, baby. Even better than soccer.
Professor Blather on May 28, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Wow. That’s just frickin’ perfect.
Everything wrong with soccer in a 3:21 clip.
Just watch it, soccer fans. It explains why we mock soccer.
It’s not the sport. It’s the players. And the culture. And the hair. And the crying, dear sweet God, the crying. And the hugging and holding. And the Academy-award winning phony acting.
But mostly the crying.
Professor Blather on May 28, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Better.
mesablue on May 28, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Rugby is the best thing that ever happened to my (after my husband of course) Soccer is lame.
Hunt035 on May 28, 2008 at 1:43 PM
I actually like soccer, though not to the degree that I follow a single team on a regular basis. World Cup is fun just because it’s something different and then it’s over and I can go back to sports I like better. We all know baseball is the truly great sport anyway. ;)
Vatican Watcher on May 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM
It’s the new “red meat”. Out with illegal immigration, in with Beckham. The new traffic booster. At least he’s good for somethin’.
Redhead Infidel on May 28, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Better if the link actually works — http://youtube.com/watch?v=nHfMMtqk6
mesablue on May 28, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Wow, not many futbol fans here. I challenge any of you to go watch Manchester United or Arsenal or Inter Milan or any of those teams play and not be amazed. They are some of the most talented athletes on the planet. I actually pay an extra $10 a month on directv to get some of the soccer channels so I can follow it. Its good stuff….I know im gonna get flack for posting this but it needed to be said. :)
SoCalInfidel on May 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Hey, at least fighting over soccer is fun. And pretty funny.
Politics has just gotten ugly and stupid, and its going to get worse for the next six months.
Soccer is way more entertaining.
Professor Blather on May 28, 2008 at 1:55 PM
ehhh..
thats one lame sport..
Chakra Hammer on May 28, 2008 at 1:55 PM
I challenge you to go watch water boil.
It’s more exciting, something might actually happen, and I won’t charge you $10.
And yes, they are talented. At acting, crying, and rolling around pretty acrobatically while faking injury. They’re triple threats!
Professor Blather on May 28, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Monkey Tennis Center?! How about via Thacker Agency? That was the first link in my first comment. Oh well.
ThackerAgency on May 28, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Yeah, that’s a hell of a lot better goal. And for those who think a field goal is harder, he just kicked a rolling ball 60 yards, put it dead in the middle of the net, and just under the cross bar by what looked like a foot. That’s pretty good stuff.
For his part, the goaltender should be stoned, and in South America, he would be. Look at it the second time, and he’s backpedalling. Dude, turn around and run; you’ve been beaten badly!
Jaibones on May 28, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Not anymore difficult than an empty net goal in hockey.
The goaltender was not in the net, just a long chip shot.
How many of those has he missed?
mesablue on May 28, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Think_b4_speaking . . . you probably should give your name a try.
infidel2 on May 28, 2008 at 2:09 PM
The beautiful game. Was, is and always will be.
For 45 minutes plus Beckham and his teammates have to decide, on their own, who to pass the ball to, when and if to shoot, without the “aid” of half-a-dozen coaches constantly stopping the game and telling them what to do.
Again, THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. No wonder all the world love it!
RMR on May 28, 2008 at 2:09 PM
As I said on the other post, America doesn’t play soccer right. In America, we don’t glorify the team, we glorify the one person. . . the Michael Jordan, the Beckham.
Soccer is about the team moving around the ball. In America we look for the guy who can take the ball one on one and score against the whole team. . . or shoot from full court.
Soccer is about positioning team mates to take advantage of space created by the movement of the ball. Where the ball is is less relevant than where the ball isn’t. . . and America still looks for the great one on one with the ball guy. That’s why America isn’t any good.
ThackerAgency on May 28, 2008 at 2:13 PM
I’ve played rugby, soccer and football competitively. Never have I spent more time doing less than in soccer when away from the ball.
BORING.
It can be fun to play, but watching anything other than the World Cup is painful.
In rugby, unless you are a fullback, you’re in the action at all times. Except for League. League sucks. In football, you have multiple assignments on each play.
In soccer, you can take a nap if the ball is on the other side of the field.
