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white_box921
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United Kingdom967 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-10 22:44:40
December 10 2008 22:41 GMT
#21
brain mcbride -> dempsey then... I dunno, are there more players?
Friedel, but then he is a GK. Easily the best though.

edit: I thought of more!! but they are surely not good enough to be on the list, never seen donovan play so I can't comment.
Also, there are probably more kicks using a foot in rugby than american football
fbs
Profile Joined February 2003
United Kingdom2476 Posts
December 10 2008 22:46 GMT
#22
Dwain Chambers duh
Sadist
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States7328 Posts
December 10 2008 22:47 GMT
#23
joey harrington
How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal and you have to be willing to work for it. Jim Valvano
FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6185 Posts
December 10 2008 22:51 GMT
#24
Walter Payton
..
Joe Montana

rising: Bob Sanders from Colts.
n_n
Luddite
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2315 Posts
December 10 2008 23:00 GMT
#25
Dammit, I wish we could ban all the Europeans posters from this thread.

And obviously Joe Namath:
[image loading]
Can't believe I'm still here playing this same game
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28910 Posts
December 10 2008 23:05 GMT
#26
luddite, blame your countrymen, we are only doing it to show how annoying it was when you did the same to our thread.
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Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
December 10 2008 23:08 GMT
#27
On December 11 2008 07:34 Liquid`Drone wrote:
frits while I cannot blame you for getting their stupid measurements wrong, a football is much smaller than 27 inches


lol I copied it from some site without realizing that'd be way too big

I think inches should be centimeters
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14912 Posts
December 10 2008 23:22 GMT
#28
On December 11 2008 08:00 Luddite wrote:
Dammit, I wish we could ban all the Europeans posters from this thread.

And obviously Joe Namath:
[image loading]


you watched joe namath play?
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-10 23:32:37
December 10 2008 23:29 GMT
#29
I think its stupid how the rest of the world calls it football, what the hell is wrong with soccer?

but then again I don't give a shit about soccer, so call it whatever you want, it still sucks.



Lets change basketball to hand ball because you obviously use your hands to play the game and not feet. Who cares if there is already some other kid's game called handball ours is better. And besides there really is no 'basket' in the game its a net.

..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Signet
Profile Joined March 2007
United States1718 Posts
December 10 2008 23:37 GMT
#30
Clearly, the only way to resolve this is to have "football" refer to Australian Rules Football. Or Cuju, since that came before either.
Spike
Profile Joined October 2003
United States1392 Posts
December 10 2008 23:40 GMT
#31
On December 11 2008 08:29 CharlieMurphy wrote:
And besides there really is no 'basket' in the game its a net.



well, it did start out with a peach basket
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32160 Posts
December 10 2008 23:40 GMT
#32
Favre certainly isn't consistant. There's a reason the dude leads the league in INT for career. He's damn good, but it's basically because he doesn't give a fuck and will find a way to get you the ball.

For me, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders, mostly just cuz he did it with absolutely no one around him
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cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
December 11 2008 01:12 GMT
#33
On December 11 2008 03:53 Naib wrote:
How could you call this "real football"

...

Seriously. Not that I hate this sport for anything, but football is football. This is american football.


Thankyou for pointing out the joke. Ten points to your intellect
SpiralArchitect
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2116 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-11 01:23:31
December 11 2008 01:19 GMT
#34
LOL All the people that bitched about their football thread getting trolled are doing the exact same thing... nice.

Anyway its hard to pick the best because there are so many positions but I have to say:

Marshal Faulk - THe man was born covered in butter, nobody can tough him



John Elway - Spent his whole career with the same team.Five superbowls, two wins and one of the losses was up against Joe fucking Montana.



Steve Young - Nuff said.

TeamLiquids #1 illiterate writer, writin dem wordz is de hardz.
SpiralArchitect
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2116 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-11 01:35:34
December 11 2008 01:25 GMT
#35
On December 11 2008 08:05 Liquid`Drone wrote:
luddite, blame your countrymen, we are only doing it to show how annoying it was when you did the same to our thread.

To be fair the Americans came into that thread made a slight joke and agreed that both were cool sports, it was a joke. In the soccer thread and this one the Euros are just trashing on our sport like theres no tomorrow. At least we didnt come in and call something that is a staple of entertainment in your country shit. I guess I shouldnt really be talking though since I set off the whole troll in the other thread. Sorry

On December 11 2008 06:59 Frits wrote:
Hmmm according to european logic we should call american football "handball with the occasional foot" while according to american logic we should call soccer "27 to 28 inch ball".

I think it's obvious that European logic is superior here.

Also, Zidane, obviously.


Ok then lets rename soccer to "football with the occasional catchball also sometimes hit with head, stomach, knee chest or pretty much any other part your body than your hand, also can be picked up sometimes) I think football is a jackass name for any sport but honestly which sport doesnt have a shitty name? Sports names arent meant to be descriptive of the way they are played. Did you know that rugby is originally a form of your football (soccer)? Well man rugby is played mostly with your hands and the occasional kick and for a long time people still called it football. Wow guess that makes you guys pretty dumb too...

Basketball = Played with a basket when it first was invented, a fucking basket has no place in a modern basketball game.

Baseball = The fucking bases obviously. Clearly not meant to describe the sport at all but one small facet of it.

Hockey = I have no fucking idea.

I would try to name a good European sport but all you guys have right now is soccer. Burn. its shitty to have your favorite sport trashed on for no reason huh?

Also, Ronaldo, obviously :D
TeamLiquids #1 illiterate writer, writin dem wordz is de hardz.
Spike
Profile Joined October 2003
United States1392 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-11 02:35:36
December 11 2008 02:24 GMT
#36
Would Giuseppe Rossi count as American?
He was born in New Jersey...

Title changed on me.
Well, best I've seen in person is Ed Reed.
only_human89
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States212 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-11 02:33:01
December 11 2008 02:31 GMT
#37
On December 11 2008 03:53 Naib wrote:
How could you call this "real football"

...

Seriously. Not that I hate this sport for anything, but football is football. This is american football.


Did you read the thread title? Or perhaps he changed the title already. If so my bad.
"You're a pathetic, jerk, loser, and I wouldn't kiss you if I had brain cancer and your lips were the cure" LOOOOL
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
December 11 2008 02:32 GMT
#38
You need to specify a position.

Comparing a Lineman to a Quarterback makes no sense.
Hi.
ish0wstopper
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Korea (South)342 Posts
December 11 2008 02:43 GMT
#39
eli manning #1
ish0wstopper effect
MyStiC_Chaos
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States499 Posts
December 11 2008 02:47 GMT
#40
On December 11 2008 02:57 cgrinker wrote:
Seneca Wallace


Wtf
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