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I just play 5- or 6-a-side (depending one how many people show up) once a week. No fancy positions, everyone takes a turn in goal (or we play last man back), so I run my overweight rear end all over the pitch.
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Oceanbound posted:Basically this, except I'm underweight, not over. And I always end up in goal a lot of the time because most of the others won't volunteer. Might be a good thing, since I'm awful. Can't head, can't dribble, can't even kick people. The only thing I can do decently is finish. I'd probably be an ok player if I lost a bit of weight, I have ok control, pretty good shot from distance, and good passing. If I'm not too tired I'll take on someone, and occasionally get around them. I just need to get more exercise than running around for an hour once a week.  c0burn posted:This is basically how I imagine a goon football meet would go Russ posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj7f3B1VCYM 
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the posted:No one's playing the winter season?  stuff about it in the PWM because it's a GAY TEAM filled with GAY DRAMA.e: playing in a 5 a side league with some lads from work this evening, help them out occasionally as long as the matches don't clash with my other league and I'm not doing anything else.
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the posted:Heh, I was being a bit hyperbolic. While I don't stomp on people's feet or grab their testicles, I am a "Go hard or Go Home" kind of player, especially on 50/50 situations. Since it's indoor, I can't slide tackle, but going full throttle towards a 50/50 ball on the wall isn't that dangerous, is it? Worst case the guy gets his cage rattled a bit when he connects with the side wall.
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If you don't use jumpers for goalposts then gtfo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NeRoSFZWbs
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Dec 24, 2009 03:03
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Craiglen posted:What about spray paint? 
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Dec 24, 2009 11:29
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keveh posted:Has anybody else in the UK not played an outside 5 a side game in around 2 months? ) and again this week (although I'm not around for it due to me being in the UK).
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Playing tonight, feeling kinda nervous.  e: I will probably actually just be a sub for our 11 a side match but I might offer my services to our 5 a side team too since they're playing before the 11's.
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Feb 9, 2010 18:34
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We lost again, pretty disheartening. We have so many players who don't turn up every week and it's frustrating. In a way it's good for me because I'm a sub more often than not, I played the full 60 tonight and actually thought I had a good match. I was up front which really isn't my preferred position, but I've been playing there a bit recently and I think I'm improving (dunno what the manager thinks though). Played a few people in with 1-2's, and was through on goal at one point thanks to a ball over the top, but I could only put it over the bar. As it was dropping down I was kinda in two minds about whether to take it down, control and shoot, or just put my foot through it (shoulda done this really), tried to do something in the middle and just hosed it up. 
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Feb 10, 2010 00:12
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Got the ball right in the nuts yesterday while playing indoor with the team.
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luvd posted:wrong thread Scikar posted:Yesterday a shot took a double deflection, from one guy's nuts into mine. Still hurt. That's kinda what happened with me, there were 3 or 4 of us challenging for the ball, I think one guy got to it, and it deflected up into my nuts. It all kinda happened fast and because there were a couple of bodies involved it's hard to know exactly what happened.vvv Hurrrr well maybe you should stop posting PWM stuff outside of PWM ok? irlZaphod fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Feb 14, 2010 |
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Match tonight again, second last one of the season (I think). On the one hand I hope we get a turnout that gives us a strong side. On the other hand, that probably would mean I'm not playing.
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Didn't play, froze my arse off shouting at the team, we lost 2-0.
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Cragz posted:Up the Lemons!
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Feb 18, 2010 23:57
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Cragz posted:Assuming that's a genuine question: No, not that I know of. 
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calcio posted:FABULOUS. We need pictures of your gay tournament.
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Feb 19, 2010 00:51
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Here 5 a side can either have walls or none, there's no distinction. There's also no rules about not being allowed in the D.
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We have our last match of the season tonight. Kinda looking forward to a bit of a break, although we do have other stuff coming up like the Yorkshire 5 a side Tournament. We're planning on doing some tours to cities around Ireland too over the next few months.
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Feb 23, 2010 11:46
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Rhgr posted:Do Cork please
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Feb 23, 2010 17:39
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Cragz posted:So you're actually fairly good, then? Where is it you're playing in Leeds when the tournament rolls around? We just finished bottom of the league, I think we got 1 point. Our main problem I think is consistency, too many people don't show up to matches every week. Plus we lost a couple of players a few months ago (including our keeper) because of GAY DRAMA and have drafted in some new players, who are actually quite good to really good.I don't know where in Leeds the tournament is taking place, sorry. Hopefully we'll be able to do well enough in that, we have 2 5 a side teams going into it so one will probably have our best players, the other will have the rest of us.Cragz posted:The Lemons play bottom of the league this evening, so I'm rather looking forward to it. If we can pick up another 3 points we've doubled our previous season's best!
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Cragz posted:Would you Adam & Eve it? Not only did we win last night (8-4, for the record - I scored*!) but I'm almost certain we played against an all gay team. Have a look at your tournament information and see if "FC Foleys" are on the list. Congrats on the win though, and for scoring.
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Feb 25, 2010 11:48
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Well there will be over 100 of us there so I think we'll manage any local gangs. 
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 Don't think I'll be playing again any time soon!! Yorkshire Tournament was a loving load of fun apart from being up at 3:30am yesterday, being a complete zombie in Leeds all day yesterday (we arrived at 7:30am, got to the hotel around 9, couldn't check in till 12 fffffff), and, well, that happening to my foot.
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RedPaddy posted:Laid up at the moment, was playing 5 a side last Saturday and challenged a dithering centre back, slipped as I put my left foot out to get the ball and my foot caught in the turf as I fell, basically bending my heel way too far back, like 130 degrees. Had to sit out for a while but I was able to hobble about for a bit before the end of the game.
