Sooooo….what’s your point? I can find plenty of shots of real football players being hardcore and American football players prancing after scoring.
Ukwarlock (#3827)
15 years ago
If I may, a couple of nasty (proper) Football injuries;
DAVID BUSST
Manchester United v Coventry City
April 8, 1996
Arguably the most infamous of footballing injuries.
While the BBC and Sky refrained from showing the stomach-churning effects of the Coventry defender’s collision with Manchester United defender Denis Irwin, the look of horror on United keeper Peter Schmeichel’s face painted a vivid picture of just how serious the injury was.
Busst suffered a double compound fracture with the impact of the clash causing his cracked fibula bone to pierce the skin.
The match had to be delayed for 15 minutes while the blood was cleaned off the pitch at Old Trafford
and
PATRICK BATTISTON
France v West Germany
July 8, 1982
Midfielder Battiston was clean through on goal with only the keeper to beat in the second half of this World Cup semi-final match in Seville, when he was poleaxed by German stopper Harald Schumacher.
Not so much a challenge for the ball as an assault, Schumacher somehow managed to escape unpunished for an aerial bodycheck that left the French star in a coma.
Widely considered one of the most shocking fouls in footballing history, Battiston suffered damaged vertebrae, a broken jaw and the loss of four of his front teeth.
Recovery: After his jaw was wired back into place, Battiston returned to work for his club Saint Etienne five months later.
Doesn’t matter that you can injure yourself in soccer. It’s a shit sport, filled with moviestars whining for the ref. Getting touched on your arm all of a sudden becomes a aching shinbone. And the “real supporters” just go there to pick a fight. So, big fail.
Gods! Why do we keep having these lame fights? Look, yes, both games are named foot-ball in the countries where they are most popular. Y’know what? Aside from that, they are some of the most disimilar team based sports games possible. You get a “ball” past a certain line between two points (be they the goal, the field goal bars, or the out of bounds lines). The method you do so, how you interact with other players, the rules for violations, the scoring, the general general score variations, everything is different. I have no idea why we should be comparing these two.
@...storminator: But only one of those sports involves one man getting behind another man who’s bending over and sticking his hands between his legs every play.
@...JamesTuskGeorge: True, true. The title should be “Real Football vs Rugby for Nancy Boys.” I mean seriously, the whole world calls it football because, you know, they kick the ball with their BLOODY FEET ALL THE TIME! Only Americans call it soccer and use football for rugby, which they play wearing body armor and helmets to play like total twits.
@...JamesTuskGeorge: Helmets and body armor because our boys are way the hell bigger, tougher, meaner and capable of more debilitating injuries. Without that armor, football wouldn’t be possible because everyone would be fucked inside the first quarter. Even with it, people get fucked up.
Also, football players are worth more than pansy soccer fucks. Your average soccer player gets hurt, he’s easily interchanged with a benchwarmer. American footballers? Worth millions.
Actualy in Rugby your a trained to know how to hit properly without sustaining or injuring other players. Its actualy a very great sport for that because everyone plays respectfuly and they are all aware of the consequences if the screw around/
Football = Brainwashing.
I played football and my coach insisted and drilled into our heads that when you hit someone, your goal was to hit them so hard their body explodes so that you can keep running to the endzone.
soccer has one world cup that is seen all over the world, and the football just a superbowl played by one country, i dont say which one is better just wich one is more played
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFh7jSS0vg
Sooooo….what’s your point? I can find plenty of shots of real football players being hardcore and American football players prancing after scoring.
If I may, a couple of nasty (proper) Football injuries;
DAVID BUSST
Manchester United v Coventry City
April 8, 1996
Arguably the most infamous of footballing injuries.
While the BBC and Sky refrained from showing the stomach-churning effects of the Coventry defender’s collision with Manchester United defender Denis Irwin, the look of horror on United keeper Peter Schmeichel’s face painted a vivid picture of just how serious the injury was.
