The Football (& Soccer + all codes) Thread

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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:34 am

Hey guys, college football season is upon us.

This is a thread in which members can talk about their favorite team, results of the day, and do some trash-talking (ex. I KNOW that my Ohio State University will beat your LOUSY WOLVERINES).

I will start off by saying that my Cal Bears will win their game today 63-10 against Washington State. They are up 42-3 at halftime Rolling Eyes

And how about East Carolina? Beating Virginia Tech last weekend and West Virginia today? They may turn out to be the Kansas of last year.

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:15 am

We beat Holland clapping

Though it was in a friendly match.

Oh wait...

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:35 am

I'm hoping Geelong make it back to back Grand Finals this month too Very Happy

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:21 am

Top result from Skopje, too. .... Laughing

Македонија засекогаш!!

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:28 am

I thought England played really well, despite playing like college kids, against the part timers from Andorra in the WC qualifier last night.

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:36 am

irishemigrant wrote:

I'm hoping Geelong make it back to back Grand Finals this month too Very Happy

Humph - they just thrashed my Saints. Luck, pure luck. And the umpire was obviously blind.

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I'll take your word for it Tommo, fell asleep after first 20 minutes Laughing

At least my league club did well yesterday.

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:46 am

95% of the world population know football to be the game played with a round ball and predominantly kicked; in the USA and a couple of other, less signifcant, places it's called soccer.
Please find a new name for your version of padded rugby (American Football is what we call it to avoid confusion).

thanks

(next week, writing dates and how to pronounce "aluminium")

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:06 am

^^^You also forgot to include driving on the wrong side of the road and omitting the letter 'u' from words like color. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:39 am

^^^ dunno about driving, the car was invented by a german (Karl Benz) and they drive on the right, as do more than half the world, so we best keep schtum on that one.

I'm with you on "u" though Very Happy

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:56 am

^4X1X9

Quote:

At least my league club did well yesterday.

I hope you don't live in Leeds....... Evil or Very Mad

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Australian rules football.
Now theres a game

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:02 am

I read a few years back that there were several ardent devotees of Aussie Rules in the US Secret Service. Maybe travel does broaden the mind!

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:13 am

There's an international comp for Aussie Rules with teams from

Canada
Sweden
Japan
Samoa
USA
Denmark
New Zealand
South Africa
Great Britain
PNG
Ireland
Nauru
Finland
China
Tonga
Peace Team (Palestinian and Israeli players, nuff said)
India
Spain

Aussie Rules is more or less a religion in my part of Australia (Victoria). No padding, no offside nonsense, no interruptions - just 2 hours of edge-of-your-seat entertainment. Go St Kilda!

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:15 am

Hawthorn!

and because deep down we all want them to win; The Rabbitohs!

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Football is a very sore subject with me at the minute.

I support Newcastle United.

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:25 pm

Not that it matters much in most of the US, but Team USA beat Cuba 1-0 last night in a WC qualifier. I tried to watch, but the pitch was awful, it was raining (something about a hurricane or some such rot) and the lighting was giving me a migraine.

No wonder we haven't played there since 1945 or something like that. And I think that might have been the last time the lights were replaced, too.

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:06 pm

smartbomb wrote:

Football is a very sore subject with me at the minute.

I support Newcastle United.

So why the fuss over Keegan ? I like the bloke but it's not like he's a great manager, you could do far better.

Trophy Videos · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:38 pm

@simpsonman - These Brits and Aussies just love to highjack American Football threads and make fun of us. Rolling Eyes

Don't take it personally.
I'm so glad the Scots beat Holland in their friendy game. (I have to say that....) Wink

The Washington Huskies got robbed by the referee on the extra point yesterday! Penalized for "excessive celebration", jumping up and down after they tied the game with about 4 or 5 seconds left! ooooooo!
I'm surprized that the referee made it out of the stadium alive after that call. Smile

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/football

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:41 pm

Donato wrote:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/football

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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:37 pm

It appears as though my thread has backfired on me...

But everyone knows that American Football is better that soccer (fútbol). Wink

At least our players don't have to fly 30 yards through the air when they get bumped in order to get a foul call.

What a good bunch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZavXabGsuA

@Slap

What a screwjob Sad

But at least my Bears won 66-3. And Ohio State? Pfft.

Cal will move into the top 25 today.

@Donato

Of course. The REAL definition of the REAL sport.

Check the dictionary under: Weak, flop, and p**** and you will see: "A form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball." Very Happy

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eamonn wrote:

smartbomb wrote:

Football is a very sore subject with me at the minute.

I support Newcastle United.

So why the fuss over Keegan ? I like the bloke but it's not like he's a great manager, you could do far better.

The fuss isnt really over Keegan, but about Wise and Ashley. The set-up is doomed to failure no matter who's in charge.

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:47 pm

simpsonman3000 wrote:

... everyone knows that American Football is better that soccer ...

Please define "everyone."

eamonn wrote:

95% of the world population... the game played with a ... ball and predominantly kicked ...

As far as I know, roughly 50% of the world's population (i.e. the women) play a similar game where the object is predominantly kicked. It's a self-defence thing and is played with two balls simultaneously. Wink

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:21 pm

simpsonman3000: at least soccer players don't take the field wearing body armour more suited to a Roman arena.

Hell, rugby is as physical as gridiron, and rugby players don't wear that body armour either!

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