I figured out why soccer will never be popular here...
devilgrrl
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:03 PM
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I figured out why soccer will never be popular here...
It's the commentators. They are irritating and suck every enjoyable moment out the game. Who wants that?
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:05 PM
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1. Well, the "voice" and the "ex-pro" strategy is a bit rough with soccer
Because one gets the idea the "voice" has no idea what the fuck he is talking about.
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:05 PM
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2. A lot of baseball commentators are like that, too.
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:09 PM
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3. Yes, but no, I repeat NO vapid sideline reporters.
Dave O'Brien sucks at soccer, although he's ok at baseball.
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:09 PM
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4. bad commentating exists in football, baseball, etc. as well
it's not unique to soccer :shrug:
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:13 PM
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6. I was just about to say
you've never heard John Motson on BBC football coverage! That man can talk non-stop bullshit for ninety minutes without even needing to draw breath! :rofl:
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Sun Jul-09-06 05:38 PM
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10. Does he ever run out of saliva?
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:10 PM
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5. It's because of scores like 1-0
Mer'kins like BIG scores. Defense? Bah! Oh, and we count time backwards, like we're gonna shoot off a fuckin' rocket or somethin'. :eyes:
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:15 PM
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7. Bullshit commentary is all part of the football experience
but maybe your commentators have the wrong grade of bullshit, perhaps? :shrug:
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:15 PM
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8. It's very different than most U.S. sports... not only low scores, but also
no real breaks in the game other than halftime, each half flows continuously. I guess this would be bad for commercial breaks and "TV timeouts".
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Sun Jul-09-06 04:19 PM
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Edited on Sun Jul-09-06 04:24 PM by Kajsa
There are few and I mean few thing more irritating than the droning dribble commentators on'Monday Night Football'. I hit the mute button for most of the games. Soccer commentators are much better. Who can resist that world famous " Gooooooooooooooooooooooalllllll"?
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Sun Jul-09-06 05:44 PM
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11. You should have watched it on Univision.
Edited on Sun Jul-09-06 05:45 PM by HuckleB
Besides, we've got no decent announcers for any sport in this country anymore.
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Sun Jul-09-06 05:50 PM
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12. MUTE... the best way to watch soccer or any sport
and when they score..quickly tune to Mexican tv to hear GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL :)
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Sun Jul-09-06 05:57 PM
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13. Maybe if soccer had half naked cheerleaders jumping around
on the sidelines. That might work.
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Sun Jul-09-06 06:04 PM
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When Sky TV (Murdoch's UK TV station) won the rights to show live football here in the UK in the early 90's they tried a few different ideas to excite the crowd. We had mascots running around the pitch before the game. Something to entertain the kids apparently. We had cheerleaders appear shortly before games and at half time. Pretty much everyone thought it was a joke. It was tacky and unnecessary and demeaned the spectators who didn't need anyone else to get them excited about a game they were already likely to enjoy. The cheerleaders vanished very quickly.
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Sun Jul-09-06 06:09 PM
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15. Soccer isnt designed around having many large commercial breaks...
thats another major reason IMO
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Sun Jul-09-06 06:27 PM
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16. I have as much respect for commentators
that can hold a "gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllll, goal goal goal goooooooooaaal" for five minutes as I do for athletes who can run full-out without stopping for 90 minutes. listening to mexican commentators is a good way to learn turbo spanish, too. :7
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