Oh, and I hate Macs.
mesablue on May 28, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Soccer fans are the most insufferable subspecies of American.
mymanpotsandpans on May 28, 2008 at 2:21 PM
We’re never going to get this thread to 230+ until someone comes out and calls soccer gay or starts talking about the players man panties.
FYI:
Why soccer is not gay
What acutally is gay
infidel2 on May 28, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Sorry, still not even remotely impressive from the sport that makes Cricket look like full contact kick boxing.
Jim708 on May 28, 2008 at 2:26 PM
On Monday, the NCAA lacrosse championship was played in front of 45,000+ in Foxboro. Lacrosse isn’t my bag. But at least its fans don’t act as if they are culturally superior to the rest of us.
mymanpotsandpans on May 28, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Kinda sounds like professional basketball players too. FA Premier league futbol made a rule where you cant fake it anymore and if you do its a big penalty and it works now. Its a sport, its athletic. No one can enjoy all sports but I think Futbol is due a little more credit. After all its the worlds most popular game.
SoCalInfidel on May 28, 2008 at 2:28 PM
The British are a cancer in our country.
mymanpotsandpans on May 28, 2008 at 2:31 PM
mymanpotsandpans on May 28, 2008 at 2:27 PM
I prefer lacrosse to soccer. Soccer is still boring to watch. . . even when it is played right.
ThackerAgency on May 28, 2008 at 2:31 PM
I certainly prefer rugby to soccer but those people saying that scoring these kinds of goals is easy are out of their minds. Foottie is a decent enough game… depends on what you are comparing it to.
lexhamfox on May 28, 2008 at 2:40 PM
Rugby and Soccer are both gay!
Football is King and hockey runs second.
epluribusunum on May 28, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Because this is an obese nation. The first prerequisite for a sport here is to be able to stop for a break every 15 seconds.
freevillage on May 28, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Are you sure you’ve played “competitive” soccer? They miss 99% of the shots, and very few of them are from midfield. I’ll give you an empty soccer field and a week, and you tell me how many times you can create that shot.
Jaibones on May 28, 2008 at 2:51 PM
I’ve played Rugby, Football, Soccer, Hockey, Baseball, and Waterpolo at highly competitive levels. Soccer isn’t hard.
Some endurance is required, and there is some skill in ball handling, but it’s no huge thing. Actually kicking the ball into the goal is pretty much the easiest thing in the game. Curling a corner kick is pretty impressive, but straight shots on goal are just meh. It’s not the difficulty of scoring that keeps the number of shots and total scores down, it’s the tremendous advantages that accrue to the other team if you miss and the importance of time of possession to help arrange your strategy, probe for weaknesses, and let your side gather its breath. Solo shots leave your own team out of position and then in their scramble to get to the net they will give the opposition a huge advantage to counter, just like a failed upcourt rush in basketball.
Soccer is essentially basketball for short people with good endurance – minimal contact (well, phantom in the case of soccer), ball control key to play development, end to end rushes, and advantages in scoring come from catching the other team out of position (be it to get a 1-0 or 100-90 advantage).
Rugby and Waterpolo are probably the two most physically challenging and skill dependent sports. In rugby everybody runs at least as much, and on a same sized field, as in soccer, they just beat the hell out of each other while they do it and sprint into each other every 15-30 seconds. Even the 300 pound forwards run around the whole field and then sprint at the other team (well, maybe a fast lumber in some cases). In football, similar sized people hit each other (except for when the quarterback gets sacked). In Rugby the wide receiver types run straight into O-line types – all of the O-line at once and with no blocking! Then there’s all the kicking for position, drop kicked field goals during play (that’s more than slightly challenging, since you’re usually being pursued by a few people when the chance for a drop goal comes up), and the fact that if you’re removed from the field for an injury (everyone gets hurt playing rugby, you only occasionally get injured, like my teammate who had a cleat sized imprint in his forehead… mm dented skull) but not bleeding, you can’t come back for the rest of the game and play doesn’t stop for injuries unless the injured party is interfering with play.
