d-usa wrote:

If the USA works hard and eats their wheaties, they might just catch 2nd place in their group.

 d-usa wrote:


If the USA works hard and eats their wheaties, they might just catch 2nd place in their group.

 gunslingerpro wrote:
Miracles happen. Maybe CR will remember he's playing for his home country not his professional team and flop in the cup.

Yeah, this isn't going to be pretty.

 generalgrog wrote:

 gunslingerpro wrote:
Miracles happen. Maybe CR will remember he's playing for his home country not his professional team and flop in the cup.

Yeah, this isn't going to be pretty.

I don't know if you meant to make a joke there, but knowing Rinaldo he will definitely flop.............. more than once. His tendency for flopping is the only thing that keeps him from being the "best" footballer in the world, in my opinion.

 gunslingerpro wrote:

I give best footballer to Messi.

Based on pure tenacity alone, I agree with you. Man is a machine.

 PredaKhaine wrote:
Ah - those would be 'footballers' who play one of those versions of 'football' where you get to use your hands...

SilverMK2 wrote:
Girls Rugby?

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
You mean a sport that's described as being the toughest team sport in the world to play? or the one that even grown, 250+ pound guys who are self-proclaimed "hard men" go all wobbly kneed at? (looking at you, NFL players) When even The Rock says, "nah, that's too rough for even me"(to be fair, at least The Rock has played the game in the past, most other people who are too afraid to will never know how awesome a sport that Rugby Football is)

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
You mean a sport that's described as being the toughest team sport in the world to play? or the one that even grown, 250+ pound guys who are self-proclaimed "hard men" go all wobbly kneed at? (looking at you, NFL players) When even The Rock says, "nah, that's too rough for even me"(to be fair, at least The Rock has played the game in the past, most other people who are too afraid to will never know how awesome a sport that Rugby Football is)

A game where you have 20 teams per side where you spend 3 hours on the bench before you come on the pitch, 95% of your side runs 3 foot into their corresponding person and you then go back and sit on the bench again because you are not a specialist in that particular 10 yard section of the pitch?

Compared to the sport where the videos below are almost considered the norm?

Nah, that is just football. A game for cheating wusses.

Rugby is a proper sport.

 Pacific wrote:
We've had this discussion before SilverMk2. Watch a game of NFL, then change your opinion

That game last night of Eagles/Lions, played in 6 inches of snow was fething brilliant - was just laughing so hard at the early attempts to play in driving blizzard

 PredaKhaine wrote:
in the UK -

Flop means to play badly
Dive means - Fell over because there was a slight breeze when someone ran past without touching the player.

I love seeing CR beat players. He's good enough to keep his feet and beat almost any player he wants. But then he goes and ruins it by diving...gah.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
You mean a sport that's described as being the toughest team sport in the world to play? or the one that even grown, 250+ pound guys who are self-proclaimed "hard men" go all wobbly kneed at? (looking at you, NFL players) When even The Rock says, "nah, that's too rough for even me"(to be fair, at least The Rock has played the game in the past, most other people who are too afraid to will never know how awesome a sport that Rugby Football is)

A game where you have 20 teams per side where you spend 3 hours on the bench before you come on the pitch, 95% of your side runs 3 foot into their corresponding person and you then go back and sit on the bench again because you are not a specialist in that particular 10 yard section of the pitch?

Compared to the sport where the videos below are almost considered the norm?

Nah, that is just football. A game for cheating wusses.

Rugby is a proper sport.

Silver, I WAS referring to Rugby Hence why my first post mentioned Dan Carter and Kieran Ried And by rugby, I mean Union.... not that league gak.