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Richard smith said:
Are opinions not what make informed debate or is that just me thinking outside the box, so to speak????????
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Hmm. An opinion is not necessarily informed.
Opinions stimulate debate, whether or not its an informed debate, now that is, erm, debatable 😁
So, are you saying you would want to outlaw headers? As that is the only assumption I can gather from your response :)
 
JamesL said:
Hmm. An opinion is not necessarily informed.
Opinions stimulate debate, whether or not its an informed debate, now that is, erm, debatable 😁
So, are you saying you would want to outlaw headers? As that is the only assumption I can gather from your response :)
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I Never mentioned headers in any of Post on this thread so where are you getting that I wish to see headering the ball banned from???
 
Richard smith said:
I Never mentioned headers in any of Post on this thread so where are you getting that I wish to see headering the ball banned from???
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Well seeing as your opinion was that the ball should remain on the ground, then this as good as rules out headering.
 
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JamesL said:
Well seeing as your opinion was that the ball should remain on the ground, then this as good as rules out headering.
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you misunderstand what I mean
I am all for the ball in the air, and there is a place for it within the game, however in windy conditions as were being discussed in this thread , However in the conditions that were being discussed in this thread, my opinion is that the ball on the ground is far more beneficial :)
 
Where I live, football grounds are horizantal and winds are generally also horizontal so I am having difficalty picturing your statement. :)
 
How foggy does it need to be for the game to be called off? Didn’t want to make a new thread for a the same sort of subject.

was close to doing it last night as could barely see the other side of the park but got everyone got through it
 
Degnann said:
How foggy does it need to be for the game to be called off? Didn’t want to make a new thread for a the same sort of subject.

was close to doing it last night as could barely see the other side of the park but got everyone got through it
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If you can see one goal from the other, game on. Anything less and you've got grounds to call it off. As ever, there's no hard and fast rule that I'm aware of, just player safety and whether it'll become a farce.
 
es1 said:
If you can see one goal from the other, game on. Anything less and you've got grounds to call it off. As ever, there's no hard and fast rule that I'm aware of, just player safety and whether it'll become a farce.
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Based on that, definitely had grounds for it yesterday then. Spoke to players and managers and everyone was happy to carry on.
 
Degnann said:
How foggy does it need to be for the game to be called off? Didn’t want to make a new thread for a the same sort of subject.
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On my course, a long time ago, I was told that if you stand on a corner flag and can't see the opposing corner flag the game doesn't go ahead.
 
Many moons ago, my father played college soccer in San Francisco, which has areas that frequently get heavy fog. He was a GK, and talks about playing games where he would have times he could not see any of the other players on the field!
 
socal lurker said:
Many moons ago, my father played college soccer in San Francisco, which has areas that frequently get heavy fog. He was a GK, and talks about playing games where he would have times he could not see any of the other players on the field!
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I played in goal, and one game I remember I could hardly see the edge of the penalty area, never mind other players, because the fog was so dense. An opponent hit the ball from somewhere and I never even saw it until it was in the goal, so I picked it up and carried on as though nothing had happened. No one ever knew it went in, but we should never have played. It was asking for trouble.

Obviously these days I’m much more honest and would own up, but in those days I was a player so couldn’t be trusted!
 
There are lots of factors for fog. Is it likely to get better or worse, as if the latter it really would be pointless starting if it was even doubtful at the time. Are there paying spectators at the game, if so that has to be taken into account as a consideration.

For me, as a minimum you have to be able to see one goal from the other, otherwise you risk one keeper taking a long drop kick and the other keeper can't see it until it is too late.
 
Seeing the goal (or flags) is not really the point. It's the ball and players you'd want to be able to see. And that very much depends on if it is a day/night match, the backdrop, the colour of the ball and player kit.

Not considering pro/semi pro games, the biggest factor for me is, as stated above, if the players want to get going. If it gets worse, we will reassess.
 
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Seeing the goal (or flags) is not really the point. It's the ball and players you'd want to be able to see. And that very much depends on if it is a day/night match, the backdrop, the colour of the ball and player kit.

Not considering pro/semi pro games, the biggest factor for me is, as stated above, if the players want to get going. If it gets worse, we will reassess.
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It's not the point, of course - but short of getting the players out onto the pitch early and positioning them while you run around and take a look from different positions, they act as fairly good indicators of what the area is that you need to be able to see clearly!
 
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