The OBC Official Sports Thread!

El_greco · Post by **El_greco** » 01 Feb 2011, 11:23

Sorry SKM, i took the liberty of opening the thread for you. Feel free to delete it if it was out of order from me

Anyway, football:

In the most dramatic final day of transfer period since i follow football, Fernando Torres made a move from L'Pool to Chelsea, worth 50 million pounds.
His red shirts are burning in Liverpool.

Please, do continue

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 01 Feb 2011, 11:49

Ha ha no problem, mate. I am not a soccer fan myself, im more of a tennis fan, but i may pop in and out here from time to time to check the place out, any sports fans here, this is the place to be

El_greco · Post by **El_greco** » 01 Feb 2011, 13:25

Well, if you like tennis, who's your favourite?

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 01 Feb 2011, 14:03

El_greco wrote:Well, if you like tennis, who's your favourite?

Federer or Nadel get my vote and Venus Williams for the women, not mad about Andy Murray as he is quite an unlikeable character in my opinion.

GotThatSwing · Post by **GotThatSwing** » 01 Feb 2011, 15:42

StephenKingman wrote:Ha ha no problem, mate. I am not a soccer fan myself, im more of a tennis fan, but i may pop in and out here from time to time to check the place out, any sports fans here, this is the place to be

You call football "soccer" in Ireland?

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 01 Feb 2011, 15:47

Soccer uses a different ball and isnt as power-oriented as football.

GotThatSwing · Post by **GotThatSwing** » 01 Feb 2011, 15:49

I know the difference but I still thought soccer is what Americans only call the real football.

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 01 Feb 2011, 15:51

GotThatSwing wrote:I know the difference but I still thought soccer is what Americans only call the real football.

That could well be true, Swing, ill be frank and say i dont follow or know much about either game so im sure some other football/soccer mad members can explain it better

El_greco · Post by **El_greco** » 01 Feb 2011, 17:19

As far as i know, soccer (expression) is a big no no in Europe

Especially in the english-speaking parts of Europe

In my parts we call football played with the egg shaped ball American Football. (i don't mean rugby, i know the difference

)

So for an Irish person, i'd say soccer is out of bounds

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 01 Feb 2011, 18:10

In Australia we call four sports football. Depending on what state you live in has alot to do with it as well. I am from Queensland so football to us is really Rugby League or Rugby Union. This is the same for New South Wales. Australian Rules Football is also called football by just about every state. Now days most people here also call what we used to call soccer Football. Imho Rugby League is the best football and a very tough physical sport. I follow the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs. Last year was a very tough year for us, but this year is looking good with some good off season buys.

El_greco · Post by **El_greco** » 01 Feb 2011, 18:55

I'm actually trying to get some basic knowledge in rugby. It's interesting i watched a whole match last year, without even knowing the rules, it was just so interesting, and i could see very tactical + physical.
It's not at all popular where i live, but we do have a couple of amateur clubs and a national team, so i have already contacted them to visit their practice so i can learn the rules and toughen up a bit. Since i'm 6.5 ft tall and weigh at about 230 pounds, they said they could use me definitely

Otherwise i used to play basketball and volleyball

GotThatSwing · Post by **GotThatSwing** » 01 Feb 2011, 20:02

El_greco wrote:As far as i know, soccer (expression) is a big no no in Europe Especially in the english-speaking parts of Europe

In my parts we call football played with the egg shaped ball American Football. (i don't mean rugby, i know the difference )

So for an Irish person, i'd say soccer is out of bounds

That's what I thought but I am not going to fight about it with a native speaker

Tip the Bottle · Post by **Tip the Bottle** » 01 Feb 2011, 22:56

El_greco wrote:Sorry SKM, i took the liberty of opening the thread for you. Feel free to delete it if it was out of order from me

In the most dramatic final day of transfer period since i follow football, Fernando Torres made a move from L'Pool to Chelsea, worth 50 million pounds.
His red shirts are burning in Liverpool.

Please, do continue

The EPL is a lot like American Baseball the teams with the most money always win and insane amounts of money are paid for players who more often than not under perform.

In the EPL it's always the same teams at the top that is why I I follow the bottom of the league, the regulation matches. That's not to say I'm not sitting home watching Man U praying for Rooney to get his legs back, finally against Aston last match it looked like he did. Uhhh

Hmmm....wow completely forgot where I was going with this.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 02 Feb 2011, 03:42

American football makes Americans crazy. Rugby makes Americans cower in fear. The ones I know, anyway.
I like any sport where I can observe someone's broken bone on the outside of their body. Go Pack!!

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 02 Feb 2011, 11:23

Anyone here ever hear of a game called tag rugby? Its non-contact mixed rugby where you score points by grabbing tags from the shorts of your opposing team. Its bafflingly popular here in Ireland and whole summers are organised around teams and leagues, i saw a few games a few years ago and it went completely over my head!