List a few items that are more boring than a soccer match

Watching distance running. I personally love it, and I know everyone else here does too. But I can see why it would be boring to people outside the sport.

europeanz wrote:

Hating soccer is just a form of American nationalism. It is the most popular game in the world and doesn't belong to mmurica. Actually mmurica sucks at it. Soccer is boring?? From a bunch of people who enjoy watching a 2h marathon on tv?? Watching Messi is boring??

Also, the comment about eliminating the offside rule demonstrate perfectly how much u guys don't get it.

That was my suggestion to eliminate the offside rule. Apparently I don't get it. But please tell me, what would it matter if you planted a player down by the other team's goalie? The other team would almost have to keep someone down there to defend. It would change the game, possibly enough so that we "mmuricans" might actually like it.

Since you apparently "get it" you should get your soccer pals together and play a demo game without the offsides rule. Let me know how it turns out. I'm guessing it will even be more suspenseful for the players.

So according to your logic, Americans are not allowed to be critical of soccer? Right. Pro tip: in America, we call that an ad hominem attack, and using it basically means you're full of sh!t. By the way, most Americans do not enjoy watching marathons, and I can totally understand why. Just as there are legitimate reasons for people to change channels during a two-hour footrace, there are legitimate reasons for finding most soccer games yawn-inducing, whether they come from Americans or not.

europeanz wrote:

Hating soccer is just a form of American nationalism. It is the most popular game in the world and doesn't belong to mmurica. Actually mmurica sucks at it. Soccer is boring?? From a bunch of people who enjoy watching a 2h marathon on tv?? Watching Messi is boring??

Also, the comment about eliminating the offside rule demonstrate perfectly how much u guys don't get it.

My opinion is that like many sports or activities, it is a great game to play, but boring as hell to watch unless you have grown up being convinced how great it is. For the record, I prefer low scoring football games and enjoy the intensity of playoff hockey.

bigtool wrote:

I can't think of anything

That's because there is nothing.

Free Advice wrote:

You're not getting many responses because there are not too many things as boring as a soccer game.

Soccer could be tolerable if they would eliminate that ridiculous off-sides rule. It basically says that you cannot have a fast break. Could you imagine basketball without a fast break?

If they eliminate the off-sides rule, then you might get scores like 25-20 instead of "1-nil". Then it might not be so bad, certainly tolerable.

well said. Offsides is for sissies. Eliminate it already. No, on second thought, keep it. That way the real athletes will avoid it like the plague.

Maybe there is a good reason we think soccer is for communists. Communists like you to work long hours for a pittance. Soccer likes you to work the whole game and score a pittance. Fitting that communists countries like it so much, but if I were them, it would seem too much like the reality of the job.

Actually you'll be surprised to know that it's only about 12 minutes...

I agree about offsides, They should get rid of it in American football, too. If the nose tackle wants to line up next to the quarterback than just deal with it.

Free Advice wrote:

[quote]europeanz wrote:

Hating soccer is just a form of American nationalism. It is the most popular game in the world and doesn't belong to mmurica. Actually mmurica sucks at it. Soccer is boring?? From a bunch of people who enjoy watching a 2h marathon on tv?? Watching Messi is boring??

Also, the comment about eliminating the offside rule demonstrate perfectly how much u guys don't get it.

That was my suggestion to eliminate the offside rule. Apparently I don't get it. But please tell me, what would it matter if you planted a player down by the other team's goalie? The other team would almost have to keep someone down there to defend. It would change the game, possibly enough so that we "mmuricans" might actually like it.

Because soccer is born as a "Dribbling game", where you have to dribble the defense team with the ball.

Passing the ball to a player that just stands next to the opponent goal, removes that dribbling element, witch is the main point of the sport and the most important skill.

this explain it pretty well

without offside both them could just stand inside the opponent team goal area, waiting for a long pass from their goalkeeper.

Yawn... I watchrdx a soccer math it was 0-0 I went to sleep because it was boring. I woke up At the end. it was 0-0 .. I missed nothing

Well, I'm half trolling half not. Anyway, I do think that there is a subtle cultural rejection to soccer. Witch is fine. Finding it boring sometimes is fine too, but I do think that most of the critics come from people that never really give it a chance. Like, if people are putting in discussion the value of the offside rule, it means that they didn't get the very basic mechanism and strategies of the sport, witch are great part of the appeal.

What sports allow offsides (fast breaks)? Basketball? Hockey you can fastbreak but the puck has to be in the zone so the offense can't cherry-pick. Same with soccer I guess too. As soon as the pass is made they can go behind the defense, right? Not sure about sports like water polo and team handball. Seems to me that aloowing an offensive player to stay back would slow the game down even more as no team would be caught not keeping the defense back to cover such a move.

sleepy sleepy wrote:

What sports allow offsides (fast breaks)? Basketball? Seems to me that aloowing an offensive player to stay back would slow the game down even more as no team would be caught not keeping the defense back to cover such a move.

It is the exact opposite in basketball. The fast break makes basketball a high scoring, exciting game. It would be ridiculous if Lebron got out on a break, did one of his amazing dunks and they nullified it because he got beyond the defense. Teams can't cherry pick because they need to get back on defense so it's not 5 on 4. Why would soccer be any different?

umm, ever seen an nba game? wrote:

sleepy sleepy wrote:

What sports allow offsides (fast breaks)? Basketball? Seems to me that aloowing an offensive player to stay back would slow the game down even more as no team would be caught not keeping the defense back to cover such a move.

It is the exact opposite in basketball. The fast break makes basketball a high scoring, exciting game. It would be ridiculous if Lebron got out on a break, did one of his amazing dunks and they nullified it because he got beyond the defense. Teams can't cherry pick because they need to get back on defense so it's not 5 on 4. Why would soccer be any different?

Because to counter it, soccer teams would have really defensive setups. It would actually reduce scoring to the point where most games ended 0-0

I go to the fights but then get bored when a hockey game breaks out.

I wish they would have a shot clock in soccer. I don't know how it would be applied, but you would a helluva lot less stalling. Every time I watch a match there are teams trying to kill the clock by flopping or triangle passing.

Also, put a couple of officials on the field. This way you can ousts the players for flopping. That is part that pisses me off the most...*&%#$ flopping.

the only thing more boring than a soccer match is TWO soccer matches back to back.