how can people call soccer boring

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Matter of opinion really, I sometimes enjoy watching soccer. I prefer tennis and golf though.theone86

My dad loves watching golf, I can't understand it for the life of me. It's not that I dislike the sport either, I actually enjoy playing it very much.

They are both fun to play, but I prefer watching rugby.

OB-47

I dislike rugby almost as much as soccer. Watching rugby makes me appreciate the pauses in play during gridiron.

I just love Rugby for it's pureness. NFL has more strategy and whatnot, but Rugby is more on the spur of the moment strategy, and it's so compelling to watch for me. I love the last minute passes and going straight through a pile of opposing team. But hey, it's just me

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Matter of opinion really, I sometimes enjoy watching soccer. I prefer tennis and golf though.chessmaster1989

My dad loves watching golf, I can't understand it for the life of me. It's not that I dislike the sport either, I actually enjoy playing it very much.

I threw my club in a tree once (I was young).

Watching sports is boring. Playing them is fun.

Though I'm white, and I'm not good at Basketball ;)

Watching sports is boring. Playing them is fun.

Though I'm white, and I'm not good at Basketball ;)

jesuschristmonk

[QUOTE="Pikdum"]

I love to play soccer but not to watch. Most the time its just kicking the ball back in fourth trying to get even somewhat close to the goal.

But anways... Hockey > all

dodgerblue13

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

My dad loves watching golf, I can't understand it for the life of me. It's not that I dislike the sport either, I actually enjoy playing it very much.

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

They are both fun to play, but I prefer watching rugby.

OB-47

I dislike rugby almost as much as soccer. Watching rugby makes me appreciate the pauses in play during gridiron.

I just love Rugby for it's pureness. NFL has more strategy and whatnot, but Rugby is more on the spur of the moment strategy, and it's so compelling to watch for me. I love the last minute passes and going straight through a pile of opposing team. But hey, it's just me

To me it just seems like non-stop running, but like I said before I get that different people enjoy different aspects of different sports.

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

[QUOTE="theone86"]

My dad loves watching golf, I can't understand it for the life of me. It's not that I dislike the sport either, I actually enjoy playing it very much.theone86

I threw my club in a tree once (I was young).

soccer is boring cause its just a bunch of **** kicking a ball around meanwhile football is a manly sport of men bumping into each other and slapping each others ass

[QUOTE="Pikdum"]

I love to play soccer but not to watch. Most the time its just kicking the ball back in fourth trying to get even somewhat close to the goal.

But anways... Hockey > all

dodgerblue13

I find hockey much more intense and entertaining. Generally more time is spent in the offensive zone in hockey than in soccer. There is more skill involved, more shots, I love seeing a sick deke and a well executed play and shot in hockey. I notice most the time in soccer is spent trying to get through and close to the net. I just don't find it as interesting as hockey. PK's and dumps are just one aspect of the game too. They can be boring sometimes though.

Because it's more boring than watching grass grow. It just is.

I don't care for why people believe American football is better than soccer l but I will tell all those wondering why I love soccer/football so much. It is a highly technical game that requires more finesse than a huge majority of team sports, the tricks, the use of feet, the dynamic display of play, they all contribute to a beautiful style.

Those who complain about the low scoring, all I have to say is this, it is because of the low scoring that makes games interesting. Even if you are 3-0, it only takes 5 minutes and a flurry of shots to bring the game back to potential parity. Each goal, feels even better than a point in basketball, a touchdown in American football because they are so rare and are spectacular to look at. There is a certain beauty to soccer that is absent even in sports like american football and basketball when scoring also. Big 360 slam dunks (which doesn't give you much advantage anyway) or incredible distant throws look great, no doubt but a volley from 30 metres, when it hits the back of that net is just something else, and that is unique to soccer.

Because stopping play lets you know when there's nothing going on the field, with soccer there's nothing going on for the majority of the game.

Oh yeah, and as to why football rocks, because it's a highly strategic game with one-on-one matches going on throughout the game. If there's a speedster receiver good coaches find a way to gameplan him; if a team isn't great at passing they find a way to win with special teams, running, and defense; If the opposing team has a good pass rusher you double him and see if they can adjust.

theone86

Scoring goals isn't the only thing to love about soccer though....
I've seen amazing games that ended in a 0-0 draw. I'm a huge fan of catenaccio/Zone Mista football, even though it's a very defensive way of playing it takes real skill to pull off.

As for your strategic argument, the exact same thing can be applied to soccer.

There's always something happening in soccer. NFL is decent, but the 40 seconds, the timeouts, the commercial breaks during said timeouts... Soccer is the best.

I cannot stand to watch EPL. "Pass... pass... pass... intercept... pass... pass... shoot... pass."

If I had to choose any soccer it'd be Australian A-League. It's actually interesting to watch.

If I had to choose any soccer it'd be Australian A-League. It's actually interesting to watch.

MrsSolidSnake

How so ?

[QUOTE="MrsSolidSnake"]

If I had to choose any soccer it'd be Australian A-League. It's actually interesting to watch.

Sagem28

How so ?

Its an American thing. They derive true entertainment from Instant gratification sports (which is why NASCAR baffles me). Its why Call of Duty sells well. and Arrested Develoment got canceled...

In short, its a cultural thing

Oh Glory Glory Man United!!!

Something about watching guys standing around kicking a ball back and forth, and maybe scoring one goal in two hours...kind of makes me change the channel.