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TyChan posted:My legs are also still aching, which is surprising since I run regularly. I guess it's all the pivoting, sprinting, and direction changing. I'll be going back to training this week after my toe injury picked up in Leeds, can't loving wait, I've felt so loving lazy lately. I was going to play indoor on Saturday but ended up not going in. I bought some new trainers yesterday too so I can't wait to try them out, hopefully now with the evenings stretching out we'll be playing Tuesday or Wednesday evenings in a park for a couple of hours.Also Rhgr, I'm going to Galway with the team on the 24th April, I'd imagine we'll be looking at a trip to Cork after that, so probably early-mid May.
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RedPaddy posted:I've noticed this as well, and I have to say the best exercise/fitness training for football I've found is Squash. It's a really good workout for your legs and replicates exactly the same kind of bursts and turns you end up doing on the pitch. The first recovery period is hell though.
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Played football. Kicked the ball. Foot did not explode in pain. I was pretty happy. I was completely out of shape (even more than usual) after my month off though, and my touch was shite. Still scored a pretty nice goal though, with my off foot and all.
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Rhgr posted:We're very proud of you
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One of the guys in work is trying to get a weekly kickabout started up again (we stopped last Summer after about 3 years because we couldn't get enough people consistently). Should hopefully be playing 3-4 times a week during the Summer now.
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Apr 18, 2010 19:54
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Rhgr posted:Yessss gays and football, my life is complete
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Biggy_ posted:I would but I have a feeling he'll tell me the same as the internet is. Only thing I'm not sure of is length I'll be out.
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Played for the 4th time in 6 days last night, and by "played" I mean "showed up, hobbled around a bit and occasionally kicked the ball". I think I overdid it on Monday night and my left knee was really loving sore. I probably shouldn't have bothered showing up, but it was our first week returning to kickabouts on grass and I was really looking forward to it. I might need to take a week or two off just to rest up, I've picked up some niggling little injuries that have been cropping up in the last week or two and it's getting really annoying.
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Played last night with work, hosed up my knee again, so I'll be missing the kickabout with my team tonight again, two weeks in a row. So loving annoying. It just seems to happen when I shift my weight onto my left leg in a certain way, like if I'm turning or something. I told the guy in work who organises it that I can't play with them anymore, I can't keep doing my knee in on a Monday and not being able to play on a Tuesday.
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hughsieblingwish posted:what's with everyone getting injured so badly all the time, i play two or three times a week and only come up with bruises.
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Ramagamma posted:Its not so much the pain or the recovery that bothers me. Its hobbling around the office and being told by middle aged woman that I sound like a war veteran with all my groans and squeaks and almost constant stench of deep heat. I went down to footy for our weekly kickabout last night for the first time in about a month. I hadn't played at all in about 2 weeks, that week and the week before I played on Monday with work and ended up doing my knee in, so on Tuesday I was in no shape to play. I'm not sure if it was the pitch or my astro boots (they're falling apart, I need new ones) or a problem with my knee or what, but I decided to rest it up for a couple of weeks. I'm fairly ok, we played on grass for about 90 minutes, I picked up a new pair of proper boots at the weekend and played in them. Just a little stiff and sore today, it's worse when I'm sitting at my desk for a while and get up to go get a coffee or something.
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Such a frustrating kickabout last night, we had 6 on 6, I told the manager I'd stay in defense in the first half. I was pretty much a rock, I'm pretty sure we didn't concede at all. I was sticking close to their striker (my bf  ) at all times ready to cut out passes or just put pressure on. I went in goals for a while then and kept things organised, a few times everyone ran forward (despite me shouting at them not to), but we made it through then took a quick break.Swapped sides then and I said to the manager I was going to go up front. Well, we pretty much fell apart. There was never anyone back when we got the ball, so if we lost it they would just hoof it up to their man up front, who regularly just had the keeper to beat. It was ridiculous, I know it wasn't a serious match but just because we're in the offseason doesn't mean we should be just relaxing, especially since 9 of us will be playing a tournament in July/August. One thing that really hit me last night is that we have a lot of players who are good at football, but they seriously have no sense of positioning when we're not in possession, or any sort of defensive-mindedness, and it's probably what kills us the most when we're actually playing competitively. I don't feel like I should be the one bringing it up since I'm not exactly brilliant, and I still feel like I'm the new guy on the team. It just seems to me that the more talented players should be better at marking than they are. Also right at the end I landed awkwardly on my knee and hosed it up again, so that put me in a really bad mood. Hello, a week or two out injured.
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Yeah just go for whatever's affordable and has an astro sole, don't be too concerned with getting the latest $200 NIKE PREDATOR AIR MAX whatever bullshit. You're not going to play any better in them over the $50 Nike ones or whatever. Also quoting from the previous page: Shrapnac posted:Try boots on, buy the ones that are the most comfortable. That's pretty much it. Messyass posted:Pick out cheap boots that don't look retarded. Try if they fit. Buy. irlZaphod fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Jun 29, 2010 |
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In an 11 a side match there really shouldn't be a 2-on-1 situation. Tell your team they need to loving defend whether they want to or not.
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Shrapnac posted:This is one of those name + post combo things everyone is always talking about. By the way, playing 8 matches (full 11 a side) consisting of 25-30 minute halves in 5 days is loving exhausting and I don't recommend it.
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Save Russian Jews posted:Traded in my T90 LaserIIIs for a 1/2 size up, and now I have two access cards to NikeSoccer.com's *~ELITE TRAINING~* section. Does anyone want this thing?
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