Changes In Football thread

[Sutekh]

Sounds to me like all this cr@p is being done just try and raise the profile of the Nations League more, after all there’s no way this could be determined through FIFA’s already extant world rankings system

[Winston Biscuit]

Winston's suggested rule change:

Because I hate how players pretend to get injured and need treatment just so that the rest of the team can pretend they need a drink, then all go to the touchline around the manager for a drink while he dishes out tactics - My suggested rule change is that both clubs place waterbottles around the outside of the pitch. players are allowed to grab one of their own clubs waterbottles anytime they want when the ball is out of play, but them being off the pitch having a drink will not stop play starting again. If a player does want a drink then they must use the waterbottle positioned closest to them.

[Sutekh]

FL clubs have voted to scrap the immediate transfer embargo sanction for clubs who exceed 30 days of late payments (including those payments due to other clubs). In future these failures will be replaced with a structured business plan approach based on individual circumstances.

Clubs could still be subject to some sort of fee restriction as part of a plan, but only for one window.

[BRO_BOT]

Winston's suggested rule change:

Because I hate how players pretend to get injured and need treatment just so that the rest of the team can pretend they need a drink, then all go to the touchline around the manager for a drink while he dishes out tactics - My suggested rule change is that both clubs place waterbottles around the outside of the pitch. players are allowed to grab one of their own clubs waterbottles anytime they want when the ball is out of play, but them being off the pitch having a drink will not stop play starting again. If a player does want a drink then they must use the waterbottle positioned closest to them.

One of the bottles has an added laxative...who knows which...to liven the game up!

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Really liked the suggestion I saw on SM the other day that because extra time is always so dull as neither team wants to lose, and that so much then rests on pens......that pens and ET should be swapped around

Sounds weird I know. But essentially the idea is that the winner of the penalty shootout would get a 1/2 goal advantage going into ET, therefore forcing the team that lost pens to then have to go for it. Makes sure the game is decided on the ET, and it would be more open

[Sutekh]

Really liked the suggestion I saw on SM the other day that because extra time is always so dull as neither team wants to lose, and that so much then rests on pens......that pens and ET should be swapped around

Sounds weird I know. But essentially the idea is that the winner of the penalty shootout would get a 1/2 goal advantage going into ET, therefore forcing the team that lost pens to then have to go for it. Makes sure the game is decided on the ET, and it would be more open

This. Always said something like that should be done rather than the borefest that a lot of ETs turn into. Imagine if Reading had had the penalty shootout before the ET period v Huddersfield, they might actually have tried to win the game

But knowing our luck we’d have won the shootout and than ****** it all up that way.

[Scutterbucketz]

Really liked the suggestion I saw on SM the other day that because extra time is always so dull as neither team wants to lose, and that so much then rests on pens......that pens and ET should be swapped around

Sounds weird I know. But essentially the idea is that the winner of the penalty shootout would get a 1/2 goal advantage going into ET, therefore forcing the team that lost pens to then have to go for it. Makes sure the game is decided on the ET, and it would be more open

This. Always said something like that should be done rather than the borefest that a lot of ETs turn into. Imagine if Reading had had the penalty shootout before the ET period v Huddersfield, they might actually have tried to win the game

But knowing our luck we’d have won the shootout and than ****** it all up that way.

Jesus! This is so crazy I’d like to see it happen.

[Royal Rother]

Really liked the suggestion I saw on SM the other day that because extra time is always so dull as neither team wants to lose, and that so much then rests on pens......that pens and ET should be swapped around

Sounds weird I know. But essentially the idea is that the winner of the penalty shootout would get a 1/2 goal advantage going into ET, therefore forcing the team that lost pens to then have to go for it. Makes sure the game is decided on the ET, and it would be more open

Yeah, I like that a lot.

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Yeah it sounds really appealing doesn't it

[Royal Rother]

Of course, football fans would find it terribly difficult to cope with the idea of a half a goal but I'm sure they'd get there in the end.

The more I think about it, it's a genius idea that would truly enhance the entertainment in what is, after all, supposed to be an entertainment industry.

It would also disrupt the idea of a penalty specialist like Ivan Toney coming on just a minute before the shoot-out and nothing more, which would be no bad thing!