A Poet Walks Into a Bar . . .

Raises a glass to Eagleyez ............. thank you for the 10 years of Happiness you gave my dearest friend Angeline. I salute you :kiss::rose:
 
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do what?
and don't ask me about the ins and outs of the rules - just like watching the skill. i kind of know the rules, in a vague, hazy way but i don't let them get in the way of the aesthetics lol

Really easy rules. The objective is to have the most goals by the end of the game. You can use any part of your body except your hands. If the ball leaves the field, the game stops and possession goes to the opposite team (if team A touched the ball last, it goes to team B). When it exits the field through the back line, the opposite team gets a corner shot.

What else... oh yeah, offsides. You cannot pass the ball to a player of your team that is beyond the opposite team's last defender. So, if every defender in the opposite team is standing in the middle of the field, you cannot shoot to a player of your team that is beyond that line, it would be an offside.

And that's it in a nutshell.

EDIT: oh, there are fouls, too. As a defender, you're supposed to tackle the ball, or block the way to the goal, but you cannot hold, tackle down, or otherwise impede movement. This is pretty much up to the referee, but generally speaking it's fine as long as you're going for the ball, not the player. Particularly nasty moves get awarded a yellow card, if you get a second one, you get a red card and that means you're out. Some things may get you a red card straight away — e.g., the last defender running behind an attacker with a free run for the goal, who decides to push him to the ground, from behind. Instant red card...
 
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Really easy rules. The objective is to have the most goals by the end of the game. You can use any part of your body except your hands. If the ball leaves the field, the game stops and possession goes to the opposite team (if team A touched the ball last, it goes to team B). When it exits the field through the back line, the opposite team gets a corner shot.

What else... oh yeah, offsides. You cannot pass the ball to a player of your team that is beyond the opposite team's last defender. So, if every defender in the opposite team is standing in the middle of the field, you cannot shoot to a player of your team that is beyond that line, it would be an offside.

And that's it in a nutshell.

EDIT: oh, there are fouls, too. As a defender, you're supposed to tackle the ball, or block the way to the goal, but you cannot hold, tackle down, or otherwise impede movement. This is pretty much up to the referee, but generally speaking it's fine as long as you're going for the ball, not the player. Particularly nasty moves get awarded a yellow card, if you get a second one, you get a red card and that means you're out. Some things may get you a red card straight away — e.g., the last defender running behind an attacker with a free run for the goal, who decides to push him to the ground, from behind. Instant red card...
offside's a weird ruling.

that breakdown will be handy for harry :cool:

how're tricks, tso? :)
 
Thanks, explains a lot

Really easy rules. The objective is to have the most goals by the end of the game. You can use any part of your body except your hands. If the ball leaves the field, the game stops and possession goes to the opposite team (if team A touched the ball last, it goes to team B).((you sure that's not backwards?)) When it exits the field through the back line, the opposite team gets a corner shot.

What else... oh yeah, offsides. You cannot pass the ball to a player of your team that is beyond the opposite team's last defender. So, if every defender in the opposite team is standing in the middle of the field, you cannot shoot to a player of your team that is beyond that line, it would be an offside.

And that's it in a nutshell.

EDIT: oh, there are fouls, too. As a defender, you're supposed to tackle the ball, or block the way to the goal, but you cannot hold, tackle down, or otherwise impede movement. This is pretty much up to the referee, but generally speaking it's fine as long as you're going for the ball, not the player. Particularly nasty moves get awarded a yellow card, if you get a second one, you get a red card and that means you're out. Some things may get you a red card straight away — e.g., the last defender running behind an attacker with a free run for the goal, who decides to push him to the ground, from behind. Instant red card...

*pours coffee*
 
Yes, Harry; the idea being that if a defender manages to tackle the ball and it goes out of the field, the attackers still get to continue the game from the side line (or back line).
 
offside's a weird ruling.

I guess that rule is to prevent every pass being a long aerial pass from one field to another. It'd be tempting to just have a player stand next to the opponent's goal, waiting. ;) Many teams also use that as a tactic to "place the attacker on offside". What it means is, sometimes you'll see all defenders running forward, instead of toward their goal, to force the attackers to be in an offside position. Tricky and dangerous.

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how're tricks, tso? :)

(After a quick explanation of what the above means...) I am well, a bit tired / busy, but ok. Haven't had much time to write (or read, sadly) of late. Not sure when I'll be able to. And you?
 
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Yes, Harry; the idea being that if a defender manages to tackle the ball and it goes out of the field, the attackers still get to continue the game from the side line (or back line).

*nod* And, more than once, I've seen players who were having trouble getting a ball away from someone kick the ball so that it would ricochet off their opponent and out of bounds so that they could get possession.
 
I've been cheering for the US, but damn... that goal at 4 min was sad. They're a good team, though — hopefully they can still make it even.
 
14 years old, and has grown better since :cool:

holland v mexico tomorrow 4pm my time

It's a date. Haven't been following lately, all the good games I heard ppl talking about were not on my tube. :(
*sets out a fresh beer*
 
a poet walked into the bar and said 'Ola, dirty 'arry - clean your box!' :cool:
 
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