Honestly I can't stand watching soccer.
Some pussy gets a clip on the boot and it is an ambulance situation.
Although sometimes it is amusing to watch said pussy writhe in apparent pain after an opponent has an air-swing at him.
It is good comedy at times I must admit.
I used to enjoy playing and watching the game, but that was in the 60s and 70s when English soccer was a regular feature on TV. The game was entertaining in those days. No endless backpassing like today. Even the goalkeepers used to punt the ball downfield to keep the attacking game flowing. In those days it was German soccer that was deadly boring. Today, it's boring everywhere. I started to watch Australia versus Turkiye, but after two minutes of backpassing I switched off the TV.
As for the diving, I notice that it doesn't happen as much, if at all, in the women's game. When the women are hit, they just get up again. In fact, my impression is that soccer is now a game where the men play like women, and the women play like men.
-- Edited by dorian on Tuesday 16th of June 2026 09:02:22 AM
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I can watch women's soccer, they are OK, they play a good attacking style.
Can watch women's Rugby League, it is OK, has errors and is unpredictable, unlike the boring repetitive NRL, women's cricket is a good watch.
But leave me out of women's AFL, it is a real short-kicking dogs breakfast that one.
Also the English men's soccer, boy, are those sooks overpaid or what?
Men's tennis, out, just a boring power game.
Women's tennis OK, not so thump and crash as the men's.
Soccerheads can be strange fish too, flares, what is with letting off flares, imbeciles.......
In some places if their team wins, they wreck towns and burn cars.
We just happened to watch snooker on TV in England. It was really interesting, especially when the ball was being blocked. It slowed the game right down, but the technical skills were amazing seeing how each player was working around the issues.
P.S. I played soccer as a kid, but haven't been interested in it for decades.
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