Very Good.scouser1 said:you guys are forgetting a possible huge improvement to soccer, kicking out Portugal for a few years till they clean up their act
I hope for his mental health the 'The Lurker' is under the influence of something.
Ways to improve Soccer
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I hope for his mental health the 'The Lurker' is under the influence of something.
give them sticks, a much smaller ball and net, helmets, gloves and a little padding- allow some mediocre body contact and shrink the field a little and align the rules to bring out the best in the adaptations. then rename it as a new sport.
j/k... DB23, you have some good points.
j/k... DB23, you have some good points.
Here is one, get rid of the centre line, just like the NHL did, and that will get rid of the offside calls.
Nah. Leave the beautiful game alone.
Anything that needs fixing could be easily be fixed by the consistent enforcement of existing rules. Like say, by a professional ref's association.
If that ever happened, England would go further down the rankings than ever. If the game ever changed in a way to allow for player skill to have a bigger role, teams like England and Germany would forever be the guy who brought a knife to a gun fight.
I would disagree...danmand said:
There is a time limit to how long the player would have...
Just looked it up...
The North American Soccer League in the 1970s and then Major League Soccer in 1990s experimented with a variation of the shootout procedure. A shootout attempt consisted of a player starting with the ball 35 yards from the goal and having five seconds to score a goal with as many touches as he wished in that time span.
With only 5 seconds to put the ball in the net, the keeper most definitely has a fighting chance, more than with penalty kicks.
The key was the time limit and the fact the goalie could charge out to challenge the shooter. If you want to blow it by him, you have to shoot early and from very far out. If you get in close, the goaile is right in your face and you have very little time to put a move on him.
While you see lots of beefy centre-backs blasting FIFA penalties, the NASL style favoured slick dribling midfilders & forwards who were adept at fainting out defenders and flicking the ball on the run.
The point is this was a truer test of skill and guile than having the shooter and goalie just guessing where the other guy is going to go. I like it for the shoot out, put a punitive penalty should still be taken from the spot.
While you see lots of beefy centre-backs blasting FIFA penalties, the NASL style favoured slick dribling midfilders & forwards who were adept at fainting out defenders and flicking the ball on the run.
The point is this was a truer test of skill and guile than having the shooter and goalie just guessing where the other guy is going to go. I like it for the shoot out, put a punitive penalty should still be taken from the spot.
Better ranking system. How can you rank teams against each other if they've never played each other (US #5?!???!).
And how are the pools created? Germany had a soft pool if you trust the rankings while Ghana was in a killer pool (again if you trust the rankings).
I know the style of play usually produces situations where defenders out number the offensive players is there a way to change the rules to even it up..... to produce more scoring opportunities.
Does the field size and number of players contribute to the slow pace of the game? If so is there a way to change that.
Please keep in mind I'm not a soccer fan because I find the game a bit slow paced. When the action develops it's fun but the waiting time is slower than dial up.
As mentioned before I think ending a game in shootouts sucks and of course diving is ridiculous.
More officials and instant replay are two easy additions to today's game and both are good ideas.
And how are the pools created? Germany had a soft pool if you trust the rankings while Ghana was in a killer pool (again if you trust the rankings).
I know the style of play usually produces situations where defenders out number the offensive players is there a way to change the rules to even it up..... to produce more scoring opportunities.
Does the field size and number of players contribute to the slow pace of the game? If so is there a way to change that.
Please keep in mind I'm not a soccer fan because I find the game a bit slow paced. When the action develops it's fun but the waiting time is slower than dial up.
As mentioned before I think ending a game in shootouts sucks and of course diving is ridiculous.
More officials and instant replay are two easy additions to today's game and both are good ideas.
I dont think you could do anything to soccer to make it better.I watched most of the Italy -Germany game today and it confirmed my opinion on soccer. It is the most boring sport to watch , hell i fell asleep watching it. In my humble opinion its more boreing than watching paint dry.
Agreed mrpolarbear -and this is why I prefer American Football (other than the obvious reason that I find the "action" on the NFL to be better).
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Teams are ranked on performance for the previous 4 years. FIFA uses some sort of system to grade teams on the competition they face and results from various tournaments. The pools in the World Cup are drawn randomly. The only thing I would like to see in football is for the refs to enforce the rules. Divers should immediately be red-carded.
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I could only see it as intentional..... if you have Rogers on demand, you can see the replay..... Mr Spice Girl was in very close to the goal on the right hand side... it was just him and one defender over on that side... he had complete control of the ball... then seemed to just flip it up at the defender...Oil Please said:
and kind of stopped to complain that it was a hand ball.... If he was trying to flip the ball over and the go around the defender, then he would have at least tried to move his body around the defender...... He was not trying to pass it to another player... and I cannot believe that he just made a bad pass... as he was so quick to call for the hand ball....
I am not well versed in soccer, so perhaps there is something that I missed... but looking at the play I cannot see any other reason for how he played that ball...
To enjoy football......sorry, soccer, you must be able to appreciate the build-up of each attack, how the ball is brought forward, the beauty and ingenuity of the passes, and very often the skill of defenders when they put an end to that action....but of course, I guess to really be able to appreciate all that it helps if you've played on a soccer field, 11 against 11, and when you see what these pros can do at that level, then you just sit in front of your tv and watch ( like yesterday Germany-Italy ), two great nations offer us a beautiful duel with an incredibly exciting finish (what a fabulous shot by Grosso curling the ball around the goaltender)....so to quote Sigi Schmid, UCLA coach: "Boring is whatever you don't understand,"mrpolarbear said:I dont think you could do anything to soccer to make it better.I watched most of the Italy -Germany game today and it confirmed my opinion on soccer. It is the most boring sport to watch , hell i fell asleep watching it. In my humble opinion its more boreing than watching paint dry.
here is the article:
http://expertfootball.com/training/boring.php
Radical Change - no more offside rule
More subtle - widen the goal by two feet and increase the height by one foot (at the professional level only). That would encourage more shooting from outside the box and discourage that boring "10 men behind the ball" style of defending favoured by certain European teams.
More subtle - widen the goal by two feet and increase the height by one foot (at the professional level only). That would encourage more shooting from outside the box and discourage that boring "10 men behind the ball" style of defending favoured by certain European teams.
yep, i like that, italy would have been out a few men in yesterday's game.David Beckham 23 said:
Germany would have had a penalty kick, in yesterday's game.
Italy would have been fucked for the finals then.
Bunch of whiney prissy bitches.
Hopefully the French win today and move on to boot those pussy acting italians. "owww my nail, ow ow ow"
