considering how violent american football and rugby are, 99% of sports would look unmanly in comparison, add diving into the mix and it does kinda turn soccer/football into a pussy sport
I managed to catch just a bit of Montero, but yea, I remember him being dirty as hell with some hectic red cards. But iirc he was also quite a good defender.
Montero was solid for years. Then in his last season or two, he lost a step or two on his marks. He compensated by thrashing, as a lot of aging defenders do when they can no longer keep up.
Calling it soccer is inadvertently apt in this context, as I notice a lot of Americans who don't follow the sport hate football mostly because of the diving aspect. Not that their sports aren't full of clowns who cheat in other ways, but it of course can look ridiculous and unmanly.
A sport where you play and tackle with and against the legs is going to cause a lot of scenarios where small touches take players down, and this has been manipulated over time.
Yeah, that's always a reason cited whenever someone here finds out I like football. "How can you watch all those guys acting like drama queens rolling around at the slightest touch?" Then they go on to say something like American football is a "real" sport.
Calling it soccer is inadvertently apt in this context, as I notice a lot of Americans who don't follow the sport hate football mostly because of the diving aspect. Not that their sports aren't full of clowns who cheat in other ways, but it of course can look ridiculous and unmanly.
A sport where you play and tackle with and against the legs is going to cause a lot of scenarios where small touches take players down, and this has been manipulated over time.
Blame the British. They're the ones that coined the term.
And the reason why Americans called American football "Football" is not because you used your feet to put the ball into play. It was called that because the game was played on foot.
Blame the British. They're the ones that coined the term.
And the reason why Americans called American football "Football" is not because you used your feet to put the ball into play. It was called that because the game was played on foot.
Blame the British. They're the ones that coined the term.
And the reason why Americans called American football "Football" is not because you used your feet to put the ball into play. It was called that because the game was played on foot.
Blame the British. They're the ones that coined the term.
And the reason why Americans called American football "Football" is not because you used your feet to put the ball into play. It was called that because the game was played on foot.
@ scots defeating anyone
