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Post by breenie on May 24, 2012 3:39:14 GMT -5
For any (mostly me) to educate, and entertain those who are interested in all stuff Canadian.
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Post by breenie on May 24, 2012 3:57:23 GMT -5
Canada's 2nd national anthem as performed by Neil Peart from Rush:
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Post by breenie on May 24, 2012 3:59:30 GMT -5
Stay tuned for Canada vs America... this should inspire some hate!
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Post by BigGreen on May 24, 2012 8:45:00 GMT -5
That link just says 404 for me....  |
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Post by breenie on May 30, 2012 22:32:54 GMT -5
Hey BigGreen...it's not that funny. Every Canadian has heard this type of s*%!.
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Post by BigGreen on May 31, 2012 9:38:46 GMT -5
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Post by BigGreen on Jun 2, 2012 15:00:40 GMT -5
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Post by mcgachie on Jun 3, 2012 18:22:54 GMT -5
The big 'soccer' match today I see, Canada vs USA!
Line ups -
Usa (4-2-3-1)
Tim Howard, Steve Cherundolo, Carlos Bocanegra, Clarence Goodson, Fabian Johnson, Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones; Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Jose Francisco Torres; Herculez Gomez
Canada (4-3-3)
Lars Hirschfeld, Ante Jazic, Andre Hainault, Kevin McKenna, David Edgar; Will Johnson, Julian de Guzman, Nikolas Ledgerwood; Dwayne De Rosario, Oliver Occean, Tosaint Ricketts
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Post by BigGreen on Jun 5, 2012 14:20:43 GMT -5
No win... looks like we had control but no goals.
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Post by breenie on Jun 6, 2012 5:51:55 GMT -5
I turned that borefest off at the 73 minute mark. I'm not a soccer(futball) fan but when it's USA vs Canada I don't care what competition it is. I'd watch Rock-paper-scissors between a hill-a-billy and a newfie for an hour.
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Post by mcgachie on Jun 6, 2012 12:20:52 GMT -5
In fairness the USA team should've wiped the floor with the Canadian team.
Football is absolute massive in Europe, but hasn't ever seemed to take off in North America. My theory is with the lack of goal scoring action that Football sometimes brings up, when compared to other sports such as American football, basketball and ice hockey. Am I correct in this assumption?
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Post by BigGreen on Jun 6, 2012 13:11:43 GMT -5
I would compare watching soccer to watching paint dry, the same reason I can't watch golf.
Fly's fucking can be more entertaining. Not my style, plus not growing up with it and being around it doesn't help. First time i encountered soccer was 9th grade. After stating that their conditioning consisted of running for 2 or more hours I said fuck that.
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Post by mcgachie on Jun 6, 2012 16:01:28 GMT -5
It is an intense sport. Been going to see my local team ever since I was 9, where we managed to get to the dizzy heights of the English Premier League, against the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool, watching world class players, before some asshole Russian crook who was bankrolling my club pulled out the investment. Now I'm sure the three of us on here has more money collectively then Portsmouth.
I can't understand the appeal of American football, although I do watch the superbowl final every year, to see if it grows on me. Never usually watch it in it's entirety though, as it finishes around 4 am. Plus I don't like the fact that each team has about 30 players on each side.
On a side note, I do own a Miami Dolphins football helmet from a trip to Florida around 8 years ago.
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Post by BigGreen on Jun 7, 2012 8:14:57 GMT -5
I think a lot of the appeal in any sport is growing up with it, playing it and fully understanding the sport helps. I like American footbal because of the phsycal side, I played it to release anger and it was amazing. Now watching it can be dull at times and with all the new rules about hitting to hard and all the different ways you can't tackle are making it much more boring. I understand players don't want to end up in a wheelchair but you get paid millions of dollars for that exact reason.
I've only recently started following hockey and it is a pretty amazing sport. I use to think it was boring because I did not know how it was played or any of the strategy behind it. After playing some NHL and getting a mild comprehension, it is a fun and physical sport.
I may have to try futball too.
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Post by mcgachie on Jun 7, 2012 11:01:38 GMT -5
The beauty of football is that for a game all you need is 2 people and a ball. Which other sport has that freedom? It's one of the main reasons why it's so popular in less economically developed countries.
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