Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

People who constantly talk about football

124678

Comments

  • #92
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    Do you ask the same question of everyones passion?


  • #93
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Smithwicks Man wrote: »
    Cricket's not a sport, it's a joke

    Caught a report on The Ashes on the sports news earlier,didn't England already get beaten in it? Why are they still playing 2 weeks or so later? Pointless,drawn out game.

    I like football but I don't talk about it all the time,my worst moment was stuck at the bar with some guy who rattled on about horse racing and gambling,there was no stopping him,I eventually had to say,"sorry mate,I haven't a fuckin' clue what you are on about & I don't like racing".


  • #94
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Agricola wrote: »
    This not been posted yet?!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN1WN0YMWZU
    But who can resist with advertising like this!?



  • #95
    764dak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭764dak


    So many soccer fans ruin this thread:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057115608


  • #96
    Wabbit Ears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,046 ✭✭✭Wabbit Ears


    I don't get watching football on the telly obsessively.

    Its a soap opera, nothing more.


  • Advertisement
  • #97
    chrissb8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭chrissb8


    In general people just thinking football is ridiculous and pointless. If you have ever played football seriously then you know how hard to be good and entertaining it can be. It takes in skill, technique, stamina, intelligence, individual brilliance, sacrifice and teamwork. Doing all those things well is in no way easy and when seeing it all come together to make an end product then that is something remarkable. All those people who say it's just kicking a ball around a pitch. Yes it is in essence but like alot of things it has deeper meaning. Watching it is a brilliant past time and never gets old because it is constantly evolving. I don't care if you don't like it but don't think your smarter for not watching it and dubbing it a stupid thing. After all hundreds of millions of people love it and they can't all be stupid. It's a passion and it praises good attributes as I mentioned. So leave it alone and stop sneering at it. It's doing more good then bad. So what if people watch it alot as well. Anything that can get people together in a positive manner is good. Get over yourself.


  • #98
    764dak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭764dak


    Billy86 wrote: »
    I think you misread my post - those are the only guys who touch the ball with their feet at all in the entire sport, and they are despised and treated like an irrelevant afterthought... because all they do is kick the ball (instead of carry it, throw it, catch it, tackle the person with it, etc).

    Yet they all still insist on calling it 'football'.

    Football: "any of several games played between two teams on a usually rectangular field having goalposts or goals at each end and whose object is to get the ball over a goal line, into a goal, or between goalposts by running, passing, or kicking"
    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/football

    “and the name originally referred to any ball game played on foot rather than on horseback.”

    " comes from 19th-century British slang for “Association Rules” football, a kicking and dribbling game that was distinct from “Rugby rules” football back when both versions were played by British schoolboys. The lads who preferred the rougher game popular in schools like Rugby and Eton seceded from Britain’s fledgling Football Association in 1871 to write their own rules, and soon players were calling the two sorts of football “rugger” and “soccer.” "

    http://www.spiegel.de/international/naming-the-beautiful-game-it-s-called-soccer-a-420024.html


  • #99
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Wabbit Ears wrote: »
    I don't get watching football on the telly obsessively.

    Its a soap opera, nothing more.

    Its a pity they wouldn't think of staging football games live in public stadium structures so people could go and watch them.


  • #100
    grindle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    chrissb8 wrote: »
    So leave it alone and stop sneering at it. It's doing more good than bad.

    I haven't detected much of a sneery attitude in this thread - it's about people blathering on about it endlessly.

    The type of people who'd call me a [whichever media]-nerd for mentioning a movie or album or game they'd never heard of are as obsessive if not much more so about football.
    That's grand if they kept those conversations to people who have the same interests, but they don't - they presume you must be obsessed too. I have the same internal reaction to their obsessive nonsense as they'd have if I forced a conversation about the latest Matthew Herbert album, except I don't force those conversations and I don't react with dumbfounded amazement when they say they haven't heard of him or when they don't know he's playing a gig nearby soon.
    As opposed to the usual "Watching the game later?", "What game?" "...you can't be serious...but what do you like then?" that I get.

    Soccer fans that have other interests are grand cos you can talk about varied subjects but there's a disproportionate amount who only exist within the cultural sphere of soccer. It's quite sad. Not sad for them if they surround themselves with other obsessives, but sad for anybody else that has to meet them.


  • #101
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭shedweller


    chrissb8 wrote: »
    In general people just thinking football is ridiculous and pointless. If you have ever played football seriously then you know how hard to be good and entertaining it can be. It takes in skill, technique, stamina, intelligence, individual brilliance, sacrifice and teamwork. Doing all those things well is in no way easy and when seeing it all come together to make an end product then that is something remarkable. All those people who say it's just kicking a ball around a pitch. Yes it is in essence but like alot of things it has deeper meaning. Watching it is a brilliant past time and never gets old because it is constantly evolving. I don't care if you don't like it but don't think your smarter for not watching it and dubbing it a stupid thing. After all hundreds of millions of people love it and they can't all be stupid. It's a passion and it praises good attributes as I mentioned. So leave it alone and stop sneering at it. It's doing more good then bad. So what if people watch it alot as well. Anything that can get people together in a positive manner is good. Get over yourself.
    I agree with all you have said and it was well put.
    But, too many lads talk so so much about it that its head wrecking for those of us that arent bothered by it.
    Yes the majority rules as far as conversation goes but still.
    And in fairness to my workmates they do make an effort to talk about other stuff but thats the thing. Its an effort for them and it really shows. They'd much rather be talking football!
    Its just the way it is i suppose.


