Soccer

I arrived at the office today with all the usual suspects asking me if I had watched the football. Thinking they were talking about the NRL's State of Origin match, I casually said "You bloody bet I did! You bloody little ripper" trying to mask my joy at NSW winning round 1. I'm not a big a NRL fan, but the State of Origin is something else. It's a grand final atmosphere and everybody has their team playing (there are only 2 teams). "What about that penalty shoot out" somebody said... Oh dear god... They are talking about soccer. I made a hasty soccer worthy side step to my office.

Being from WA, I am an AFL supporter. Particularly the Mighty Sydney Swans. While I fully respect the skill and talent of the players of soccer. Soccer is a game that frustrates me. With the constant back and forth, plus the lack of scoring, I simply find my self feeling incredibly irritable and angry after watching a match. Soccer is an 'almost' kind of game. "He almost scored", "We almost avoided a draw" and "I almost enjoyed that match".

Watching other football codes like AFL, NRL, UNION and even NFL, you notice something. These are contact sports! Contact in a big way. What do you get in soccer? A bunch of sooky la las rolling around on the ground like a bunch of fairy breads after they trip over themselves. Harden the fuck up! I think Soccer should adopt some of the rules and playing styles of the NHL... Ice Hockey. Can you imagine how cool it would be to see soccer players 'check' each other over the side line? Awesome.

Enough of my rants... For now...