The beautiful game [Archive]

Strike For The South

06-09-2009, 06:25

I played it and it is the most tiring thing I've ever done. And it was just the indoor version!

But TBH it was the most fun I had in a while and I'm going to go do it every week

Yall have a convert!

Sasaki Kojiro

06-09-2009, 06:27

I always found indoor soccer more tiring than outdoor...both are great fun though.

Hooahguy

06-09-2009, 06:28

traitor.

pevergreen

06-09-2009, 08:15

I always found indoor soccer more tiring than outdoor...both are great fun though.

I've played one game of indoor, vs however many years of soccer...11?

Indoor has a lot more stop/starting, but proper soccer will test endurance. And skill.

seireikhaan

06-09-2009, 08:25

SPEECHLESS...

InsaneApache

06-09-2009, 10:21

Louis VI the Fat

06-09-2009, 10:48

Aye, all you need is a ball. That's the beauty of the sport. Any backyard or open space will do, and you can play it with any amount of people. One against one, two vs two, four against eightteen kids. With goals, with a wall, with any rules you like. It is always very tiring.

Strangely, I've never played football properly, on a real pitch, with goals and 22 players. I hated footbal when I was still at school. As a result, I'm rubbish at it.

I only ever play in a park. Where I think myself Zidane as I twist and turn and give countless great passes. Alas, my silly teammates never truly understand the greatness of my tactical insight and are never to be found where my brilliant passes are delivered.

InsaneApache

06-09-2009, 11:58

I played a bit of Saturday afternoon amateur footy in my late teens. If the lads had been out on the lash the night before it always took on a interesting dimension. Try running about for an hour and a half with a bloody great big hangover. Kill or cure comes to mind. :o

I just remembered an funny occaison during that time.

Our centre forward (ahhh...those were the days) was a good player. If he'd kept off the beer and trained a bit harder he could easily have played for a league team. He liked his ale and women (as you do) too much though. Anyways one game we were up Blackburn way on an away fixture. The game had settled down and was a bit boring to be honest. Then with a great one-two our centre forward found himself mano e mano with the goalie.

With mounting exitement I watched as he swerved past the 'keeper and thundered towards the open goal. All he had to do was tap it in! Wait! No! He just stopped running and feel onto his knees. WTF!

He started shouting "mushroom! magic mushrooms!" and started picking them in the five yard box. We all ran up to him and a sure as eggs is eggs there was a great big patch of liberty caps. Half the team started picking them while the ref was running about his arms flailing and constantly blowing on his whistle. It turned into something resembling an Ingmar Bergman movie. Just surreal. I've never laughed so hard during a game.

I still chuckle when I think of it. :)

Rhyfelwyr

06-09-2009, 13:18

Good man! :)

naut

06-09-2009, 13:36

johnhughthom

06-09-2009, 16:09

Indoor football/soccer is much more tiring than full 11 a side as you never really get a break, you pretty much have to be on the move the whole time. That new not allowed to balance against the wall rule is pretty lame though.

tibilicus

06-09-2009, 16:11

The brilliant thing about footy is how cheap it is to play. After all the only thing you really need is a ball. I must have played it for thousands of hours and had great fun doing it.

Great to see we have another convert SFTS. :)

Sure is. Nothing like being a kid and using your school jumpers for goal posts.

The beuty of the game is just how accessible it is.

Ferret

06-09-2009, 16:39

I only ever play in a park. Where I think myself Zidane as I twist and turn and give countless great passes. Alas, my silly teammates never truly understand the greatness of my tactical insight and are never to be found where my brilliant passes are delivered.

LOL!

SFTS: you probably found it more tiring because you actually move in football, instead of stopping for minutes after every few seconds of play when you play American football :P

Reverend Joe

06-09-2009, 19:31

I thought "the beautiful game" was baseball. Hrumph.

Prussian to the Iron

06-09-2009, 20:20

Alas, my silly teammates never truly understand the greatness of my tactical insight and are never to be found where my brilliant passes are delivered.

i think you mean:

my pases always miss, and i like to blame my teammates.

:P

jk, i just thought that was so funny and such a set up.

Hooahguy

06-09-2009, 20:22

I thought "the beautiful game" was baseball. Hrumph.
I said the same thing, Reverend.

SFTS, you have officialy lost your "all-american" title in my book.

Hooahguy

06-09-2009, 20:23

oops, double post. curse this choppy internet connection!

Rhyfelwyr

06-09-2009, 21:30

So long as he calls it soccer he's still American.

Strike For The South

06-09-2009, 22:06

Lost my All-American status?

Do you know who you're talking to?

Hooahguy

06-09-2009, 22:08

Lost my All-American status?

Do you know who you're talking to?
Strike for Europe

Reverend Joe

06-09-2009, 22:26

Strike for Europe

HAHA!

If I could post smilies, that would be a smily. Damn the ailing org.

drone

06-09-2009, 22:38

Lost my All-American status?

Do you know who you're talking to?

Played against any Mexicans yet? You will need to learn the nuances of gringo ball to defeat them, young grasshopper. :bow:

Indoor is great. You need to think fast and make quick decisions with the ball. It wears you out faster since you are always involved in the play and there are more direction changes.

