The Football Thread

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I don't think so, I'm not one for that sort of thing but there are defintely things afoot, I'm just not sure what

UMUR wrote: Colt wrote: Extraordinary! Believe me, if I was in the keepers shoes the guy would have left the stadium in an ambulance.   Oh man did you wake up as Vinnie Jonas today Steve

I'm 50 tomorrow but I think I've woken up a grumpy man a day early!!

I understand his reaction, but once the man is on the ground it�s hardly self-defense anymore?

Did anyone see this?

Edited by UMUR - 02 Jan 2012 at 4:45am

UMUR wrote: Well I thought we needed a thread to discuss European style football/soccer (No American football. Please create your own thread).

Colt wrote: Basketball was invented by a rugby coach in 1891 - Dr. James Naismith was looking for an indoor activity to provide winter conditioning for his rugby players.

...and this guy (Jonah Lomu) a New Zealand winger was nearly 20 stones/126 kgs when he played.

He could also run 100 metres in 10.8 seconds

The guy above would refer to his back as a "girl" Mainly because the forwards would regard themselves as the hard men of the team

Sorry for hijacking this thread but I guess Rugby is a form of football 

Basketball was invented by a rugby coach in
1891 - Dr. James Naismith was looking for an
indoor activity to provide winter conditioning
for his rugby players.

Famous rugby players (just to name a few):
Sean Connery, John F. Kennedy, J.R.R. Tolkien,
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Russell Crowe,
Chris Farley, Meat Loaf, Ernesto �Che� Guevara

Eh I'm used to it, that is pretty much the #1 comeback.

Not really anything to say, people still die in American Football (sadly) though not at the NFL level, a few years ago it almost happened though and was saved thanks to quick medics, and at ALL levels people still get paralyzed and etc
This one HS kid in my area is paralyzed from the neck down.


I always wanted to know how big these rugby guys are and how hard do they play? What are the injuries like?
Because if they are as big and fast and violent as handegg players and don't wear gear...well fuck, they are insane!
Most players have tons of health issues in their post career, so I think they may object to being called sissies
It's sad to see guys back in the day who could destroy other teams now be confined to a wheelchair, or this one doesn't even remember winning the Super Bowl he's had so many concussions



Edited by The Angry Scotsman - 14 Dec 2011 at 11:51am

The Angry Scotsman wrote: Oh, and running around is fun, just some of us have evolved to use our hands

aka Rugby