Proposals for the embetterment of football in England

[Lord Bracknell]

Throw ins should be replaced by indirect free kicks.

Players will only be offside if they are in the penalty area at the time the ball is played forward.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Throw ins should be replaced by indirect free kicks.

Players will only be offside if they are in the penalty area at the time the ball is played forward.

Could they hang around the byline on the edge of the penalty area, though?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Could they hang around the byline on the edge of the penalty area, though?

Why not? It would make for exciting football. LuaLua could be given a seat near the corner flag, to use while he waited for a pin-point accurate pass from Vicente.

 

[inland seagull]

How about doing away with the penalty area? If there is an infringement anywhere on the field of play that the referee decides prevents a goal scoring opportunity then a penalty is awarded, otherwise it is a free kick from wherever the infringement occurs.

The current penalty area obviously seems to be a difficult place for attacking players to stay on their feet, therefore should be abolished.There would also need to be a discussion as to where the goalkeeper can handle the ball but that shouldnt be too difficult a problem to overcome

 

[pasty]

Two things that I believe could be easily implemented and would be for the good of the game

1. No player from a team that has just conceeded a free kick should be allowed to even touch the ball unless genuinely passing it back to where the free kick is about to be taken from.

2. Any player (or manager for that matter) waving an imaginery card at the referee to encourage him to book another player, should be immediately booked himself.

 

[westy1983]

I would amend the too shit to stay up rule to anyone who gets less than a point per game is also relegated.

 

[wolfie]

What if your goalie breaks a leg in the 86th minute? Seems a bit unfair that you couldn't replace him then.

I think there could be exceptional circumstances like this where a sub is allowed at refs discretion, but I would like to see an end to all these cynical time wasting substitutions in stoppage time.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

If a game is drawn in a cup tie, the team that has hit the woodwork most goes through after extra-time.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

1. Only the captain is allowed to speak to the referee and he must call the referee "sir". Any other player speaking to the referee will be sent off.

2. All games shall be played on a Saturday at 3 PM or Tuesday/Wednesday at 7.30 PM.

3. No football will be televised live except the FA cup final. If you want to see a live game buy a ticket.

4. Clubs shall have two kits, Home and Away and may only change the kit design in a leap year.

5. The playoffs will be abolished because they're a lottery. If you came sixth, you're too shit to go up (except under the "too shit to stay up rule").The bottom three clubs of each league shall be relegated. In addition any club failing to get more points than the third from bottom club will also be relegated. In the event of more than three clubs being relegated, the equivalent number of clubs form the league below will be promoted (known as the "too shit to stay up" rule).

6. If a player is sent off, all his wages will be paid to charity. In addition, half his manager's wages will also go to charity. There will be no limit to this, ie if three players get sent off, the manager should make up the difference himself.

7. Every match will be recorded reviewed by a panel of three independant scrutineers and any player seen to have dived will be retrospectively banned for three matches.

8. England will send three teams into the Champions League: The winners of the Premier League, the winners of the Championship and the F.A. Cup winners. Entry to the Europa leage will be two Premier League teams: the team scoring the most goals and the team with the best disciplinary record.

9. FA cup semi finals will not be played at Wembley.

10. In the event of a club going into administration, they shall be immediately expelled from the league and thier remaining fixtures will be played by an "invitation 11"

11. ITV will not be allowed to feature football of any level.

Agree apart from 8 and 10

 

[pasty]

The bottom three clubs of each league shall be relegated. In addition any club failing to get more points than the third from bottom club will also be relegated.

Am I being thick or missing something here? If a club fails to get more points that the third bottom club, they'd be below them and therefore relegated anyway?

 

[Bob!]

Am I being thick or missing something here? If a club fails to get more points that the third bottom club, they'd be below them and therefore relegated anyway?

Unless they were above them on goal difference

 

[pasty]

Unless they were above them on goal difference

Oh yeah, guess I was being thick then

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I would amend the too shit to stay up rule to anyone who gets less than a point per game is also relegated.

I like that one, but it would cause problems for the play-offs in the Championship. There are usually 4 or 5 Premier League clubs (including the bottom 3) who fail to get 38 points, it would give a lot of different clubs the opportunity to play at the highest level and would freshen up the league a lot.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The penalty shoot-out should be taken BEFORE the game kicks off. It would provide some comic pre-match entertainment and the result would only be called into the scheme of things if it was needed.

 

[Dirk Gently]

Throw ins should be replaced by indirect free kicks.

Players will only be offside if they are in the penalty area at the time the ball is played forward.

This was experimented with a few years ago. By all acoiounts it was a disaster - every time the ball went out of play everyone bombed into the box as though there was a corner. Players, referees and spectators didn't like it, so IFAB didn't recommend it was passed into the Laws.

 

[clapham_gull]

Stopping the playoffs would be madness now, it's one of the few things the football authorities have done to make things better.

Because of the stupidity of breaking off the First Division and the unfair parachute payments, the play offs at least help mix things up a little.

The time they introduce it in the Premier League for Champions League places the better that league will be too.

I'd dump the league cup and make the all divisions play from the first round in the FA Cup. However, the first two rounds would consist of Premier v Championship and First v Second, including the second group any non league teams.

 

[simmo]

A 0-0 and both sides get no points. Stops a side from parking the bus and if there are no goals with 15 mins or so to go before the end, both sides may as well go for it.

 

[Dirk Gently]

A 0-0 and both sides get no points. Stops a side from parking the bus and if there are no goals with 15 mins or so to go before the end, both sides may as well go for it.

In reality, both teams would let each other score in the first couple of minutes - and then start the real game from there.

Many of these changes suggested so far are full of loopholes or get-outs or would be almost impossible to enforce.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

A 0-0 and both sides get no points. Stops a side from parking the bus and if there are no goals with 15 mins or so to go before the end, both sides may as well go for it.

That would lead to all 0-0s suspiciously turning into 1-1s in the last five minutes...

(oh, and were we to get a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford one day, it would be unfair that we came out of the match with no points).

 

[simmo]

In reality, both teams would let each other score in the first couple of minutes - and then start the real game from there.

Many of these changes suggested so far are full of loopholes or get-outs or would be almost impossible to enforce.

If side A (lets call them Palace) were to let side B score (lets call them Brighton) in the 1st (or any) minute. Why should and would Brighton then let Palace score? Brighton have a 1-0 lead (and 3 points) to protect.

I think this would mean the end to Craig Levein's 4-6-0 formation.