Explain to me what I dont understand. Ive watched it. What is the assumption I have know idea about the sport?
Maybe the fact that its shitty is why its shitty.
Baseball is a slow sport. But the defense of being slow isnt "Well it really isnt; you just dont get it" like it is with soccer. And even if the terrible pace and boring play was part of some type of strategy what kinda game or plan is it to end the game in a tie?
Thats the second tier beef I have with soccer. This uppity fuckin superiority attitude held by eurotrash soccer fans and south of the border soccer apologists. Oh the fat dumb american doesnt get it; haha this is the best sport. Fuck outta here with that bullshit.
I'm not aiming to change your mind, just educate you a bit. I don't care you like the sport or not - but it's weird that you have such a high lack of respect for the game - which makes me think you have no clue what the fuck your watching when you see it on tv. In your eyes its a bunch of people running around, that fall when they get hit ( like the nba when they foul every time going to the hole).
* Soccer can be slow, it can also be incredibly fast - with counter attacks that lead to goals.
* Footwork is not easy, have you ever tired to dribble a ball, with precision through someone?
* Soccer is a game of finding space on the field which is in a sense crowded by 20 players not including goalkeepers. Many of those passes are trying to set up runs and threw balls.
* I'm not a fan of the falling, and trying to get the call from the ref. I won't defend that.
* Soccer is a non stop sport, meaning that there is next to no time out, and very few breaks. The best conditioned team usually has advantaged because in all sports when you get tired thats when errors happen, more so in soccer.
* Soccer when there is a goal it a very exciting experience because it is not easy. It's not like football/ basketball with a huge score line.
* Soccer has different methods of play. There is european style that tend to long ball into space, and are heavy on ariel attacks. You also have Brasilian style that relies on a triangle that every person in position tries to have a 2 options to pass too.
* The game can be like a chess game, leading up to the score.
* The game can be similar to American football that there is a lot of individual battles, and match ups that might no directly impact the score, but impacts the flow of the game.
* It's one of the few sports in the world and honesty farms the best players world wide. When watching some of these games these are the best players in the world, not just a nation.
* The game can be brutal, and just as physical as any other sport we enjoy.
Like futbol/football/soccer or not, is ok, but you should know it more going on then what you realize. Maybe playing it throughout my life, gives me a different love and understanding. I also played football, and baseball growing up, and understand those sports as well, which give me a equal love.
I defend american football on the soccer forums because those idiots don't understand the sport enough to appreciate it... exactly how you sound.