If you could change one thing

[Harvster]

If you could change one thing about football, what would it be?

For many years my bug-bear has been the lack of multi-balls in the Premier League

Saturday's league game v Spurs, however, has convinced me that if I had the power to change one thing, it would be to make football a summer sport - sorry cricket, tennis, golf whatever fans

I know it will never happen for a myriad of logistical/historical reasons, but how glorious was it to stroll up to the ground without the need for a coat or even jumper, before watching a fantastic match played out in a packed out stadium before a seething mass of sky and blue? Then leaving the ground in bright sunlight, surrounded by thousands of like-minded happy people (even the Spurs fans were still happy!)

I ran my son's footie team in the Stockport Metro for years, in all sorts of conditions, 90% of which were diabolical - rain, wind, hail, snow, ice, rock hard, dangerous pitches. The very best thing they could ever possibly do with kids football is make that a summer sport. Now that could, and should, happen (And yes I know you're at risk of rock hard pitches in the summer too, but at least it's a warmer kind of rock!)

 

[aguero93:20]

I'd go back to summer 1995 and kill Alan Ball.

 

[BuryBlue1977]

Best weather for football is cold and wet. I absolutely hated playing on dry rock hard mud in the summer. Plus, without football to get us through the long dark winter, I’d get depression.

The rule change I would go for is to stop the clock for injuries and substitutions and allow the ref to add time on for time wasting. It works well in rugby.

 

[cookster]

Mark Robins goal against Forest.

 

[BrianW]

The one thing I'd like to change would be to do away with over-loud "music" before KO and bring back the Beswick Prize Band.

 

[flook]

at the moment, Raheems disallowed goal last week :/

 

[BlueAnorak]

Last man sending off rule. It has encouraged cheating. If the offence is of the last man variety it should result in a penalty. Wherever the offence occurs. And it should only be a yellow card if the offence is deliberate.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Offside rule is fucking ridiculous, should be a clear space between attacker and defender, end of....

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Go back to 2 points for a win - for the rags only.

 

[big gaz]

Glad I read the whole thread title, was going to go on about bank balance and cock size ffs ;-)