Ideas for making football more exciting like it used to be

[Silva Citizen]

As soon as a penalty is awarded, the team conceding the penalty have 8 seconds to vacate the area. Any outfield player in the box after that time gets a yellow card.
The keeper has 5 seconds to be stood on his line. None of this winding up the penalty taker by walking up to him nonsense. If he leaves his line before the kick is being taken, yellow card.

From my playing days I love the gamesmanship aspect of these situations. It’s great trying to get inside opponents heads to get that advantage.

 

[mexico1970]

Oh Clive ''The Book'' Thomas

I had the vague memory of him being called "Bookie Thomas", I must be getting old :)

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

From my playing days I love the gamesmanship aspect of these situations. It’s great trying to get inside opponents heads to get that advantage.

It's the keepers going walkabout in the box, just wastes time. They can do the Grobbelar shaky legs routine to get at the penalty taker - even Pickford was pulling faces at Haaland and it worked the other week, but was done so on the line.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Get rid of social media and matchday forums , constant negativity filters to the stands.

Ban people taking pictures, videos and selfies in the stands throughout the match. get rid of 'influencers'.

 

[Barcon]

Don't allow goal keepers above the height of 5'11" so we don't have to have bigger goals.

This is where the Dwarves come in. Again.

 

[Barcon]

Get rid of social media and matchday forums , constant negativity filters to the stands.

Now that, I can get behind.

 

[Barcon]

Dwarf is such an un- PC word.
For about 40 years now,a small adult is known as a PORG.
(Person Of Restricted Growth).
So it will be PORG tossing from now on.

Like I tell my sister, "You're not short. The council just built the pavement to close to your arse".

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Bring back good old fashioned footy

Murder and violence in the stands
Good old fashioned racism
No birds allowed
Open up all the coal mines
Bring back industrial strikes
Dig up Thatcher
Something about Liverpool
Jumpers for goalposts
Muddy goal areas
Those old balls made of brown leather
Those wooden spinny clapper things
The old fashioned turnstiles with the cast iron spinny thing activated by a foot pedal
Kids minding your Austin Maestro for 50p
Bring back proper traditional diseases like rickets none of these modern woke diseases such as Covid

 

[mexico1970]

Bring back good old fashioned footy

Murder and violence in the stands
Good old fashioned racism
No birds allowed
Open up all the coal mines
Bring back industrial strikes
Dig up Thatcher
Something about Liverpool
Jumpers for goalposts
Muddy goal areas
Those old balls made of brown leather
Those wooden spinny clapper things
The old fashioned turnstiles with the cast iron spinny thing activated by a foot pedal
Kids minding your Austin Maestro for 50p
Bring back proper traditional diseases like rickets none of these modern woke diseases such as Covid

Bye 'eck, Champion!

 

[Donmcfc]

Bring back good old fashioned footy

Murder and violence in the stands
Good old fashioned racism
No birds allowed
Open up all the coal mines
Bring back industrial strikes
Dig up Thatcher
Something about Liverpool
Jumpers for goalposts
Muddy goal areas
Those old balls made of brown leather
Those wooden spinny clapper things
The old fashioned turnstiles with the cast iron spinny thing activated by a foot pedal
Kids minding your Austin Maestro for 50p
Bring back proper traditional diseases like rickets none of these modern woke diseases such as Covid

Silk scarfs.

 

[Donmcfc]

Bring back good old fashioned footy

Murder and violence in the stands
Good old fashioned racism
No birds allowed
Open up all the coal mines
Bring back industrial strikes
Dig up Thatcher
Something about Liverpool
Jumpers for goalposts
Muddy goal areas
Those old balls made of brown leather
Those wooden spinny clapper things
The old fashioned turnstiles with the cast iron spinny thing activated by a foot pedal
Kids minding your Austin Maestro for 50p
Bring back proper traditional diseases like rickets none of these modern woke diseases such as Covid

Silk football scarfs.
Rosettes.
Bovver boots.

 

[Barcon]

Bring back good old fashioned footy

Murder and violence in the stands
Good old fashioned racism
No birds allowed
Open up all the coal mines
Bring back industrial strikes
Dig up Thatcher
Something about Liverpool
Jumpers for goalposts
Muddy goal areas
Those old balls made of brown leather
Those wooden spinny clapper things
The old fashioned turnstiles with the cast iron spinny thing activated by a foot pedal
Kids minding your Austin Maestro for 50p
Bring back proper traditional diseases like rickets none of these modern woke diseases such as Covid

Chucking Bovril cups of piss and horseshit over the fence in the Kippax at the away fans.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Public hangings of nonces at half time

 

[Franny 1234]

No goalkeeper subs
Some of my favourite games have been when a outfield player goes in net. Could solve our Walker issues too. CTID

 

[roman totale]

Only one sub allowed. OK, two, but no more.

 

[Goater101]

I’d much prefer 60 mins of pure football in play over all the lost time we get from time wasting/subs/var etc. shorter games more intensity.

 

[mcfcphil]

As soon as a penalty is awarded, the team conceding the penalty have 8 seconds to vacate the area. Any outfield player in the box after that time gets a yellow card.
The keeper has 5 seconds to be stood on his line. None of this winding up the penalty taker by walking up to him nonsense. If he leaves his line before the kick is being taken, yellow card.

Agree.
I’d go even further.
By the time the ref is in position, if all outfield players haven’t vacated the box and keeper on his line, a goal is automatically awarded and no need to take the penalty.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Agree.
I’d go even further.
By the time the ref is in position, if all outfield players haven’t vacated the box and keeper on his line, a goal is automatically awarded and no need to take the penalty.

Or maybe when the penalty taker puts the ball on the spot (after the keeper has had his 5 seconds to be on the line) the kicker can take it at any time without the ref blowing his whistle - so if the keeper wants to walk over to his post and kick the soul of his boots three times, unlucky, the ball is in the back of the net!

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

No being able to pass it back once you're in the opponents half.

There’s Rico’s career up in flames…

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Get rid of VAR and goal line technology.

Will produce controversies but will be more interesting and will give teams grievances to fight back against and bitter rivalries will return.