QotD: World Cup Soccer
Posted June 13th, 2006 @ 08:00pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: Are you going to watch the World Cup?
My Answer: A little. I think International Football would be a whole lot more exciting if, once taken from a game, you could come back in. The way soccer is played at this level, once you're substituted, you're done. This leads to star players playing a very slow game with brief flurries of activity so they can stay in longer to better help their team. If soccer were more like hockey (or high-school soccer), I think it'd be a whole lot more exciting.
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Posted 15 Jun 2006 at 9:06pm #
Is hockey really that more exciting than football?? I dont think you can even compare them. Football gets more popular everyday, i dont think you can say that about any other sport.
Just wait, the show its just starting... keyplayers are made during the knock off stages...
I hope you enjoy the game
Posted 16 Jun 2006 at 5:47am #
There were fast games too like Germany vs. Poland
But it might be boring because Germany always wins
Hopefully we're going to be world champion. Currently it is very difficult, not to watch soccer when living in Germany, because it is just everywhere, I never saw that much of black - red - gold (the german national colors).
Posted 16 Jun 2006 at 10:42am #
The fact that players can't come back in again is part of the tactics - many games are more exciting *because* you can't just substitute players at the drop of a hat. Constant substitutions works with hockey because you do them often and the rink is small. The turf, in comparison, is ginormous, which also has another effect: you'll need some tries to warm up so you can successfully last an entire attack, or make a successful solo run.
I agree that you have a point (even more so if it was all about action! action! action!), but I don't think that what's currently wrong with soccer can be fixed by changing the substitution rules.