Changes In Football thread

[Dirk Gently]

Another ******* stupid bit of fiddling about that no-one wants. Why not do something to improve the quality of the refereeing and the use of VAR instead?

Can't they do both?

FWIW quite happy with them banning knee slides. Not so much to protect professional athletes knee sliding on pristine premier league turf, but to protect kids who will copy them and knee slide on barely maintained, stone-embedded, dogshit-encrusted council pitches.

In that case

#banspitting
#banarguingwithreferees
#banfallingoverwhenbarelytouched
#baninjurysimulation
#bangrassrootparentalshenanigans

Absolutley, all of them ought to be banned.

But again, can't they do all of them?

They shouldn't be criticised for doing one/more good things just because they're not doing one/more other good things.

[Winston Biscuit]

They need to anticipate things that might happen and ban them beforehand rather than waiting for it to happen then banning it.

ban goal celebrations that involve doing MC Hammer legs type dance. I have never seen anyone do that on a football pitch, but I would hate to, so outlaw it now before its too late

[Winston Biscuit]

FIFA & IFAB reportedly to discuss a change to the offside law which would see a player only offside if they are beyond the defender rather than having to stay level

[Winston Biscuit]

currently a bill going through French parliament which, if passed, would ban football clubs from being part of a multi club ownership model

[Sutekh]

currently a bill going through French parliament which, if passed, would ban football clubs from being part of a multi club ownership model

Chelsea or Strasbourg would have to be sold by BlueCo

[Winston Biscuit]

currently a bill going through French parliament which, if passed, would ban football clubs from being part of a multi club ownership model

Chelsea or Strasbourg would have to be sold by BlueCo

Apparently there are 25 French clubs part of MCO!

Not sure if this would be done retrospectively or just banning future action

[Winston Biscuit]

Argentina FA brings in a new rule banning players from ever being called up to the international team if they move abroad before signing their first professional contract with an Argentine club

[Clyde1998]

Argentina FA brings in a new rule banning players from ever being called up to the international team if they move abroad before signing their first professional contract with an Argentine club

Odd handicap to put on themselves. Fairly certain Lionel Messi signed his first pro deal with Barcelona. Doesn't seem to be too many of their current squad who signed their first professional contracts outwith Argentina anyway.

[Whore Jackie]

EFL clubs will vote at the EGM on 5 March on expanding the Championship playoffs to six teams. The EFL’s proposal would add an eliminator round in a format similar to that used by the National League.

Fifth-placed team would play the eighth-placed team, and sixth would play seventh, at the higher-ranked club’s ground in a one-off tie to determine progression to the two-leg playoff semi-finals against the clubs that finished third and fourth. Final at Wembley as per currently.

FA has approved it. PL has concerns. If successful, it could be extended to Leagues 1 and 2 in the future.

[Sutekh]

EFL clubs will vote at the EGM on 5 March on expanding the Championship playoffs to six teams. The EFL’s proposal would add an eliminator round in a format similar to that used by the National League.

Fifth-placed team would play the eighth-placed team, and sixth would play seventh, at the higher-ranked club’s ground in a one-off tie to determine progression to the two-leg playoff semi-finals against the clubs that finished third and fourth. Final at Wembley as per currently.

FA has approved it. PL has concerns. If successful, it could be extended to Leagues 1 and 2 in the future.

Oh just **** off! ££€££€€$$$$$¥¥$$$¥¥$$$

What the hell is the point of having a division of clubs all playing 46 league games then

Top two up but instead of sending the third best club up let’s send up the EIGHTH best!

It’s already ridiculous when you get 3rd place being 10+ points clear of the pack not going up, imagine if they’re 30 points ahead of 8th and 8th getting the spot! Should be looking at the Italian play off model not making a bigger laughing stock out of it all.

[windermereROYAL]

I`ve always been a fan of the play-offs because it adds interest in the last month instead of numerous dead rubbers, if the 3rd team wants to get promoted try and finish in the top 2, simple.
However this new proposal is just so wrong, how can you have a team that finishes 8th maybe 10 points behind the 3rd playing for a place in the PL?

[Sutekh]

I`ve always been a fan of the play-offs because it adds interest in the last month instead of numerous dead rubbers, if the 3rd team wants to get promoted try and finish in the top 2, simple.
However this new proposal is just so wrong, how can you have a team that finishes 8th maybe 10 points behind the 3rd playing for a place in the PL?

Can’t imagine the PL would be terribly impressed with this considering how common it is that some or all of the current promoted three struggle badly after promotion.

