Ideas for making football more exciting like it used to be

An independant diving/feigning injury VAR. If any player dives to the floor with no contact, falls to the floor theatrically seconds after minimal contact or feigns a head injury when no contact with the head has been made. The VAR announces over the PA system "IT'S A DIVE". The opposition team is given carte blanche to kick the shit out of him, until he either gets the fuck up, or is renderred unconscious. :)

This would quickly put an end to any player risking going to ground unless they had been legitimately hacked down or tripped.

On a serious note, any player feigning head injury first offence - Two months ban with no wages plus two month wages fine on top given to children's charities. This is doubled for any subsequent repeat offences and so on.
 
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For a penalty the side taking it nominates the kicker, but the defending side says which foot he must kick it with.

For cup games penalty shoot out taken before game starts, all eleven players take one but opposition nominate which foot they must take it with. Team which wins, will be winners of tie if tie ends in a draw.

This will encourage all young players to become two footed. It bugs me to hear a commentator say, "He would have had a shot/scored there but it was on his weak foot."
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Referees sticking to the 6 second rule - including the time goalkeeper's take after catching the ball and dropping to the ground for ages as the seconds tick away.
Beyond 6 seconds it’s a corner.
Same with a throw in. 6 seconds and if not taken the other team take it.
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Yep. Does that 6 second rule still exist?

It should be implemented if it does
 
Silva Citizen said:
Offside if you can see absolute clear daylight between forward and defender. Half a toe is not offside.
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Offside was introduced to stop goal hanging, so we should use it that way. Only the scorer can be deemed offside not players involved in the build up. - Also, if the defenders move up to leave forwards offside then that isn't the fault of the forwards so they should be considered onside.
The tracking of such movements would be impossible before VAR, but we've got it so we might as well use it to provide more entertainment.
 
Player who roll about and then lie motionless as if they had been shot to try and get the game stopped……take them off the pitch but don’t let them return for a minimum of10 mins until a doctor has fully checked there condition
 
LWashington said:
For a penalty the side taking it nominates the kicker, but the defending side says which foot he must kick it with.

For cup games penalty shoot out taken before game starts, all eleven players take one but opposition nominate which foot they must take it with. Team which wins, will be winners of tie if tie ends in a draw.

This will encourage all young players to become two footed. It bugs me to hear a commentator say, "He would have had a shot/scored there but it was on his weak foot."
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My word, there's been some shite on this thread but you outdid them all!
 
Dawsenna said:
A city fan against var is insane. The refs would absolutely destroy us
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The refs with or without VAR are the equivalent of a cesspit or sewage farm. That guy on Saturday didn't know a foul from a corner flag, and I was just on the edge of my seat to see whether he would book Steffen for timewasting when we were four up! Steffen did get into a bit of a trot on occasion of a goal kick and I thought he would produce the card for pointless hurrying!
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
The refs with or without VAR are the equivalent of a cesspit or sewage farm. That guy on Saturday didn't know a foul from a corner flag, and I was just on the edge of my seat to see whether he would book Steffen for timewasting when we were four up! Steffen did get into a bit of a trot on occasion of a goal kick and I thought he would produce the card for pointless hurrying!
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No pundit ever points out the unfairness of refereeing bigger games differently. There was a BT Sports documentary a few years ago where Michael Oliver (supposedly the best they have) said he'll let more go in a derby. Utter nonsense.

Imagine this scenario - Liverpool, City and Newcastle are in a three way title race. The penultimate round of fixtures sees City play United, Liverpool play Everton and Newcastle (who don't currently have a derby in the league) play Ipswich. Haaland, Salah and Isak all make identical challenges in the first 10 minutes, all are one booking away from a suspension. Haaland and Salah are let off with their challenges because the refs are "managing the occasion" but Isak is carded because it's only Ipswich. Isak then misses the last game of the season because Sunderland are in the Championship.

Just referee each game according to the rules.
 
Paying on the gate would be very welcome, as would a turnstile that lets in those of us a "few" pounds over our ideal weight! Football rattles are long overdue a comeback too.

Be nice if all cards were referred to var, gives more onus on the idiot in the middle to make better decisions.

Independent timekeeping and mik'ed up officials for public awareness, all long overdue.

Card playacting and especially time wasters, looking at you, arsenal.
 
Cellarite said:
No pundit ever points out the unfairness of refereeing bigger games differently. There was a BT Sports documentary a few years ago where Michael Oliver (supposedly the best they have) said he'll let more go in a derby. Utter nonsense.

Imagine this scenario - Liverpool, City and Newcastle are in a three way title race. The penultimate round of fixtures sees City play United, Liverpool play Everton and Newcastle (who don't currently have a derby in the league) play Ipswich. Haaland, Salah and Isak all make identical challenges in the first 10 minutes, all are one booking away from a suspension. Haaland and Salah are let off with their challenges because the refs are "managing the occasion" but Isak is carded because it's only Ipswich. Isak then misses the last game of the season because Sunderland are in the Championship.

Just referee each game according to the rules.
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Yeah, would any other player outside the Dipper/Rag/Arse trinity get a red card for the yellow card that Nunez got yesterday. It's not just the big occasions that refs 'massage' the LotG. I see it every fuckin' game at The Etihad.
 
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