by Arrywithnobrain » 21 Nov 2017, 15:53
You do spout a load of rubbish a lot of the time. Surely the objective is ultimately to score goals and hopefully score more than the opposition manage - possession merely being a means to an end rather than an end in itself. Unless one is the goalkeeper (and sometimes even then) the pressure of being in possession immediately in front of one's goal, one yard from the line, is arguably greater than the pressure of the opposition being in possession one yard away from their corner flag (you can substitute metres for yards if you prefer) and if you think differently then you have palpably never played the game outside your back garden. Some players don't handle pressure as well as others and some players make mistakes so there may be some tactical merit in testing the opposition in that regard, rather than risking the reverse: after all, you do hope that you will only get one opportunity in the whole match to exercise a kick off routine.
From the bold emphasis of "If you are in possession, the opposition cannot score" there is presumably some new immutable law of which only the Great Merse is aware that prohibits the scoring of own goals or were you thinking of some other game like rugby or hockey or Subbuteo .....
You do spout a load of rubbish a lot of the time. Surely the objective is ultimately to score goals and hopefully score more than the opposition manage - possession merely being a means to an end rather than an end in itself. Unless one is the goalkeeper (and sometimes even then) the pressure of being in possession immediately in front of one's goal, one yard from the line, is arguably greater than the pressure of the opposition being in possession one yard away from their corner flag (you can substitute metres for yards if you prefer) and if you think differently then you have palpably never played the game outside your back garden. Some players don't handle pressure as well as others and some players make mistakes so there may be some tactical merit in testing the opposition in that regard, rather than risking the reverse: after all, you do hope that you will only get one opportunity in the whole match to exercise a kick off routine.
From the bold emphasis of "[b]If you are in possession, the opposition cannot score[/b]" there is presumably some new immutable law of which only the Great Merse is aware that prohibits the scoring of own goals or were you thinking of some other game like rugby or hockey or Subbuteo .....