  • Advertisement
  • #102
    PhlegmyMoses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,906 ✭✭✭✭PhlegmyMoses


    My biggest peeve at the moment is social moderators. "Heard that before" "that's boring" "I hate talking about\doing such and such" "Oh great, work talk\sports talk\politics etc". Start a different conversation or suggest something different you utter cretin, otherwise we'll continue to talk about whatever we want, yeah?


  • #103
    Daqster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 723 ✭✭✭Daqster


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Yes they have.Myself being one of them.

    Well, it's a big silly thing to be saying.
    Suas11 wrote: »
    No, Ireland.

    Oh right.

    Well, can you tell me what the 'F' in the following URL stands for please?

    http://www.FAI.ie


  • #104
    Ferris_Bueller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭Ferris_Bueller


    Can't blame people really, only natural to talk to someone about something both people have a common interest in. Could say the exact same for new mothers, talk about absolutely nothing but the baby, but it is to be expected. I personally have a big interest in football, and have found it as a great conversation starter with people you wouldn't know so well or wouldn't be as close to, but then with people I would be closer to I wouldn't talk about it as much as you have a lot more to talk about.

    Don't have a problem with people talking about their interests tbh, although if someone isn't interested in a particular subject and the person keeps going back to it then yes I can see why it would be annoying.


  • #105
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Daqster wrote: »
    Well, it's a big silly thing to be saying.



    Oh right.

    Well, can you tell me what the 'F' in the following URL stands for please?

    http://www.FAI.ie


    In English speaking countries apart from the UK a lot of people refer to association football as soccer, because there are other sporting codes in those countries that are also called football, so it helps to differentiate.

    Just like some people call American Football Gridiron,some people call Gaelic Football , Gaelic and some people call Australian Rules Football Aussie Rules.Soccer is another name for association football and is a word that the english created themselves to help differentiate between different footballing codes.


  • #106
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,794 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Daqster wrote: »
    Well, it's a big silly thing to be saying.



    Oh right.

    Well, can you tell me what the 'F' in the following URL stands for please?

    http://www.FAI.ie

    Loads of people in Ireland use the word 'soccer', and always have.

    What's the point of trying to pretend otherwise?


  • #107
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,949 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Daqster wrote: »
    Well, it's a big silly thing to be saying.



    Oh right.

    Well, can you tell me what the 'F' in the following URL stands for please?

    http://www.FAI.ie

    What does that have to do with anything? You said that no lad in Ireland has ever called it soccer when many actually do.


  • #108
    Daqster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 723 ✭✭✭Daqster


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    In English speaking countries apart from the UK a lot of people refer to association football as soccer, because there are other sporting codes in those countries that are also called football, so it helps to differentiate.

    We're not talking about other countries.

    I initially replied to the nonsense post where a user complained about someone saying 'Football' and suggested they should have said 'Soccer'.
    osarusan wrote: »
    Loads of people in Ireland use the word 'soccer', and always have.

    What's the point of trying to pretend otherwise?

    I never said they didn't. I have used the word myself, on occasion but the context called for it.
    Suas11 wrote: »
    What does that have to do with anything? You said that no lad in Ireland has ever called it soccer when many actually do.

    No, I said no lads ever called round to each other's gaff's and said:

    "Lads, lets have a game of soccer".

    You play, Football, Gaa or Hurling in Ireland and that's the way it should be.

    I played indoor football as a kid and never once heard anyone call it soccer, bar one mate of mine that is. He came back from America, wearing a RATT t-shirt, and said 'soccer' one morning on the bus and we only kicked lumps out of him, all the while saying 'soccer' over and over again in an American accent. He never uttered the word again, let me tell ya.


  • #109
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    Daqster wrote: »
    Never in the history of jumpers for goalposts has an Irish kid knocked round to his mates and said:

    "Lads, lets have a game of soccer".

    I often did as a child. I still call it soccer today. Don't presume to speak for all Irish people.


  • #110
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Hate the whole 'we' business when people talk about it... Not interested in talking about it but it doesn't really bother me because most of my social circle have no interest in it either.


  • #111
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,949 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Daqster wrote: »
    No, I said no lads ever called round to each other's gaff's and said:

    "Lads, lets have a game of soccer".

    You play, Football, Gaa or Hurling in Ireland and that's the way it should be.

    What's the difference?

    As for the second part, that's just silly.


  • Advertisement
  • #112
    jonnny68
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭jonnny68


    Football before birds ;-)


  • #113
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    I enjoy many sports, whether participating or spectating although there isn't necessarily an overlap between the two. Certainly more enjoyable than most of what passes for entertainment on tv these days (depressing soaps and reality karaoke shows).

