Kenyan Arsenal fan hangs himself after Arsenal lose.
That is the most recent example, being 2 days old. Still think no one feels as strongly about soccer as they do to AFL? Seriously dude, you just make up things on the spot to support your argument. You'd be thrown out of court in a heartbeat...
...like the Englishmen who think the fact that soccer has more fans therefore makes it the best thing since sliced bread.
Why don't we all just watch the sport we enjoy and stop bagging out other people for preferring something different?
I think football is great because it's an amazing game! How many other sports could provide such last-minute heartbreak as that experienced by Chelsea Wednesday night? Or the high drama of a penalty shoot-out? Nothing to do with it having more fans.
By the way, I don't have a problem with someone following a different sport. What I do have a problem with is them coming out with nonsense such as AFL is the world's best sport, when the facts and figures clearly show otherwise.
MasterBlaster76 added 10 Minutes and 52 Seconds later...
That's because your arguements and points are so bullish and incorrect that it's laughable. You're not blowing our theories apart, far from it, if anything it's the other way round. You've got no evidence as to why Soccer is an entertaining sport, because there is none. People like it because it's been around longer then other sports and has been past down from generations whilst other sports haven't had the same opportunity.
Oh dear. I know he's banned, but if you're reading, Ben, refer to the post I made about the start dates of the two sports. There's a gap of 50 or so years. And take off the blinkers, engage your brain and you'll see that we are trashing your theories on a daily basis. As Skater said 'ignore evidence and post crap'.
Soccer is more popular, but it's probably also the most overrated sport in the world. It's quite boring to watch (and play) and had other sports from the modern age been devised before Soccer then the chances are that Soccer's popularity would decrease significantly. There is nothing amazing about Soccer that just makes people want to watch it. King Pietersen watched a game of AFL and he was in complete awe of it - I doubt you'd ever see someone feel the same way about Soccer.
You really are dreaming now! People were in awe of the 1970s Brazil team. They were in awe of Diego Maradona's second goal v England. And they were in awe when Beckham scored from the halfway line, when Higuita made that crazy Scorpion kick save at Wembley, and so many other occasions I just can't be bothered to list here!
Another reason why it is overrated is because it's not the number 1 sport in any of the bigger countries in the world, mainly the smaller ones. You can't say that countries like America, China, etc, honestly care about Soccer because if they did then they would DOMINATE Soccer, much like they dominate any other sport they're interested in.
Soccer's a pretty simple game, it's no wonder why the English like it so much. They've always been so slow when it comes to things that are complex.
Riiiiight, China doesn't care about 'soccer'. That's why they go nuts whenever a Premiership team visits them, isn't it? That's why there are growing numbers of Chinese and other Oriental countries players in professional Football.
As for the English being slow on the uptake? Take a look in the mirror mate. It's been proven that AFL and Association Football weren't born that far apart, yet you keep spewing drivel that the only reason people prefer football is because it's soooo much older and has been handed down from generation to generation since the Jurassic age (!)
MasterBlaster76 added 7 Minutes and 22 Seconds later...
Ben, shut up. It's getting annoying.
You can't win this battle, you just can't. AFL is probably equal with cricket as my favourite sport, but that doesn't mean it's the best sport in the world.
It's good to see there are some Aussies around who can talk sense.
Still, you get my point that I doubt anyone would feel strongly after watching their first ever game of Soccer?
That really depends on which game they see first. So are you trying to say that
every single game of AFL is awesome? Impossible: that doesn't even happen with Football, so how can it possibly happen with AFL?
Pick up, as mean like and enjoy. It may be easy to understand but Soccer generally isn't exciting or likable at first-sight.
aussie_ben91 added 1 Minutes and 4 Seconds later...
Even more boring then Soccer. I moved to NSW from Victoria when I was 13.
What are you smoking now?
Well Ben's gonna be hanging himself in a second. He's banned lol. He's making us AFL fans look like fools. I mean stop argueing as soccer is by far more popular and it might be better than AFL or maybe worse. It's your own choice.
Why did he get banned by the way?
