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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2012, 11:32:48 PM » |
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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!  Soccer wasn't yia yia approved before this, so you were all already going to hell anyways  stay blessed, habte selassie |
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2012, 11:38:16 PM » |
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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer.  stay blessed, habte selassie |
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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer. You seem not to have heard of Pele. It was he who coined the phrase "The Bautiful Game" to describe soccer/football.  stay blessed, habte selassie |
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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer. You seem not to have heard of Pele. It was he who coined the phrase "The Bautiful Game" to describe soccer/football. stay blessed, habte selassie The smiley suggested he was serious. If he were kidding, it would have been  or |
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« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2012, 01:17:38 AM » |
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What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL. It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer. |
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Only sport gayer than bodybuilding! I have watched plenty of fights and not one of them involved buggery. EDIT - Come to think of it, I think I saw a Brazilian grabbing for someone's gonads once. There was a study done at Macon Itup University, in which they attached electrodes and whatnot to the private parts of people. There was clearly more of a sexualized reaction in the participants while watching MMA than bodybuilding. Apparently ground and pound excited men the most, while arm bars excited women the most. However, any apperance of Dana White instantly ended any sexualized activity. |
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2012, 04:38:27 PM » |
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« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2012, 04:43:51 PM » |
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What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL. It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer. And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase. Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds. I should know, I'm one of them. |
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« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2012, 04:45:44 PM » |
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Greek team turns to brothels as sponsorsThe world's oldest profession is giving a whole new meaning to love of the game. Players on a cash-strapped Greek soccer team now wear pink practice jerseys with the logos "Villa Erotica" and "Soula's House of History," two bordellos it recruited as sponsors after drastic government spending cuts left the country's sports clubs facing ruin. Other teams have also turned to unconventional financing. One has a deal with a local funeral home and others have wooed kebab shops, a jam factory and producers of Greece's trademark feta cheese... AMATEUR TEAMS!!!Because this is so much classier: Emboldened by the announcement of its seven-year, £350 million ($559 million) shirt sponsorship deal with General Motors set to begin in 2014, Manchester United has bought back the training kit sponsorship rights it sold to DHL in 2010, cutting short a massive £40 million deal over four years. Again, that was £40 million over four years just to have the letters DHL on the club's training kits -- more than most Premier League clubs get for sponsorship of their actual match kits. And now it's not good enough. Source |
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« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2012, 04:55:00 PM » |
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What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL. It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer. And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase. Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds. I should know, I'm one of them. And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football. |
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« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2012, 05:55:27 PM » |
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What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL. It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer. And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase. Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds. I should know, I'm one of them. And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football. I usually refer to Rochambeau as foot ball. |
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« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2012, 06:55:41 PM » |
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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL. It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer. And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase. Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds. I should know, I'm one of them. And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football.  Real football stay blessed, habte selassie |
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« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2012, 10:20:38 PM » |
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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL. It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer. And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase. Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds. I should know, I'm one of them. And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football. football stay blessed, habte selassie you mean a game where, not only do they barely use their feet, they also do not know how to tackle i use soccer because it is easier to distinguish between rugby football, association football, and american football, not to mention the many other codes. |
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Footie, a.k.a. "soccer" = greatest game God allowed man to invent. Glory glory  PP |
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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
you mean a game where, not only do they barely use their feet, they also do not know how to tackle
I was being facetious, that hit was so ugly it is criminal. I'm still fuming from a helmet to helmet hit on the opening Raider-Steelers game which left Oakland's Heyward-Bey knocked unconscious out on the ground in the endzone for NINE MINUTES. Me and Bill Simmons literally thought he was dead until we came to and gave us a thumbs up, it was that bad of a hit. I posted that to show how not beautiful American football is, besides, no one loves soccer more than me, I watched like 40 games during the last World Cup and even wasted my time with the Americas Cup the following year, but I don't follow the Euro Cup so I ditched it this summer to watch a dozen Olympic soccer matches Besides, its not soccer or football, where I'm at its called futbol yo And have you ever watched an NFL football practice? Those guys have AMAZING footwork the move with more force and yet agility than NBA players, it just isn't as visible as in the more precision oriented futbol.. stay blessed, habte selassie |
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« Reply #23 on: October 28, 2012, 03:21:06 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: October 28, 2012, 03:21:52 PM » |
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Greek team turns to brothels as sponsorsThe world's oldest profession is giving a whole new meaning to love of the game. Players on a cash-strapped Greek soccer team now wear pink practice jerseys with the logos "Villa Erotica" and "Soula's House of History," two bordellos it recruited as sponsors after drastic government spending cuts left the country's sports clubs facing ruin. Other teams have also turned to unconventional financing. One has a deal with a local funeral home and others have wooed kebab shops, a jam factory and producers of Greece's trademark feta cheese... AMATEUR TEAMS!!!Because this is so much classier: Emboldened by the announcement of its seven-year, £350 million ($559 million) shirt sponsorship deal with General Motors set to begin in 2014, Manchester United has bought back the training kit sponsorship rights it sold to DHL in 2010, cutting short a massive £40 million deal over four years. Again, that was £40 million over four years just to have the letters DHL on the club's training kits -- more than most Premier League clubs get for sponsorship of their actual match kits. And now it's not good enough. SourceAre you kidding? Of course it is classier. |
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« Reply #25 on: October 28, 2012, 03:23:01 PM » |
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What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL. It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer. And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase. Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds. I should know, I'm one of them. No, the average Australian may say 'soccer', but the Australian media still calls it FOOTBALL. Brits may have coined it from "association football". But they don't call it that. They call it football, that should be obvious.  Plus, what's that to do with the price of rice in China? lol. That's still a small minority of the world. Where I am from it is football. |
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« Reply #26 on: October 28, 2012, 03:25:26 PM » |
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« Reply #27 on: October 28, 2012, 03:29:13 PM » |
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I've always thought that it was funny that many Americans say that football is more masculine than soccer. Football is a game where a bunch of men in tights pile on top of each other.
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I've always thought that it was funny that many Americans say that football is more masculine than soccer. Football is a game where a bunch of men in tights pile on top of each other.
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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! What is this about a beautiful game? I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL. It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer. And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase. Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds. I should know, I'm one of them. And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football. football stay blessed, habte selassie  Footie, a.k.a. "soccer" = greatest game God allowed man to invent. Glory glory PP I concur!  Athletic Union of Constantinople |
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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Okay...American Football....is like the human version of bumper cars. Again, that was an example of what not to do in NFL football  For an example of what not to do in soccer: Don't forget Saurez  stay blessed, habte selassie |
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