| Hypothetical question 13:25 - Jan 7 with 4131 views | ringwoodblue |
If you could make just one change to the rules of football, what would it be?
My idea would be: In the event of a draw, one team is awarded a bonus point based on an agreed formula from the stats of the game ie possession, shots on target, no of fouls etc. This would hopefully encourage teams to be more positive and not ‘just park the bus’ to get a draw and would reward the ‘better team’
I’m sure there are plenty of flaws in my idea but hey, it can’t be worse than VAR. |  |
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| Hypothetical question on 17:59 - Jan 7 with 821 views | positivity |
| Hypothetical question on 17:55 - Jan 7 by DJR |
I didn't say it never goes on, and I meant field hockey, but in my view, having played both rugby and football, I much prefer the rugby ethos, including the behaviour of its fans. The same is true of cricket. |
horse for courses i guess, rugby (union at least), field hockey and cricket are more genteel and better behaved, but cheating still happens.
generally less passion from the fans too which has pluses and minuses! |  |
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| Hypothetical question on 18:01 - Jan 7 with 809 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Hypothetical question on 17:41 - Jan 7 by ibbleobble |
The example you’ve just described happens in every game of football. Deliberate fouling is within the laws of the game. |
"Deliberate fouling is within the laws of the game."
It is dealt with in the laws of the game by a yellow card or a red card for a severe offence.
Diving (or simulation) is dealt with in the laws of the game by a yellow card.
So the logic that it is "within the laws of the game" would apply equally to both cases. |  |
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| Hypothetical question on 18:02 - Jan 7 with 803 views | yorkshireblue |
| Hypothetical question on 17:49 - Jan 7 by DJR |
Here I think football could follow the example of rugby where only the captain can speak to the ref.
Having played both games, I find much preferable the greater respect for the ref, and general lack of cheating.
And a free-kick advancing 10 yards for dissent would also be good. |
They did it - it didn’t last long. It was pretty poor - a tweak should have been trialed - giving the team awarded the free kick the choice of having the free kick moved or not. I remember one game - I think it was Manchester United - where the opposing team ‘seemed’ to argue on purpose and got a free kick moved from outside the box to inside and just lined the entire team up on the goal line, nullifying Beckham’s threat.
https://www.givemesport.com/88029315-strange-football-rules-remembering-when-fre |  | | |
| Hypothetical question on 18:03 - Jan 7 with 798 views | DJR |
| Hypothetical question on 17:59 - Jan 7 by positivity |
horse for courses i guess, rugby (union at least), field hockey and cricket are more genteel and better behaved, but cheating still happens.
generally less passion from the fans too which has pluses and minuses! |
Yes, despite any failings, there's nothing to beat football. |  | | |
| Hypothetical question on 18:09 - Jan 7 with 770 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Hypothetical question on 18:02 - Jan 7 by yorkshireblue |
They did it - it didn’t last long. It was pretty poor - a tweak should have been trialed - giving the team awarded the free kick the choice of having the free kick moved or not. I remember one game - I think it was Manchester United - where the opposing team ‘seemed’ to argue on purpose and got a free kick moved from outside the box to inside and just lined the entire team up on the goal line, nullifying Beckham’s threat.
https://www.givemesport.com/88029315-strange-football-rules-remembering-when-fre |
If a direct free kick from outside the box is moved forward it should become a direct free kick inside - i.e. a penalty. An indirect one from outside could become a direct one from 5 yards outside instead of indirect inside. | |
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| Hypothetical question on 18:09 - Jan 7 with 769 views | withyblue |
Players should be able to take free kicks and throw ins to themselves.
