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pacificobob
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Thanks for your service jiz. Remind us where you served?
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Hook
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Canada looking pretty good, so far. They've had the best chances.
My other pet peeve about soccer is this ridiculous running clock and the always speculative amount of time "left" at the end of each half.
And, really, deciding a tied game with a shootout, while probably the most exciting portion of a soccer game, is an admission that a game could go on
for facking ever before someone might score again.
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Hook
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Oh look, a goal! Canada down 1-0 at the half.
So far, today, one 0-0 game, one 2-1 game and the expected blowout.
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John Harper
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I'll root for any team that can bring this bore fest to an end.
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Hook
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Yesterday's tally: an 0-0 game, a 1-0 game, a 2-1 game and a 7-0 blowout.
So, there is still a majority of teams, overall, that have not scored a single goal.
Today's tally so far: an 0-0 game, a 1-0 game and a game tied 0-0 at the half.
Boy, if the tryptophan in the turkey doesn't get you, today, watching these games will.
[Edited on 11-24-2022 by Hook]
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Hook
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Colonists versus the Crown today at noon, MST. EDIT: this is incorrect. It's tomorrow at noon MST.
After the disappointing tie versus a continuing subject of the Crown (Wales), the US would do well to earn a tie against England.
Maybe 0-0, ya think??!!!
[Edited on 11-24-2022 by Hook]
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AKgringo
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I have not watched a lot of soccer. Is the dramatic "flop" still a common strategic move? 
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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While I am not a sports fan, I can understand people enjoying watching various sports. What seems stupid to me is people having "my team" that they
root for and get all upset about if they lose.
It seems a lot like following the escapades of some "celebrity" and getting all wrapped up in the lives of people you don't know and who don't know or
care about you in the slightest.
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Skipjack Joe
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Quote: Originally posted by surabi  |
What seems stupid to me is people having "my team" that they root for and get all upset about if they lose.
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That's what team sports is mostly about. A simulated battle between two 'clans' of people. This goes way back in time. Even in Troy the war was
preceded with the battle between Achilles and Hector. I have a friend who is totally apechit over the Rams. The house is cluttered with flags,
helmets, other paraphenalia.
Personally I find soccer boring. The teams are too big which puts a stranglehold on offense. Goals occur almost always due to mistakes or accidents.
Don't understand the attraction. Back and forth they keep running. With no results.
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Hook
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WOW, five goals in one half, split almost evenly between two teams! Now, that must have been exciting!! Portugal survives, 3-2.
But, I wasn't watching........these things happen to infrequently in soccer.
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Hook
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I don't watch enough (like every four years!) but I thought you can now get a yellow card for "flopping"; i.e., faking a foul or injury.
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surabi
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| Quote: Originally posted by Skipjack Joe | | Quote: Originally posted by surabi |
What seems stupid to me is people having "my team" that they root for and get all upset about if they lose.
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Yes, I realize that. And I can appreciate that "play war" might satisfy the types who prefer competition to cooperation and feel the need to take
sides and vicariously be on some "team". It just seems like that "us against them" mentality is the opposite attitude from that which makes for
civilized human relations.
That's different from just enjoying watching people do something they excel at, whether it's sports, music, or whatever. For instance, I enjoy
watching gymnastics- I couldn't care less who wins the gold or silver medals,I just appreciate the amazing skill these athletes have.
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Was in Amsterdam one year during the World Cup. Everytime the Netherlands scored all the fire trucks in the city played their sirens and every single
person cheered.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: Originally posted by surabi |
I enjoy watching gymnastics- I couldn't care less who wins the gold or silver medals,I just appreciate the amazing skill these athletes have.
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Then you are an exception. Consider this - how many people continue to watch their team when they're not doing well? How much interest do you have
seeing gymnasts from say Bolivia perform? For most it's about the medal count.
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surabi
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The same level of interest as seeing a skilled gymnast from anywhere perform. My level of interest in someone's abilities has nothing to do with their
nationality.
[Edited on 11-24-2022 by surabi]
[Edited on 11-24-2022 by surabi]
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World Cup Picture
S,
You’re off topic! If you want to discuss the use or misuse of firearms start a topic. I’ll post there.
This is the World Cup picture I saw in Doug’s ad rotation. This is the World cup post so here it be.
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JZ
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Definitely a top 10 sport is Women's international pole vaulting.
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surabi
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WTF are you talking about? I never said anything about firearms.
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RFClark
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S,
Not you?
“ Meanwhile you have nothing to say about all the supposed "patriots" who parade about draped in American flags, which is actually against the
American Flag Act (which mentions nothing about kneeling in front of the flag)- "wearing" the flag like an item of clothing is definitely considered
to be a sign of disrespect.
Meanwhile, there have been 4 mass killings in the US in just the past week. I should think that Americans have more important issues to concern
themselves with than whether sports figures kneel in front of the flag to protest racist inequality.”
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