09-07-2018, 14:14
A couple of points re changing The Game for the better....(I've spoken to a couple of oldish blokes the last week or 2 who've both said they can't even be bothered to watch Football anymore because of the cheating, diving, and agony-feigning that goes on, and I agree that The World Cup should have got to grips to eliminate these bad sides of the game. These 2 blokes I spoke to probably amount to millions throughout the world, and Football should address these issues - as Rugby often does - in order to make it more appealable to the Public):-
1. Watching the agony that Neymar pretended to go through the other day: FIFA should employ a (neutral) Doctor to examine the cause of pain after the game. Neymar acted as though he was being tortured. The Doctor should have examined him (and others) after the game and, if the agony was judged to have been without foundation, that player should receive a retrospective yellow card (which might have suspended the player from the next match). I know some players' pain threshold is lower than others, so the "weak cry-babies" might have to find another sport to take up (netball?) until they learn to "be a man" and suffer in silence.
2. Watching the set-piece wrestling that I was hoping would have been eradicated this World Cup (but refs haven't shown the balls to award penalties - or free kicks against the attackers):
Simple! The 6-yard box is pretty useless these days, so instead there should be a 10-yard semi-circle in which, from set-pieces, the Defending team only can position themselves for set-pieces. And Attackers cannot enter it until the ball has been kicked, and Defenders cannot position themselves inside the remaining 8 yards of the Penalty Area....thus, no opportunity for "wrestling". OK, it might be less of an advantage to attackers in one way, but so much better with regard to interaction.
Any problems?? Any other views??
1. Watching the agony that Neymar pretended to go through the other day: FIFA should employ a (neutral) Doctor to examine the cause of pain after the game. Neymar acted as though he was being tortured. The Doctor should have examined him (and others) after the game and, if the agony was judged to have been without foundation, that player should receive a retrospective yellow card (which might have suspended the player from the next match). I know some players' pain threshold is lower than others, so the "weak cry-babies" might have to find another sport to take up (netball?) until they learn to "be a man" and suffer in silence.
2. Watching the set-piece wrestling that I was hoping would have been eradicated this World Cup (but refs haven't shown the balls to award penalties - or free kicks against the attackers):
Simple! The 6-yard box is pretty useless these days, so instead there should be a 10-yard semi-circle in which, from set-pieces, the Defending team only can position themselves for set-pieces. And Attackers cannot enter it until the ball has been kicked, and Defenders cannot position themselves inside the remaining 8 yards of the Penalty Area....thus, no opportunity for "wrestling". OK, it might be less of an advantage to attackers in one way, but so much better with regard to interaction.
Any problems?? Any other views??
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