| Two things I’d change about football immediately… 19:57 - Sep 14 with 4407 views | ThatMuhrenCross |
1) Move to 80 mins and stop the clock when the ball goes out of play, like rugby. Instant end to time wasting.
2) Referral based VAR system like cricket. Both captains get two or three reviews. If you get it wrong, you lose a review. |  |
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| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 08:09 - Sep 15 with 1016 views | Churchman |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 07:48 - Sep 15 by Swansea_Blue |
They sometimes used to have police dog demonstrations, where whoever draw the short straw used to run down the pitch in thick pads and the get brought down by the dog/s.
We could do that with agents. But without padding. And use lions. |
I used to enjoy that dog demonstration stuff. There was always the hope Muttley would get it wrong and sink his teeth in above the padding or into another unprotected body part. Even the dogs running over obstacles and through little tunnels was good.
One bit of pre match entertainment I did enjoy was the opera bloke before the 1978 Semi Final at Highbury. You know, Nessun Dorma and all that stuff. Now that was impressive and he got a good cheer from the assembled despite the majority, including me, not caring much about opera.
If there aren’t any dogs or fat blokes knocking out a tune, there’s always the crossbar challenge. |  | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 08:13 - Sep 15 with 994 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 08:09 - Sep 15 by Churchman |
I used to enjoy that dog demonstration stuff. There was always the hope Muttley would get it wrong and sink his teeth in above the padding or into another unprotected body part. Even the dogs running over obstacles and through little tunnels was good.
One bit of pre match entertainment I did enjoy was the opera bloke before the 1978 Semi Final at Highbury. You know, Nessun Dorma and all that stuff. Now that was impressive and he got a good cheer from the assembled despite the majority, including me, not caring much about opera.
If there aren’t any dogs or fat blokes knocking out a tune, there’s always the crossbar challenge. |
They’re probably too precious about the pitch these days. It’d be funny to see them running around with plastic bag picking up after the animals (dogs that is, not opera singers).
It’s one part of the ‘fan experience’ that hasn’t been explored. There must be loads of options to do stuff at half time. Not everyone queues up for 15 minutes to get a warm beer. |  |
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| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 08:53 - Sep 15 with 923 views | Churchman |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 08:13 - Sep 15 by Swansea_Blue |
They’re probably too precious about the pitch these days. It’d be funny to see them running around with plastic bag picking up after the animals (dogs that is, not opera singers).
It’s one part of the ‘fan experience’ that hasn’t been explored. There must be loads of options to do stuff at half time. Not everyone queues up for 15 minutes to get a warm beer. |
That includes me, given I have to drive after the game.
One of the advantages of the West Stand is that you can troop about behind it at HT.
I’m sure there’s all sorts of stuff they could put on if they put their minds to it. Gladitorial fights, mascot gymnastics with a trampoline, food eating contest like Man v Food, circus acts like firing a bloke with a bad moustache out of a cannon. Just needs a few people with more creativity than me to come up with stuff! | | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 09:17 - Sep 15 with 902 views | rickw |
1) Level is onside - this affects all, but for VAR they're allowed 1 quick freeze frame if you can't quickly tell if a player is offside or not it's declared as level.
2) Indirect free-kick for accidental handballs in the area. Basically this is for all penalty handballs other than those which stop the ball heading into the net i.e. Luis Suarez vs Ghana
I agree things need to be done about players feigning injury and falling over with the slightest touch but with both it's so hard to determine how much is enough contact or force... |  |
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| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 09:47 - Sep 15 with 871 views | Guthrum |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 09:17 - Sep 15 by rickw |
1) Level is onside - this affects all, but for VAR they're allowed 1 quick freeze frame if you can't quickly tell if a player is offside or not it's declared as level.
2) Indirect free-kick for accidental handballs in the area. Basically this is for all penalty handballs other than those which stop the ball heading into the net i.e. Luis Suarez vs Ghana
I agree things need to be done about players feigning injury and falling over with the slightest touch but with both it's so hard to determine how much is enough contact or force... |
In rugby, they have accelerometers in the mouth-guards, to detect potential head injuries in real time, even if not spotted by the officials. Some similar system could be used to assess the real force of any collision. Like the snickometer in cricket. [Post edited 15 Sep 9:48]
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| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 10:28 - Sep 15 with 825 views | Guthrum |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 08:53 - Sep 15 by Churchman |
That includes me, given I have to drive after the game.
