When I first read that I thought you said "milked up" Equal wage budgets would be great and I agree, especially for goalkeepers the last man should not always be sent off. If a ref is having a crap game sub him. Celebrating a goal should not be a yellow. Some people like the idea of a bonus point for 3+ goals? Not for me as I think the defensive side of the game is already suffering due to public expectation, refereeing and law changes. C
If I was to pick just one, and it looks like it may well come soon anyway, it would be to have a sinbin for yellow cards. There should be no such thing as a "caution", which is basically just a free ticket for each player to make one nasty/cynical/professional piece of behaviour each match. Cautions should just be verbal warnings by the referee. I completely agree with this (another rule likely to come in). The compelling argument is actually quite simple - if the team is awarded a penalty, they have a goal-scoring opportunity, so by definition the player giving away the penalty has not denied a goal-scoring opportunity, they have in fact given one. This would also mean that red cards are still awarded for "last man" tackles outside the area, but they are much rarer.
I completely agree as long as yellow cards are not given out so freely for slightly mistimed challenges. I would be happy with a sin bin for simulation and dissent.
Yeah exactly. It would naturally cut down cynical play so we should have fewer yellow cards. I disagree with you on the bonus points I have to say. I think it's a cultural thing brought in by the huge influx of money - relegation is just too risky financially, so prudence is the best policy. Also, a number of teams recently have shown great success with negative football. So I'm a big fan of the bonus point system (with rugby being the perfect example), but it would mean increasing a win to four points and a draw to two points, plus a point for losing teams by only one goal. This would virtually guarantee Mourinho's style couldn't win the Premier League, which I see as a good thing tbh
I see where you are coming from and I understand peoples reasons for wanting it. But I actually quite like good defensive football, but the rules have stopped that from happening. You can't really play an offside trap as you never know who is/isn't interfering with play, any physical contact is also seen as a foul as players go down so easily. I don't want negative football, but enjoy watching good defending if that is not a conflict of terms?
Not a conflict, I see what you mean - good football of any sort is good football, even if it's defending! That's part of the reason for giving the "losing" bonus point if you only concede one fewer goal - there is incentive to get balance. But ultimately the focus is (and should be) on both scoring and winning
How about using all 3 points every match by awarding 1 point to the home side and 2 points to the away side for a draw, that should stop teams setting up not to lose at home!
It is hard, and maybe a bonus point would bring about a good balance. Although the best answer would be for all teams to have the same budget, then no one is starting behind the others with a more negative mindset. You look at parks football, where everyone is on an equal playing field and it is all about going for the win, but maybe if you feel you are at a disadvantage (finances) you become more negative. I guess you would not want bonus points for a clean sheet? May make games interesting and provide a greater support for good defending from fans.
Good point - no definitely not for clean sheets (if you get a clean sheet you're likely to get four points for a win anyway!) I agree equal budgets would probably be the best solution for all football's problems, along with centralised contracts, but unfortunately that is just a pipe dream!
It would be interesting as it descends into entertaining chaos. Stretched game ending 10-10. Not sure how good the football would be to watch
I would like to see a rule brought in that you can only spend 75% of your last years income on transfers & wages of the playing/management staff. Also scrap the transfer windows for players, just have one for managers, one January & one over 2 months in June & July. Also, how about making football a contact sport?
I'd scrap Premier League prize money and have it so the team that finished first the previous season only received £750K and the team that won the Championship play-offs received most money - about £15 million. Sounds like a half decent way of evening things out to me. You could argue that teams would deliberately throw games toward the end of the season, but teams in the NFL don't with their draft pick system. I'd also change the offside rule so that, as long as you're onside when you receive the ball, you can play on. Both serious suggestions although obviously neither will happen. Edit: I also love Dave's idea of 1 point for the home side and 2 points for the away side in the event of a draw. Would make for a much more entertaining game from the start!
I quite like the draft selection process. Give the side that finishes bottom first pick. Although the way the game and contracts are set up it would never happen.
It wouldn't which is why I said it would never happen. They can do it in the US as they don't have promotion and relegation the same way we do, and lots of players come through a college system, we don't use our Universities in the same way they do for sport.
