Nfl -

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:04 am

What is the point? Makes cricket look exciting.

Can anyone tell me what is remotely interesting about it? Why are the bbc covering this nonsense. Waste of the licence fee.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:07 am

I guess it's for the Yanks.

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:10 am

Fantastic sport but if you don't get it you never will. Shame, you don't know what you are missing.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:14 am

piston broke wrote:Fantastic sport but if you don't get it you never will. Shame, you don't know what you are missing.

Missing a 5 hour game with 3 week build up and only about 6 minutes of action.

Only cricket is that tedious and timewasting.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:17 am

piston broke wrote:Fantastic sport but if you don't get it you never will. Shame, you don't know what you are missing.

I'd get it if I had the time to watch it properly. But this is what sport is all about - you watch a bit and you either like it or you don't. I watched the Rugby World Cup... it went downhill after the opening ceremony. The sport itself was dreadful.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:23 am

Folk who don't like cricket are proper philistines and don't know any better.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:29 am

If you had grown up in the US and watched our football youd think the same. Ball in play for about an hour. Wrong decisions every match. Players constantly cheating.

It is what it is. Im not a fan but watch a bit of the superbowl each year. The level of detail in cosching/tactics is way beyond our football.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:30 am

Where abouts are you based Dyched?

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:32 am

Burnley

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:32 am

Wexford_Claret · Post by **Wexford_Claret** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:34 am

Don’t like American football but am obsessed with proper football and GAA as well as a bit of rugby union.

I have no doubt if I was raised in the US to American parents I’d be totally different.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:34 am

Ha ha, you nutter.

It made me laugh, though.

ClaretFelix · Post by **ClaretFelix** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:46 am

I've only just grasped NFL for the last few years with the sky sports coverage and have to admit it an intriguing sport.
The rules are quite straightforward and can be picked up by anyone really (my missus sporadically watched the playoffs whilst being otherwise glued to her phone on candy crush) and was able to follow play.
The main problem are the breaks between every 1/4 or 1/2 where everything is over analysed and sponsors make the most of such breaks in play to advertise their nonsense.
I really enjoy watching NFL but can't justify waiting up for the amount of hours it takes to complete a game.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:07 am

I think i'd like it if it wasn't so stop and start, advertisements every 30 seconds.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:07 am

That's American tv though. They're much more adverts than us.

CoolClaret · Post by **CoolClaret** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:37 am

The sport isn't 'NFL' it's American Football.

It's fantastic, especially at the College level (usually higher scoring, variety of offenses).

If you cannot be bothered to learn the rules to actually begin to understand the game, then you cannot criticise it because to do so would be moronic.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:38 am

CoolClaret wrote:The sport isn't 'NFL' it's American Football.

It's fantastic, especially at the College level (usually higher scoring, variety of offenses).

If you cannot be bothered to learn the rules to actually begin to understand the game, then you cannot criticise it because to do so would be moronic.

I can. And i have.

RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:58 am

I like American football, but I can’t watch a full game. Far more entertaining watching the highlight version with all the stoppages cut out.

Rugby union, now that is just one big borefest. Far to many rules, and the ball out of sight far to much. Also very stop start. I believe in most matches the ball is in open play about 23 minutes. The rest of the time they stand around forming & re-forming scrums. Also playing advantage only to bring it back for the original penalty a couple of minutes before, again time that’s wasted.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:59 am

Rammy, what would you say you are most interested in?

NRC · Post by **NRC** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:43 pm

Fixed the thread title for ya..... on account of it being Super-Bowl Sunday

Let’s warm up with Amazon getting out there first with Alexa losing her voice

https://youtu.be/s8ZMmgPcO-k

NRC · Post by **NRC** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:09 pm

Peter Dinklage vs Morgan Freeman (Doritos vs Mountain Dew) might be the winner for me

https://youtu.be/4sJzAU3uFfo

pushpinpussy · Post by **pushpinpussy** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:14 pm

the 69's all the way for me

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:19 pm

Isn’t NFL struggling in the US these days with lowering viewership? Might be a lesson for the PL there about how far you can flog the golden goose

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:13 pm

YANKS with index and little finger up, shouting wooooo like Rick Flair

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:49 pm

Foulthrow wrote:Isn’t NFL struggling in the US these days with lowering viewership? Might be a lesson for the PL there about how far you can flog the golden goose

Part of the issue is probably stupid Americans thinking the players are disrespecting the flag or the armed forces during the protests.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:52 pm

I've watched NFL on and off for years, never been a serious watcher nor picked a team but it is entertaining.
Thinking of going with the Vikings for family reasons.

As for the breaks etc, they're there for a reason but I can't remember what it is.
They've just sold the advertising rights for those breaks.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:54 pm

I won't be watching it. Any sport that claims the winner to be the World Champions when all the teams are from the same country can **** right off

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:57 pm

I thought it was just baseball they did that with?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 4:05 pm

Sidney1st wrote:I thought it was just baseball they did that with?

nope, everything is World Champion over here, embarrassing

edit: other than "soccer"

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 8:52 pm

Sidney1st wrote:I've watched NFL on and off for years, never been a serious watcher nor picked a team but it is entertaining.
Thinking of going with the Vikings for family reasons.

