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by **stmichael** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:21 pm

American Football has to be the worst sport in the world.

Sky advertised it as the "greatest show on earth". Yeah right. It would be half watchable if the game wasn't stopped every 5-6 seconds and there wasn't constant nike and reebok ads in the middle of the game.

Absolute dross. The rugby on saturday was what you call a great spectacle. :cool:

by **zarababe** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:07 pm

..never understood.. or had any interest in it.. who won by the way

don't even klnow who played ..

by **woof woof !** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:15 pm

Guess you've got to be a fan of statagy and tactics to understand and enjoy it . It has some fantastic athletes (some of those guys can run olympic qualifying times (100m) .
It's really a game of SET plays think of it as chess with real people .

by **zarababe** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:17 pm

oh.. the problemo is u can't see the nice legs on those runners.. that's it's down point :;):

by **stmichael** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:18 pm

woof woof ! wrote:Guess you've got to be a fan of statagy and tactics to understand and enjoy it . It has some fantastic athletes (some of those guys can run olympic qualifying times (100m) .
It's really a game of SET plays think of it as chess with real people .

The thing is woof I thought I'd give it a crack to see what all the fuss is about. I was also hoping for another "Janet Jackson" type incident.

The game was barely seven seconds in when a break for adverts suddenly interrupted the play, as video replays, refs and players argued whether some bloke's knee had touched the ground or not.

Confused and a little bored I watched on, only to view the worst 'quarter' of any sports event of all time.

There is absolutely no fluidity.

When the ball is in the air I couldn't see it.

You can't identitfy indvidual players.

Nothing seems to happen.

All the coaches and subsitutes were scattered around the outer lines of the pitch making it impossible to see who the hell was where.

By now angry, I switched over to casually be entertained by an average Ben Stiller film on BBC1.

When I turned back it was 7-7.

Gutted I had missed the 'action', I had to make do with the lovely Gaby's half time chat.

The wife's snoring was quickly turning from endearing to annoying, as I watched on.

Suddenly, seemingly from nowhere I was lauched straight into a rock concert, complete with stage, crowd and everything.

By now uttery baffled, I switched off and tried to get to sleep.

By 25mins later I swtiched on again, deciding perhaps I hadn't given it a fair crack. Well I had.

My overall assessment.

Amercian Football = Rubbish.

by **woof woof !** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:20 pm

You don't like those skin tight pants they wear Zbabe ?

by **zarababe** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:21 pm

woof woof ! wrote:
You don't like those skin tight pants they wear Zbabe ?

nope..

by **woof woof !** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:23 pm

stmichael wrote:Amercian Football = Rubbish.

I was convinced you at least would like the tight pants St Mick .

by **Woollyback** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:23 pm

American footy is only marginally less sh*te than basketball. What the hell's basketball all about!?

by **stmichael** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:28 pm

zarababe wrote:oh.. the problemo is u can't see the nice legs on those runners.. that's it's down point

watch aussie rules then z'babe

by **woof woof !** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:28 pm

I followed American football for a couple of seasons (San Francisco 49'ers) when you get into it , it's pretty engrossing .
Not that I'm try convert anyone

by **zarababe** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:30 pm

.. I watched it a bit when that player "Rice" used to play.. awesome and he palyed for the San Fransisco 49ers.. oops I do know a little bit

by **zarababe** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:31 pm

stmichael wrote:
zarababe wrote:oh.. the problemo is u can't see the nice legs on those runners.. that's it's down point

watch aussie rules then z'babe

.. lots of hairy fit legs ay ..

by **Fowler_E7** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:02 pm

couldnt agree more st mike, american football is absolutley terrible, and probably the most boring sport i have ever watched, how anyone can find it entertaining i dont know.

by **Scottbot** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:51 pm

Have to disagree folks - Gridiron is a cracking game but it takes a bit of getting used to. As woof said it is very tactical, in fact it is THE most tactical sport on the planet, it takes a while to get the hang of the all the rules and if you haven't ever watched it before you are much better off watching a highlights program and not a live Superbowl with advert breaks every 2 minutes. I used to play the game over here for 6/7 years and it really is great fun.

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