Does size matters ?

[police in helicopter]

Do you think that the physique of a player plays a key factor in deciding the outcome of a football match?

Or can skill compensate for muscle and height?

[taha]

loooooooooooool. Call me a pervert but i thought this thread was about something else. To answer your question...i think both need 2 go hand in hand, but skill>physique..look at roberto carlos, hossein kaebi, sean wright philips then look at peter crouch who is a whopping 6 foot 8 inches and still struggles 2 score. There is no 'correct' answer to your question.

taha

[khabalood]

skill > size

[ShahHouman]

yah i think skill makes up for lack of size, but players need to play according to their size, im a big mofo so i dont go tryin to do all these fancy dribbling tricks w/ my slow treetrunk sized legs, but playing D i put a body on a guy to slow them down and take them off their game, especially the small quick dribbling kinds... it's all in how u use ur size to ur advantage

[Arashi_Washi]

Look at Kaabi, What he does not have in Strenght he makes up with his amazing speed,Teknik and HARD Work

Deffinatly 1 of Irans most Hardworking players, at a good day he is all over the field and its impressing

And he has no problem taking care of strikers twice his size,

NO size Does not matter,

No Wonder he is known to be 1 of the Brightest soccer players in the World, Only time will tell when he ends up in Europes top clubs

[Makaveli]

as a general rule in todays game which forces a player to be 70% physique 30% technique, a player under about say 5 ft 5 (165 cm) would have to be a genius to succeed.

[police in helicopter]

[Hadi]

Today the most important thing in footbll is physical attributes (strenght, Speed, agility, balance, stamina)

This is the sole reason why football has progressed so much from the old days. And this is where our football is hurting.

[zzgloo]

loooooooooooool. Call me a pervert but i thought this thread was about something else. To answer your question...i think both need 2 go hand in hand, but skill>physique..look at roberto carlos, hossein kaebi, sean wright philips then look at peter crouch who is a whopping 6 foot 8 inches and still struggles 2 score. There is no 'correct' answer to your question.
taha

taha e aziz,
I thought the same....but franckly, I think, the answer in both cases is the same......which , Technique is allways prefered, but all things equal,size does mater !!!

[IRANIAN_4_LIFE]

i gt 2 say speed,skills,staminer are d most importent things cus looking at myselv iam 1.73m and weight about 54k so i gt very small figure for football in some ways but what i have is all muscle but also i have a very high speed n dat allways help me come on top over big df or mid. speed and skill most efective but u also need to b able to keep it going cuz size realy isnt importent aslong as u have d main items.

[milad]

unfourtunately if you have skill but not physically strong/fast it will bring you down massively.

[ashegetoop]

Do you think that the physique of a player plays a key factor in deciding the outcome of a football match?

Or can skill compensate for muscle and height?

not for women, they don't care, but it matters for men!

[TheAli]

well it does matter. it depends on where and which position the player plays:

Goalkeeper - Generally size matters however in some cases VERY intelligent ones come out to be short (like Mexico's Campos)

Mid-defense - It definitly matters for both the sweeper and skipper to be tall and strong

Side defense - Preferably smaller players that can be quick and good on 1-on-1's

Defensive midfielder - I would say strength is very important but height is not

Attacking midfielder - Does not matter ... Maradonna is an example

Striker - Depends on the style of play .. small or big, anyone who can score will play up front


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