As for the breaks etc, they're there for a reason but I can't remember what it is.
They've just sold the advertising rights for those breaks.

Breaks at a 2 minute warning in both the second quarter and fourth quarter, breaks between all quarters where the teams change end, half time, and breaks because each team gets three 'time-outs' per half where they can temporarily stop play. There are also breaks when the ball changes hands

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 8:59 pm

I started watching it when I was a kid and it used to be on channel 4 (before all the sky business, and when there was sod all exciting on). There's loads of people who don't like it and find it boring, but what I would say is that once you start getting into the rules, it's very intriguing. The tactics are especially detailed but because people don't really get it, it's considered sh1te by some. I played for a very short time and I must admit to purposely not buying into all the wooing and shouting and general gruntery (because we're from the UK, not USA), so I get that bit being annoying to some folk, but the game itself can be bloody good, and I think the rise in popularity with sky and the London games is evident that people are starting to 'get it'

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:41 pm

I was looking forward to the Goal Of The Month on MOT'D 2 but they didn't have time because of this garbage.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:46 pm

TOUCHDOWN REDSKINS

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:48 pm

Dazzler wrote:I was looking forward to the Goal Of The Month on MOT'D 2 but they didn't have time because of this garbage.

I was thinking the same.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:49 pm

I'm currently watching and have no idea where the ball is

NRC · Post by **NRC** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:54 am

English guy doing great for the Eagles - Jay Ajayi #36

Milltown1882 · Post by **Milltown1882** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:07 am

NRC wrote:English guy doing great for the Eagles - Jay Ajayi #36

Great first half so far. That play for the last Eagles TD was madness.

Can never write the Patriots off though!

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:10 am

It's taken 100 minutes to play 30 minutes, nowt like dragging it out

bfc91 · Post by **bfc91** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:40 am

KRBFC wrote:It's taken 100 minutes to play 30 minutes, nowt like dragging it out

Burnley's first home game took nearly 2 hours but only had 47 minutes of actual game time. Getting short-changed in this sense is a problem in a lot of sports nowadays.

The length of the halftime in the Super Bowl is a bit much though. I definitely wouldn't want to sit through a 40-minute interval at the Turf (unless of course we brought Chico and 'chip footballs into a giant pie' back).

Milltown1882 · Post by **Milltown1882** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:18 am

And the Eagles win their first Super Bowl title!

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:22 am

230 minutes to play a 60 minute game, nearly 4 hours since it started. That's just insane

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:39 am

Some sports are pure sporting occasions wham bam the whole thing over and done inside 2 hours including getting on, half time and getting off at the end.

Some are more a family day out like NFL and Test match Cricket.

Bursts of activity interspersed with reading the newspaper and having a nap.

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:00 am

Caernarfon_Claret wrote:Some sports are pure sporting occasions wham bam the whole thing over and done inside 2 hours including getting on, half time and getting off at the end.
Some are more a family day out like NFL and Test match Cricket.
Bursts of activity interspersed with reading the newspaper and having a nap.

If you are a fan you are never bored. You are checking who is coming on and going off, coaching the game in your head, will it be a run or pass play, where are the mismatches on the defence, etc.,
The only trouble with watching on Sky is they go off for adverts. If you are at the game you get big screen replays, cheerleaders plus all of the above to do. It's a great day out.

edison · Post by **edison** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:17 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:What is the point? Makes cricket look exciting.

Can anyone tell me what is remotely interesting about it? Why are the bbc covering this nonsense. Waste of the licence fee.

People like what they like. Life would be utterly tedious if everyone liked all the same things

edison · Post by **edison** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:21 am

Sidney1st wrote:I thought it was just baseball they did that with?

It is claimed World Series was named for the New York World newspaper. However, when it was first contested, the AL and NL were the only two baseball leagues in the world, so it made sense, kind of, then.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:26 am

piston broke wrote:If you are a fan you are never bored. You are checking who is coming on and going off, coaching the game in your head, will it be a run or pass play, where are the mismatches on the defence, etc.,
The only trouble with watching on Sky is they go off for adverts. If you are at the game you get big screen replays, cheerleaders plus all of the above to do. It's a great day out.

Pretty much the same as football fans do, but some of them can't get their heads round people who watch American sports.

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:38 am

5...' I watched the Rugby World Cup... it went downhill after the opening ceremony. The sport itself was dreadful..'

Yeah you're right.

Check out this cr@p try by Christian Cullen.

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cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:04 pm

edison wrote:People like what they like. Life would be utterly tedious if everyone liked all the same things

True enough. Although nobody has yet given a conclusive reason as to why it is remotely interesting.

edison · Post by **edison** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:10 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:True enough. Although nobody has yet given a conclusive reason as to why it is remotely interesting.

True, and people that don't like it, won't accept it when they do. I don't understand why a lot of things are popular.

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:18 pm

piston broke wrote:If you are a fan you are never bored. You are checking who is coming on and going off, coaching the game in your head, will it be a run or pass play, where are the mismatches on the defence, etc.,
The only trouble with watching on Sky is they go off for adverts. If you are at the game you get big screen replays, cheerleaders plus all of the above to do. It's a great day out.

Mine wasn't a criticism I like longer sporting occasions.

NFL is like several 100m sprints, maybe 110m hurdles interspersed with chess moves.