Orange slices for everyone, or the I Hate Soccer thread

[crimsonace]

If somebody is standing on the dieline clocking "stoppage time," why can't they just stop the freaking clock like normal sports? That way when 90 minutes are up, the damn silly game is over and everyone knows that, instead of guessing how much longer they might play.

... which is how it's done in the NCAA and in U.S. high school soccer, if there's a clock visible. If the timekeeper screws up in keeping the clock, the referee will order it stopped with 2:00 left and will keep the time on the field. Why FIFA remains stuck in 1932 and claims it to be "tradition" is beyond me.

 

[zagoshe]

If somebody is standing on the dieline clocking "stoppage time," why can't they just stop the freaking clock like normal sports? That way when 90 minutes are up, the damn silly game is over and everyone knows that, instead of guessing how much longer they might play.

How are the corrupt refs supposed to ensure that the team they need to score has enough time to score if they can't arbitrarily add time to the clock?

 

[Kermit McManus]

WhY was this thread not locked? Is that what you do Tropper Barry - give someone a playground to trash sport and then censure Kermit?

 

[HanSenSE]

So much hatred to be built up over a year ...

 

[dooley_womack1]

Welcome Tropper Barry

 

[Inky_Wretch]

WhY was this thread not locked? Is that what you do Tropper Barry - give someone a playground to trash sport and then censure Kermit?

STFU sock puppet

 

[TigerVols]

If somebody is standing on the dieline clocking "stoppage time," why can't they just stop the freaking clock like normal sports? That way when 90 minutes are up, the damn silly game is over and everyone knows that, instead of guessing how much longer they might play.

My No. 1 complaint about soccer.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Somewhere, spnited is glad you understand.

 

[slappy4428]

Somewhere, spnited is glad you understand.

So is Tropper Barry

 

[Kermit McManus]

WhY was this thread not locked? Is that what you do Tropper Barry - give someone a playground to trash sport and then censure Kermit?

STFU sock puppet

WTF? I am not a sockpuppet and have done nothing but enthusiasticly talk about favorite sport. And I am persecuted for it.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

WhY was this thread not locked? Is that what you do Tropper Barry - give someone a playground to trash sport and then censure Kermit?

STFU sock puppet

WTF? I am not a sockpuppet and have done nothing but enthusiasticly talk about favorite sport. And I am persecuted for it.

You're either a sock puppet or a pathetic attention wart troll. Digging up a year-old thread to whine like a bench proves it.

Either way, you're getting buttoned now.

 

[crimsonace]

If somebody is standing on the dieline clocking "stoppage time," why can't they just stop the freaking clock like normal sports? That way when 90 minutes are up, the damn silly game is over and everyone knows that, instead of guessing how much longer they might play.

My No. 1 complaint about soccer.

Since this has been dredged back up (and that's my No. 1 complaint, too) ... in the US's 2010 WC loss, that was one of my biggest complaints. Once we knew how much stoppage time there was, Ghana's players appear to have suffered temporary life-threatening injuries every time they were breathed on. They just rolled around on the ground until the whistle blew. If you have a countdown clock with stoppages for cards/injuries/faked injuries like the NCAA does, that would put an end to that, because it penalizes -- rather than rewards -- such unsportsmanlike behavoir.