From: Peter Lawrence on 21 Jun 2010 16:57 On 6/21/10 1:03 PM, Thomas R. Kettler wrote: > > You do realize that the extent of activity in a football game is roughly > 15 minutes, correct? While the extent of *meaningful* activity in a soccer game is more like five minutes. Watching a football team huddle and sub players in and out during the break in play is often times more interesting than watching soccer players *walk* around the soccer field during an actual soccer game. - Peter
From: Daniel Edwards on 21 Jun 2010 18:41 Peter Lawrence <hummbaby(a)aol.com> wrote in news:hvojom$l7h$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > On 6/21/10 1:03 PM, Thomas R. Kettler wrote: >> >> You do realize that the extent of activity in a football game is >> roughly 15 minutes, correct? > > While the extent of *meaningful* activity in a soccer game is more > like five minutes. > > Watching a football team huddle and sub players in and out during > the break in play is often times more interesting than watching > soccer players *walk* around the soccer field during an actual > soccer game. How much more interesting than soccer is the following sequence: Extra point Commercial break Kickoff Commercial break 3 and out Punt Commercial break While I also prefer the NFL and college football to soccer, a soccer game is over in 2 hours. An SEC college football game, with 60 minutes of official clock time, takes 4 hours. -- Daniel Edwards Memphis, TN
From: Antonio Veranos on 21 Jun 2010 18:44 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:41:11 +0000 (UTC), Daniel Edwards wrote... > How much more interesting than soccer is the following sequence: > > Extra point > Commercial break > Kickoff > Commercial break > 3 and out > Punt > Commercial break > > While I also prefer the NFL and college football to soccer, a soccer > game is over in 2 hours. An SEC college football game, with 60 minutes > of official clock time, takes 4 hours. I'm always amused by those who think they have to pick one or the other, as if liking one makes liking the other impossible. It may for certain simpletons (with some loud examples on RSFC), but for the rest of us there's no reason to live in such a limited sports world. There's a ton of variety out there, and an appreciation of a wide spectrum of it can only do any sports fan good. -- A. Veranos What color does a smurf go when you choke it?
From: Peter Lawrence on 21 Jun 2010 19:47 On 6/21/10 3:44 PM, Antonio Veranos wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:41:11 +0000 (UTC), Daniel Edwards wrote... >> >> How much more interesting than soccer is the following sequence: >> >> Extra point >> Commercial break >> Kickoff >> Commercial break >> 3 and out >> Punt >> Commercial break >> >> While I also prefer the NFL and college football to soccer, a soccer >> game is over in 2 hours. An SEC college football game, with 60 minutes >> of official clock time, takes 4 hours. > > I'm always amused by those who think they have to pick one or the other, > as if liking one makes liking the other impossible. It may for certain > simpletons (with some loud examples on RSFC), but for the rest of us > there's no reason to live in such a limited sports world. > > There's a ton of variety out there, and an appreciation of a wide > spectrum of it can only do any sports fan good. I actually like watching soccer when it's played in an entertaining manner like how the Brazilians play the game. And even the English style of play can be fun to watch too (when the Brits actually play well - which they haven't done so far during this World Cup). OTOH, I hate how the Italians play the game, or how many teams just play so conservatively and defensively. It's like watching a college basketball game (before they adopted the shot clock) when an inferior team would go into a four corner stall against a superior opponent, or how the Baltimore Ravens generally play in the NFL. Unfortunately, so far and in most part, the play during this World Cup has been nothing to write home about. It's been quite embarrassingly bad to tell you the truth. - Peter
From: Antonio Veranos on 21 Jun 2010 19:54
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:47:05 -0700, Peter Lawrence wrote... > I actually like watching soccer when it's played in an entertaining > manner like how the Brazilians play the game. And even the English > style of play can be fun to watch too (when the Brits actually play well > - which they haven't done so far during this World Cup). > > OTOH, I hate how the Italians play the game, or how many teams just play > so conservatively and defensively. It's like watching a college > basketball game (before they adopted the shot clock) when an inferior > team would go into a four corner stall against a superior opponent, or > how the Baltimore Ravens generally play in the NFL. There are lots of different styles. The one you refer to above is called Catenaccio, and it's focused on the prevention of scoring, much in the way that the Neutral Zone Trap employed by the New Jersey Devils did the same. Of course, the term persists now though the style of play has changed quite a bit since it was first introduced. I suspect you'd really enjoy watching Arsenal, Manchester United, and Barcelona play. As for the Ravens, you've not watched them in a long time, apparently. -- A. Veranos What color does a smurf go when you choke it? |