F O U R T H E Y E

petemasterpete wrote:

liz wrote:Well my Aussie football experience is in Victoria and South Australia, so yeah AFL. Mind you American football and rugby here seem kinda similar, although the yanks do wear all the padding.

Another retarded 'padding' comment ... Put on some pads, run full speed into a 140kg guy that runs olympic-type speed whose just launched himself headfirst into your chest ... Tell me how much those pads helped your loss of breath, whiplash, and cracked sternum

petemasterpete wrote:

liz wrote:Well my Aussie football experience is in Victoria and South Australia, so yeah AFL. Mind you American football and rugby here seem kinda similar, although the yanks do wear all the padding.

Another retarded 'padding' comment ... Put on some pads, run full speed into a 140kg guy that runs olympic-type speed whose just launched himself headfirst into your chest ... Tell me how much those pads helped your loss of breath, whiplash, and cracked sternum

hellboy wrote:

petemasterpete wrote:

liz wrote:Well my Aussie football experience is in Victoria and South Australia, so yeah AFL. Mind you American football and rugby here seem kinda similar, although the yanks do wear all the padding.

Another retarded 'padding' comment ... Put on some pads, run full speed into a 140kg guy that runs olympic-type speed whose just launched himself headfirst into your chest ... Tell me how much those pads helped your loss of breath, whiplash, and cracked sternum

You mean like the do in Rugby?

The Boss wrote:

hellboy wrote:
You mean like the do in Rugby?

I watched NZ vs England on Saturday night before EARTH, and I saw maybe a few head-wraps?

Is that padding for you people?

hellboy wrote:

The Boss wrote:

hellboy wrote:
You mean like the do in Rugby?

I watched NZ vs England on Saturday night before EARTH, and I saw maybe a few head-wraps?

Is that padding for you people?

Some players do wear padding in Rugby actually, but certainly not to the extent of NFL players.

I doubt doubt the NFL players get some good medical benefits from such armour.

The Boss wrote:
Second favourite sport, after all-mighty football.

hellboy wrote:

The Boss wrote:
Second favourite sport, after all-mighty football.

I agree, albeit with a different definition of football.

Why America will never be good at football

In football even the most specialised players still require a relatively diverse set of skills to function as an effective player. For example a target man usually needs to be tall, strong, good at heading, good at timing runs and picking out team mates, and being able to finish doesn't go amiss too.

In American sports you emphasis being able to be amazingly good at one very specific skill and everything else is completely irrelevant. Running fast, throwing a ball, catching an egg, being extraordinarily fat, etc.

In football the exception actually proves the rule; being a good goalkeeper requires a relatively small skill set, and sure enough America has produced several very good goalkeepers.

Not Tyson wrote:In American sports you emphasis

Not Tyson wrote:It was a copy & past, why else would I use quotation marks, wouldn't want you getting your pantaloons in a bunch again, fred.

The Boss wrote:Sydney FC are definitely playing better against Newcastle United (the English one) than I expected.

Tough crowd, too. I can't imagine a single person supporting Sydney in the crowd in Auckland right now.

Fuck that. I have my issues with Australia, but I'll always back an Aussie team in a situation like this any day. The next season of the A League is going to be tough, though, with supporting Wellington Phoenix . . .