Ideas for making football more exciting like it used to be

[jonah62]

Mud bath pitches!!

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

I’d ban the stutter run up when taking penalties. The taker already has a massive advantage over the goalkeeper, now they can take the piss in the “run up” while keepers get penalized for moving an inch off their line

 

[LWashington]

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.

 

[LWashington]

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."

 

[super_city_si]

There’s Rico’s career up in flames…

There’s always @Barcon dwarf throwing

 

[Crooked_rain]

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.

Yep. Does that 6 second rule still exist?

It should be implemented if it does

 

[East Level 2]

Offside if you can see absolute clear daylight between forward and defender. Half a toe is not offside.

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.

 

[kashmir]

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

 

[Cellarite]

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."

My word, there's been some shite on this thread but you outdid them all!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

A city fan against var is insane. The refs would absolutely destroy us

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!