The soccer - er, football - noob question thread

[LongHopCassidy]

I'll be brief.

I only watch international friendlies, Euro 20xx, and World Cups. EPL if my sleepers haven't kicked in.

I have a question (which, incidentally, inspired this thread):

If a tackle hits the ball before it hits the player being tackled, is it potentially a foul even if the tacklee falls over/does a Gr*sso?

Thank you for your time and inevitable trolling.

[Craig]

You mean a dive?

[benchmark00]

Is it true that a game of soccer often ends in a scoreless draw?

My mate was trying to tell me that the other day, laughed in his face. Surely they wouldn't create a sport like that. Surely.

[GIMH]

Wow, my time machine to 2006 really does work

[benchmark00]

Unfortunately your de-English machine doesn't.

[GIMH]

Wow, my time machine to 2006 really does work

AWTA tbh

[Uppercut]

I'll be brief.

I only watch international friendlies, Euro 20xx, and World Cups. EPL if my sleepers haven't kicked in.

I have a question (which, incidentally, inspired this thread):

If a tackle hits the ball before it hits the player being tackled, is it potentially a foul even if the tacklee falls over/does a Gr*sso?

Thank you for your time and inevitable trolling.

Yeah, if it's dangerous.

[ripper868]

Why do they fall down and fake injury?

[roseboy64]

Why do they fall down and fake injury?

It's ingrained into the culture in some countries. Gains advantage.

[Matt79]

Why don't they pick up the ball and run with it, instead of just kicking it along the ground?

[GIMH]

It's called 'Football'

[ripper868]

Why do soccer followers get riled up when people call soccer, soccer? Particularly those in Australia who follow the Soccerroos?

[Uppercut]

Because that's not what it's called. It's just like people would get annoyed if I replaced the word "Australian" with "****tard" and proceeded to call them all that instead. Then started calling people from New Zealand "Australian" instead.

[benchmark00]

Nah, is definitely called soccer.

[ripper868]

Not really, it's always been soccer here, can perfectly understand calling it Football in England, but since i was a little tacker everything I've known about it has been soccer...the National Soccer League, The Socceroos...Don't get why some ****tards (aussies) as you put it get ****ty when people who have called it soccer there whole life continue to do so based on reaching the world cup in 06.