Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum  

Go Back   Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum > Non Cigar Specialty Forums > Misc > Sports

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-31-2015, 10:50 PM   #1
markem
Bunion
 
markem's Avatar
16
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Mark
Location: Second Star on the Right
Posts: 22,505
Trading: (47)
HUpmann
markem has disabled reputation
Default The beautiful game

Some amazing goals from the 2014-15 season. One near the end by Renaldo is more amazing every time I see it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_dt-CNKHN0
__________________
I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member.
~ Groucho Marx
markem is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-31-2015, 11:17 PM   #2
icehog3
Admiral Douchebag
 
icehog3's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Tom
Location: Clermont, Kentucky
Posts: 70,533
Trading: (61)
HUpmann
icehog3 has disabled reputation
Default Re: The beautiful game

Renaldo Crosby?
__________________


Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!
icehog3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 04:46 AM   #3
nutcracker
Shameless epicurian
 
nutcracker's Avatar
5
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
First Name: Neil
Location: Winnipeg, Canada - Home of the Jets!
Posts: 1,631
Trading: (26)
Partagas
nutcracker is just really nicenutcracker is just really nicenutcracker is just really nicenutcracker is just really nicenutcracker is just really nice
Default Re: The beautiful game

Yeah, all that falling down and crying - pathetic.

Wheeler has his teeth knocked out, 27 stitches and a broken jaw, and returns to play.
Now THATS a game!
__________________
"Well I ain't often right but I've never been wrong....
Jerry Garcia (R.I.P.)
nutcracker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 06:24 AM   #4
jonumberone
Raw Dog
 
jonumberone's Avatar
9
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
First Name: Dom
Location: Exit 8A
Posts: 6,475
Trading: (62)
RA
jonumberone has disabled reputation
Default Re: The beautiful game

Was this all the scoring for the entire season?
__________________
Sex junkie looking for a dealer
jonumberone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 11:16 AM   #5
Taki
Welcome to the Layer Cake
 
Taki's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
First Name: Taki
Location: The Creek
Posts: 2,271
Trading: (38)
HdM
Taki has disabled reputation
Default Re: The beautiful game

Thanks for sharing...love this game!
__________________
Taki is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 11:27 AM   #6
The Poet
Il megglior fabbro
 
The Poet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
First Name: Thomas
Location: Hickory, NC
Posts: 8,420
Trading: (2)
The Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud of
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by Taki View Post
Thanks for sharing...love this game!
So do many eighth-grade girls.
__________________
Ninety percent of everything is crap - Theodore Sturgeon.
The Poet is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 12:51 PM   #7
hotreds
Ephesians 2:8
 
hotreds's Avatar
13
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed"
Posts: 11,658
Trading: (63)
Bolivar
hotreds has disabled reputation
Default Re: The beautiful game

You don't realize how big a goal is until you stand in one. I'm surprised that more goals aren't scored!
__________________
God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.
hotreds is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 03:01 PM   #8
The Poet
Il megglior fabbro
 
The Poet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
First Name: Thomas
Location: Hickory, NC
Posts: 8,420
Trading: (2)
The Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud of
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by hotreds View Post
You don't realize how big a goal is until you stand in one. I'm surprised that more goals aren't scored!
I'm not. Ninety minutes of keepaway with a mere handful . . . excuse me, footful . . . of shots on goal doesn't lend itself to scoring.

Now cricket . . . .
__________________
Ninety percent of everything is crap - Theodore Sturgeon.
The Poet is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 04:07 PM   #9
shilala
Dear Lord, Thank You.
 
shilala's Avatar
6
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Scott
Posts: 13,721
Trading: (252)
Cuaba
shilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond reputeshilala has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: The beautiful game

Soccer would be way more fun if they pulled the goalie and nobody was allowed in the paint. There's should be a 3 point line, too.
What'd make it funner yet is if they got those dudes with hats like in rugby. Goal umpires.
What'd make it funner yet would be if they played hockey. That'd be awesome.
__________________
shilala is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 06:06 PM   #10
coffeemonkey
Smoking my way to the Top
 
coffeemonkey's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Great Pacific Northwest
Posts: 314
Trading: (0)
Partagas
coffeemonkey is on a distinguished road
Default Re: The beautiful game

The "season" isn't over yet though... and MLS just started.
__________________
"I think I lost it, let me know if you come across it"
coffeemonkey is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 07:31 PM   #11
Gabe215
Have My Own Room
 
Gabe215's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2012
First Name: Gabe
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 1,106
Trading: (20)
Gabe215 has a spectacular aura aboutGabe215 has a spectacular aura aboutGabe215 has a spectacular aura about
Default Re: The beautiful game

Neil are you bashing soccer or saying how tough soccer players are? Soccer players play with broken arms and with stitches in their head.
Gabe215 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 07:43 PM   #12
pnoon
YNWA
 
pnoon's Avatar
16
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Peter
Location: San Diego
Posts: 29,919
Trading: (20)
RA
pnoon has disabled reputation
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabe215 View Post
Neil are you bashing soccer or saying how tough soccer players are? Soccer players play with broken arms and with stitches in their head.
Gabe, except for the truly enlightened, everyone bashes soccer.

