X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4f17,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4f17,public X-Google-Thread: fc9f9,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc9f9,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: fe7ce,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe7ce,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,1fea113a30411707 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-04 20:59:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!colt.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail From: "firstoftwins" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,alt.politics.socialism,alt.seduction.fast,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: drsquare is a useless troll was Re: What does everyone reckon our chances are for the Euro 2004 qualifying? Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:04:48 -0000 Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: <3C5AC13B.9060609@mindspring.NS.com> <0lhl5ugo85pjshh3t861eimu9gq7n7tumk@4ax.com> <3C5ACEF7.1010005@earthlink.NS.net> <3C5D92E7.2070002@mindspring.NS.com> <3C5EBF1A.8070808@earthlink.NS.net> <3C5EC8A3.7090605@mindspring.NS.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-180.chimpanzee.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk 1012856515 682 217.134.112.180 (4 Feb 2002 21:01:55 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 Feb 2002 21:01:55 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14426 alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian:35764 alt.politics.socialism:15329 alt.seduction.fast:75133 comp.os.linux.advocacy:187692 "Jonathan Ball" wrote in message news:3C5EC8A3.7090605@mindspring.NS.com... > firstoftwins wrote: > > > "Jonathan Ball" wrote in message > > news:3C5EBF1A.8070808@earthlink.NS.net... > > > > >>>>You don't know what you're talking about. The fact > >>>>that so few shots make it past the goalie is due to a > >>>>great extent to the defense. The defender reduces the > >>>>number of angles for the shooter, but he can't take > >>>>away all of them. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Exactly. And in football, they defend better, > >>> > >>Too easily. > >> > >>Get rid of "offside" in soccer, then it would be > >>interesting. What a goddamned stupid rule: you have a > >>guy who skillfully gets behind the defender *and* is > >>co-ordinated enough to receive and control the pass, > >>and it's disallowed. Moronic; utterly moronic. > >> > >> > > You idiot! Fucking goal sneak. > > If it's against the rules right now, then go ahead and > enforce the rule. But it's a stupid rule. The game > would be better without it. > You're a goal sneak in more general ways imo, and I doubt you even know what the off side rule is, in football or in life. Without the off side rule everyone would just congregate around each end and the mid field would just thump the ball from penalty box to penalty box. You're talking like a girl. > There are similar rules in hockey. First, there's also > an "offside": when the attacker is past the opponents' > blue line before the puck. How dull. It's just a mad rush for the puck after it's been put into a scoring area. You have to start your run from in front of the last defender before the ball is played to avoid the off side trap or it's just a free for all. Small wonder hockey is just a girls game in England. > Second, there's the > two-line pass: when an attacker is beyond the center > (red) line, and his teammate passes to him from behind > his own blue line. But there's no "moving" line, as in > soccer. > > The National Hockey League is considering eliminating > the two-line pass rule. I think they should; the > remaining offside rule is perfectly adequate by itself. > You're still talking like a girl.