Football is better than Rugby - FACT

[admartian]

Found this other Hollywood Gem:

 

[SelimNiai]

Found this other Hollywood Gem:

Even the most staunch football fans hate him for those antics, he's infamous for diving and play acting

 

[RWC2011Fan]

I know the discussion's over, but...

1) - Rugby games are devoid of any atmosphere, the fans consist of the most boring people ever content to make absolutely no noise at all.

Don't know what this is then...

 

[LittleGuy]

Ugh I just wanna sleep stop the **** posts.

But football is the million dollar home compared to Rugby, facts.

LOL, despite your pathetic attempts you weren't even the worst poster the forum has ever had(that ***le is still held by "Jaws") so even in failure....you were a failure...facts!!!

 

[smartcooky]

LOL, despite your pathetic attempts you weren't even the worst poster the forum has ever had(that ***le is still held by "Jaws") so even in failure....you were a failure...facts!!!

I like it

Jaws = Failure

RugbyIsAwful = √failure

or, to put it more corrently, Jaws = RugbyIsAwful2​

 

[Sam Owen]

Football is Awful.

 

[TRF_heineken]

I'll throw in my 2 cents about this.

Rugby is Rugby, in any language, all over the world. Soccer has many names, and confuses people. In SA alone it's known as soccer, football and diski.

Rugby evolves with time. Soccer stays primitive and old, just like Sepp Blatter.

that is all.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Even the most staunch football fans hate him for those antics, he's infamous for diving and play acting

How is that different from every other professional footballer in the world?

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

I can play soccer but please don't make me watch it. There just isn't enough to it to keep my interest for 30 minutes never mind the whole 90!

The pro's of soccer is mostly that its easy to grasp so good for anyone who couldn't be bothered to watch a sport with more depth (I'm referring to my wife here who only cares for track and field) while I personally like some depth. Then there is it's simple nature SHOULD lead to less controversy/greater accuracy in decision making but in practice it doesn't. Actually I like the idea of soccer but the people (all of the administrators, players and fans) ruin it for me particularly the player with their constant theatrics with diving the worst of it- that in and of itself disqualifies it in my book.

 

[Feicarsinn]

Trolled the forum for 8 pages worth. RugbyIsAwful - A true legend.

 

[terrasblogger]

Ok. To try and have a reasoned debate...

I have always been a football devotee but the stupid over reliance on cash and who has the most of it has taken the game away from its core audience and made it about players and not the clubs or supporters.

As for rugby, I have watched Union and like it for an occasion but as a sport I prefer league. That may be as the crowd and experience is similar to the game of football that I have come from.

For me its about how to make union accessible and understandable (sorry for my IQ!!) for me so I can get enveloped into the game itself and not be bored by scrums and lineouts.

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Ok. To try and have a reasoned debate...

I have always been a football devotee but the stupid over reliance on cash and who has the most of it has taken the game away from its core audience and made it about players and not the clubs or supporters.

As for rugby, I have watched Union and like it for an occasion but as a sport I prefer league. That may be as the crowd and experience is similar to the game of football that I have come from.

For me its about how to make union accessible and understandable (sorry for my IQ!!) for me so I can get enveloped into the game itself and not be bored by scrums and lineouts.

I can get how it could be considered boring. The thing to understand is the effect a good set piece can have on the general play. Something that'll be very difficult if you havn't played the sport for a good while sadly. It is the subtle substance of Union and the reason why a team like Fiji struggle against a team like SA (I am talking about structure/free playing style although SA's superior resources and infrastructure come into play of course). That said part of the fun is that anything can happen on the day and an unstructured ball-in-hand style can come up trumps but less and less so as the game becomes ever more professional.

 

[Tony Manx]

Is this thread STILL active.......and I was the one told on another thread to get a life!!

 

[dasNdanger]

For me its about how to make union accessible and understandable (sorry for my IQ!!) for me so I can get enveloped into the game itself and not be bored by scrums and lineouts.

I can get how it could be considered boring. The thing to understand is the effect a good set piece can have on the general play. Something that'll be very difficult if you havn't played the sport for a good while sadly. It is the subtle substance of Union and the reason why a team like Fiji struggle against a team like SA (I am talking about structure/free playing style although SA's superior resources and infrastructure come into play of course). That said part of the fun is that anything can happen on the day and an unstructured ball-in-hand style can come up trumps but less and less so as the game becomes ever more professional.

I don't fully understand the advantage of scrums and lineouts, but I certainly don't find them boring. Instead I see them as a way to change up the game and make it less predictable. One thing I hate is a predictable game.

Is this thread STILL active.......and I was the one told on another thread to get a life!!

You misunderstood! You were told to get a WIFE! That way no matter how annoyed you get with the game it will always pale in comparison to how annoyed you get with your home life. ;-)


das

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

I don't fully understand the advantage of scrums and lineouts, but I certainly don't find them boring. Instead I see them as a way to change up the game and make it less predictable. One thing I hate is a predictable game.





das

Try and see next time how NZ score tries off of a dominant scrum; it just sets the platform. SA traditionally play off of a dominant line-out and maul. After turn-overs the scrum is the main weapon NZ use to score off of. NZ look like flash players to the uninitiated, scoring loads of tries. Not many of those tries would be possible if they didn't have a solid scrum and for turn-overs- solid defense and mastery at the breakdown. The solid defense also means teams are at times forced to kick and lazy kikcs get punished as NZ's other way to score tries is on kick returns although less so now than 3 years back with the likes of Sivivatu and Muliaina.

 

[dasNdanger]

Try and see next time how NZ score tries off of a dominant scrum; it just sets the platform. SA traditionally play off of a dominant line-out and maul. After turn-overs the scrum is the main weapon NZ use to score off of. NZ look like flash players to the uninitiated, scoring loads of tries. Not many of those tries would be possible if they didn't have a solid scrum and for turn-overs- solid defense and mastery at the breakdown. The solid defense also means teams are at times forced to kick and lazy kikcs get punished as NZ's other way to score tries is on kick returns although less so now than 3 years back with the likes of Sivivatu and Muliaina.

I'll keep an eye out for it. I've certainly seen tries made from line-outs - for me it's one of the few times in a rugby match I can clearly see a planned maneuver unfold. But I've never paid close attention to how a scrum is used in scoring tries - I will now.


das

 

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