[QUOTE="Sagem28"]

[QUOTE="MrsSolidSnake"]

If I had to choose any soccer it'd be Australian A-League. It's actually interesting to watch.

MrsSolidSnake

How so ?

lol

I should check the A-league out sometime.

Its an American thing. They derive true entertainment from Instant gratification sports (which is why NASCAR baffles me).

Zaibach

Yeah that's why every golfer in the whole world is over here playing on our PGA tour.

[QUOTE="Zaibach"]

Its an American thing. They derive true entertainment from Instant gratification sports (which is why NASCAR baffles me).

Jackc8

Yeah that's why every golfer in the whole world is over here playing on our PGA tour.

Basketball, NFL, baseball are your most popular sport

Both are boring to watch.

Problem?

A 0-0 tie is called a great game is why world football sucks. Oh and after we run around, we'll decide the world champion on penalty kicks.zzzzzzzz.

roulettethedog

Americans are the only people on the planet that calls football boring maybe because their league sucks or the National team can't past the quarters at the world cup.

5+5 players is nice but the "normal" version which is 11+11 players is boring to me.

Huge field with not as much activity as the 5+5 version.

football is 1000x more boring. stop start stop start stop start stop start. what a boring sport. soccer takes way more skill too.

hadoken

This. Seriously, "football" is pretty much non-existant here where I live but a few months back I saw a channel that were showing some football game. I watched two of these games, but only like 30 minutes in total. And I was blown away, like, no joke this has to be the most boring sport there possibly is. Here's how it went:

20+ seconds preparation.
5-10 seconds of playing.
20+ seconds preparation. (which consists of them just chilling is not something entertaining to watch at all).

I was like...With my jaw on the floor, I swear I still feel shocked, what is this? How the **** can this be so big in US? It's... it's so boring. It felt like there was 70% preparation, 30% playing. Completely messed up.

I mean, I understand people got different tastes but they're not even playing! They stand around just preparing so much I can't see how that is any fun at all.

I understand that Americans have their own way of saying things, but blimey soccer sounds horrible...

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I've been a life-long football fan, yet some people don't get the appeal of it.

Only natural.

5+5 players is nice but the "normal" version which is 11+11 players is boring to me.

Huge field with not as much activity as the 5+5 version.

Teenaged

This view on football is one that lots of people who dislike it share.

That's the problem. They don't watch it enough.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

5+5 players is nice but the "normal" version which is 11+11 players is boring to me.

Huge field with not as much activity as the 5+5 version.

Arthur96

This view on football is one that lots of people who dislike it share.

That's the problem. They don't watch it enough.

I dont enjoy sitting down and watching any sport whether its from the television or live in the stadium.

[QUOTE="hadoken"]

football is 1000x more boring. stop start stop start stop start stop start. what a boring sport. soccer takes way more skill too.

xWoW_Rougex

This. Seriously, "football" is pretty much non-existant here where I live but a few months back I saw a channel that were showing some football game. I watched two of these games, but only like 30 minutes in total. And I was blown away, like, no joke this has to be the most boring sport there possibly is. Here's how it went:

20+ seconds preparation.
5-10 seconds of playing.
20+ seconds preparation. (which consists of them just chilling is not something entertaining to watch at all).

I was like...With my jaw on the floor, I swear I still feel shocked, what is this? How the **** can this be so big in US? It's... it's so boring. It felt like there was 70% preparation, 30% playing. Completely messed up.

I mean, I understand people got different tastes but they're not even playing! They stand around just preparing so much I can't see how that is any fun at all.

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

5+5 players is nice but the "normal" version which is 11+11 players is boring to me.

Huge field with not as much activity as the 5+5 version.

Teenaged

This view on football is one that lots of people who dislike it share.

That's the problem. They don't watch it enough.

I dont enjoy sitting down and watching any sport whether its from the television or live in the stadium.

Yeah I can understand that.

Well, not really.

But I do.

They have not watched enough of it is my guess. The game changes quickly and unexpectedly all the time.

Now with American football, I just don't like it.

Americans are the only people on the planet that calls football boring maybe because their league sucks or the National team can't past the quarters at the world cup.

EPaul

Sports in general are boring.

Americans are the only people on the planet that calls football boring maybe because their league sucks or the National team can't past the quarters at the world cup.

EPaul

Exactly, we see how they went crazy for the womens team world cup. Just that their league and NT suck.

[QUOTE="EPaul"]

Americans are the only people on the planet that calls football boring maybe because their league sucks or the National team can't past the quarters at the world cup.

LongZhiZi

More strategy being a reason for watching it? That's rather silly...

You don't even know what they're talking about down there, I don't see why that's a reason for any assumptions.

Lots of strategy in football. And I mean it. And I mean the proper football, not handball.

I can see why people would say it's boring...it's hard to get into the sport if the understanding isnt there...The pace tunred me off watcing it until.....ironcally... i played a FIFA game with a bunch of buddies one night and started playing it...then i came to appreacte the sport more when i would watch it on the TV..

I kept saying X..X..HIT X motherF****...lol

I will settle this conversation with the facts.

For the record i like both American Football and Football(Soccer)

Highest Paid Athletes in the world play Football(Soccer)

There is a world outside of America and the most watched television audience for a sporting event is the world cup, it has more viewers then the superbowl.

Football(Soccer) is a language all in its own, a language of the world as you can go anywhere, not speak the language but people will understand what you want to do if you have a Football(Soccer Ball), if you were to say take an American Football to mmmm North Korea (as its in the news) they would look at you with a wtf...