Most important/valued position in football (soccer to our american cousins)

[Munkymagic]

A few of us were having a chat about this at work and i was the only one that said the keeper. They both said forwards! Their argument is the forwards are the ones that score the most goals lol.

What's everyone elses opinion. I was outnumbered there but i asked them if they had ever played competitive football and they both said no..thats where the problem is i think. Anyone who has played competitively appreciates the value of a good keeper.

In the prem i would say the difference between an average keeper and a great keeper is maybe 10-15 pts over the season??

Anyway...what does everyone else think.

You just know someone is gonna say right wing

[AdamGB]

It's a team sport but if forced I'd probably say keeper too... England haven't really managed to get a keeper to replace Seaman (get the jokes out of the the way ) and look at us, despite having arguably a stronger team than say 1996 etc we fail to perform.

I know we've had problems with management to etc but I think with a better keeper we'd have done much better.

[Memphis]

I used to play in goal to a decent level as a kid, only stopped when being 5'7 became a problem, more fool them, Im 5'9 now Remember playing against Wales U21 once for Bristol Boys (I know, gay as fuck init ........didnt register at the time). They absolutely pissed on us for the entire match, We managed to nick a goal and I only conceded one, a pen. They were way better than us so we could have had a prime Ruud Van Nistlerooy on our squad it wouldnt have mattered.

So I'd say keeper too.

Naturally

[Von Milash]

the most important position in soccer is the security guard / cop in the stands to combat the violence created by the mobbing soccer hooligans. it's the only sport that, at times, should have seen 1-year bans on a global scale.

fookin hooligans. --->

But I know how much you crazy wankers like it...

[Drago]

agree with you for keeper, fk me schmichaels won more games for united than any other player

[Munkymagic]

agree with you for keeper, fk me schmichaels won more games for united than any other player

Agree its a team sport but thats who i thought of too. Schmeichel was so fucking dominant, king of one on ones. Strikers must have shat emselves with him hurtling at you. Guy was a monster and some of the saves he pulled off still makes me think he is an alien.