After all of the hullabaloo, who here still thinks soccer/futbol is an absolute bore?

Rugby is evidently so boring that Joe feels the urge to try get this thread back on topic.



(Psst ... does anyone know what is a ruck or a rolling maul?)

I guess you should check out professional hockey.

Not going to earn you a debate point as I'm not much of a hockey fan either.

If I could give you 5 red ribbons for this post alone then I'd most definitely do so.

Oh heck. You can have these...

Yes.

No skill in rugby?

Tell that to the All Blacks - and then run...............

And it's terrible news for New Zealanders - Rugby Doesn't Matter. (Hugh Dennis).

When I worked at the AIS someone was experimenting with glasses on goalies that blanked microseconds before a penalty was taken. Something about checking their intuition based on the kickers body language/approach. I'm guessing the results weren't fruitful.

S'funny, but the rugby union World Cup is the second biggest single sport world championship after soccer. So by definition established here it must also be the second most boring sport

Pssssst.....boring Germany are currently leading boring Brazil 6 - 0 in the semi final.

Bor-ing.

That is kind of boring.

I'm sure the All Blacks feel they are very skillful players.

But it would be hard to argue that it takes more skill to play rugby than soccer.

Somebody wanted more scoring.
How 'bout 7-0 Germany drubbing Brazil?
Is that enough scoring?

Oh my God, Germany opened a six-pack of whup-ass on Brazil, and won 7-1!!!! Wow

Maybe it was something about simply wearing any kind of glasses. I don't know, but it sounds like a serious hazard.

They were special plastic goggles with LCDs in them that were triggered wirelessly by the approach of the kicker to the ball they were experimenting with blanking at different approach distances to a penalty kick. It was kind of cool to watch.

Brazilian soccer fans detonate a 10 kiloton bomb in Rio de Janeiro in the subsequent riot because of their country's loss.

Are you trying to be funny? That city and the rest of the country is quite convulsed already re the building of the game stadiums and infrastructure in the face of massive poverty.

Winning was large in more than a usual way. Hello?

Was I being facetious? Of course I was. My post was intentionally absurdist and hyperbolic. Do I expect violent riots after the host country's loss? I think it would be particularly naive to rule them out.

I would have figured that it was obvious that I'm not a fan of FIFA, the World Cup, and the allegedly magical game of fuuuuuutbol.

I can imagine after the World Cup is over, Brazil and the host city will be debt up to their ears (hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions lost because of the World Cup was hosted there). So... yes. I am aware of the political strife and economic hard times that country is/has been going through.