Talk:Direct free kick

message: Why is direct free kick and indirect free kick separate articles? Much much better as a single article. 165.21.154.117 22:13, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi there. I created a series of articles (or in some cases overhauled existing articles) for each of the football restarts, with each article following a similar format. IFK and DFK are distinct restarts, each with their own criteria for award, consequences and impacts on strategic play. Having separate articles allows these to be covered, especially as people begin to add more information regarding strategy, etc. Daveb 00:25, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: cmt

message: Under what circumstances is this even likely to happen on a "direct free kick"?
However, should the ball directly land in the own goal, a corner kick is awarded to the opposing team. A player may be penalised for an offside offence direct from a direct free kick. I've watched many soccer games over the years and can't envision a situation in which a player would kick a direct "free kick" directly into his own goal. If it's headed or kicked into the own goal by the opposing player off a freekick, with no touch by the kicking team, it's not "directly." Enlighten me. Or if this is not some "rules for rules' sake" point, please clean up the use of the words "direct" and "directly" (be definition, maybe?)--Buckboard 16:00, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question

message: No footballers are mentioned in this article. Maybe there should be a section named Notably Talented Free Kick Takers or more simply Free Kick Experts.
Thesean43 
15:54, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maybe mention some footballers 

message: Would it be possible to gain consensus on which footballers should be mentioned in the "Scoring Opportunities" section here: , perhaps with input from Wikipedia:WikiProject_Football and the community at large? More than half (60) of the last 100 edits are essentially additions and removals of various names as editors jostle for position, so to speak. It'd be nice to end this silliness. :) --SesameballTalk 10:29, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Consensus on freekick takers in "Scoring Opportunities" section

message: For the discussion on the proposed merger please see here
Lucy-marie (talk) 00:15, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger 

message: Gerrard doesn't really try to curl the ball, does he? I would put him in the same category as Juninho and Cristiano Ronaldo.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.168.195.134 (talk) 13:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gerrard 

message: The award-section isn't very clear nor precise. Maybe it's best to state all conditions that have to be fulfilled in order to award a direct free kick
-A foul has to made on an opponent
-The ball has to be in play
-The place of contact has to be in the pitch  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.163.242.239 (talk) 11:32, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Award 

message: The article mentions that the fouled team's players must not be in their own area if there is a direct free kick inside their box ("Opponents must remain [...] outside of the penalty area if the kick is taken from within the defending team's penalty area"), but also states that all fouls that would result in direct free kicks inside the penalty area result in penalty kicks. ("if the offence was committed by the defending team within their own penalty area, the kick becomes a penalty kick"). Under what circumstances could the former ever occur, then? 81.141.124.228 (talk) 20:51, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: This article is a little light on references. I imagine the Laws of the Game (which I'm sure are on the FIFA website) could be cited for most of the information - unfortunately I don't have time to do this now. References for the 'Strategy' section may be a little harder to come by. Gillis85 (talk) 22:58, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  References