David Scott Ticket Scam Update

[Des Little]

This thread's actual topic can no longer be seen with binoculars

[Chico Hamilton III]

I'm instinctively suspicious of any man who likes Rugby Union and I trust my instincts totally. The whiff of public schools doesn't endear me to the sport either

[pauliewalnuts]

I'm still struggling to get to grips with the fact that the quality of a sport should be judged by how loudly or otherwise the players sing the national anthem.

See (the brilliant) David Squires in the Guardian.

[Ads]

Nobody knows the true meaning of pain and suffering until you've sat in the row in front of the band at an England game.

*rocks back and forth*

[Ads]

I'm instinctively suspicious of any man who likes Rugby Union and I trust my instincts totally. The whiff of public schools doesn't endear me to the sport either

You not a fan of drinking real ale out the back of your Range Rover? Pft.

[RussellC]

Rugby's biggest downfall as a spectator sport is how infrequently the ball is actually visible (in my opinion). In sports like Football and Tennis they're instinctively watchable because the ball is always the focal point. In Rugby the location of the ball is not always apparent, as often under a pile of bodies, especially when you're actually watching the game in the stadium. It's also nowhere near as fluid as football. People aren't allowed to move ahead of the ball, and rarely play it forward, which makes it much more basic from a viewing point.

Let this not, however, distract from the fact that cricket is utterly, utterly shit.

[UK Redsox]

Rugby's biggest downfall as a spectator sport is how infrequently the ball is actually visible (in my opinion). In sports like Football and Tennis they're instinctively watchable because the ball is always the focal point. In Rugby the location of the ball is not always apparent, as often under a pile of bodies, especially when you're actually watching the game in the stadium. It's also nowhere near as fluid as football. People aren't allowed to move ahead of the ball, and rarely play it forward, which makes it much more basic from a viewing point.

"Never mind the ball, get on with the game"

[Dave Cooper please]

Once again H&V proving that you should never judge a thread by it's title.

[joe_c]

Nobody knows the true meaning of pain and suffering until you've sat in the row in front of the band at an England game.

*rocks back and forth*

It was Arsenal, not England.

[Dr Butler]

Nobody knows the true meaning of pain and suffering until you've sat in the row in front of the band at an England game.

*rocks back and forth*

It was Arsenal, not England.

christ Joe....was there any need to use them ?     

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[Pat McMahon]

I'm instinctively suspicious of any man who likes Rugby Union and I trust my instincts totally. The whiff of public schools doesn't endear me to the sport either

Not a fan of the old bog brush up the arse before Latin prep then Chico?

[Risso]

I don't mind cricket. I just don't really understand it to any depth.

I am a great fan of sticking it up the Australians (not literally), though, in any form that can take, so keep an eye out on the Ashes and stuff like that.

The thing that pisses me off about rugby is that whole "yeah, but like, footballers are all practically gay look at the way they dive, it's not a civilised man's sport like rugby"

That's rugby where players punch shit out of each other on the pitch, or where you get things like players biting into vials of fake blood.

Then there's other annoyances - the Barbour jacketed pissed up twats who watch it, the piss-drinking pissed up twats who play it, the fact that it basically seems to consist of kick and rush these days (get enough of that watching Villa).

Perfectly put.  Football is just intrinsically a more beautiful game to watch than rugby.  There are too many rules in rugby and who would want to watch a try of the season highlights show?  And while diving in football is annoying, at least you don't get people sticking their fingers up opposing players' anuses in scrums, last time I checked.  You also don't get many 18 stone fatties making a career in top flight football.

[Legion]

I don't mind cricket. I just don't really understand it to any depth.

I am a great fan of sticking it up the Australians (not literally), though, in any form that can take, so keep an eye out on the Ashes and stuff like that.

The thing that pisses me off about rugby is that whole "yeah, but like, footballers are all practically gay look at the way they dive, it's not a civilised man's sport like rugby"

That's rugby where players punch shit out of each other on the pitch, or where you get things like players biting into vials of fake blood.

Then there's other annoyances - the Barbour jacketed pissed up twats who watch it, the piss-drinking pissed up twats who play it, the fact that it basically seems to consist of kick and rush these days (get enough of that watching Villa).

Perfectly put.  Football is just intrinsically a more beautiful game to watch than rugby.  There are too many rules in rugby and who would want to watch a try of the season highlights show?  And while diving in football is annoying, at least you don't get people sticking their fingers up opposing players' anuses in scrums, last time I checked.  You also don't get many 18 stone fatties making a career in top flight football.

Grant Holt might disagree.

[Percy McCarthy]

Rugby's biggest downfall as a spectator sport is how infrequently the ball is actually visible (in my opinion). In sports like Football and Tennis they're instinctively watchable because the ball is always the focal point. In Rugby the location of the ball is not always apparent, as often under a pile of bodies, especially when you're actually watching the game in the stadium. It's also nowhere near as fluid as football. People aren't allowed to move ahead of the ball, and rarely play it forward, which makes it much more basic from a viewing point.

Let this not, however, distract from the fact that cricket is utterly, utterly shit.

Don't let the fact that it is beyond your limited comprehension lead you to the conclusion that it is shit to those who understand it.*



*Half-joking.

[Nev]

Having attended both Rugby and Football at non-league/amateur level, I can safely say that the difference in crowd behaviour is rather stark.

The rugby crowd treated the match as a social occasion first and a sporting occasion second, the opposite really to football. At the final whistle in the Rugby hardly anyone left, preferring to carry on yacking and drinking, as they had done throughout the game. Compare that to the rush to leave a football match even prior to it's conclusion.

I struggle to find any great excitement or interest in Rugby, I've tried and failed and the social make-up of the majority of those involved doesn't help someone from the left side of Politics. I must say I'm dreading the World Cup.

My dislike was also cultivated by the boorish fuckers crashing into the pub on a Saturday night after the game with their thick necks, red faces and stupid club blazers, barging us out of the way to make clumsy attempts to chat up the Women.