General Interview question

[m]

Suggested nterview question when signing new attacking players:

Do you turn up more than 1 game in 8?

 

[isibuko]

good idea, that’ll help.

 

[Emilio]

How dependent are you upon good delivery from wingers?

 

[TailsWeWin]

Have you been selected for the Welsh squad?

 

[Paul Cannell]

On what parts of the pitch are the goals?

 

[SteMerritt]

On what parts of the pitch are the goals?

Nice, a trick question. I like it. The goals aren't technically on the pitch at all.

 

[holdsteady]

Suggested nterview question when signing new attacking players:

Do you turn up more than 1 game in 8?

Have lied in every job interview I have ever had so that might be a flaw in the plan.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Nice, a trick question. I like it. The goals aren't technically on the pitch at all.

Technically they are as the goal posts are on the line which is classed as part of the pitch. It is the goal nets that aren’t on the pitch.

 

[SteMerritt]

Technically they are as the goal posts are on the line which is classed as part of the pitch. It is the goal nets that aren’t on the pitch.

The goal frame doesn't form any part of the scoring 'Goal' itself, it is merely a boundary for the area. For the ball to enter 'the goal' it has to leave the confines of the pitch completely, within the confines of the goal frame.

Come on, you've been here a while, surely you know this!

 

[Marked Ox]

The goal frame doesn't form any part of the scoring 'Goal' itself, it is merely a boundary for the area. For the ball to enter 'the goal' it has to leave the confines of the pitch completely, within the confines of the goal frame.

Come on, you've been here a while, surely you know this!

Feisty interview approach, I like this methodology.

***Tim Williams gets ready by shadow boxing outside the interview room***

 

[yellowbow]

On what parts of the pitch are the goals?

Do you know the difference between a goal and a corner flag?

 

[Stranger]

Do you have a budgie?

 

[holdsteady]

If the goals were not on the pitch and the ball hit the bar or posts and bounced back into play then it would be a corner or goal kick wouldn't it? Play wouldn't just carry on.

 

[SteMerritt]

If the goals were not on the pitch and the ball hit the bar or posts and bounced back into play then it would be a corner or goal kick wouldn't it? Play wouldn't just carry on.

The goal frame is on the pitch lines, the actual goal itself isn't. The ball has to cross the goal line completely to enter the goal.

 

[holdsteady]

The goal frame is on the pitch lines, the actual goal itself isn't. The ball has to cross the goal line completely to enter the goal.

So you are saying the goal frame isn't the goal? Never really thought of it like that before, when someone says goal I just think of the posts. You could give some an empty box for xmas and when they ask you what it is tell them its a goal, that's one present chalked off this year.

 

[SteMerritt]

So you are saying the goal frame isn't the goal? Never really thought of it like that before, when someone says goal I just think of the posts. You could give some an empty box for xmas and when they ask you what it is tell them its a goal, that's one present chalked off this year.

No, the goal frame marks the boundary of the goal itself if you are being pedantic. In the early days the crossbar wasn't even a thing, just two posts. Then a tied rope was used, before the crossbar came into being in the late 1800s

 

[Marked Ox]

This thread is becoming top level pedantry in such a short time. Excellent work.

 

[Stranger]

It always irks me when commentators say 'saved by the woodwork'. First, they're made of metal nowadays, and second, it means the shot or header wasn't going in if it hits the post/bar and comes back into play. It's not like the goal frame suddenly moved to keep the ball out.

And another thing...

 

[holdsteady]

No, the goal frame marks the boundary of the goal itself if you are being pedantic. In the early days the crossbar wasn't even a thing, just two posts. Then a tied rope was used, before the crossbar came into being in the late 1800s

Surely it was jumpers for goalposts in the very days?

 

[JerryL]

I wouldnt even ask them a question, id just get them to play subbuteo and if they were good id sign them
And then id do that clockwork orange thing to them, stick their eyes open and make them look at images of swind*n to drive them mad to the point where they think every game is a derby so they push themselves that bit more

 

[SteMerritt]

It always irks me when commentators say 'saved by the woodwork'. First, they're made of metal nowadays, and second, it means the shot or header wasn't going in if it hits the post/bar and comes back into play. It's not like the goal frame suddenly moved to keep the ball out.

And another thing...

In the recent Arsenal v Atletico Champions League game, the commentators were going on about Arsenal hadn't conceded a 'shot on target' for something like 5 games. Atletico had a shot early in the second half which smashed into the crossbar and away, the co-commentator couldn't get his head around the fact that wasn't counted as a 'shot on target'. Of course it wasn't, it was too high, which is why it hit the crossbar...

 

[Golden Dr Otto]

This thread is becoming top level pedantry in such a short time. Excellent work.

*This thread BECAME top level pedantry in such a short PERIOD OF time. Excellent work.

 

[Chippy]

This is why Oxford is a university city, deep degree level conversation about the goal frame, pitch boundaries and what the goal itself actually is.

We need a Professor of Goals to give a lecture on this subject.

 

[Stranger]

*This thread BECAME top level pedantry in such a short PERIOD OF time. Excellent work.

top-level pedantry

 

[Steve Gilbert]

It always irks me when commentators say 'saved by the woodwork'. First, they're made of metal nowadays, and second, it means the shot or header wasn't going in if it hits the post/bar and comes back into play. It's not like the goal frame suddenly moved to keep the ball out.

And another thing...

Technically you are correct but a goal can also be scored off the post/bar so by the same theory the post/bar can save a goal being scored.

 

[m]

Have lied in every job interview I have ever had so that might be a flaw in the plan.

Are you thinking of applying then?

I'll tell them not to employ anyone who turns up in a van.

 

[holdsteady]

Are you thinking of applying then?

I'll tell them not to employ anyone who turns up in a van.

Be alright when I turn up in the Focus then, although not as certain for the job as I would have been under Clotet.

 

[Mateo Corbo's Tackle]

The goal frame doesn't form any part of the scoring 'Goal' itself, it is merely a boundary for the area. For the ball to enter 'the goal' it has to leave the confines of the pitch completely, within the confines of the goal frame.

Come on, you've been here a while, surely you know this!

Good learning experience. On what part of the pitch are throw ins taken?

 

[Wallop]

What was your first car?

 

[Mateo Corbo's Tackle]

Do you have the numbers of Matt Tubbs and Henry Landers?