One of the advantages of the West Stand is that you can troop about behind it at HT.
I’m sure there’s all sorts of stuff they could put on if they put their minds to it. Gladitorial fights, mascot gymnastics with a trampoline, food eating contest like Man v Food, circus acts like firing a bloke with a bad moustache out of a cannon. Just needs a few people with more creativity than me to come up with stuff! |
Visions of the fire brigade trying to get some bloke in a leopard-skin leotard off the SBR roof after the cannon routine went wrong. | |
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| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 11:03 - Sep 15 with 778 views | MattinLondon |
Off the pitch, I’ll abolish the 15:00 Saturday blackout and allow clubs to broadcast all of their home matches if they decide to do so. If a match is sold-out then fans in the immediate can watch on telly, but if it’s not sold out then only those over 50 miles away can watch. Not sure if this is possible.
On the pitch - stop the clock when the ball is out of play or when a player goes down injured. We might well have twenty mins of added time but so be it.
I’ll get rid of VAR but if a player is retrospectively punished for diving, violent conduct etc then that player can be liable to be banned for extra matches. If a player feigns injury and results in an opposition player being sent off for violent conduct, the red card is rescinded with the ban going to the other. |  | | |
| I'd change our away kit too. (n/t) on 12:41 - Sep 15 with 677 views | Keno |
| I'd change our away kit too. (n/t) on 08:07 - Sep 15 by HighgateBlue |
Replace FFP/PSR with a salary cap. Simple, effective. (As long as they don't allllll just flee to Saudi...) |
Salry Caps are good in principle but can be easily got round |  |
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| I'd change our away kit too. (n/t) on 12:46 - Sep 15 with 660 views | MattinLondon |
| I'd change our away kit too. (n/t) on 12:41 - Sep 15 by Keno |
Salry Caps are good in principle but can be easily got round |
Salary caps only work where that particular league had no real competition- for example the NFL or possibly the Rugby Union Premiership where it’s them or France. A salary cap in the PL will just see a lot of players go to other European leagues, the MLS or Saudi. | | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 12:53 - Sep 15 with 651 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 21:59 - Sep 14 by Garv |
The game has changed enough over the last few years. Bar reversing some of those changes, I wouldn't be touching it.
Time wasting is often more about killing momentum, it's not necessarily about wasting time ironically. Even if it means you still have to play the allotted minutes you can still kill a team's momentum by faking injuries and taking your time. If anything it would give teams more licence to get away with it.
And the referral system idea just seems like an unnecessary can of worms. Also, you're then no longer just re-refereeing the game, you're almost letting players referee the game. Which player will have the authority to challenge the decision, the captain? What if he was nowhere near the incident, are they going to have a conflab with their bench before deciding? If so, how long will allowed for him to do that?
There's so much potential for further controversy that people don't think about. Just like when people were shouting for VAR in the first place, they just said "we need to use technology" - there was no serious plan or thought process behind it. Hence it's been a disaster.
I love cricket but it's a completely different sport played 5 times slower than football. It works in that, it wouldn't work in football. |
I agree with this.
The referral piece on VAR isn't a solution, I think then you get into the realms of 'if VAR is there why not use it'. Personally I would bin it off entirely. Its been tried, I don't think its a net benefit so sack it off.
You're right about the play acting killing momentum, killing the atmosphere, its about much more than winding down the clock. The only solution I could see would be to disincentivise teams playing for a draw, maybe with 4 points for a win. But that wouldn't solve an issue if a side is a goal up, if anything it would make it worse. Ultimately I think refs just need to be empowered to apply their discretion and take a much harder line on it. Winds me up when keepers waste so much time and are finally shown a yellow card in the 95th minute, ironically wasting yet more time. |  | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 13:10 - Sep 15 with 618 views | surreyblue |
All VaR checks must be complete in 30 seconds or less. If they can't determine whether the ref made an error within 30 seconds, then it obviously wasn't a clear enough error to warrant a change in decision. The VaR official has 15 seconds to send it down to the on-field ref, who then gets any time remaining to review & make a decision.
Any bookings for diving carry a 1 game ban. Those bookings can be applied retrospectively - and if it would have been a second booking, then the player gets a 2-game ban (one for the dive, one for what would have been a red). Clear dives only - "going to ground easily" does not count for these purposes. Such yellow cards can also be retrospectively taken away if deemed incorrect.
Managers given 2 opportunities a game to appeal against timewasting (which are retained if upheld). If a manager appeal against timewasting is upheld, automatic yellow to the offender or the captain as appropriate.