Waterpolo is pretty much rugby in water with fewer rules. Everyone’s sprinting around the pool so the refs can’t see below the water – makes it very easy to force the other guy to drop the ball simply by applying a bit of pressure and some torque, or else just jab the guy in the kidneys if you’re not in position to, erm, “apply pressure”. Scoring requires rising out of the water (based solely on your ability to tread water) past your waist so as to get a good throw on net.
Soccer in comparison takes no skill, fitness, or courage. Just a wee bit of acting (and even then… the last World Cup was notorious for players clutching the wrong leg and switching the clutch when they remembered) and the athleticism of 8 year old girls. I’m shocked that the Euros love it!
libertarianuberalles on May 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Calling soccer gay is like calling Liberace gay. It sort of goes without saying. It’s pretty much the gayest thing in the known universe, so coming right out and saying so is just being obvious and redundant.
And all soccer fans know it. That’s why they get so sensitive.
Not that there’s anything wrong with gay, sensitive men. Somebody has to style my wife’s hair and decorate my office. I call those people “soccer fans.”
The most commonly heard – and gayest – defense to the Gayest Game Ever is this exercise in logical fallacy. The “everybody loves it so it must be cool!” argument.
Dudes. I mean, gay dudes. That is the lamest rhetorical device in history. Your mother explained it to you decades ago, when she asked: “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too?”
Now your Mom is asking: “If Morocco and Turkey thought the gayest sport in history was cool, would you actually use that to try defend it?”
Yeah. Your mom was right.
If you want to watch your fruity sport, that’s swell. If you want to pretend its not the lamest thing ever invented, we can all look the other way.
But please. For the love of Beckham. Do not say: “the whole world loves it!” like that matters.
Barack Omaba is wildly popular.
Most of Europe and half of our own hemisphere is embracing socialism.
Hannah Montana is going to outsell the frickin’ Beatles.
This does not make Barack Obama, Socialism, or Hannah frickin’ Montana things to adore and admire.
It just proves that there are lots of stupid, stupid people.
And I’ll bet a lot of Obama supporting socialists with Hannah Montana albums dig soccer. I’ll bet they say its cool cuz “everybody luvs it!”
Come up with a new argument, kids. This one is almost as lame as soccer.
Professor Blather on May 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Fat…well yeah, but gay and retarded…not so much.
Isn’t it time for your curling match?
brtex on May 28, 2008 at 2:55 PM
So your argument is … that as long as soccer players are in fine shape, rolling around and weeping hysterically over fake injuries becomes cool?
Nobody said they didn’t need lots of endurance for all that gay weeping and hugging and prancing. I totally agree: the average NFL linebacker could never keep up with the prancing and the flying around the field.
But he wouldn’t want to. Because he’s not lame. Or gay.
Next.
Professor Blather on May 28, 2008 at 2:58 PM
I’m of the opposite opinion; I’d rather watch club soccer than national competition any day of the week, and the lower the league, the more exciting. In national play the field is far too even; each nation fielding their eleven best guys, and the defenders are of virtually equal talent with the attackers on both sides. The result is a boring, over-conservative game. When most Americans talk about soccer being boring, they’re usually talking about World Cup national-level soccer. And they’re right. On the other hand, in club levels there’s a bit more disparity of athletic talent that usually makes for a much more exciting game. If I had to choose between tonight’s US v. England match or going to see Mainz 05 play at home against some other schlub team in Bundesliga Zwei, I’ll take 05 every day of the week.
Spc Steve on May 28, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Wow, so that is what it takes to get an emaciated, plastic surgery addicted Spice chick.
cat-scratch on May 28, 2008 at 3:01 PM
I agree…although every 4 years when the world cup does come on I watch every match that they play on tv. I love it
SoCalInfidel on May 28, 2008 at 3:12 PM
I will admit that watching pro soccer live is better than watching it on television, because you can actually see the plays setting up, while on TV the focus is strictly on where the ball is, with no idea about what’s going on outside the camera range.
That’s actually important in a low-scoring game — and nothing’s as low-scoring as soccer — since at the very least, seeing the plays form gives the fans at least a sense of anticipation that something might happen, even if it doesn’t. Watching on TV, the only anticipation is when the ball gets close to one of the goals, and given the odds of actually putting the ball in the net, that’s not enough to attract viewers to a game that goes 45 minutes without a beer/food/pee break.
