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    This "waiting for the offside flag" pish

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    On 10/2/2022 at 7:11 PM, Stockholm 1980 said:

    They need to get back to there being clear daylight between defender and attacker to call offside, VAR calling offside for a baw hair, arms, legs in front of defenders is nonsense. 

    Also if a through ball is played in the direction of an attacker who is  beyond the line of defence and the ball takes a deflection off a defender stretching or attempting to intercept the pass, the attacker then become onside, if the defender makes no attempt to play the ball offside would be called. It is neigh near impossible to defend and react to make that type of judgement. That too is utter nonsense 

     

    The bold part isn't true. Deflections don't count because it needs to play a deliberate play by the defensive player and the law got tweaked this year to say that the defender also needs to have the ball under control so if they are stretching for it the attacker would still be offside.

    Starting 11 v Ukraine

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    No Tierney is a huge blow, I wonder if Clarke will be considering changing the system given how vital he is to making it work (look at our performance vs Czech Republic last June when we were with out him)?

    Gordon

    Hendry - Hanley - Cooper

    Patterson - Gilmour- McGregor - Robertson

    McGinn

    Adams - Dykes

    Play Off Picture

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    For what it's worth (not a lot) I don't think we'll be lucky enough to be seeded in the playoffs. I predict:

    Seeds: Sweden, Serbia, Switzerland, Poland, Russia & Turkey.

    Non-seeds: Scotland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Romania, Wales & Austria.

    And we think we have problems.

    in Football related - Discussion of non TA football

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    Irish fans on another forum I frequent are pointing out that Brexit could lead to them being in the wilderness for some time (until they get a better youth development structure in place themselves) because UK teams aren't allowed to sign overseas players until they are 18 now. Meaning Irish players who would be snapped by academies in England/Scotland now will have to develop under LoI teams.

    Coaching

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    I am a referee now, I must say that I enjoy it a lot more than I thought I would.

    Still has its moments, like when I was in the middle of a 20 player brawl at the end of an u16 game trying to break it up. Or when the coach from a lowland league team is shouting about a decision in an u17 game and when you offer to show him the laws of the game he tells you he doesn't care. 😂

    Coaching

    in Football related - Discussion of non TA football

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    8 minutes ago, McTeeko said:

    Don’t know if it’s a strict rule, but it’s certainly frowned upon, especially as the academy matches are usually Saturday mornings/lunchtimes. 
     

    Is the Fife academy not affiliated to a particular club?

    I believe all the Fife teams agreed they couldn't afford to run individual academies so they pool their youngsters together to put a side out.

    I would say that youngsters do get taken into academies too soon, I think they shouldn't really kick in until the boys start playing 11 side (u13's in old money) just so they lads can keep playing with their friends at local clubs. It was Strachan on (I think) the Graham Hunter podcast used the example of a lad in Aberdeen's academy could drive to Kilmarnock for a game, get brought on for the last 10 minutes and touch the ball three times before being taken home. 9 hours out his day for 3 touches of the ball. Strachan said he went into his garage to kick the ball off the wall for an hour and touched the ball 1,000 times.

    I think it is only £20 or something ridiculous that a pro club is to pay to sign a lad from a club. I have heard stories of them signing 3/4 players from a club to provide short term cover for a few fixtures then come May the lads get told they are being released and they jack in football completely.

    Coaching

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    2 hours ago, McTeeko said:

    Yup, and by not making it despite going through the academy, he’s also missed out on regular, competitive club fitba, as well as school fitba, as academies don’t allow their players to play. Another player lost 😠 

    Is that true? I have seen a lad who is with the Fife Elite Academy play for his school.

    The Lawman

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    On 12/20/2020 at 12:10 PM, 86glebestreet said:

    My name is Francesco Totti on sky documentaries is very good 

    I didn't like that, came away from it thinking he was a self-centred twat.

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