[Winston Biscuit]

However this new proposal is just so wrong, how can you have a team that finishes 8th maybe 10 points behind the 3rd playing for a place in the PL?

it would likely be way more than 10 points. last season 8th place was 24 points behind 3rd place

I am currently undecided on how I feel about these plans tbh

[windermereROYAL]

However this new proposal is just so wrong, how can you have a team that finishes 8th maybe 10 points behind the 3rd playing for a place in the PL?

it would likely be way more than 10 points. last season 8th place was 24 points behind 3rd place

I am currently undecided on how I feel about these plans tbh

So very true, it was just guesswork on my part. last season 24 points 23/24 21 points , 22/23 12 points, 21/22 13 points, 20/21 19 points.
so on average over 5 seasons it`s 17.8 points

[Winston Biscuit]

I am debating with myself over wherther I like these plans or not.

I could argue that I don't like it as a team way back on points could go up compared to someone in 3rd place, but the play offs already exist and I already really enjoy them, so I clearly don't care so much about that. I could argue about fairness etc, but the structure of football is already not fair in many ways, and I mostly just ignore all of that, so I can't be too bothered about it. I think maybe we like to convince ourselves that we want more fairness etc when the reality is that we just want to be entertained. So would an extra 2 teams added to the play offs make it more entertaining? I doubt it would. I am not sure what an extra 2 teams actually adds to the experience of it all tbh. maybe it keeps mid table alive for a bit longer in the season? that's all I can think of. and that's not nothing, but I am not sure its worth changing things for.

[Dirk Gently]

Not read the proposals in detail yet so I may be wrong, but for me the problem is that the higher-placed teams have to sit around and do nothing while the lower-placed ones fight it out for the right to play them.

For me, momentum and form are critically important factors, so not playing for a while is likely to penalise the teams that finished with the more points

[Clyde1998]

The main positives with the proposal is the top two in the play-offs would benefit from home advantage in a one-off match and they'd play one less match in the play-offs (although Dirk Gently makes a very good point about momentum).

Not sure I'd be too comfortable with a side finishing 8th managing to end up in the Premier League though. Would rather have a couple of sides from the bottom of the higher division in the play-offs than that with extra promotion/relegation slots at stake.

[windermereROYAL]

The main positives with the proposal is the top two in the play-offs would benefit from home advantage in a one-off match and they'd play one less match in the play-offs (although Dirk Gently makes a very good point about momentum).

Not sure I'd be too comfortable with a side finishing 8th managing to end up in the Premier League though. Would rather have a couple of sides from the bottom of the higher division in the play-offs than that with extra promotion/relegation slots at stake.

I was of the understanding that the 3rd and 4th placed teams would still play a two legged semi final like they do now against the winners of the eliminators.
I may be wrong.

[Sutekh]

The main positives with the proposal is the top two in the play-offs would benefit from home advantage in a one-off match and they'd play one less match in the play-offs (although Dirk Gently makes a very good point about momentum).

Not sure I'd be too comfortable with a side finishing 8th managing to end up in the Premier League though. Would rather have a couple of sides from the bottom of the higher division in the play-offs than that with extra promotion/relegation slots at stake.

I was of the understanding that the 3rd and 4th placed teams would still play a two legged semi final like they do now against the winners of the eliminators.
I may be wrong.

It’s the same as the non leagues do

5th v 8th and 6th v 7th in one off games at the home of the higher finishing clubs followed by normal 2 legged semis and final. No doubt it won’t be long before they’ll decide to have a group with everyone playing each other home and away, with the top 2 playing off for promotion as you still have to justify the Wembley cash cow.

[windermereROYAL]

The main positives with the proposal is the top two in the play-offs would benefit from home advantage in a one-off match and they'd play one less match in the play-offs (although Dirk Gently makes a very good point about momentum).

Not sure I'd be too comfortable with a side finishing 8th managing to end up in the Premier League though. Would rather have a couple of sides from the bottom of the higher division in the play-offs than that with extra promotion/relegation slots at stake.

I was of the understanding that the 3rd and 4th placed teams would still play a two legged semi final like they do now against the winners of the eliminators.
I may be wrong.

It’s the same as the non leagues do

5th v 8th and 6th v 7th in one off games at the home of the higher finishing clubs followed by normal 2 legged semis and final. No doubt it won’t be long before they’ll decide to have a group with everyone playing each other home and away, with the top 2 playing off for promotion as you still have to justify the Wembley cash cow.

The semi finals should be one off games, they deserve an advantage for finishing higher.