Hockey’s in a bit of the same bind, but unlike soccer, you at least expect 4-5 goals to be scored per game, and the advent of HDTV has made the puck easier to follow and the formations on the up-ice rushes easier to see. Soccer doesn’t have the problem hockey has had in the past with not being able to pick up the object of attention very well, but maybe HDTV will allow a little wider view of the action away from the ball, so people at home can get an idea that the game’s not 20 players running around aimlessly between the two goalies.
jon1979 on May 28, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Bah.
Find a clip of the Netherlands-Brazil match in the ’98 Cup semi-finals.
87th minute, Netherlands down a goal, I forget who kicks the ball 60 yards to Kliuvert, who just barely gets a foot on it, controls it while getting past the goalie, and puts it in.
Just beautiful.
misterpeasea on May 28, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Maybe if I point out that Hispanics are soccer-mad, people will wake up to the danger here!
End immigration lest America abandon American football and start kicking a round ball instead.
flenser on May 28, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Why do liberals always, always, trash their own country? Is it a compulsion?
misterpeasea on May 28, 2008 at 3:28 PM
I don’t know. Why do you?
freevillage on May 28, 2008 at 3:30 PM
I don’t understand how any of this is going to help Michelle Obama’s children.
wccawa on May 28, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Methinks someone doesn’t know the difference between, say, Italian and British soccer.
freevillage on May 28, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Let me guess. You are a ten times consecutive winner of the debate competition at your home town of Hicks, MS.
freevillage on May 28, 2008 at 3:33 PM
Soccer needs to make each goal be worth seven points. That way people will look at 14-7 games and think they were high scoring.
Hey, it works for American football.
flenser on May 28, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Maybe like a three point line, anything past a certain mark and you get 2 points, further away and you get 3 points.
*
I know, how about not showing any more clips. Sockher is a communist plot to make girlie men out of athletes.
right2bright on May 28, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Could one of the “proponents” of all these manly sports ( Football,Hockey,Lacrosse etc.) explain why all these manly men are covered from head to toe with so much manly protective gear?
After all, the un-manly soccer player only wears a shin-pad and a cup. Same for the equally un-manly Australian rules football player and rugby player.
Is it a sign of real manliness? Just asking.
RMR on May 28, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Bah.
I am saving this for when I can’t sleep.
right2bright on May 28, 2008 at 3:40 PM
It was Dennis Bergkamp against Argentina in the quarter-finals…
schiehallion on May 28, 2008 at 3:43 PM
…better version of Bergkamp clip…with bonus American commentator!
schiehallion on May 28, 2008 at 3:47 PM
The Champions League is quite good I think.
aengus on May 28, 2008 at 3:49 PM
“The announcer sounds like Monty Python’s Eric Idle” – that’s the sheepskin-clad John Motson, icon and god amongst men.
Apeking on May 28, 2008 at 3:50 PM
The most mediocre football play is better than the greatest soccer play.
Soccer is gay. Deal with it.
csdeven on May 28, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Hey! Soccer is too a real sport!!
- The Cat
P.S. /punk
MirCat on May 28, 2008 at 4:04 PM
So it was. THAT is how HUGE a soccer fan I am. It was a great play, though.
And look, people, Americans think soccer is for sissies because Americans play sissy soccer. It gets pretty rough in Europe.
But give me college football
anyevery day of the week.misterpeasea on May 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM
So we consider soccer a sport now? They’re not just lawn fairies anymore, is that what you’re proposing? I don’t buy into it.
RWLA on May 28, 2008 at 4:16 PM
The fact is the best football player ( never mind we have to pretend the hand is a foot ) will need a paramedic after just 10 minutes of continuous running. He would also need extensive medical treatment to repair his busted knee after one attempt at kicking a soccer ball.
Face the facts csdeven. There is only one reason the world fell in love with the beautiful game. It’s because IT IS the beautiful game.
RMR on May 28, 2008 at 4:19 PM
“soccer” haters please watch these two TV spots:
http://www.circleprod.com/screeningroom.asp?reel=Christian+LOUBEK&type=Director&m=4&s=480
http://www.circleprod.com/screeningroom.asp?reel=Christian+LOUBEK&type=Director&m=0&s=480
Maybe you’ll change your mind, maybe you won’t.