InsaneApache

06-09-2009, 23:48

Hat doff to Drone. A yank to boot. :)

Strike For The South

06-10-2009, 02:25

Played against any Mexicans yet? You will need to learn the nuances of gringo ball to defeat them, young grasshopper. :bow:

Indoor is great. You need to think fast and make quick decisions with the ball. It wears you out faster since you are always involved in the play and there are more direction changes.

Ya. You can always tell ther're legit because they pull there hait back. lol

It's a ton of fun I like it

LittleGrizzly

06-10-2009, 03:34

I have been playing indoor recently, its paticularly tiring when you have one extra one the one side as you have to constantly run to make up for the missing player. Because i hadn't played for a while it took a bit of time to get into it but im back into my stride now... i just love scoring as well...

Glad we have a convert STFS, its a brilliant game.

Prussian to the Iron

06-10-2009, 04:31

https://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4530/crazyhorse2ni4.jpg

i frickin love this sig!!

Reverend Joe

06-10-2009, 19:49

Hat doff to Drone. A yank to boot. :)

Yep, he's a yankee all right.

Actually, in all seriousness I have no problem with Football. I just think it's kind of a wimpy sport when compared with, say, Rugby.

drone

06-10-2009, 19:53

Yep, he's a yankee all right.

Them's fightin' words. ~;)

Tratorix

06-10-2009, 19:54

Yep, he's a yankee all right.

Actually, in all seriousness I have no problem with Football. I just think it's kind of a wimpy sport when compared with, say, Rugby.

I can't think of many sports that aren't wimpy compared to rugby.

Louis VI the Fat

06-25-2009, 12:57

For those who don't read LEN's footballodium:

Yanks stun world soccer.
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The United States will contest the [URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/confederations-cup"]Confederations Cup (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jun/24/usa-stun-spain-confederations-cup-final) final after causing a huge upset in Bloemfontein tonight by inflicting a first defeat on Spain (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/spain) since 2006.

Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey scored the goals as underdogs USA, having lost their opening two games in the tournament and only squeezed through Group B by the skin of their teeth, set up a final showdown against either Brazil or hosts South Africa on Sunday.

The result was one of the biggest shocks in recent international history, with the all-conquering Spanish having broken the record for consecutive wins with their 15th on the trot against South Africa at the weekend.

The European champions would also have claimed the record for the longest unbeaten run if they had avoided defeat tonight, having drawn level with Brazil's run of 35 in that South Africa match.
Even the 86th-minute dismissal of Michael Bradley - son of coach Bob - could not deny the USA, who were left to celebrate a famous victory.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jun/24/usa-stun-spain-confederations-cup-final

The New Che Guevara

06-26-2009, 22:43

The normal phrase is that "Football is a gentleman's gameplayed by hooligans, whiilst Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen.

Yet hockey gets no mention, and is even less popular than golf! This os shocking, mainly because golf is dead boring effort. (Ironically, I have an excellent drive because of my hockey). The true type of hockey, Field Hockey.

And Rugby more violent than most other sports... even its sibling American Football is slightly less violent. Yet it's estranged cousin twice removed, Australian Football is crazy! and god love the australians for it. Then there's ice hcokey. I think only the americans could consider field hockey dull enough to put it on ice and make it more violent. Still a good game. What about dodgeball? or shin kicking? or UFC or all these obscure activities that count as sports?

Pannonian

06-26-2009, 23:09

And Rugby more violent than most other sports... even its sibling American Football is slightly less violent. Yet it's estranged cousin twice removed, Australian Football is crazy! and god love the australians for it. Then there's ice hcokey. I think only the americans could consider field hockey dull enough to put it on ice and make it more violent. Still a good game. What about dodgeball? or shin kicking? or UFC or all these obscure activities that count as sports?
There's an olde form of football that's still played yearly between two villages in England, that's more of a cultural event than a sport. The playing area is a mile or so of ground between the two villages, streets, streams and gullies included. The ball is released in the middle, then follows a general scrum around the ball, with the very occasional break away. The game lasts from sunrise to sunset IIRC, and seldom are any goals actually scored by getting the ball to the opponent's home area.

The New Che Guevara

06-27-2009, 21:30

There's also a sport as shin kicking and cheese rolling in some of the small country towns.

Shin Kicking with some cool music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2CSpNze5Q)
Cheese Rolling and some dude in a man thong (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOyQBSMeIhM&annotation_id=annotation_914561&feature=iv)

There's also this one for any football (soccer) fans.
River Football (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOyQBSMeIhM&annotation_id=annotation_914561&feature=iv)

Reverend Joe

06-28-2009, 02:52

There's an olde form of football that's still played yearly between two villages in England, that's more of a cultural event than a sport. The playing area is a mile or so of ground between the two villages, streets, streams and gullies included. The ball is released in the middle, then follows a general scrum around the ball, with the very occasional break away. The game lasts from sunrise to sunset IIRC, and seldom are any goals actually scored by getting the ball to the opponent's home area.

Now that sounds like the best version of football ever.