Now I will be the first to admit that only Lebron James flops more than the average soccer player. And I think the punishment for flopping should be much more severe. But there is a reason they call it "the beautiful game". Sure scores are lower than the U.S. audience would like but there are a number of valid criticisms of MLB, the NFL, and the NBA that the fans choose to ignore. I am a fan of American football, baseball, and college basketball (the NBA sucks eggs).

Let the haters hate. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.
__________________
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
-John Wooden
pnoon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 07:46 PM   #13
The Poet
Il megglior fabbro
 
The Poet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
First Name: Thomas
Location: Hickory, NC
Posts: 8,420
Trading: (2)
The Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud of
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabe215 View Post
Neil are you bashing soccer or saying how tough soccer players are? Soccer players play with broken arms and with stitches in their head.
Well maybe they wouldn't hurt themselves so badly if they stopped flopping so much.
__________________
Ninety percent of everything is crap - Theodore Sturgeon.
The Poet is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 07:53 PM   #14
nutcracker
Shameless epicurian
 
nutcracker's Avatar
5
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
First Name: Neil
Location: Winnipeg, Canada - Home of the Jets!
Posts: 1,631
Trading: (26)
Partagas
nutcracker is just really nicenutcracker is just really nicenutcracker is just really nicenutcracker is just really nicenutcracker is just really nice
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabe215 View Post
Neil are you bashing soccer or saying how tough soccer players are? Soccer players play with broken arms and with stitches in their head.
Only slightly Gabe. I played rugger as a kid, and later field hockey when the rugby injuries become too much for my long suffering mother. Oddly enough the only sporting fatality at my high school in a 30 year period was a hockey ball to the head.

We didn't have a lot of time for soccer ("footy"). We thought they were whimps.

There's no doubt a good soccer player is incredibly fit and skillful. Seriously tough games like rugger don't have the divers though. When a rugger player lies on the field it's usually stretcher time!
__________________
"Well I ain't often right but I've never been wrong....
Jerry Garcia (R.I.P.)
nutcracker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 08:29 PM   #15
hotreds
Ephesians 2:8
 
hotreds's Avatar
13
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed"
Posts: 11,658
Trading: (63)
Bolivar
hotreds has disabled reputation
Default Re: The beautiful game

Soccer is the 2nd most aerobic sport after motocross!
__________________
God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.
hotreds is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 08:46 PM   #16
The Poet
Il megglior fabbro
 
The Poet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
First Name: Thomas
Location: Hickory, NC
Posts: 8,420
Trading: (2)
The Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud ofThe Poet has much to be proud of
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by hotreds View Post
Soccer is the 2nd most aerobic sport after motocross!
I dunno. 43-man Squamish is pretty strenuous, especially for the Overblats and Back-Up Finks.
__________________
Ninety percent of everything is crap - Theodore Sturgeon.
The Poet is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 08:46 PM   #17
markem
Bunion
 
markem's Avatar
16
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Mark
Location: Second Star on the Right
Posts: 22,505
Trading: (47)
HUpmann
markem has disabled reputation
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by nutcracker View Post
Oddly enough the only sporting fatality at my high school in a 30 year period was a hockey ball to the head.
I'm not sure that I could withstand being held back a grade that long.
__________________
I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member.
~ Groucho Marx
markem is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2015, 10:42 PM   #18
icehog3
Admiral Douchebag
 
icehog3's Avatar
15
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Tom
Location: Clermont, Kentucky
Posts: 70,533
Trading: (61)
HUpmann
icehog3 has disabled reputation
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by pnoon View Post
Let the haters hate. Soccer is the most popular sport in the third world.
Fixed it for you.

Don't hate me, Peter, pour a vodka martini and take it all in good fun.
__________________


Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!
icehog3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-02-2015, 07:50 AM   #19
hotreds
Ephesians 2:8
 
hotreds's Avatar
13
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed"
Posts: 11,658
Trading: (63)
Bolivar
hotreds has disabled reputation
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Poet View Post
I dunno. 43-man Squamish is pretty strenuous, especially for the Overblats and Back-Up Finks.
goes without saying......
__________________
God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.
hotreds is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-02-2015, 08:24 AM   #20
357
Will herf for food
 
357's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Mike
Location: Home is where I park it
Posts: 4,075
Trading: (9)
VR
357 is a splendid one to behold357 is a splendid one to behold357 is a splendid one to behold357 is a splendid one to behold357 is a splendid one to behold357 is a splendid one to behold
Default Re: The beautiful game

Quote:
Originally Posted by jonumberone View Post
Was this all the scoring for the entire season?
For every team combined, yes.


I'm with Tom on this one. I'm not a fan but I have tried to watch. I think the biggest problem, besides the wet noodle Hollywood flopping, is the offsides rule.

They need a big line painted on the field like the have in hockey for defining offsides rather than the deepest defensemen. If they changed that one rule to be like hockey, they would have more breakaways and likely a lot more scoring. Plus, the defense couldn't just cheat forward to prevent a breakaway since he would no longer define where the off sides line would be.

Don't get me wrong, scores don't need to be 15-13 for the sport to be entertaining but the endless keep away is BORING. Maybe a shot clock or fewer players on the field would help. Perhaps creating a flopping penalty where the offender sits in a penalty box and his team plays shorthanded would help both issues.
__________________
“Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain
357 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:14 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
All content is copyrighted jointly by Cigar Asylum and the content provider.