Dave Rywall on May 28, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Thanks for the belly laugh Cat!!!!
brtex on May 28, 2008 at 4:24 PM
What, did Fred play soccer growing up or something?
- The Cat
MirCat on May 28, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Yup. I remember when Maradona played in Spain he got kicked around something fierce. I thought they were gonna kill him at one point.
Hahahaha. That explains it.
aengus on May 28, 2008 at 4:30 PM
soccer is a great sport. it takes all kinds of coordination, great endurance and tremendous skill. and minute for minute, there may not be as high a score, but there is more “action” in a game of soccer than a season of American football. sorry for those who do not understand the game thinking that the only action is the ball goin into the net.
palefaced on May 28, 2008 at 4:39 PM
England 2 USA 0 is the current score. There is about twenty minutes left on the clock in this friendly.
lexhamfox on May 28, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I laughed at “that is absolutely phenomenal!”
OneGyT on May 28, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Well, I will admit he’s easier to listen to than John Sterling calling a Yankees’ home run, but pretty much anything this side of a Nazi torture chamber is easier to listen to than that…
jon1979 on May 28, 2008 at 5:05 PM
.
Let’s see, no line of defenders rushing him, kicking a round ball 60 yards, on a bounce, through poles spaced 50% wider than football. I’d say I hit the nail on the head.
Think_b4_speaking on May 28, 2008 at 5:13 PM
I can’t believe I have to agree with CSDeven on something. How gay.,
Speaking of gay, back to soccer.
You’re still using that most embarrassing of all reasons to be a soccer fan: cuz its like, totally, like, popular in Portugal and stuff. Britney Spears sold more albums than Tina Turner, kiddies. Popularity doesn’t equal merit.
(I made that up. Sounds good, though. Might even be true).
You folks would get a lot farther in this debate if you’d just acknowledge the 800 pound gay elephant in the room. C’mon. Just admit that the prancing and dancing and rolling around and crying and weeping … is gay.
If you want to defend the sport, fine. I mean “sport.” Like darts and bowling.
But you’d look less silly if you’d admit the blitheringly obvious that the culture of soccer is, well, super-duper gay.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Oh – and it’d also help if you’d quit going about how “beautiful” and “pretty” the “game” is. That isn’t making you look less gay.
———–
Is there anything more entertaining than getting soccer fans riled up?
Professor Blather on May 28, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Sigh.
You’re stuck on two stupid arguments. The “everybody likes it” argument and the “they don’t wear pads!” stupidity.
The “everybody likes it” meme has already been destroyed, and shouldn’t have been mentioned in the first place. At one point, everybody liked Bill Clinton and crushed-velvet leisure suits, too. Enough embarrassing yourself with the “its popular in Bolivia” gayitude.
The “pads” argument is equally dumb. Because in all those other sports, they actually hit each other. Hard. Duh.
Meanwhile, soccer players trip and fall and cry almost constantly. Literally weep. And roll around and toss their hair and beg the nice referee to hold up a pretty colored piece of paper.
If you trip a hockey player, he gets up and beats your ass. Trip a soccer player, you might as well get a bucket of popcorn, because there’s going to be a fine theatrical display. (And of course they’re all wearing shinpads and cups and kneepads sometimes … although the kneepads are probably for after the game …)
——–
And how dare you compare soccer to rugby! If you’d read the thread, you’d see that nobody puts them in the same class.
Rugby is cool. It’s a little bit like soccer, but for heterosexuals.
Oh – and rugby players do hit each other hard, with no pads, and no rolling-crying-weeping hysterics.
But if you need advice on what color drapes and carpet to put in your office, don’t ask a rugby player. They’re worthless at that sort of thing.
Professor Blather on May 28, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Yawn
Wade on May 28, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Could be worse. Someone could bring up how basketball players act when they almost kinda in a way got hurt.
- The Cat
MirCat on May 28, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Professor Blather – it’s okay to not like soccer but you don’t have to be such a jackass about it. You’re neither funny nor insightful.
