I SCORED A GOAL FFS

nick i played with you and believe me, you had nothing on this guy. i don't even mind a bit of talking, or a lot of talking. but this dude was non-stop talking and shouting every time anyone did anything with the ball, i mean, relentless arrogant shit. way worse than anything anyone is describing here.

way worse than anything anyone is describing here.

i may have gone a bit.... soft ..... on myself here

Argh, desperate for a kick about. All of my mates have either moved away or aren't really into footy.

I'm a shouter :/

Argh, desperate for a kick about

Feeling this. I even took Ismaelito over to the local basketball cage on Sunday morning, but all he wants to do is pick the ball up and toddle into the goal himself. Two yellows in quick succession = not a very satisfying victory.

trying to work out if ismaelito your partner, kid, or dog

the image of you yellow carding your dog is quite funny not gonna lie

ismaelinho imo

also I'm the best at football on ilf

*may be a lie

do we have a 'what level did you play to?/recount your football experience/glories' thread

i was top scorer in my first year (aged 12) league out of iirc 200-odd lads- wunderkind athlete that year tbh
moved to the sticks after that and didn't ever get into organised 'team' football
play five a side now- i'm fat and bad but i have my moments

Aie, that's the sort of stat good enough to make it into Michael Owen's brochure.

the whole thing could go into rooney's

have we got enough interest to restart some kind of ILX FAKA?

ya

you're always welcome at my Monday night football game, ken. same goes for anyone else as well but would def be good to make an allstar ilx fiveaside happen.

I live in glasgow, besides I'm too good

have it in glasgow then?

or liverpool ;)

Sounds like Isle of Man would probably be fairest. Maybe the Azores if Dan or boxall fancy joining in.

hey nick i have a monday night 5 a side but currently it is off as the school sportshall we play at is closed. where is your game?

re: ILX all star FAKA: i'm thinking if we can get a decent number of people up for it then go for a sunday kickabout in a park. maybe the bank holiday weekend?

bump here
london fancy a kick about again FAKA?

our game is in regent's park, near the hub. it's a very casual game but the standard isn't entirely terrible.

ronan played once, never to return. :(

ah that's good. i might come down next monday (weather permitting)

i'm shite though. are donks welcome?

where's the I GOT IN A FIGHT FFS thread

Played footy tonight for the first time in about 5 years. This is gonna sound really fucking stupid, but I'd forgotten how hard it is. Like, having to make split-second decisions, not having much time on the ball. My legs are really aching now.

yeah it takes a while to get back into it

where's the I GOT IN A FIGHT FFS thread

― I diss you (cozen), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:17 (Yesterday) Bookmark

spill

Played footy tonight for the first time in about 5 years. This is gonna sound really fucking stupid, but I'd forgotten how hard it is. Like, having to make split-second decisions, not having much time on the ball. My legs are really aching now.

― Chris, Friday, 26 August 2011 23:43 (Yesterday) Bookmark

never fails to impress me in retrospect how mindless football is when you're playing well, at least for me anyway - so much instinctive reflex action, even (maybe especially) when you do something that seems outside-the-box cerebral

So true. I find in 5 a side on a good day passing is like a reflex, you just know where your players are and do first time passes.

http://www.ianleake.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/herrigelzenarchery.jpg

"Do you now understand", the Master asked me one day after a particularly good shot, "what I mean by: 'It shoots, It hits?'"
"I’m afraid I don’t understand anything any more at all," I answered, "even the simplest things have got in a muddle. Is it ˆ I ˜ who draws the bow, or is it the bow that draws me into the state of highest tension? Do ˆ I ˜ hit the goal, or does the goal hit me? Is ˆ It ˜ spiritual when seen by the eyes of the body, and corporeal when seen by the eyes of the spirit or both or neither? Bow, arrow, goal and and ego, all melt into one another, so that I can no longer separate them. And even the need to separate has gone. For as soon as I take the bow and shoot, everything becomes so clear and straightforward and so ridiculously simple. . . . "
" Now at last ", the Master broke in, "The bowstring has cut right through you."

not really a fight, just squaring up and buck style butting. the game's hard man went in hard on me and I called for a free kick and was told to 'fuck off, don't know what game you're playing.' this despite the fact and I'd got a kick up the arse and he was nowhere near the ball. so I thought 'fine whatever, what goes around comes around'.

next opportunity I went in hard myself, though a yard late. didn't actually hit him (or the ball to be fair) and took a kick right up the arse for my trouble. he turns round immediately 'don't fucking go in like that prick', squaring up. I pushed him away and told him to fuck off, giving it out but unwilling to take it. walked away and merked him five minutes later, had to resist doing the scott brown after scoring

tldr; both being fannies, all good's in the hood

two kicks up the arse and I'm the bad guy

guys like that don't get the text next game with us, thank fuck

Knowing what you're going to do with the ball before you receive it, and executing it to perfection = best feeling ever.

scored about 5 goals but we lost 23-22.

cramp in both legs and some minor vomming early due to terrible fitness levels. also carpet pitches man.

http://i.minus.com/i7OSiGBteA9JO.jpg

Kind of heart-shaped that isn't it, if you ignore the bit on the left. Beautiful.

briefly contemplated googling up a how to shoot tutorial after recent woeful weeks

can't lie though, a good tackle will always mean more to me

i googled up a how to shoot tutorial a couple of days ago! My shooting has improved!!

tonight 5 a side we won by like 17-6

i scored .... zero of the 17

knee looks like a burnt beefburger

yeeowch

Two hour game last night i was basically ronaldo, all feints, sways, dummies and startling power. Beautiful, simply beautiful.

played for first time with my (relatively) new work tonight..was good, decent balance of fun and competition. think i raised expectations in the first minute after blazing a really nice outside right shot into the bottom corner from a fair bit out. missed a few total sitters later on, including one from about 3 yards, almost carbon copy of iwelumo.

also had one major hollywood pass, teammate didn't convert but it got a bit of kudos, was out on right wing and bent the ball on outside right, really fizzed it around two defenders onto the dude's foot.

fairly gruelling game, about 80 mins with no break. but running a lot lately so felt pretty good.

rah

This week i have scored:

A little eyebrows flick from a kickout

A proper diving header (felt awesome)

A couple fifteen yarders after runs from midfield

One instep chipped-flick on the 360 turn

NB a post on what i've missed and my shitty passing would be much longer

my passing is prob my best attribute...my shooting is pretty bad. i'm a v bad instinctive shooter, i can drive it in if i'm on the ball, but my first time shot is truly shit. possibly cos i've not played since may or so though.

it's all in your other foot, that.

My strengths vary depending on the game. I've got two games a week that're usually four a side on a seven a side pitch and i can struggle tbh, but you get lots of shots in, then have another game that's a settled six a side on a bigger pitch, more time on the ball, get to stroke it around a bit.

Variety spice of life etc

from a peach inswinging cross from the right i've only gone and done a zola instep volleyed flick through the keeper's legs brian

Scored over half the goals in a 25-20 loss over two hours in the rain, the few games a week are starting to pay off

srsly guys a ZOLA INSTEP VOLLEY FLICK

It's like going out with some pals for karaoke, and Aretha Franklin shows up.

well all i'm asking is for a little respect tbf