- Feb 8, 2007
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How many times have you been asked to explain the offside rule and have started with all the confidence in the world only to stumble to a halt less than a minute later?
Three times in my case.
You can forgive the football uninitiated for their ignorance, of course - they don't know better. And I'm sure we've all had a look of contempt cross our faces when some sidehead-shaven, trousers-tucked-into-their-boots hipster bleats on about the pointlessness of 22 grown men kicking an inflated bladder around a park while being paid millions, who then subsequently spouts on about some daring new wankfest artist being paid millions we could describe as just 'splashing some paint around'.
Ultimately, they know not what they do.
But we, the chosen, should really know as much about the thing we obsess over as possible, but still glaring gaps in our knowledge exist. So, who better to ask those little questions about football than other football fans?
That's what this thread is for. Asking questions about football things you think you should know the answer to... but don't.
I'll kick off (pun very much intended):
What actually constitutes a shot 'on target'? Does it require the goalie to have been exercised? Does the goalie need to make a save for it to be shot on target? If a shot is travelling toward the goal and hits a player and deflects away, is that a shot on target? How close does it have to be to be considered a shot on target?
So, answers to that question very much welcomed and equally welcomed questions other people wish to ask and have answered (not by me, but by you lot).
Three times in my case.
You can forgive the football uninitiated for their ignorance, of course - they don't know better. And I'm sure we've all had a look of contempt cross our faces when some sidehead-shaven, trousers-tucked-into-their-boots hipster bleats on about the pointlessness of 22 grown men kicking an inflated bladder around a park while being paid millions, who then subsequently spouts on about some daring new wankfest artist being paid millions we could describe as just 'splashing some paint around'.
Ultimately, they know not what they do.
But we, the chosen, should really know as much about the thing we obsess over as possible, but still glaring gaps in our knowledge exist. So, who better to ask those little questions about football than other football fans?
That's what this thread is for. Asking questions about football things you think you should know the answer to... but don't.
I'll kick off (pun very much intended):
What actually constitutes a shot 'on target'? Does it require the goalie to have been exercised? Does the goalie need to make a save for it to be shot on target? If a shot is travelling toward the goal and hits a player and deflects away, is that a shot on target? How close does it have to be to be considered a shot on target?
So, answers to that question very much welcomed and equally welcomed questions other people wish to ask and have answered (not by me, but by you lot).
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