    Still that's all it is, entertainment, and not worth investing too much time, money or emotion in, most of which will go unrequited. I'll save those precious commodities for family and friends instead. Perhaps I'll not experience the rare exhilarating highs of being a "proper fan" but I'll still enjoy a decent sporting spectacle and be able to switch it off when it bores me.

    One thing that really irks me is fans whining about players being overpaid or lacking "passion" or that they somehow "owe" something to the fans
    1) Stop spending thousands on Sky subscriptions, tickets, jerseys, gaudy car stickers etc
    2) It's an entertainment industry and the top players deserve everything (and probably more). Like Hollywood stars they are the ones that draw the crowds and bring the money in. Plus everytime they step onto the pitch there is always the risk of a career-ending injury in an already short earning stint (Most players only have 5-10 years at the top).
    3) Top players rarely lack dedication, since it is usually the one aspect that has got them to their current position above more skilled players. Lower leagues are littered with talented footballers that didn't apply themselves.

    One further point, I can't stand League Of Ireland diehards complaining about barstoolers, those who choose to watch English or Scottish Premiership teams above going to a LOI Premier match. You wonder why? Dire lack of quality and entertainment on offer perhaps. I wonder how many of these "real LOI fans" shun other forms of overseas entertainment like say music, film, literature, etc in favour of homegrown offerings. Anyway how is it any different supporting a LOI team over say an even more local junior football team playing in the lower divisions. Principle is the same, why is the LOI premier division more deserving of support?
    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Just like some people call American Football Gridiron,some people call Gaelic Football , Gaelic and some people call Australian Rules Football Aussie Rules.Soccer is another name for association football and is a word that the english created themselves to help differentiate between different footballing codes.
    Even in Australia "football" or "footy" can refer to a number of different sports, usually Aussie Rules or rugby league (and sometimes union) depending on what state you're in. But never association football, which is always called soccer.

    Think I've talked enough about football for today :pac:


  • #114
    gazzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭gazzer


    I would LOVE to enjoy watching football but I just cant get into it at all. I think it stems from me being crap at playing it as a kid and I just lost interest in it from then on.

    Most of mates are football fanatics so I can get lost in conversations about the weekends matches. It would be so much easier if I could join in but im too long in the tooth now to get interested it it.


  • #115
    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,636 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    Football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football… what you men see in it, I don’t know.

    A load of men kicking a bit of leather ’round a field.

    You men, the things you think are ‘great fun’.

    Like going to the films,
    a load of men sitting around looking at films!

    And rollercoasters,
    a load of men in a rollercoaster going up and down on a big metal track!

    And sailing!
    a load of men in a big boat floating around in the sea!

    And shouting!!
    a load of men going around shouting!

    And so forth…


  • #116
    eviltimeban
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭eviltimeban


    My vow for 2014 is to ONLY refer to it as "soccer". Soccer soccer soccer soccer.

    I'm not a soccer fan. Motor racing is more my thing. However I agree, anyone talking endlessly about the same thing is sinfully boring. I used to work with a guy who only ever talked about Leeds. Leeds this, Leeds that, he went over to the games and next day it was all about Leeds. Of course, he wasn't just saying it randomly but talking with other like-minded drones, who were into Man Utd or something. But it was pretty tedious.

    And why should we be impressed when soccer players score a goal? Isn't that what they're paid to do? :)


  • #117
    Finton90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭Finton90


    I agree with you op. I used to be a football fanatic when I was younger but have grown to despise the premier league and the constant "we" us talk. There are no great personality who played with passion and really respect the fans, like Stuart Pearce, Roy Keane, Tony Adams, Martin Keown, Gary Neville, Gazza etc, anymore.

    Now you just have a load of millionaire metrosexuals who are more interested in being celebrities than footballers. These rich c*nts dont care about fans so i cant understand why so many people are still wasting their time and money watching them.


  • #118
    gahsux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭gahsux


    Hence my username.


  • #119
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Daqster wrote: »
    I played indoor football as a kid and never once heard anyone call it soccer, bar one mate of mine that is. He came back from America, wearing a RATT t-shirt, and said 'soccer' one morning on the bus and we only kicked lumps out of him, all the while saying 'soccer' over and over again in an American accent. He never uttered the word again, let me tell ya.
    You showed him.


  • #120
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 54,955 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    People who talk about their/your job constantly are worse than anyone who drones on endlessly about football. They are absolute bores.


  • Advertisement
  • #121
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    I'm not big into watching sports.
    I don't mind a bit of exercise, but I always hated "playing" any sport, because it never turned out to be playful but always some sort of competition.

    I didn't used to be big into watching football, but since I'm married now and the husband enjoys watching it - well, I get my fair share.
    The way I look at it now, there's 22 blokes running around in shorts and getting sweaty, and a few of them aren't all that bad looking, so there's worse things to watch (motor racing, for example. The utter epitome of boredom).

    Talking about it in detail for hours though I honestly don't get. Luckily, hubby doesn't do that. :D


Advertisement