Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
It was nauseating.
It Could Get A Bit Messi In Here - The Football Thread.
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It was nauseating.
sahomerrocks
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Can't wait for the most important game of the weekend tomorrow - Philadelphia Union vs Club Tijuana
Premier League Summer Series is in town and I'm thinking of going on Sunday. I can go to the Fulham v Brentford and Newcastle v Villa double header for about $30 in the nosebleeds. Doubt the stadium will be crowded and will be able to move closer during halftime of the first game.
Premier League Summer Series is in town and I'm thinking of going on Sunday. I can go to the Fulham v Brentford and Newcastle v Villa double header for about $30 in the nosebleeds. Doubt the stadium will be crowded and will be able to move closer during halftime of the first game.
Jonathan Y
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Also got the Arsenal United friendly tomorrow.
U should definitely go. That's a deal!
Jonathan Y
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In the words of the great Randy Jackson "thats gonna be a no for me dog"
sahomerrocks
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You didn't buy some T-Mobile subscriber's Season Pass code for like $12 on ebay like I did?
Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
Jonathan Y
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I love that this is a thing lmao
Jonathan Y
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Joe Mac
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Yeah I agree with this. So does equipment and training and playing surfaces. Can you really compare Messi and Ronaldo to the likes of PelƩ and Best who looked like they floated across the ground on mud baths in hobnail boots? Or Cruyff who alongside Michels pretty much changed how football was played? Or Maradonna who was brilliant because he was crazy. I think all we can do is just enjoy it all.
Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
So many variables involved in any sport.
I might have had the energy in my youth to argue endlessly, but it really is so much easier to sit back and enjoy. Unless theyāre playing against your teamā¦.
Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
My kit list continues to growā¦.
Joe Mac
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So many variables involved in any sport.
I might have had the energy in my youth to argue endlessly, but it really is so much easier to sit back and enjoy. Unless theyāre playing against your teamā¦.
Never mind across sports and even back the 60s and 70s, football has changed so much even since I started watching circa 89/90. Perhaps itās more technical and physical but itās hard to be too harsh on those players, defenders could smash them from all angles and pitched didnāt become year round bowling greens until really 15 years ago.
The game has gained so much from protecting skilful players and having better surfaces but in some ways itās gone too far, I do miss contact actually being allowed in this contact sport lol.
Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
Iām not sure how much hockey youāve ever watched, but the NHL has also followed a similar trajectory. While it will always be physical, there has definitely been a focus on the skilled players.
BazookaTooth
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Like playing some enforcers/ goons to protect the stars. Thise enforcers end up with CTE and such later, while not making that much salary
Joe Mac
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I havenāt watched a whole host. I had a school friend who was big into it so I ended up at a couple of Sheffield Steelers UK games a couple of decades ago but thatās about it.
As there should be to a point. Itās them we pay to see, to a point. Thereās also rightly going to be seismic changes to sports that involve heavy collisions, particularly to the head, and for very good reasons. If rugby survives the next 20 years of litigation it will end up as a completely different sport to what it is now.
That does sometimes make me think that perhaps with the better fitness and coaching and pitches and all that protection from the laws that perhaps itās that bit too easy to waltz through an opponent. Perhaps a bit of the good physicality coming back into it would add to the spectacle. I miss stronger players just being allowed to be stronger and the āball before manā idea so long as itās not reckless or out of control.
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Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
I will be very happy when the likes of Ryan Reeves are no longer part of the game.
Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
Canāt get a Messi kit until October.