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[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

sorindafabico Ive been saying this for years, footballers (soccer to some) are wimps. bring in a rule that says a team looses a point, for every time a player goes down and does not require a fast trip to the nearest A&E.

There's a similar rule in hockey known as a diving penalty. Unfortunately its rarely called, since actually calling it is so subjective. Sounds like a great idea at first, but in the long run...

 

[Evil_Onyx]

I'm just saying if they can walk off the pitch, they can do it with out stopping play. If they cant, well they will be needing that A&E care. I have noted that games that are openly aggressive, ie Rugby and Hockey (both on and off ice), the players generally need to be dragged off the pitch even with broken bones and/or blood streaming down them. in soccer the players can roll all over the pitch after tripping over there own feet.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

I'm just saying if they can walk off the pitch, they can do it with out stopping play. If they cant, well they will be needing that A&E care. I have noted that games that are openly aggressive, ie Rugby and Hockey (both on and off ice), the players generally need to be dragged off the pitch even with broken bones and/or blood streaming down them. in soccer the players can roll all over the pitch after tripping over there own feet.

Cant speak for rugby, but hockey players are definitely not dragged off the ice after injuries, the play is stopped to allow for medical care, and to help the player to the dressing room as well.

IMO the only way to deal with players who act like this in sports is for the fans to let them have it, even when they play for your favorite team. I wouldn't care if it helped my favorite team win anyways, its a disgrace.

 

[sorindafabico]

sorindafabico Ive been saying this for years, footballers (soccer to some) are wimps. bring in a rule that says a team looses a point, for every time a player goes down and does not require a fast trip to the nearest A&E.

Real football players don't do this:

(As a brazilian who still like the brazilian national team, I hope Neymar learns a few things with Messi now that both are teammates.)

 

[Urwumpe]

sorindafabico Ive been saying this for years, footballers (soccer to some) are wimps.

Problem is just: If you don't stay flat on the grass, the referee will not punish even dangerous fouls, unless it costs you the ball possession.

It is really only rarely a good choice to fight in football, at least if you are far away from the goal.

Yes, I dislike divers who try to get a penalty. That is really bad sportsmanship. But on the other hand, I can really understand if you die in the Michael Bay way somewhere in the middle of the pitch.



But yes, C Ronaldo is a wimp.

 

[APDAF]

If I could I would make it a ban-able offence to fake a injury.

 

[Athena]

Back to school on Monday.

I wonder how much drama and crap will i experience from my mates on my last year of high school. :dry:

 

[Quick_Nick]

Very neat
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jun/04/eight-prehistoric-boats-bronze-age

 

[MattBaker]

Back to school on Monday.

I wonder how much drama and crap will i experience from my mates on my last year of high school. :dry:

See the positive side: It's the last year.
In a year you only have to have contact with the guys from school you liked and then I pray for you the university/workmates aren't that annoying.

 

[Urwumpe]

Back to school on Monday.

I wonder how much drama and crap will i experience from my mates on my last year of high school. :dry:

I don't know how it is in your country, but for me, the final year was summarized as : Work hard and party hard.

About two parties every week and between that you had seen me sit in the silent lone corner of the school (the school pond), with raspy voice loudly reading English texts for working on my pronounciation.

Sadly, the final party was no real party for me. Before I received my grades I had been drafted into the army, because the school year ended in the first week of July, but you had been scheduled for starting your training on first July. It was a very traditional start in the army... weather is sunny, but slight fog still remains and the radio station plays Status Quos "In the Army now". We had been given two days off for receiving our final grades and the abitur ball on Saturday, but had been expected to be back on Sunday morning. And sunday was the first physical fitness test... On monday morning, you had seen two people from my platoon sit in the ambulance. Me, because I had a sensible stomach that morning and embraced the toilet (Quote: "No problem, Sir, I am OK" - "You go to the doctor.") And another guy who had a terrible appendicitis and was shortly before collapsing. And then we had to meet the JD of the army ambulance... who insisted on treating me first because I was lexically first, while the other guy was already looking really really bad (Sweating, pale, inability to stand straight, terrible pain). Ended with me threatening to give him the beating of his lifetime and afterwards vomiting on his bloody remains, should he not with maximum activity get my comrade to the emergency room and treat him ASAP. That was the language that he finally understood. :lol: I waited 15 minutes longer then, got a short conversation with the doctor, and returned with a small bottle of medicine for my stomach to calm down again.

