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Must've been Kwyji sending all the wrong songs.
Fun Fact: I know a photographer that's on the NY Giant's payroll during the season. He got a killer sequence shot of that guy making that catch. He put four of photos in chronological order in a frame and sold it to the guy for $10K. In the off season he gets press passes everywhere. I've watched a game at Fenway from the press box with him.
My advice: Don't watch it if you don't like it. But don't begrudge others who enjoy extreme athletes running 10ks each game and still manage to dance with the ball on the pitch.
If you could get an advantage for your team by diving (as unfair as it is) in american football, the players would fall to the ground faster than you could look.It's not that soccer players are more sissies than other players in other sports, it's because they try to cheat. And now don't try to tell me that in other sports people don't try to cheat. They just don't get an advantage by falling down easily.And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this is good, it is in fact the one thing that I hate about soccer.
... and as Kwyjibo said, they dive because there is an advantage in doing so.
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.
TAC got a higher score than me in the electronic round? Honestly, can I just drop out now?
There are plenty of reasons to dislike soccer, but dives happen everywhere. It's part of the game. Any punter that doesn't fall, roll around clenching his knee, and scream like a little girl when he even smells a rusher doesn't deserve a roster spot.
Gotta love this NHL ref's response to James Neal taking a dive.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaCcB30Zc2Q
Quote from: TAC on June 19, 2018, 03:45:02 PMGotta love this NHL ref's response to James Neal taking a dive.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaCcB30Zc2QI'm partial to this rugby one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WMOHm01oKc
Quote from: XJDenton on June 19, 2018, 04:09:08 PMQuote from: TAC on June 19, 2018, 03:45:02 PMGotta love this NHL ref's response to James Neal taking a dive.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaCcB30Zc2QI'm partial to this rugby one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WMOHm01oKcIt's blocked in my country.
How often to do you see something like this in soccer?
Outdoor soccer doesn't have a lot of scoring, but the goals are amazing more often than not. That said, I still prefer American football.
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Quote from: El Barto on June 19, 2018, 03:23:40 PMThere are plenty of reasons to dislike soccer, but dives happen everywhere. It's part of the game. Any punter that doesn't fall, roll around clenching his knee, and scream like a little girl when he even smells a rusher doesn't deserve a roster spot. And no one likes when that happens either. But I wonder if we can get a count of flops per game between all the sports. I'd bet soccer tops the list, followed by basketball, maybe hockey then football next.
Spending all that time watching a game for it to end 0-0? No thanks.
Quote from: cramx3 on June 19, 2018, 03:48:17 PMQuote from: El Barto on June 19, 2018, 03:23:40 PMThere are plenty of reasons to dislike soccer, but dives happen everywhere. It's part of the game. Any punter that doesn't fall, roll around clenching his knee, and scream like a little girl when he even smells a rusher doesn't deserve a roster spot. And no one likes when that happens either. But I wonder if we can get a count of flops per game between all the sports. I'd bet soccer tops the list, followed by basketball, maybe hockey then football next.Add every shortstop when a runner comes in hard during a double play, and half the players in the NBA when called on to actually play defense... the only sport where it's not too too bad is hockey, because you can get hurt diving (skates are sharp) and many penalties are delayed until the called team gets possession of the puck.
Quote from: El Barto on June 19, 2018, 12:26:30 PMHow often to do you see something like this in soccer?Never. That'd be a penalty. Honestly though, soccer players are capable of unbelievable feats of athleticism, to deny them that via a one handed catch gif is simply ignorant.
There's not one person in this thread that could last more than the first five minutes of a match, and as Kwyjibo said, they dive because there is an advantage in doing so.
Sigh, the biennual "lol, all soccer players are sissies and only dive". How imaginative. The fact that they are entirely unprotected and nonetheless keep playing with broken feet, dislocated shoulders or blatant consussions doesn't matter.When you see soccer being played at the top level it is sublime what those people can do. It is the "beautiful game" as Pele put it.
I wouldn't want somebody with 18 kids to mow my damn lawn, based on a longstanding bias I have against crazy fucks.