Quote Originally Posted by littledude072 View Post
you contradicted yourself huliano. you replied to my post saying they should get assists, then you replied to dv8r saying they shouldnt. my example of the LB was just that, a short pass, LB takes it all over the park to score

thats why im confused. in my eyes both should be considered as assist regardless of distance/time it took to score

i ask because many matches often dont consider them as assists, especially during quick counters where the receiver runs over halfway to score
there are also times when a keeper blocks the shot, falls to another player and scores, but it wasnt counted as an assist. that counts as a rebound right, or does it have to be off the bar?
In the Premier League, if Player A shoots and the shot is saved but Player B scores from the follow up then Player A gets the assist.

In this case we are talking about a player who receives a long ball, indicating that it's somewhere near the middle of the pitch. Because how can a long ball be played to your own penalty area? So this player gets the ball and scores with it, it may be classed as a solo go but he did not create it himself. The player who played the long ball to him should get the assist.