Three points given out in each game. Any "dominant draws" (definition TBC) get 2 points while the other team gets 1. Any "genuine draws" (where both teams have been very evenly matched) have the other point determined by a penalty shootout after full time.
Introduce bonus points - winner of "goal of the month", "pass of the month", "tackle of the month" and "save of the month" competitions gets one additional point each. |  | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 18:04 - Sep 15 with 355 views | TJS |
If they introduced reviews like cricket I would probably stop going. There wouldn’t be any point in celebrating any late winning goal any more as every single one would be automatically contested by the opposing captain. I’d rather have the occasional wrong decision than that. |  | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 20:31 - Sep 15 with 211 views | skinnybob72 |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 07:39 - Sep 15 by The_Major |
At a random point each half, a siren sounds, and five other identical balls are thrown onto the pitch. Only one of them is the genuine match ball, and there's a small transmitter in it that will emit a beep in the referee's headset if it ends up in the goal.
If a team gets a four or more goal winning margin at any point, the centre circle retracts, and a giant 30 foot high bar billiards skittle emerges for the remainder of the game. If the winning team hits it at any point, they lose a goal until the margin is three or less.
Instead of red cards, players have to wear remote controlled boots after serious foul play that are controlled by the opposing manager.
"And Sargent's through on an open goal and... Oh, it's OK, McKenna is using his remote control and Sargent is now running across the Cattle Market car park"
Each team has four joker cards each season, which when deployed, means the opposing team must play Ben Godfrey. |
Godfrey was actually piloting those remote controlled boots on Friday - with McKenna at the wheel... | | | |
| I'd change our away kit too. (n/t) on 20:36 - Sep 15 with 207 views | Pilgrimblue |
| I'd change our away kit too. (n/t) on 21:08 - Sep 14 by Keno |
Reinstate FA Cup replays
FA Cup semi final at neutral grounds, not Wembley
Either scrap ffp or actually make it mean something
Ipswich away kit should be orange |
Agreed
Of course as it’s so unfair for teams in midlands and north.
Agreed
Yes as I loved ormage as it was neutral colour. |  | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 21:24 - Sep 15 with 143 views | GlasgowBlue |
I definitely agree with the first idea. Not convinced by the second. |  |
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| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 21:50 - Sep 15 with 102 views | MattinLondon |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 21:24 - Sep 15 by GlasgowBlue |
I definitely agree with the first idea. Not convinced by the second. |
Could well be open to some form of gamesmanship- a team is under tremendous pressure with just one review left and not long on the clock. Stick a random incident up for review to break up play for a minute and use it to regroup. | | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 22:31 - Sep 15 with 52 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
I would introduce an advantage system similar to Rugby Union.
Automatically allow advantage, then play on until the next dead ball. If the team with the advantage didn't gain an advantage, then you give the Free Kick or penalty.
If there is a foul at the Half way line, and the advantage period ends with a corner, the Captain could choose whether to take the corner or the free kick.
If somebody cheats and fouls it is only right that everything is done to ensure that the other team isn't disadvantaged. | | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 22:34 - Sep 15 with 42 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 22:31 - Sep 15 by ArnoldMoorhen |
I would introduce an advantage system similar to Rugby Union.
Automatically allow advantage, then play on until the next dead ball. If the team with the advantage didn't gain an advantage, then you give the Free Kick or penalty.
If there is a foul at the Half way line, and the advantage period ends with a corner, the Captain could choose whether to take the corner or the free kick.
If somebody cheats and fouls it is only right that everything is done to ensure that the other team isn't disadvantaged. |
I would also allow Free Kicks to be taken anywhere within a 10 yard radius of the foul.
Again, give a proper disadvantage against the team that fouls. They use the break to reorganise their defence, so even that up by allowing the other team to choose their angle of attack. | | | |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 22:46 - Sep 15 with 25 views | Churchman |
| Two things I’d change about football immediately… on 10:28 - Sep 15 by Guthrum |
Visions of the fire brigade trying to get some bloke in a leopard-skin leotard off the SBR roof after the cannon routine went wrong. |
That’d work! Seeing NFLs Jacksonville Jaguars mascot Jaxon bungee jump off the roof of Wembley taking selfies, I think ours could offer more!
Ben Hur chariot racing with smaller chariots and less horses might work. If they’re worried about the pitch just get the nags to wear football boots. Sorted! | | | |
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