Why football failed to catch on in certain countries

[The Fury]

NightlyPoe said:

pastro243 said:
I always hear this "offside rule is stupid" from people from the US. Without offside the game would turn into a million meaningless goals with poachers as forwards and boring long balls to them. Seriously, it's more than the goals, watch the midfield and try to get what happens there.

Read the actual comment.  Once again, I said the rule should be dropped when it gets carried to a certain point on the field.  Call it an attacking zone or whatever.  It wouldn't change the midfield game at all really.  It would just stop the defense from getting bailed out next to the goal.

As for telling us to watch the midfield game.  It's really not that hard to follow, nor is it all that interesting.  That sentiment is almost a demonstration of why soccer is such a lousy sport to watch.

The 'Attacking Zone' is the opposition half, you can't be offside if you are in your half when the ball is played to you and then move to the opposition half. If you are in the opposition half and are between the last man and keeper, it's offside. The idea is to stop people from just standing next to the goal all game like idiots, in school we call this goal hanging as there is no offside in playground football.

Last edited by The Fury - on 24 July 2018