Aggressive

• Guest 690

  • Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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  1 March 2010     10:4741691
  #1      
  Picture on headline of yahoo this morning showing a footballer with aggressive facial expression, with the usual wide open mouth, and one reason why I don`t bother much with football like I used to. My elder daughter watches different matches, and I have noticed the aggression many times. I can remember when I was well into it many years ago, but can`t recall seeing these aggressive facial contortions which seem to be part of it all these days. Are they like it just on the pitch, or do they take it home with them? It seems the dead opposite of the falsified celebrity facial contortions, which.........Ahhhhhhhhh enough said.
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• Guest 649

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  1 March 2010     11:0441696
  #2      
  Good post Colin.I was a sports person for alot of years and a boxer at that, in the ring yes we were aggressive, but not out side,I would have a bout and before we would talk to each other get in the ring have a good fight if you won good,if not there was always next time,but both of us after the bout would go up to the bar have a drink talk about the fight we have just had and then go home.But all the aggressive,s was in the ring only.
• Guest 693

  • Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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  1 March 2010     11:3641703
  #3      
  I was taught to play giving no quarter on the field of play whilst respecting the abilities of the opponents, then a handshake and a beer to follow. One can only assume that the facial contortions, surrounding the referee when decisions go the 'wrong' way and bad mouthing of opponents are symptomatic of bad coaching in schools, bad role models from senior professionals and too much money in the game. Or all of them.
  
  Football might learn from rugby: when a decision is questioned or argued over, a forfeit of 10 yards is awarded. That soon shuts people up.
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• Guest 649

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  1 March 2010     11:3941705
  #4      
  You are right there Andy, Rugby great sport played by real men.
• Bern

  • Location: Dover
  1 March 2010     11:5841709
  #5      
  I love the rugby - a proper game with proper men!!
• Guest 656

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  1 March 2010     12:0641710
  #6      
  And not forgetting those proper strong thighs
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  1 March 2010     13:2041716
  #7      
  rugby players are no different in sportsmanship than footballers in general.
  
  some would say they were worse, with raking, eye gouging etc.
  
  as stated in an earlier post the 10 yard rule makes all the difference, football would be free of all this harrassment of referees if it were brought in .
• Bern

  • Location: Dover
  1 March 2010     15:2041721
  #8      
  Colette - I can assure you, I will never forget those proper strong thighs.....................