So the season is a 1/3, 1/2? over and I have watched at least one game a week, and usually watch 2 of the 3 games played on NBCSN here in the States.
My thoughts are ultimately this, there is no doubt these guys are athletic, and can do some talented stuff with a football, but man are they a bunch of pussies running around the pitch.
I think scoring could be up 20% if players would stay on their feet instead of flopping and flailing everytime another player got near. Guys are giving up on plays to draw fouls and set up set pieces that work <5% of the time.
Ironically enough my favorite sport, Ice Hockey, had a display that is the exact opposite of a soccer player performance this week. Kevin Klien of the New York Rangers, LOST PART OF HIS EAR, had it sewed back on right on the bench, and later scored the game winning goal. I have seen soccer players lie on the ground for 10 minutes after phantom trips.
TLDR: Soccer players are athletic vaginas.
