Hopefully, I will be writing a book soon, but meantime, I am thinking; How does FIFA come to the conclusion that there is more attack now in football as 'encouraged' by FIFA than we had a few World Cups back? The world football governing body are claimants that they enforce laws in a manner that encourages scores. They have said they will always give doubt to attacking players so that fans have a lot of moments to cheer about.
There has been nothing to suggest this is a philosophy the referees are encouraged to practise. Rather bizarre, there is this chorus of goal-line video technology cases seen at the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup, basically a result of negative officiating. A lot of offside calls were wrong. Tons of disallowed goals were the order of matches. Final analysis, there were few goals in this tournament than the previous tournaments. Verdict: witch-hunting. What a waste of our time.
I have called for 'no offside ' for anyone outside the penalty area. Actually, goalkeepers are having it both ways. They use both hands and feet. Feet should never be used by a goalkeeper, unless he is dispatching a ball he caught, but not even for a free-kick or a goal-kick. With this in force, do you know how many goals we could see? Take a good guess. Furthermore, it should be a serious offence for the goalkeeper to catch a cross. They must stay glued on the line.
There is serious need to modify the goal posts. The increase of the upright post height by half a metre, the width of the goal-mouth by a metre is just a few. International matches have to be played at the biggest possible size of the pitch.
There is an issue with yellow cards. A guy gets 2 yellow cards in a match and he is out. IFAB should be more universal by stipulating that any team conceding 3 yellow cards should take off a single player.
It is crazy to have a team like Holland, in which almost every player is cautioned and they remain unpunished. There is no fair play to protect the victims. A team that has a second player red-carded in the same match will also lose the goalkeeper simultaneously. Actually, the extra players should be chosen by the opposing team.
There was a rule that 3 consecutive corner-kicks led to a penalty. That rule must come back. It must stipulate 2 and not 3 this time. Additionally, if a goalkeeper punches the ball twice in a row, the referee should award a penalty.
Finally, no substitutions in the last 15 minutes of the game shall be allowed.
Ho ho ho Mr Tse please slow down you're killing me, i mean those are the most ridiculous rules i have ever heard which i happen to agree with especially the corner's rule and the final minutes substitution, it's so disturbing and frustrating that a player comes in 3mins into added time just to walk on the pitch and the final whistle blows... if a player is being substituted just like the common sense rule in which when a player gets injured on the pitch the ball is kicked out to allow that player to receive treatment.A player should run off the field of play, no cat walks should be allowed, and that player should use the closest end of the pitch to which he is at on that particular moment when he or she's being substituted,to go out.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore the corners are a waste of time, three in a row against a team like Barcelona with the likes of Pique or Chris Samba at Sunderland (i hope am right) is a waste of time unless you have a Peter Crouch in your team. Two corners in a row should be a penalty. The referees are getting it wrong and are spared thanks to the human error doubt which they are given, i suggest maybe a replay should be used to make decisions regarding the fouls committed in the 18 yard box, 3 seasons ago Liverpool were losing against Dynamo Kiev of Spain in the Champions league and Gerard dived into the Box and got a penalty of which he took and scored the equalizer right into extra time. That was a blow to Dynamo Kiev who had played their socks off only for Gerard to take it away with a dive, imagine the heart break to all the fans who came all the way from Spain to Anfield.
The red cards too are an issue, referees are given the benefit of the doubt but they do not do the same to the player on the pitch. Van Persie was given his marching orders in last season's Champions league match against Barcelona in which he kicked the ball against the run of play and got a second yellow card. The game changed completely and Arsenal who up to that point had a good chance of winning went on to lose by 3-1 and 4-3 on aggregate and were knocked off the competition. Recently Djourou the Arsenal right-back was given a second yellow for a foul on some Fulham player in which the referee made a terrible officiating error by awarding a free kick and a yellow of a light push, Arsenal went on to lose by 2-1.Had there been a replay maybe the results would have been different.
Lastly, unless necessary a ball should never be kicked out of play, it is another waste of time and can kill the tempo of the match. Three throw-ins should be a free kick. Any player who fakes an injury to delay play should be given a yellow card and 3mins out, we have seen a lot of high profile players rolling on the pitch in agony and when a free kick is awarded or yellow card to the opposition player, he gets up and runs like a spring chicken (check it out at the Barcelona vs Real Madrid games). Maybe the American football way should be used, the stop and continue kinda play, the play should stop when the ball goes out, that way we stop the time wasting tactic.
Hahaha, interesting comment and thanks. At least we agree on a number of issues. Are you aware though that kicking the bal out of play when a player is injured is not a rule. Teams try to potray good sporting professional behaviour but are not obliged. The same goes for the way the refs do the drop ball. It is sporting manners to let the other team have it, as much as the throw in for a ball kicked out to attend the injured player is given back to the team that had possession. If you have no 'pity' you can run with the ball and score. The ref won't disallow the goal.
ReplyDeleteIf it was you and me running FIFA, Liverpool would be the champions on the league by now. All the posts they hit this season would have been goals. They are top post hitters.