Hockey is not an easy game to watch for many people, because the puck is tiny and moves very fast. I regularly lose sight of where the puck is and sometimes I'll miss a goal because I'm hunting around for where it is. It's the main reason I won't sit where the puck can land. I've been hit twice by the bloody thing at Jets games.
Amateur soccer is a great game to watch. At the elite level? Unwatchable, IMO. I do not understand its appeal. Without penalty kicks and corner kicks they would almost never score. Very frustrating game to try to watch - and b.o.r.i.n.g! Billions disagree but I can only assume they've never seen an exciting sport. And yes, the puck can be hard to follow. That's what instant replay is for.
Which elite level are you watching? MLS? Try watching the English Premier League. Then again, you may be one of those people who refuse to accept that the only reason they don't like liver is because they've never had it cooked properly.
Like I said at the start, billions disagree with me. Obviously, they are all wrong.
Either that or those who watch it do so because they fail to understand it.
I watch just enough to know that it is boring. A lot of scoreless draws decided in extra time by penalty kicks or worse - a shootout.
These results from the Premier League suggest it is not always the snooze fest that you make it out to be.
Premier League Football Scores, Results & Season Archives
Do you not appreciate defensive play? Do you want a sport where players score at will pretty much, like basketball? Plus, there's the whole atmosphere that the crowds bring. I love hearing an entire stadium singing.
I think the more you watch soccer, the more you start to appreciate the subtleties of the beautiful game, and the less boring it becomes.
Edit: Yes, I know we're off topic.
I don't care enough about soccer to open an OT thread for it. Where should we take this?
Every time I try to watch, try to get interested, it is a snooze fest. There is a happy medium between soccer and basketball.
Clearly there are subtleties to the game that make it more interesting but when the best aspect of the game is a stadium full of singing fans, something is wrong.
JMO, but I think they need to change the rules to open it up a bit. And no, I can't explain that properly. It is so long since I watched any amount that I have forgotten too much detail. I remember that I always thought the off-side rule was too restrictive.
And yes, we are way OT. I guess we better quit here or move to a more appropriate thread.
Well hockey is followed more than soccer outside of the world.