Enjoy your last year in school, because you can only leave school once like that. I am sure everybody in this forum has his own legend about this phase.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Anyone got a recommendation for an external hard drive?
I would like 250GB, with even 100GB probably being just fine, and in my findings it appears that most drives are far larger and sometimes even cheaper than small drives.
I was looking around but the stuff on Amazon consistently has reviews that the hard drive "works great" at first but after a couple months or right at the end of the warranty, they completely fail like it's their job.
I was hoping for something around $50 but it seems like I may have to pay more like $75 or more to get something better than a bunch of glued-together Chinese parts.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

I don't know how it is in your country, but for me, the final year was summarized as : Work hard and party hard.

About two parties every week and between that you had seen me sit in the silent lone corner of the school (the school pond), with raspy voice loudly reading English texts for working on my pronounciation.

Your school had a pond? What for?

 

[Linguofreak]

Google Earth allows me, a US citizen, to get unclassified, sub-1-meter resolution aerial photos of Red Square without ever leaving my house.

Life today is absolutely bizarre from the standpoint of 50 years ago.

 

[mojoey]

Google Earth allows me, a US citizen, to get unclassified, sub-1-meter resolution aerial photos of Red Square without ever leaving my house.

Life today is absolutely bizarre from the standpoint of 50 years ago.

Can you imagine the technology that will come to pass in the next fifty?

 

[jedidia]

If I could I would make it a ban-able offence to fake a injury.

That would have to go hand in hand with allowing the ref to rewatch the scene in slow-motion on video, as it is in Ice Hockey. This would be a good idea in any case, but for some weird reason noone wants to allow it...

 

[Urwumpe]

Your school had a pond? What for?

Well, we used it for testing self-made depth charges, but it had been made by the students of the environment protection group... and for letting this corner of the school look better.

This place was mostly used for trading weapons and drugs anyway. :lol:

 

[Athena]

My usual school schedule:

Go to school
Prepare for insults at assembly
Wait for 1 damn hour because the principal is saying stuff that we can't even hear. (AKA A damn hour-long sermon.)
Go to our classroom
Prepare for insults at lunch from the other section which are utter holes.
Go home

Not really fun but - I'm so going to do better in Triogonometry this year... >_>

Also, other section is all boys so the bad ones go in there while i stay with the good ones and the rest of the girls.

 

[Urwumpe]

My usual school schedule:

Go to school
Prepare for insults at assembly
Wait for 1 damn hour because the principal is saying stuff that we can't even hear. (AKA A damn hour-long sermon.)
Go to our classroom
Prepare for insults at lunch from the other section which are utter holes.
Go home

I never had problems with insults at school. In fact, they had been the reason why I had been able to go to university.

I spent so much time in detention after school for throwing annoying class mates who dared to insult me (I had a really short fuze back then) through the classroom during the lessons, that I enjoyed free extra hours at school.

There are always two sides of the medal. I am pretty sure, I would have been in the "other section" in your school for many good reasons.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

That would have to go hand in hand with allowing the ref to rewatch the scene in slow-motion on video, as it is in Ice Hockey. This would be a good idea in any case, but for some weird reason noone wants to allow it...

You do realize that soccer is the only major televised sport that does not have some form of video replay referee.

 

[Urwumpe]

You do realize that soccer is the only major televised sport that does not have some form of video replay referee.

No, and we will sadly never get one. It is also one of the most corrupt sports in the world.