Any REAL football fans here? (Page 2)

Ok, I play hockey, so to me that seems like a defenseman can sit on the red line (center ice) and someone on the other team can't get between the D-man and the goalie to receive a break out pass, seems like it slows the game down, keeps it bottled up.  Does the defense in soccer pinch up a lot in this manner? 

Offsides in hockey and soccer are different. You ahve the blue-line.....soccer has the 'last defender'. It's not beneficial for a defender to stand near mid-field or to bottle neck like that. All it takes is one lofted ball or far pass and the forward is GONE......past the defender and is one-on-one with the keeper. The foward (or offensive player) only has to be 'even' with the last defender/player in order to be on-sides.....that being said.....you wouldn't want to gamble like that.

I hope that was your question and/or it answered what you were looking for.

That does, thanks. 

I played American football for 10 years and love the sport!  Played soccer for a couple of years as a kid, but never really played much past 3rd grade.

However, I have been playing on a 30+ coed team within a local rec league, and have been having a blast since we started practicing last May.  First game is in three weeks, and I can't wait! 

However, I can't say that I'm a huge fan of watching soccer.  I will tune in to the World Cup games sometimes, but I don't follow any one team.  I WILL follow the Rugby World Cup and will cheer on the All Blacks ... those guys are just flat-out baaad!  

Awwww.... Hells Yeah!

That's what I'm tawkin' bout!!!

As bcart said, I'm one of the resident soccer/football/futbol/footy nut cases on the site.  Glad you recognize the beautiful game. 

I'm a Liverpool Fan. Through and through.  Bleed red and you can see by my sig below and at my logs that I like 'em quite a bit.  Followed them when I was little cause my Nana and Grandad lived just outside of Liverpool in a place called the Whirral.  Now with the Internet and TV I can catch just about every single match.  Even when I'm at work.  At least I get to listen to it.

I'm also a Chicago Fire fan.  Season ticket holder (second season) and love it.  The quality of play continues to improve (still light years behind other leagues in the world) and they have a lot of room for it too.  And I think they have finally figures out a way to make the league stick around. 

So you want to talk footy, let's talk footy. 

BTW, I'm loving the fact that LFC beat ManUre.  Love it, love it, love it.

Some fan I am.  Forgot they were playing today.  Listening to the match now! 

God I LOVE the internet!

Look!  A troll! 

Huh. 

I thought this site was imune to trolls. 

Guess you learn something new every day.

Let's see.

Unsolicited opinion in a thread asking for others that LIKE the sport. 

Opinion is a slam of said sport.

Hit and run post with little to no value that is mainly designed to incite.

Looks like a troll.  Walks like a troll.  Talks like a troll.  Therefore, must be a troll.

I'll be seeing them live on Thursday night against the Fire.

Should be an interesting match.  We need a win.  Badly. 

I was in Singapore for WC2006.  That was an amazing experience.  Everywhere you went, there were big screen TVs.  Every restaurant had the games on.  Best of all, there were *2* channels dedicated to the WC 24 hours a day.  During the day, they would replay the games from the previous evening on one channel, and provide breakdown and commentary on the other channel.  It was great.

Guess you were just the lucky one. 

That is awesome.

I'm assuming your son plays?

Right then.

So, let's keep this topic going.  Footy only.

Any footy topic is fair game.

As I follow LFC and the Fire, I will probably focus on that.  Oh and the USMNT.  Speaking of LFC, narrow victory yesterday.  Then again, we did not have our best on the pitch the whole match.  Read through some of the review of it and just glad we are through to the next round of the Carling Cup. 

Should be an interesting season in the EPL.  Nothing short of finishing top of the table will satisfy me this year.  I'm fed up with finishing 3 or 4.  Getting old.  We need #1.  Anything less will be a dissapointment.

Heh.  I never had the footwork to be able to make it out of the back field.  Heck, I was so big, they usually just stuck me in goal.  Which wasn't bad, cause I was actually 1/2 decent. 

Tottenham, eh?  Oh well, we can't all be perfect like me. 

Welcome to the thread.  Hope this one will last a while.  Lots to talk about.  You follow any MLS footy?

Then you make a great mid-fielder.