Comments on: i prefer baseball http://www.anglofille.com/2008/06/29/not-soccer/ An American in Bloomsbury Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:33:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Luke http://www.anglofille.com/2008/06/29/not-soccer/#comment-58458 Luke Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:43:45 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=2590#comment-58458 I don't know what the appeal is. While I like that mostly anyone can play and it's one of the cheapest to get all the necessary equipment for (unlike ridiculously equipment heavy football, golf and hockey) it's just..a little boring. And seeing footage of entire sections of stadiums at each other's throats after a game is a bit eye-roll inducing. I don’t know what the appeal is. While I like that mostly anyone can play and it’s one of the cheapest to get all the necessary equipment for (unlike ridiculously equipment heavy football, golf and hockey) it’s just..a little boring. And seeing footage of entire sections of stadiums at each other’s throats after a game is a bit eye-roll inducing.

]]> By: Greig http://www.anglofille.com/2008/06/29/not-soccer/#comment-58448 Greig Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:44:29 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/?p=2590#comment-58448 The Germans tend to lose at their national game, :o)) they've been known to lose at soccer from time to time as well, In Southie, an England v Germany match will usually bring out the Bund element in the typical Mick. (Hence the Kraut flags in South Boston) Spain and Germany have contrasting styles of play, it couldn't have been that boring. Romance players, tend to exceptional technique over the more direct Anglo-Celto-Kraut style, The Germans tend to lose at their national game, :o)) they’ve been known to lose at soccer from time to time as well,

In Southie, an England v Germany match will usually bring out the Bund element in the typical Mick.

(Hence the Kraut flags in South Boston)

Spain and Germany have contrasting styles of play, it couldn’t have been that boring.

Romance players, tend to exceptional technique over the more direct Anglo-Celto-Kraut style,

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