At the moment the team with the free-kick or throw in have only 10 players to aim at, whilst the opposition have 11, which doesn’t seem fair. | | | |
| Hypothetical question on 18:12 - Jan 7 with 760 views | DJR |
| Hypothetical question on 17:58 - Jan 7 by ibbleobble |
Deliberate fouling isn’t a feature of grass roots football??? It’s time for me to bow out of this conversation. |
I suppose it depends on the grass-roots football. I played in a league for London solicitors' firms, and in a Civil Service League, which were both fairly gentlemanly. But I do remember things could be a bit more feisty in the South London Sunday League, which I played in for two or three seasons, so maybe I'm looking at things with rather rose-tinted spectacles. [Post edited 7 Jan 2023 18:13]
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| Hypothetical question on 18:14 - Jan 7 with 753 views | DJR |
| Hypothetical question on 18:02 - Jan 7 by yorkshireblue |
They did it - it didn’t last long. It was pretty poor - a tweak should have been trialed - giving the team awarded the free kick the choice of having the free kick moved or not. I remember one game - I think it was Manchester United - where the opposing team ‘seemed’ to argue on purpose and got a free kick moved from outside the box to inside and just lined the entire team up on the goal line, nullifying Beckham’s threat.
https://www.givemesport.com/88029315-strange-football-rules-remembering-when-fre |
I do now remember that. | | | |
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| Hypothetical question on 18:19 - Jan 7 with 736 views | Plums |
| Hypothetical question on 17:13 - Jan 7 by MattinLondon |
Well the ref has a yellow card in their pocket to deal with abuse. If they start booking players who overstep the mark then players will soon get the message. |
This is abut changing a culture of haranguing and intimidating referees, it's not about incidents of abuse which should be dealt with as you say.
For lots of players, screaming 'Ref' at every tackle or incident has become a habit. it needs dealing with. |  |
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| Hypothetical question on 19:26 - Jan 7 with 690 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Hypothetical question on 18:09 - Jan 7 by withyblue |
Players should be able to take free kicks and throw ins to themselves.
At the moment the team with the free-kick or throw in have only 10 players to aim at, whilst the opposition have 11, which doesn’t seem fair. |
Didn't stop Dean Saunders.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1x4t2c | |
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| Hypothetical question on 19:44 - Jan 7 with 662 views | Bucklebury_blue |
| Hypothetical question on 13:49 - Jan 7 by Mookamoo |
Should introduce a Referee's Call element similar to cricket. If its not obvious, the original decision stays.
And introduce a back chat sanction the same as they have in rugby. Start hounding the ref and he can advance the free kick 10 metres.
Football needs to learn from other sports and not think its something special. |
The 10-yard advance rules was tried years ago, But if a free kick was at a player's perfect range to score, coaches simply told their players to argue and get FK moved up to a distance where that became impossible. Rule was quickly scrapped. My rule change would be to ditch VAR getting in the ref's ear but give each captain 3 appeals, as in cricket. | | | |
| Hypothetical question on 19:56 - Jan 7 with 648 views | HungryLikeTheWoolf |
Actually enforcing the 6 second rule for goalkeepers!
And being much stricter on time wasting in general... |  | | |
| Hypothetical question on 20:22 - Jan 7 with 636 views | Cafe_Newman |
a) Two points for a goal from open play (including corners)
One point for a goal from a free kick or penalty.
Similar to rugby where a try is awarded more points than a penalty goal.
b) Three points for a goal scored from 30 yards out (from open play).
Similar to basketball
Yes it'll change the way the game is played completely but it should encourage players to stay on their feet and encourage more shots at goal.
I used to be a purist but football is becoming is its own worst enemy with many of its current rules. |  | | |
| Hypothetical question on 20:32 - Jan 7 with 629 views | Clapham_Junction |
For leagues that have VAR, teams should get a limited number of challenges, and every time they are proved right, they get to keep one. Otherwise VAR does not interfere in the game.
More generally, I'd make it explicit that more forms of cheating fall under the unsporting conduct rules - one of the things that really pisses me off is the constant near-automatic claiming for throw-in/corner etc (by both players and managers), even when it's very clear that their own player put the ball out of play.
Other things I'd include is players who deliberately block quick free kicks (which I think refs were meant to be cracking down on, but don't seem to have at all).
I'd also make it a bookable offence for a team that has just scored to retrieve the ball out of the goal. Once they've scored, the ball is in the opposition's possession for the kick off and they shouldn't be allowed to touch it. [Post edited 7 Jan 2023 20:33]
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