John wrote:Against my better judgement and in the interest of patriotism, I started watching this match, the first in decades, because it really does not interest me. By half time I was so bored with it, I switched to the Nadal - Del Porto match at Wimbledon. There was more excitement in a single game lasting a few seconds than there was in 45 minutes of blokes running around after a bag of air. The tennis match lasted 4 hours 48 minutes. There's nowhere to hide, they don't roll around like babies looking for sympathy, they just get on with it. 4 hours 48 minutes, one against one. How many of those football players would have lasted that long?
Football? It's a joke. Seriously, grown men pushing and shoving each other, rolling around pretending to be hurt, then when they realise no one's paying any attention, they get up and start running around again.
WalterHaleJnr wrote:John wrote:Against my better judgement and in the interest of patriotism, I started watching this match, the first in decades, because it really does not interest me. By half time I was so bored with it, I switched to the Nadal - Del Porto match at Wimbledon. There was more excitement in a single game lasting a few seconds than there was in 45 minutes of blokes running around after a bag of air. The tennis match lasted 4 hours 48 minutes. There's nowhere to hide, they don't roll around like babies looking for sympathy, they just get on with it. 4 hours 48 minutes, one against one. How many of those football players would have lasted that long?
Football? It's a joke. Seriously, grown men pushing and shoving each other, rolling around pretending to be hurt, then when they realise no one's paying any attention, they get up and start running around again.
4 HOURS and 48 mins. That's too long for grass court tennis.
I did not see the game but i can guess that it was baseline slugfest. I was hoping Juan Martin would prevail but it wasn't to be. It would be nice if the All England Lawn Tennis and Crochet Club speeded up the courts next year and therefore bring back serve volley tennis.
John wrote:Against my better judgement and in the interest of patriotism, I started watching this match, the first in decades, because it really does not interest me. By half time I was so bored with it, I switched to the Nadal - Del Porto match at Wimbledon. There was more excitement in a single game lasting a few seconds than there was in 45 minutes of blokes running around after a bag of air. The tennis match lasted 4 hours 48 minutes. There's nowhere to hide, they don't roll around like babies looking for sympathy, they just get on with it. 4 hours 48 minutes, one against one. How many of those football players would have lasted that long?
Football? It's a joke. Seriously, grown men pushing and shoving each other, rolling around pretending to be hurt, then when they realise no one's paying any attention, they get up and start running around again.
Norman wrote:As for Pele’s banal’s description that it’s “the beautiful game,” well you can say that about any sport. Nothing special about football that makes it any more beautiful than other sport. In fact, beautiful is not the word that comes to mind about what happens in most games.
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