Why is it that the greatest soccer players look like skinny unathletic average guys?

[bconngemini]

I remember watching the world cup a few month ago and I remember ESPN trying to hype it up and the players as great athletes, yet they were all skinny white guys that you might see on a street. I remember some Spanish soccer player who was supposed to be the best athlete in that country apparently yet he was like 5'7 and 150 lbs and looked like this guy at my work.

What's up with soccer not having big strong fast athletes like all other sports?

[FuzzyDunlop]

They run like 8 miles per match.

[RealSlimShady]

I dont think being bulky or overly muscular is an advantage in soccer.

[Dirty Sanchez]

No such thing as a "big strong" soccer players....guys like Messi, Ronaldo, etc. are pretty lean. Ronaldo is 6 foot so he's not as short as Messi who's around 5'7". Didier Drogba is probably one of the biggest players around at 6'2", other than the human death stick Peter Crouch at 6'8". As much as soccer players run, if you find a fat one it's normally gonna be because he's got a problem pushing himself away from the table like the "real" Ronaldo who just retired.

[gangeriver]

because they don't wrestle like your NFL players.
A soccer player should run nearly 6-7 miles in a match. if he is a midfielder or forward who should accelerate and decelerate suddenly.also he should can turns suddenly. tall players don't have a good balance. Balance is so important factor for midfielders and forwards.
generally defence players bigger.

On the other hand there are some exception. Louis Saha, Bergkamp, Kenneth Andersson, Christian Vieri, Luca Toni, Patrick Viera...they were good athletic soccer players in last 10 years...

[DeeWizzle]

Why do you keep making the Dumb threads?

[gangeriver]

it seems he has a typical american mentality "bigger is better"

-why they smaller than ours?? hmmm

[DeeWizzle]

You Hate Soccer, We Get It!!! Now Quit Making These Stupid Threads!!!

[KingKolzig]

best soccer players can run under 2:00 in the 800m, yet still run 10.7 100m............you have to be small to do both

[bconngemini]

best soccer players can run under 2:00 in the 800m, yet still run 10.7 100m............you have to be small to do both

You have to be small to play a non-major sport that pays little money. Those who are athletic (big, strong) go into better paying sports like the NFL. No soccer league can pay as much money hence they get the smaller left over athletes.

[Jonah]

You have to be small to play a non-major sport that pays little money. Those who are athletic (big, strong) go into better paying sports like the NFL. No soccer league can pay as much money hence they get the smaller left over athletes.

Debating whether you are serious or not. How hard are you trying to project the dumb American image? Are you Canadian?

[bconngemini]

Debating whether you are serious or not. How hard are you trying to project the dumb American image? Are you Canadian?

Are you denying the fact that soccer doesnt pay as well as the NFL and hence the best athletes go into NFL? The highest paied soccer player in the world is David Beckham who earns 6 million a year, yet Peyton Manning (a much bigger stronger guy) gets paid 30 million. Soccer gets the scrubs athletes of the world, the small guys who couldn't compete for football, basketball or baseball money, so they have to settle for a lesser money sport.

[aceking]

you think shaq or ortiz can play tennis professionally ?

how about 11 WWE wrestlers vs Spain ?

they wouldn't be able to touch the ball for 90 min .

[TheBeautifulGame]

You have to be small to play a non-major sport that pays little money. Those who are athletic (big, strong) go into better paying sports like the NFL. No soccer league can pay as much money hence they get the smaller left over athletes.

[daimoshokage]

[as99]

Not really average......these guys are ripped and ever heard of the term "soccer legs". Their legs are huge.

[Fishhead]

Great athletes

[daimoshokage]

Not really average......these guys are ripped and ever heard of the term "soccer legs". Their legs are huge.

they are also gay

[gryfyn1]

I remember watching the world cup a few month ago and I remember ESPN trying to hype it up and the players as great athletes, yet they were all skinny white guys that you might see on a street. I remember some Spanish soccer player who was supposed to be the best athlete in that country apparently yet he was like 5'7 and 150 lbs and looked like this guy at my work.

What's up with soccer not having big strong fast athletes like all other sports?

they appear that way to to you because you are an ignorant moron.

[aceking]

rednecks should stick to nascar .

[bconngemini]

rednecks should stick to nascar .

nascar has better athletes than soccer, at least in nascar they're tough not gay little twinks who fall over and cry when a real man touches them

[forsberg21]

You have to be small to play a non-major sport that pays little money. Those who are athletic (big, strong) go into better paying sports like the NFL. No soccer league can pay as much money hence they get the smaller left over athletes.

This is just brilliant! Out of all his posts, I believe the separation of logic and what bcock has to say is the most evident in this post. Keep up coming bro!

[daimoshokage]

rednecks should stick to nascar .

[bconngemini]

[ryanjep]

when your sport consists of you running for 90 minutes you should probably be lean and in good shape

[SoV]

Did a soccer player nail your wife and shoot your dog while you were away?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

b/c they chain smoke unapologetically.

[Ochocinco85mvp]

well see how 300 pound guys do at playing professional soccer haha.

[brad89]

notsureifsrs

[radlt7]

soccer is the most popular sport in the world, which is really called football but your dumbass white people copied the name(i dont know why if they hardly even touch the ball with their foot) dumb asses !

second of all you hardly ever see any soccer players involved in drug, killing, women abuse, dumb actions like suiciding like your dumbass "football" players with dead brains who are only "good" at "football" and those things ^

second of all soccer players make more money on selling shirts, commercials, sponsors, etc.
which adds more more money than those monkeys playing "football" make

+ i dont see the nfl having more viewers than the eorld cup fucken pieces of shit!

and i dont know why they call it american football if most of the football players come from african ancesters! yet you see most of the fans are white(facepalm)
and if it was a man sport so many players wouldnt be sueing the nfl for concussions and them getting hurt because theyre pussies and they wouldnt be wearing 50 lbs of protection
soccer players only wear shin guards, get cut, kicked, hit, they just get up and keep playing

and last, whats the point of everytouchdown = 7 points ?
the score would still be in their favor if it was 21-7 it would translate to 3-1
americans just like to go against everyone and change everything
football is pathetic and just a waist of time
their life expectancy is about 55 yrs and it kills your brains

now go play "football" and do drugs fucken niggers

[radlt7]

You have to be small to play a non-major sport that pays little money. Those who are athletic (big, strong) go into better paying sports like the NFL. No soccer league can pay as much money hence they get the smaller left over athletes.

and actually the non major sport is football, in fact all the sports are non major sports compared to soccer dumbass
football has less fans, les countries playing it etc. thats why they pay more because all the attention of football is in the usa where all the buisnessman invert their money,
soccer is the most popular sport in the world
and since the usa cant compete and doesnt have what it takes for soccer they have to play other sports like football

use your hea.....
nevermind!
use whats left of your brain cells*
neanderthal

[Coach Potato]

because being big and strong like nfl guys is no advantage in soccer its all about technique and skill. Soccer players dont run into each other and get brain damaged.

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

I remember watching the world cup a few month ago

no you don't. the world cup was in 2010. why does soccer butthurt so many people so easily?

[RubberKettle]

Daimo why you keep posting your jackoff material in this thread?

Keep it on the nightstand you broke prikk.

[byronbb]