Fifa to abolish extra time, at next World Cup?

[desprateseagull]

International Football - FIFA consider axing extra time - Yahoo! Eurosport

what put these numpties in charge, ffs..

 

[crodonilson]

I wouldn't scrap extra timbe but I did enjoy the drama of the silver or golden goal rules.

 

[Easy 10]

"Often we see teams set themselves up even more defensively in extra time, in an attempt to avoid conceding a goal at all costs."

Right Sepp. So whats to stop some teams setting up even more defensively right from the off, to try and tough it out for penalties at 90 minutes.

 

[Badger]

As usual Sepp Blatter is concentrating on the "pressing" issues that are blighting the game

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

On the one hand I can see why if one team has had play ET in a prev round they may not be as "fresh" as a team that have not.

But on the other hand I can see teams playing even more for a penalty shoot out than before so overall I think its a bad decision if it happens.

 

[desprateseagull]

feel they need to sort out the basics first.. like checking whether a ball crosses the goal line (or not..)

 

[desprateseagull]

and maybe do the penalties BEFORE a game, so a 'default' result is known, preventing any timewasting near the end, playing out for a draw etc..

this could also make EVERY game interesting, rather than a bore draw, and maybe worth the £££ they charge for tickets?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

feel they need to sort out the basics first.. like checking whether a ball crosses the goal line (or not..)

It would certainly help.

 

[desprateseagull]

oop, wrong site for that post..

 

[Monty]

and maybe do the penalties BEFORE a game, so a 'default' result is known, preventing any timewasting near the end, playing out for a draw etc..

this could also make EVERY game interesting, rather than a bore draw, and maybe worth the £££ they charge for tickets?

Surely the team that won the penalties would still hold out for a draw?

 

[Monty]

Surely the team that won the penalties would still hold out for a draw?

Yeh im stupid.

 

[GOM]

and maybe do the penalties BEFORE a game, so a 'default' result is known, preventing any timewasting near the end, playing out for a draw etc..

this could also make EVERY game interesting, rather than a bore draw, and maybe worth the £££ they charge for tickets?

I like this idea.

A guaranteed shoot out and a match where one side really has to win it.

 

[Easy 10]

I like this idea.

A guaranteed shoot out and a match where one side really has to win it.

Can you just imagine the cornerflag antics of the team on the right side of the pre-match shootout though ? Christ, they'd start doing it after half an hour.

 

[Yoda]

"Often we see teams set themselves up even more defensively in extra time, in an attempt to avoid conceding a goal at all costs."

Right Sepp. So whats to stop some teams setting up even more defensively right from the off, to try and tough it out for penalties at 90 minutes.

Did he not watch the 2006 Semi between Germany & Italy then?

I thought that was the best 30 minutes of extra time I've EVER seen in my life. Two teams really going for the win, non stop action and end to end drama.

 

[GOM]

Can you just imagine the cornerflag antics of the team on the right side of the pre-match shootout though ? Christ, they'd start doing it after half an hour.

That would be down to the ref booking the culprits for time-wasting and therefore exposing a player from the team on the right side to very careful.

 

[Yoda]

That would be down to the ref booking the culprits for time-wasting and therefore exposing a player from the team on the right side to very careful.

But you can only be booked for time wasting when the ball is not in play.

 

[sten_super]

To be fair, the idea of scrapping extra time is not the most mental thing suggested in the article

FIFA has so far declined to consider alternatives to shootouts, such as using the corner count to decide drawn matches and reducing the number of players on the field in extra time to open up the game.

 

[Gritt23]

and maybe do the penalties BEFORE a game, so a 'default' result is known, preventing any timewasting near the end, playing out for a draw etc..

this could also make EVERY game interesting, rather than a bore draw, and maybe worth the £££ they charge for tickets?

Not before the game, but i would like to see it before the start of Extra Time. Then, one way or the other you'll have a team attacking and another one defending, for 30 mins.

It beats those nightmare games where clearly BOTH teams have just "settled for penalties."

 

[happypig]

Play extra time but every four minutes each team has to remove one player.

alternatively,

Play extra time and every four minutes each team brings on an extra player.

 

[beorhthelm]

im not sure he gets it, teams have become defensive so they dont lose, because its such a massive deal now. i not how all the teams with expectation, even Brazil, play two holding midfield. the teams that didnt have any pressure, like Germany or Paraguay, played more open and attacking game. There is NOTHING fifa can do about this.