All I can say is, I want to like football (or soccer, whatever it is) more than I do, but I just can't fathom watching something for half an hour before someone scores. To be fair, I think baseball is more boring to watch, but for a different reason.

>> ^flechette:

All I can say is, I want to like football (or soccer, whatever it is) more than I do, but I just can't fathom watching something for half an hour before someone scores. To be fair, I think baseball is more boring to watch, but for a different reason.


Ah, this is the beauty in football. Every match is different, you'll see different approaches, different styles, different attitudes, individual skill, teamwork. It's not just about scoring goals.

But it's not easy. It's a game of skill and if you're good or the opposition is very bad then you'll score lots. Or you'll enjoy one of those humdingers where either side might score at any time.

But often we're forced to endure turgid rubbish, it just happens sometimes, but the ultimate redemption is when finally, finally someone scores a goal. It's a satisfying release of energy and there is honestly nothing much like it even if your team has been playing like utter twits.

It is really, as much about the journey as the destination.

Hopefully it's a nice ride (I'd pay good money to see a mazey Messi dribble where he failed to score, rather than someone bundle one in) but sometimes it can be perversely enjoyable to see a bad team scrape a result.

On the other hand, going back to a U.S sport like basketball I see no particular thrill from seeing two sides trade baskets ad-infintum. It's just a relentless predictable, progression to the end at which point someone wins and players can crow about their "stats". I always loved playing basketball but it doesn't work for me as a spectator sport.

Meanwhile I love Football (American Football as we Brits tend to call it). That has more in common with soccer than any other U.S sport IMO. Players are still far too in thrall to coaches but it remains a magnificent spectacle.

Baseball I don't really get - but I respect it's traditions and iconic status in sport.

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15 minutes of highlights. Amazing. Definitely cheered and clapped alone on my couch. Nice post.

@Deano, how is this not skillful? I understand not all sports clips are skillful, but jeez. Gut feeling and pure subjective opinion, I guess.

>> ^RhesusMonk:

15 minutes of highlights. Amazing. Definitely cheered and clapped alone on my couch. Nice post.
@Deano, how is this not skillful? I understand not all sports clips are skillful, but jeez. Gut feeling and pure subjective opinion, I guess.


Sport clips often demonstrate lots of skill but I want to cover the *most* skillful in each field.

Stuff like this is adequately covered by sports and you'd expect professional footballers to play reasonably well - any old footie clip is going to show *some* level of skill but they sure aren't enough to be added.

Else I'm going to have a huge amount of overlap with other channels where anything exhibiting skill would be tagged. Again, if it's truly, truly exceptional then it can be tagged as Skillful but most will not. I believe this makes sense.

Point taken.>> ^Deano:

>> ^RhesusMonk:
15 minutes of highlights. Amazing. Definitely cheered and clapped alone on my couch. Nice post.
@Deano, how is this not skillful? I understand not all sports clips are skillful, but jeez. Gut feeling and pure subjective opinion, I guess.

Sport clips often demonstrate lots of skill but I want to cover the most skillful in each field.
Stuff like this is adequately covered by sports and you'd expect professional footballers to play reasonably well - any old footie clip is going to show some level of skill but they sure aren't enough to be added.
Else I'm going to have a huge amount of overlap with other channels where anything exhibiting skill would be tagged. Again, if it's truly, truly exceptional then it can be tagged as Skillful but most will not. I believe this makes sense.

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