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Shock! Horror! Lots of mentions for cricket. Some people are so wrong it's not even funny. Cricket is fascinating. Baseball too.
I don't gamble, so I don't get horse racing. Motor racing, particularly Formula 1 has become tedious over the last ten years or so.
I'm a fan of snooker, but it's heading in the same direction.
Any sport that you get marks for style is generally a no-no. Specifically ski-jumping. I don't care how still he keeps, if he gets the furthest he should win.
Can certainly be exciting, and whats not to like about going to Eng V Aus on the 4th day of an Ashes test at Old Trafford in glorous sunshine on a sunday morning and cracking the 1st beer at 10.45 as England are about to get tanked by Warne, gillespie etcQuote:
Originally Posted by noby
Add ice skating
Darts - is it even a sport?
Baseball
Golf
American football
Lacrosse-Pure sh!te
Yank football, motor racing (environmentally dodgy AS WELL AS just plain boring), Horses and Dogs (sport in the old sense of the word).
Cricket and Baseball are very enjoyable games - you just need patience. Also, note the possibilities of drinking while watcing are very high too...
I can drink wihle not watching them too, though.
Cricket is remarkably same-y, is my problem. People stand around, one person rubs his crotch with the ball, runs up, hurls it down the wicket to the batsman, who lets it go wide. And we all stop and do the exact same thing another thousand times.
And the qualitative difference between that and the hunt for the new Ireland manager is what, exactly?Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
From Wiki definition:
Curling: Teams alternate turns at sliding heavy, polished granite stones down the ice towards the target area called the house. Two sweepers with brooms accompany each rock and use timing equipment and their best judgement along with direction from their other teammates to help direct the stones to their resting place. The complex nature of stone placement and shot selection has led some to refer to curling as "chess on ice".
I think Don Givens should look at this formation tonight.
A good music video for any curling fan.
Good to see Road Bowls on film at the end of it. Great craic the old bowling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
I know, wrong thread.
Table tennis if they were any good they'd be allowed play on the big courts:D
1 Golf
2 Cricket
3 Horse Racing
Horse racing, rugby and NFL. Went to see the San Francisco 49ers play the St Louis Rams in November. Two hours of my life I'll never get back.
Short game soQuote:
Originally Posted by Rocky77
Left early. Couldn't hack it. They were all going metal celebrating even when they just recovered possession in midfield. Strange stuff.
The local rag even said it was a crap game so maybe I'm judging to harshly. Actually no, I'm not. F**k off NFL
Cricket, Formula One, Tennis,
swimming. Pure sh1te to go swimming and to watch it.
I think this thread should just be about mainstream sports as minority sports easy to avoid.
Football, hate it, only on here for the other sports section :p
Golf, Aussie Rules, Athletic (Marathon and Walk) races, but worst of all,
Chess. :o Literally, nothing happens for ages.