if my friend doesn't really like soccer should i continue to play it?
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What does your friend have to do with you playing soccer?  If that person is a true friend they will support you in whatever you do.
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people who play soccer are usually good runners, you could try track or cross-country running, there not as boring as they sound
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The only thing you have to do in this life is die. The rest is voluntary. \n\nTherefore there no obligations whatsoever to support a team that is from your country or your city. If you live in Liverpool or Glasgow, most people would argue you cannot support Liverpool AND Everton. Celtic AND Rangers (there is a religious divide in each case) but I don't see why not, if you want to do so. It may be unusual but it is not unthinkable.\n\nSimply support those teams that look worthy of your support. The ones that play fluent, exciting football.\n\nPut it this way. You are not obliged to bet on your local team and risk your money on their doing well. If you don't think they will do well, you save your money instead. Similarly, you are not obliged to support and cheer for your local team if you think they are no-hopers, You save your breath instead.\n\nThe problem of course is the conventional thinking of many football fans, "my country, right or wrong" (blind unswerving patriotism) is transmuted into "my team, good or useless".\n\nThey expect you to conform to their thinking. But if you think differently, act accordingly. It is not a matter of loyalty. It is simply a matter of using your time well and not investing your emotional energy and belief in a team that won't repay that support with results.\n\nWhen Nottingham Forest were riding high in the early 80s  and they had three strikers in the England Team and won the European Cup two years in a row, they were a team worth supporting. But Woodcock Birtles and Francis all were sold within 2 years, they slid down the table and the team regularly got relegated, They haven't really been very interesting tp watch since Cloughie hit the bottle and since Roy Keane was sold in 1993.\n\nSo I don't support them any more. Would you?\nIt is no fun being an emotional punchbag and just like a marriage breaking up, being let down by a string of poor results means you leave.\n\nIf you have any sense, you do!\n\nIf "being with your mates" means a series of depressing wakes, following one defeat after another, I can't see the point. What kind of cameraderie is that? Get yourself some new mates and a cause worth supporting, I would argue. \n\nYou have to be willing to swim against the tide.\n\nAnd another thing, this unthinking jingoism created by "law of bloke" fails to take into account that people have multiple and complex identities, eg they arrived here as a refugee from another country, or they have parents from two different countries and are living in a third. Are they to ignore these sides of themselves because Law of Bloke says so?\n\nI can remember when Viv Richards was the most attacking batsman in the world and West Indian friends of mine felt guilty for supporting the West Indies when they played Test matches against England: they felt obliged and pressurised to support their adopted home country. "Don't be daft!" I told them and explained that I had gone out of my way to watch Viv Richards bat, because he was a brilliant batsman and the sheer entertainment value of a Richards century when he was on song, was what made cricket entertaining for me. What did it matter where he was from?\n\nSo like a manager, a fan has to talent-spot and follow the very best and most exciting players, wherever they are playing, and whoever they are playing for. Loyalty to talent and quality over-rides loyalty to a particular team.
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It doesn't matter to me anyway because I hate football (soccer)
9761
well i really like soccer but some people dont so is their opinion
1020034
I do not like soccer at all.  Thank you for asking.  :)
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To support someone doesn't mean to be uncritical , if you know that they are not better, you don't have to predict them winning, you can still support them and hope, or pray for a miracle and some lucky goals. \nBut it is really up to you, who you want to support, be it your national team, or someone else...You don't have to do what you don't want.
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no no no. please dont give the greece example. it was one in a lifetime miracles what happend. it was a shame discrace for the europian soccer because that last final game of the europian championship was the most boring game i have ever seen. now having said all that difense is not the winner nor the offense but the combination of both. the offense will keep the ball away from your goal so the team wont be in danger of loosing the game. if you want ta winner for this upcomming summer check out italy, england and a have to include the scaaaary brasil. look for sleepers like germany or argentina too.
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Hey, bldvl24, if soccer is pointless how come it's the most popular sport in the world BY FAR? \n\nFurthermore, if the goal is so wide as you describe, how come it's a LOW-SCORING sport? (Fortunately -- have you ever noticed how predictable and therefore boring your high-scoring sports are?)\n\nIn the future, try using some logic in your thinking, lest you become as moronic as the sports you like.
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I have!! I have never liked soccer. I know now it was because I knew so little about the game. I have been following the World Cup games, and now I am a fan. Not a knowledgeable one, but I am learning.\n\nGo England!!
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Tell him your grandmother died, but seriously just tell the coach you are not really interested in playing because if you were you would want to be at practice.\n\nIt takes a love of the game and and a sense of obligation to your team.\n\nIf your not feeling it then you shouldn't be on a team.
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Soccer, it's a game where everyone can really get invovled even if you suck. I love playing with alot of my really good friends and my really bad friends too just the same. Overall it's just a funner game.
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All those that your mama offers!\nHahahahahaha\nYou are just an IDIOT!\nSoccer 101: learn how to play soccer!
987163
Soccer has been has been my favorite for years. The rest of the games are aight but they just don't compare to soccer, and it doesn't acquire all the different components you need to play the "beautiful game." Period.
1134571
it's great but i still like outdoor, but then again I love soccer errr i mean futball regardless if it is indoor or outdoor
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Don't push him. I remeber when i was small, i wasn't attracted to any sports activity. But soon, i showed my own commitment and started participating in what seemed fun, and even though I wasnt good, I kept playing whenever I could. Give him some time and he'll show enthusiasium for at least one sport.....
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I think this is an absolutely ridiculous proposition you have made. The beautiful game that is soccer will be reduced to nothing more than a pathetic farce. Let me explain why.\n\nEven though the spectators might be paying to be substituted on, there is no guarantee that they are playing for the side they are on. Since the opposition coach is choosing who goes on, he could very well choose a fan who is on his side. This fan would simply need to score own goals.\n\nAlso, what about the OTHER spectators, the tens of thousands of others who paid to watch a decent game. Who would want to watch just about any other Tom, Dick or Harry playing??\n\nFinally, let's say the match is a World Cup match. Wouldn't it be ridiculous if the spectator who joins the match isn't of the same nationality as the team?\n\nThere are millions more reasons to reject your absurd idea, security issues being one of them, but I suppose discerning readers and like-minded soccer fans will know from a glance that you are a somewhat odd man.