This is an American website with 99% American posters. You don’t get soccer and you never will. No big deal.
I guess your disdain for soccer is like the rest of the world’s laugh riot at American football for being pussy-ish for wearing all that protection and padding. They don’t ever see the sport and they don’t really get it, so they mock it.
Next.
Dave Rywall on May 28, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Next, the Prof is right, soccer sux. Someone kicks a ball into a open net? BFD! Do something most any able bodies girl can not go, then it may be post-worthy. Even then, soccer sux.
Next
Wade on May 28, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Wade – thanks for making my point. To a T.
You miss the point entirely. But that’s okay.
Dave Rywall on May 28, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Professor Blather – you are such an inquisitive mind! You are just calling soccer “gay” for some reason. It doesn’t seem Beckham is gay, judging by his wife, who I have some reason to believe is light years hotter than whatever condiment jar you’re currently dating.
Soccer takes immense conditioning, and just because the ball isn’t in the net, doesn’t mean there isn’t skillful play going on. But go back to shooting your sawed off $25 shotgun at your can of beans out back. I’m going to watch soccer on Brickell Avenue in Miami surrounded by models. Cheers!
FLcapitalistthug on May 28, 2008 at 6:48 PM
“soccer” haters please watch these two TV spots:
http://www.circleprod.com/screeningroom.asp?
I love the sentiment, but FIFA should be expending the same energy and creativity as they did to produce these commericials in ensuring that these African kids don’t return to the miserable exsistence imposed on them by the thugs and murders who govern them.
Instead of playing nice with African thugs to produce “pretty” commercials, FIFA should be asking these thugs why they believe it’s necessary for them to live like royalty, while most Africans live in grinding poverty.
But I guess questions like that will always be a “distraction” to the average European socialist “deep thinker” when dealing with Africans.
RMR on May 28, 2008 at 6:49 PM
This will fly wayyy over the head of tiny closed minds like Professor Blather and a lot of other haters, but if you get the chance, watch “The Other Final”. An amazing documentary. If you aren’t moved by it, you might be dead inside.
http://www.theotherfinal.com
Dave Rywall on May 28, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Seems like lots of people miss lots of your points. Maybe it’s your point-making ability?
misterpeasea on May 28, 2008 at 7:18 PM
The world fell in love with Liberace too.
csdeven on May 28, 2008 at 7:23 PM
If soccer players were are so good, why don’t they go play in the NFL where they can make better money by kicking 65 yard long field goals on a regular basis?
Because soccer is gay and they cannot keep up with real athletes.
csdeven on May 28, 2008 at 7:37 PM
The Euro 2008 Championship which is being co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland is coming up. It’s the 3rd biggest sporting event in the world. The finals kick off in Basle on June 7th, 2008, when Switzerland play the Czech Republic in the opening match of the tournament. My team is Italy, who are the 2006 World Cup Champions. Feel The Rush Official Song Euro 2008.
apacalyps on May 28, 2008 at 7:39 PM
csdeven –
Ahhhhh, you’re one of those people who think kicking a football is the same as kicking a soccer ball. That is truly hilarious, but hey – you don’t understand the laws of physics, or the difference between the two sports – and that’s okay. You don’t know any better. I suppose really good ping pong players should take up tennis because both use rackets.
And oh yes! NFL kickers! Guys who makes a kick off and then cower as the last line of defense, unable to make a simple tackle if that situation should arise. An NFL kicker is the last person you should be parading around the town square as a “real athlete”.
Dave Rywall on May 28, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Wow!
Mojave Mark on May 28, 2008 at 8:37 PM
HA! HA! That’s actually quite funny prof.
However, those two soccer posts have proven that if you push the right button you could get anyone, even the most consistenly intelligent HA commenter, to sink to the level of a Kos Kid.
Gay! Liberace-like! Soccer suxs!etc. As I said, a Kos Kid couldn’t be more proud.
But on a more lighter side…
HA! HA! That too is funny.
RMR on May 28, 2008 at 9:52 PM
You guys do know “posh and becks” is cockney for…
MechEng5by5 on May 28, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Soccer … a fall back activity when you can’t make the cut in marching band.
dm60462 on May 28, 2008 at 11:01 PM
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