Busst suffered a double compound fracture with the impact of the clash causing his cracked fibula bone to pierce the skin.
The match had to be delayed for 15 minutes while the blood was cleaned off the pitch at Old Trafford
and
PATRICK BATTISTON
France v West Germany
July 8, 1982
Midfielder Battiston was clean through on goal with only the keeper to beat in the second half of this World Cup semi-final match in Seville, when he was poleaxed by German stopper Harald Schumacher.
Not so much a challenge for the ball as an assault, Schumacher somehow managed to escape unpunished for an aerial bodycheck that left the French star in a coma.
Widely considered one of the most shocking fouls in footballing history, Battiston suffered damaged vertebrae, a broken jaw and the loss of four of his front teeth.
Recovery: After his jaw was wired back into place, Battiston returned to work for his club Saint Etienne five months later.
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/02/25/ouch-the-10-worst-ever-footballing-injuries-89520-20331655/
Doesn’t matter that you can injure yourself in soccer. It’s a shit sport, filled with moviestars whining for the ref. Getting touched on your arm all of a sudden becomes a aching shinbone. And the “real supporters” just go there to pick a fight. So, big fail.
And yes, I quit playing soccer 18 yrs ago.
“an aching”.
@...Foggy:
Movie Stars? Real supporters only go for a fight?
Sorry could you expand on that?
Besides love it or hate it, its the most popular sport in the world.
“Real supporters” as in hooligans. Real supporters without the quotation marks are the ones who are there for the love of game.
And yeah, movie stars. They are great at acting in front of the ref.
FOR THE LAST TIME, IT’S HAND-EGG!
@...Foggy: “Acting in front of the ref”? Yeah, you pretty much described athletes in nearly every sport.
Gods! Why do we keep having these lame fights? Look, yes, both games are named foot-ball in the countries where they are most popular. Y’know what? Aside from that, they are some of the most disimilar team based sports games possible. You get a “ball” past a certain line between two points (be they the goal, the field goal bars, or the out of bounds lines). The method you do so, how you interact with other players, the rules for violations, the scoring, the general general score variations, everything is different. I have no idea why we should be comparing these two.
Right, everyone knows rugby is tougher than both “footballs” combined.
soccer wins
they both suck?
give blood. play hockey.
Bottom left pic: Is that Donald Driver getting his shit ruined (can’t be bothered to look up GB numbers)
Also, go ahead and throw a question mark on the end of the previous question.
if it involves playing with balls- it’s GAY.
@...storminator: But only one of those sports involves one man getting behind another man who’s bending over and sticking his hands between his legs every play.
Rugby. No armour, no hair gel. Everything less is just nancing about.
@...JamesTuskGeorge: True, true. The title should be “Real Football vs Rugby for Nancy Boys.” I mean seriously, the whole world calls it football because, you know, they kick the ball with their BLOODY FEET ALL THE TIME! Only Americans call it soccer and use football for rugby, which they play wearing body armor and helmets to play like total twits.
@Silverwolf: And yet I’m still confident that Brian Price could kick Ronaldinho’s skinny ass up and down WHATEVER field they’re using.
@...JamesTuskGeorge: Helmets and body armor because our boys are way the hell bigger, tougher, meaner and capable of more debilitating injuries. Without that armor, football wouldn’t be possible because everyone would be fucked inside the first quarter. Even with it, people get fucked up.
Also, football players are worth more than pansy soccer fucks. Your average soccer player gets hurt, he’s easily interchanged with a benchwarmer. American footballers? Worth millions.
@rattybad
Actualy in Rugby your a trained to know how to hit properly without sustaining or injuring other players. Its actualy a very great sport for that because everyone plays respectfuly and they are all aware of the consequences if the screw around/
Football = Brainwashing.
I played football and my coach insisted and drilled into our heads that when you hit someone, your goal was to hit them so hard their body explodes so that you can keep running to the endzone.
soccer has one world cup that is seen all over the world, and the football just a superbowl played by one country, i dont say which one is better just wich one is more played