2026 World Cup - General Discussion & Non-USA teams thread

[manatree]

Meanwhile in Brasil……..

 

[Knickslions69]

Nothing better than talking **** when your going to be getting on plane to go home

 

[Tgar]

Stutter step ********.

 

[KingLando]

Nothing better than talking **** when your going to be getting on plane to go home

Beyond pathetic. Neymar should have been removed immediately from the game--not that it matters.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tgar]

That’s the whistle. Suck it Brazil.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[BobPSU92]

Congrats to Norge. Huge.

 

[BobPSU92]

ROW.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[KingLando]

Then Neymar in tears afterward--good

 

[Cali_Nittany1]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

You could make a case that Nyland, not Haaland, was the player of the game for Norway.

 

[manatree]

You could make a case that Nyland, not Haaland, was the player of the game for Norway.

Chicks dig the long ball.

 

[NewEra 2026]

What you detail which I have placed in bold is an older version of the offside rule. About 10 years ago (give or take) the rule was modified to exclude any part of an offensive player that can not be used to score a goal.

The current IFAB Laws of the Game, for Law 11, state:

"1. Offside postion
It is not an offense to be in an offside position.

A player is in an offside position if:

• any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents' half (excluding the halfway line) and
• any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent

The hands and arms of all players, including the goalkeepers, are not considered. For the purposes of determining offside, the upper boundary of the arm is in line with the bottom of the armpit."

I don't think that your proposal would change things all that much. it probably would lead to a few more goals. The bigger issue with it, IMHO, is that it would be significantly more difficult for an AR to determine if a player was offsides or not. Even the aforementioned change that allowed an offensive player's hand or arm to be ahead of the second-to-the-last defender took a year or two for refs to get comfortable with. And while VAR could help with what you're proposing, 99.99% of the games played around the world are not played with VAR.

Alternatively, if there isn’t daylight between the defender and the attacker, the ref’s flag stays down and the play continues on the field. I’m ok with that.

 

[Pennstatel0]

Eliminating offside from soccer would set the game back 150 years. The fact that you don’t realize this tells me you have no idea what you are talking about.

Just a bit of friendly advice. We do it this way because we've always done it this way isnt usually a winning argument.

 

[Grant Green]

Just a bit of friendly advice. We do it this way because we've always done it this way isnt usually a winning argument.

How about, we've developed and tweaked it over 150 years to get to the point where our experience tells us it's about as good as it can be. That's more the angle I was shooting for, but thanks for the advice.

 

[KingLando]

How about, we've developed and tweaked it over 150 years to get to the point where our experience tells us it's about as good as it can be. That's more the angle I was shooting for, but thanks for the advice.

And in the next 150 years will it continue to be altered? Of course...that's the point. Almost no rule is perfect or above being questioned.

 

[Lil Nicky Scarfo]

Tired of the drama around that diving, *****-*** punk. He’s emblematic of what Brazilian football has become

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Grant Green]

And in the next 150 years will it continue to be altered? Of course...that's the point. Almost no rule is perfect or above being questioned.

K, thanks for the input. Your 3 weeks of experience watching soccer is invaluable to the game.

Enjoy the rest of the tourny.

 

[KingLando]

K, thanks for the input. Your 3 weeks of experience watching soccer is invaluable to the game.

Enjoy the rest of the tourny.

I'm not new to "watching soccer" but continue to use desperate attacks when you aren't winning the argument

 

[BobPSU92]

Go England.

 

[manatree]

 

[BobPSU92]

THE. ICONIC. AZTECA.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

heck of a save

 

[Tom McAndrew]

England, on a header, in the 36th minute. 1-0, England

 

[KingLando]

Let's go Brits!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

England with a 2nd goal, in the 38th minute. Wow. 2-0, England

 

[KingLando]

Yikes--that was quick

 

[Knickslions69]

Wow

 

[Tgar]

Wow

Double Wow.

 

[KingLando]

The Viagra/Caffeine pill combination is working for England lol

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Mexico answers, in the 42nd minute. 2-1, England

 

[Knickslions69]

Bang game on

 

[KingLando]

Okay--so these teams watch the Cape Verde/Argentina game and want to live up to that

 

[BCS PSU]

Okay--so these teams watch the Cape Verde/Argentina game and want to live up to that

Just tremendous entertainment so far.