[Archived] Premier League 2015/16 Thread

[Rover_Shaun]

A volley is what her indoors gives you for T-cutting the car with her best sussies.

[koi]

The Guardian take on bouncing balls:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/sep/02/what-is-a-volley-football

[rigger]

I thought that a volley was a shot that missed by miles, well mine did.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

To me a half-volley is when you catch the ball on the UP from a bounce not when it's bounced and dropping or at the top of the bounce.

I think you're right because I've always considered it a half-volley if you catch the ball on the way UP after the bounce not when it's dropping. Hitting a rising ball is much more difficult than a dropping one that's had the speed taken out of it after a bounce.

That's my thinking. Like a drop out in Rugby.

[Dean]

I like K-Hods approach of applying the heads and vods rules.

Volley = anything before the ball has bounced for the first time following someone else's touch

Half-volley = hitting it at the same time as first bounce

Score with anything else and you're going in nets as a forfeit - Jamie Vardy would be in nets for that effort last night, therefore no volley!

It's so much easier to hit a ball after it has bounced at least one, most of the spin and pace comes off in that first bounce.

[roverandout]

Van bastens was the best volley ever scored

[Amo]

To this day, Almeyda's goal vs. Parma is still the best volley I've ever seen

[Blue Cabbage]

To this day, Almeyda's goal vs. Parma is still the best volley I've ever seen

Just checked it out Amo, I fully agree.

Stunner

[speeeeeeedie]

Just checked it out Amo, I fully agree.

Stunner

I'll stick with van Basten's. Almeyda's was a cracker but not quite as good for me.

What I liked about Vardy's goal was how relaxed he looked. He knew a good while before he hit it what he was going to do and it was never in doubt. Liverpool were all over Leicester at the time too. It certainly wasn't a volley.

[Salgado Is Still A Hero]

Off the top of my head...

Best Volleys - Van Basten, Zidane CL final, Tugay against Spurs, Di Canio, Trevor Sinclair

Half-volleys - One of Yeboah's, Ramsey against Galatasaray

Ball in mid-air - Ibrahimovich against England and Italy, some Fiorentina player against Barca, think his name is Mauro Bressan

[roverandout]

We have some cracking strikers to take to a tournament for once, Rooney, vardy, Kane, sturridge and welbeck

[Rover_Shaun]

Daniel "Vince Grella" Sturridge?

[roverandout]

Shame about his injuries, technically he's our best striker and one of the most technically gifted in europe

[Rover_Shaun]

'Technically' he's a crock who's totally shot both mentally and physically

[koi]

We have some cracking strikers to take to a tournament for once, Rooney, vardy, Kane, sturridge and welbeck

Will any of them actually perform on the big stage though?

[jim mk2]

For me, this volley by Di Canio is the best goal I have seen in more than 50 years watching football.

Technically so difficult (you try scissor-kicking a 60-yard crossfield ball on the volley past the keeper from a tight angle) but Di Canio makes it look easy. Fantastic.

[K-Hod]

Joe Cole vs Sweden was one of my favourites. (2006 World Cup).

[Blue Cabbage]

Trevor Sinclair's overheader against Barnsley in 1997

[VinjayV4]

Brilliant commentary too.

[deryck guyler's spoon]

Trevor Sinclair's overheader against Barnsley in 1997

Love that goal. My favourite however, was scored by my favourite non Rover - Bergkamp v Newcastle in 2002.

[Mike Graham]

Trevor Sinclair's overheader against Barnsley in 1997

Sinclair's son has signed up at the Rovers Academy.

[roverandout]

Will any of them actually perform on the big stage though?

Time will tell!!

[islander200]

Sinclair's son has signed up at the Rovers Academy.[/quote Is that not Frank Sinclair's son?

[VinjayV4]

Yes its Frank Sinclair's son. As Pedro pointed out on here few weeks back hopefully the kid knows which goal he's aiming at!

https://twitter.com/tyrese_sinco7

[Norbert Rassragr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M--5rbdCBk