needles Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Good idea. I seldom agree with tinkering, but this has a valid reason and minimal negative impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Should be running goalies and no offside for 10 minutes, next goal the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete2 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 6 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: Should be running goalies and no offside for 10 minutes, next goal the winner. Rush goalies , jumpers for goalposts, them were the days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 On 5/12/2017 at 04:30, Bris Vegas said: Thoughts? http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39798344 Uefa has trialled a new penalty shootout system for the first time in a competitive game. The system - similar to the tie-break in tennis - was used during the European Women's Under-17 semi-final between Germany and Norway on Thursday. Germany missed their first three penalties but still beat Norway 3-2 to reach the final of the tournament in the Czech Republic. The sport's European governing body is seeking to make shootouts fairer. The new system is also being trialled at the men's under-17 tournament in Croatia, which has not yet reached the knockout stage. What makes the perfect World Cup shootout penalty? How does it work? As the current system stands, teams take turns in a shootout, with the choice of who goes first decided by a coin toss. For example, team A goes first, then team B, then team A again. The new system is called 'ABBA' and sees team A followed by team B - before team B goes again. Team A would then get two successive penalties, and so on until there is a winner. A coin will still be tossed to decide who goes first. Why is a change needed? The idea is to stop the team going second having to always, potentially, play catch-up. The sport's rule-making body, Ifab, approved the trial after looking at the research that says the team taking the first penalty have an unfair advantage as they win 60% of shootouts. "The hypothesis is that the player taking the second kick in the pair is under greater mental pressure," said Uefa. How can it get any fairer FFS!!! The mental pressure is the same. It doesn't matter if you go first, a team's aim is to score more penalties than the other team, playing catch up is only a disadvantage if there is a time limit!!! At this rate in 50 years football will end up a no contact sport where every game ends 2-2 and each team gentlemanly claps the other as they score, Chumley-Warner style... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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