Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 33 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: The game I cant understand is Basketball It has the look of forced invention to solve a problem that never existed. However, it is one of the activities where everyone has a nice go at catching and bouncing a ball around so as a community sport its ideal, small pitch, everyone can catch and bounce it a bit and unlimited substitutions so everyone can have a go. It is an accident it made it big as a sport and like NFL, you can't wake up 1 day when younger and say I am going to be a pro in one of these sports. The barriers to entry are too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 29, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 29, 2021 Basketball is an interesting sporting experiment though. In pretty much every other sport, scoring is a big deal. Most possessions don't end in a score and it's the amount of times you do score that matters. But in basketball it's basically the opposite. With each possession you're basically expected to score and it ends up the amount of times you failed to score that matters. So it's the exact opposite. I think it's unique in that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 29, 2021 Make the basket 38 metres tall. Job done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, BOF said: Basketball is an interesting sporting experiment though. In pretty much every other sport, scoring is a big deal. Most possessions don't end in a score and it's the amount of times you do score that matters. But in basketball it's basically the opposite. With each possession you're basically expected to score and it ends up the amount of times you failed to score that matters. So it's the exact opposite. I think it's unique in that. Tennis is similar to a degree. You’re expected to win the games you serve, and it gets exciting when you don’t. Not quite as direct as basketball but similar theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 17 hours ago, bickster said: Thats more than anti-biotics and a couple of visits to the clinic.... I knew I shouldn't have got my knob out in the blue lagoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Basketball - you only need to tune in for the last 2 mins of the game. No point sitting through the dreck beforehand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 German beer sucks. It’s as bland as the blandest lager on any tap in any pub. Not sure why it has such a reputation. I’m sure like anywhere now there’s great craft German beers, but standard German beers are no less miserable that miserable lager in the UK. Belgium win the European beer war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, Spoony said: German beer sucks. It’s as bland as the blandest lager on any tap in any pub. Not sure why it has such a reputation. I’m sure like anywhere now there’s great craft German beers, but standard German beers are no less miserable that miserable lager in the UK. Belgium win the European beer war. "German beer" is wide and varied, if you're talking becks and veltin then yeah 100%, it's piss water The other thing here is they have a beer culture, the beer in Munich is different to the beer in Cologne And more than anything else I do think the way they do it, last night the bar I was in was all bottles, opened and served in a glass, nothing on tap, that's fairly regular apart from kolsch (the cologne beer which I don't think you can get in the UK) cold bottle, cold glass, quick wash with cold water, gives you a fresh crisp beer, you can get some brands in cans but not many, it's 95% glass bottles But funnily enough the beer I had last night was shit, schofferhofer wheat beer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted June 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Spoony said: German beer sucks. It’s as bland as the blandest lager on any tap in any pub. Not sure why it has such a reputation. I’m sure like anywhere now there’s great craft German beers, but standard German beers are no less miserable that miserable lager in the UK. Belgium win the European beer war. That sounds like a good idea for a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 My unpopular opinion (seemingly) is that basketball is Good, Actually. Don't watch it here, but when I'm in Canada I always end up watching the Raptors and it's pretty entertaining. I used to make the 'only need to tune in for the last 2 minutes' joke as well, but it isn't true (or at least, it's no more true than it would be if someone said it about football). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Regarding the European beer war, the English weapon of choice seems to be the warm flat Carling in a plastic cup, it’s a very limited missile that can only be launched up to 6ft in the air. And at £8 a go, I don’t think England would get very far in this battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Spoony said: German beer sucks. It’s as bland as the blandest lager on any tap in any pub. Not sure why it has such a reputation. I’m sure like anywhere now there’s great craft German beers, but standard German beers are no less miserable that miserable lager in the UK. Belgium win the European beer war. In pubs I'm exclusively a British draught ale drinker. But at home I'm very partial to bottled Warsteiner. Haven't found a Belgian beer I really like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I guess my apropos unpopular opinion would be that I have no real interest in beer anymore. I’ll have my standard pint or two of Guinness with the football if I’m watching in a pub, but in almost any other context I’ll choose wine or a non-alcoholic drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 17 hours ago, Xela said: Basketball - you only need to tune in for the last 2 mins of the game. No point sitting through the dreck beforehand. It's amazing really, the sport makes it so anyone can win in the 4th quarter most games. It's like they got the adverts ready then found a sport that will be just about perfect for delivering adverts. Same as the NFL I suppose. Within the games there are things going on to make sure the games are close. Or, everyone switches off if its 89-21 at half time. (Rule changes or just making it so no one ever really goes miles ahead score wise). I am 100% sure it goes on, the adverts are more valuable than the sport itself. I look at the France game the other night and then you look at basketball or NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 England should have had 1 possibly 2 red cards yesterday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, sne said: England should have had 1 possibly 2 red cards yesterday Who? When? Where? I wasn't watching closely enough to see anything dodgy or bad enough for red cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, ender4 said: Who? When? Where? I wasn't watching closely enough to see anything dodgy or bad enough for red cards. Rice and Phillips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: In pubs I'm exclusively a British draught ale drinker. But at home I'm very partial to bottled Warsteiner. Haven't found a Belgian beer I really like. That's one that I don't like, find it gassy, although I mainly find myself drinking it on a plane which might not help Theyve just introduced a new shandy which I tried at the weekend, very nice They have 12 different types / flavours here, the brewers gold is decent, the winter edition wasn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 38 minutes ago, sne said: Rice and Phillips. Definitely yellows imo, no more but very obviously deserving. Put those tackles as reds, then yellows will need to be reduced to ‘looking at another player in a funny way’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2021 54 minutes ago, sne said: England should have had 1 possibly 2 red cards yesterday "should" is a bit strong, imo. But I definitely agree that one of them at least was a lot closer than anyone seems to realise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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