Scottish Mag 3 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 (edited) The Football League board is to consider a proposal to scrap draws and decide matches by penalty shoot-outs, BBC Five Live understands. The idea will be discussed by Football League chairmen and chief executives at a board meeting on Thursday. No timescale has been given for implementing the change if the chairmen go ahead with the proposal. "Why can't we just have a draw?" Bournemouth boss Kevin Bond told the Daily Echo newspaper. There are currently two proposals to be considered - a traditional penalty shoot-out or where a player would have eight seconds to try and score after receiving the ball on the half-way line. "I don't agree with it because I think it's too much of a radical change," Bond added. "I'm very open-minded and I think certain laws of the game need to move with the times but that would be too much of a drastic measure." Edited March 15, 2007 by Scottish Mag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Fuck That. No thanks uncle Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 About 3 weeks early tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Shearer Is God 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Jesus wept. I reckon this is to get more yanks watching our games, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevieintoon Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 About 3 weeks early tbh. that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 WTF? Please no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Fuck That. No thanks uncle Sam Hoy! divvint blame uncle Sam fer ivvorything. Blame him for fast-food outlets, rap music, people wearing denim & baseball caps, and the war in Iraq etc etc, but not for wanting draws in 'soccer'. After all uncle Sam still has feet n' inches. pounds n' ounces, pints n' gallons, and even Farenheit. He hasn't gone metric so don't you go ballistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10017 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 The Football League board is to consider a proposal to scrap draws and decide matches by penalty shoot-outs, BBC Five Live understands. The idea will be discussed by Football League chairmen and chief executives at a board meeting on Thursday. No timescale has been given for implementing the change if the chairmen go ahead with the proposal. "Why can't we just have a draw?" Bournemouth boss Kevin Bond told the Daily Echo newspaper. There are currently two proposals to be considered - a traditional penalty shoot-out or where a player would have eight seconds to try and score after receiving the ball on the half-way line. "I don't agree with it because I think it's too much of a radical change," Bond added. "I'm very open-minded and I think certain laws of the game need to move with the times but that would be too much of a drastic measure." It was tested on various youth levels in Germany when I was young but got cancelled after only one year (iirc), because it doesn't really make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47121 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Utterly pointless. Teams should just refuse to do it. Walk off at the end of the game and refuse to do the shootout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10017 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Utterly pointless. Teams should just refuse to do it. Walk off at the end of the game and refuse to do the shootout. Practicing shooutouts wouldn't do English football any harm though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 By the way, the shoot-out rule to determine a winner in league games has been abolished by the Major Soccer League in North America. They now hold fast to the 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Heard about this on FiveLive. Is it something do with Comic Relief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4087 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 If they really wanted more attacking football they should make it 3 points a win and 0 for a loss and 0 for a draw. Teams would sharp learn how to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 If they really wanted more attacking football they should make it 3 points a win and 0 for a loss and 0 for a draw. Teams would sharp learn how to score. Is this something to do with Comic Relief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 PR exercise by the FL and Chairmen, flexing a bit of muscle and trying to prove they all have power in the game. It won't happen. FACT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 League's shoot-out plans savaged The League's plans have been shot down Football managers and chairmen have laughed off proposals to decide drawn Football League games with a penalty shoot-out. League chairman Lord Mawhinney wants to introduce shoot-outs to allocate a bonus point at the end of a drawn game. Bristol City chairman Steve Lansdown has described the plans as "a crackpot idea" and his Cardiff counterpart Peter Risdale thinks it is a "nonsense idea". Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock said he "detests penalty shoot-outs". The Blades boss added: "They have probably got little else to discuss on the agenda if that is the main directive. "I don't see anything wrong with the Championship. "If they want to titivate and mess about they should try to get to Fifa and get the divers and the people who are injured treated while the game is in progress to get the game moving quicker. "They should try to do constructive things." Bluebirds chairman Ridsdale is adamant that introducing a penalty shoot-out would not improve football as a spectacle. "It won't make the game more exciting," he added. "People will come to Cardiff, stick 11 men behind the ball hoping for a draw and the try to beat us on penalties." Lansdown told BBC Radio Four: "I think it came from one of Lord Mawhinney's 'eureka!' moments. "Chairmen I've spoken to think on the same lines as me, and managers make it clear it's not something they'd want." The Football League will discuss the proposal at its regular monthly meeting on Thursday and if it gains enough support it will go forward as a motion to change the rules at the League's annual general meeting in June. Under the proposal, both sides will still get a point from a draw, but at the end of the game a penalty shoot-out will provide a bonus point. Lansdown added: "We should never try to dissuade people from coming up with ideas on how to improve the game and we shouldn't be scared to implement new ideas. "The idea is to makes games more exciting and get a result, but you can meddle too much. "I think the way the League is structured at the moment with three points for a win and a point for a draw there's plenty of opportunity to get excitement into the game. "A good score draw is as exciting as a win sometimes. "Thinking back to a couple of our games this season against Cheltenham and Bournemouth where we came back from 2-0 down to get a draw. "Both sets of fans left those two games happy, the opposition supporters because they had got a point from a team at the top of the table, and ours because we came back from two goals down and it felt like a win." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 This would lead to utter confusion. For example, NUFC draw against, say, Charlton. WHEN DO I BOOO????? Before, or after the penalty shoot-out??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15871 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 This would lead to utter confusion. For example, NUFC draw against, say, Charlton. WHEN DO I BOOO????? Before, or after the penalty shoot-out??? Throughout the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 At half time is the usual drill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 At half time is the usual drill. Half time, full time and preferably mid way through the second half at something, and if possible go mental at a couple of individual players a few times, because that always lifts their game doesn't it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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