Marco Van Basten

jimharri said:
No; he's not turned his toes up. He's "technical director" at FIFA, and he's put forward some radical proposals to shake up the game;

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...sten-fifa-plans-change-football-a7534186.html

Abolishing the offside rule altogether

The introduction of a sin bin (10 minutes duration) when a player earns an "orange card".

No more extra time in cup competitions. Straight to the penalty shootout. Only it won't be conventional penalties; the players will have eight seconds to score from a starting point 25 metres from goal.

Games to be played over 4 quarters rather than 2 halves (more coaching input is the idea behind that, apparently).

Restricting players to 60 games a year.

Couldn't see any mention about this in the first couple of pages on here. Apologies if someone else has already posted it.
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So he's turned it into hockey...
 
I don't know why they feel there's a need for constant updating and evolving of the game.

They should focus on the key issues; a) making sure referees aren't ****s; b) getting corruption out of the game (though that would involve sacking themselves; c) stopping racism through actual punishment as opposed to fines similar to parking tickets.

The idea of enhancing the marketability of football is fine, getting it expanded to every corner of the globe - brilliant. But you don't get kids in remote parts of Africa, Asia or Central America interested by expanding a world cup so they can watch Qatar v North Korea where the standard is so low it makes English footballers look talented. With four quarters to a game, and all the commercial partners there'll be hardly any football to watch. Can you imagine a City game like that. Most fans wouldn't bother emerging until the second quarter at which point Bravo will have conceded twice and they may as well go back to the bar. With all the advert breaks kids in Nepal will know more about what the best tyre for wet weather conditions is or who's offering the best betting odds as opposed to seeing any football.

Keep it consistent. Focus on the grass roots, invest in getting top players and former pros to travel the world running coaching sessions in remote places. Set up schools etc. Do practical things as opposed to stupid things that ruin the game.
 
No more extra time in cup competitions. Straight to the penalty shootout. Only it won't be conventional penalties; the players will have eight seconds to score from a starting point 25 metres from goal.

They used to do this in America in late 70's early 80's.....fuck me its boring!
 
jimharri said:
The offside idea would be a disaster. A goalhangers' charter.
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Yep. Get yourself 2 big guys to sit on the opposition keeper and pump plenty of Hail Mary hoof balls into the opposition box. Football becomes Headball. What a pile of dog dodahs. Utd would love it though!
 
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