retired_jmeshew

. . . that I am dying to know the answer to, and who better than Llamas to ask them of (Besides there is always the chance for a new thread to go gloriously off topic!)

1) What is the difference between a volley and a half volley? Is the volley striking without a bou8nce first and the half hitting the ball off the bounce?

2) When a goalkeeper is "off his line" what does that mean? Is that that he is not between the ball and the goal?

3) What is the difference between a player (over 24) signing for a new club on a free transfer during the last 6 months of his contract or leaving on a Bosman? I can't figure out the difference if there is one.

4) what is considered a long shot (as in the FM attribute, not Workington winning the Prem ) in football? Anywhere outside the penalty area?

5) Is River Plate LL?

and last but not least . . .

6) Is Brody really a poof?

retired_tinkfaeree

Exactly that.

No. It means that he's not on the line in the goal but rushing out.

No idea either. I'm interested in knowing as well.

I think there won't be a clear answer for this. I treat long shots as "every shot the ****ing player shouldn't have tried".

Now you're jesting.

bigman14

3) It's the same thing.

retired_pmetzger1

If you mean in terms of the FM indicators for 3, a player with Bos next to his name has decided he won't be re-signing for his current team and will leave at the end of his contract, but hasn't found a new club yet.

Pre-Bosman a club could retain the playing registration for an out of contract player (and hence demand a fee), but now they aren't able to do that (at least, for over 24s).

creative36

3) The Bosman ruling (nice summary here) is a bit tricky as it works in-game. The simplest part is that if an EU-based player's contract (applies to some other countries, too) expires within 6 months, you are able to offer him a contract and if he accepts, he joins on a free when his contract runs out.

If the player is over 24 years old, his contract is protected for a certain amount of time (2 years, I think), at which point you can offer a contract and he can leave as he pleases. If the player is 24 or under, I think his contract is protected for 3 years
(bit of a moot point, since most contracts only last 2-3 years anyway, but there you go).

retired_kswansonwoolf

Contracts of players under 27 have a 3 year protection, while contracts of players over 27 have a 2 year protection.

retired_B_RAN

I would say that a long shot is any taken from 25 yards or more from goal. It is at the 25 yard mark the the commentary really begins to make a distinction, so I would say that is the starting point for long shots.

ChrisP

It makes the same distinction when you score on a free kick from the same distance. So are you saying that the Free kick rating is the same as the Long shot rating. It seems a bit redundant.

retired_dvrsecuritylab

I doubt they are redundant, but I agree it is a little annoying that the commentary doesn't seem to distinguish.

retired_pmetzger1

I would class anything outside the box (18yd) as a long shot.