Not the popular computer game.. But it seems that someone other than Blatter will stand for election to be Fifa president in June. And that someone as well as having a cracking name, has some interesting ideas.. A particular quote of his which hit's the nail squarely on the head "We need a different Fifa, More democratic, more respected, which behaves better and which does more." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25811977 Any thoughts on his possible proposals Orange cards? (Sin bins) punishment for questioning (complaining) to a referee? Only the captain can speak to a referee?
Im not convinced about sin bins, but i suppose it would help with the blurry "was he the last man?" on cynical fouls disrupting a counter. The other two proposals are common sense.
Sin bins, never. What if there's a bit of a ruck and you end up with seven playing eight? What happens if there are already players off the field and something else happens, how many do you eject? Players will spend more time trying to wind you up than they do already.
Sin Bin rule, no thanks although I think certain rules need to be relaxed because IMO they ruin the game and bring about diving because players know the concequences. i.e not a fan of the last man rule unless it's cynical, then I think defenders a booked far to easily nowadays for mistimed tackles, it means it's much harder to defend nowadays and tackling is slowly going out of the game because defenders don't want to take the risk. Also another one which annoys me is the automatic red card if you raise your hands, it's a competitive contact sport what do you expect things get heated sometimes, in most other contact sports they always have tussles with each other and the ref just says calm down lads get on with it, in football if someone raises their hands they automatically get sent off which means some pansy footballers fall over at the slightest touch trying to get the other player sent off!!
Most of what you have just described would be better served with a sin bin, it has worked very well in Rugby. It would reduce the amount of red cards brandished, players could be sin binned for the cynical foul ie "taking one for the team" a 10 min sin bin would still leave the team a length of time to take advantage of a situation taken from them by the opposition cheating! I would be for it. Anyone has got to be a better bet than Blatter!!!!!!!!!!
In my opinion football and rugby are far too different to make comparisons. I just can't see it being workable.
Rather than sin bins, orange cards and the like, I want to see (or rather hear) referees wearing microphones, like they do in rugby. That way, we can hear what they're saying when they dish out cards and warnings. It might even make the players think before they speak! I do like the idea of the captains only rule. How often do we see referees surrounded by players all trying to influence decisions? It would also give the captaincy some much needed gravitas. Not sure I could deal with Monsieur Champagne running the show though...
Don't be surprised if Monseuir Champagne has a unexplanable fatal accident now he's going against Blatter the batterer!! As for his proposals, i alos am in favour of the sin bin, and i also loie weighty's idea of the offender wearing an eye patch..although id go one further and get them to play bare foted for ten mins.
The current system works perfectly well so why try and fix it? I suppose he needs a few gimmicks to justify his appointment and the big fat salary cheque that goes with it! Football is not Rugby so why try and copy it?
how about making football a contact sport and you get sent off for going to ground if somebody breathes on you?
You really think that? Do you want to leave the diving, rolling around on the floor like i've been shot, barrating the referee, the waving of the imaginary red card, attitude in? I think our game is becoming a complete joke - most of the fun and excitement has been washed out by bureaucracy gone mad. And Warky, you're right, it's not Rugby, but the players (especially) can learn a lot from the Rugby players' attitude.
Stretchy I have been a referee now for 15 years and there is absolutely no need to change the current laws that we have in place! The problem is not with the laws but with the attitudes of players at the "Elite" end of the game.
sorry JWM, have to disagree strongly with you on this one, the current rules encourages diving. Handball is another thing that bugs me, how the hell can you get your hands out of the way if somebody blasts it at you from a couple of yards away, its a total joke!
Guru the laws of football are mostly down to interpretation! In the case of Handball the referee has to decide if it was a deliberate act ie the hands and arms are in an unatural position when the ball strikes and the distance the player was away from the ball. It is down to common sense! On diving I dont see how the laws actively encourage it! If contact is made in the penalty box on a player without first touching the ball then surely it is a penalty! Players are being booked for blatant diving but then again it is all down to interpretation! The poor referee doesn't have access to 1,000s of different camera angles and only has 1 or 2 seconds to make up their mind! Football has been like this for over a century and there really is no need to start adding new and unwanted laws!
I agree with most of what you are saying Warky, in that it's down to the referee, not the laws of the game. Surely then we need to go back to basics, and remove the rules/laws that are all down to the judgement of the ref? Typical example is the offiside rule....it was perfect before when if you were in an offside position, regardless of interferring with play, you was flagged as offside. But now, you have an incident at the Newcastle v Man City game, where a goal was rulout because the ref "thought" one of the off side players was obstructing the vision of Hart - TV replays should it was a misjudgement by the ref - not entirely his fault as he has to make snap decision. The FA/FIFA have no totally over complicated things but adding sub rules/laws to the game. Forget the goal line technology, all you need is a fourth official watching the game on a screen and communicating with the ref by earpiece - that would save a lot of wrong decisions being made (but will kill the debates in pubs/bras etc)
Contact does not equal a penalty. The player has to be impeded. These are grown men, not old women. The misinterpretation of this rule is what is wrong with the game.
If there is contact after the ball has gone and the player was in control of the ball then clearly it is a penalty!
