Marco Van Basten's wacky football ideas

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...d-yellow-cards

No offside, four quarters, dribble-style penalty shootouts and orange cards.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...d-yellow-cards

No offside, four quarters, dribble-style penalty shootouts and orange cards.

must have got hold of a copy of 1970s u.s. shoot!

Van Basten says abolishing the offside rule would mean an end to games which "resemble handball where nine players, plus the goalkeeper, pack the penalty area and [the defence] is like a wall".

I don't understand the logic here. If you couldn't play an offside trap you would surely need to leave players deep in defense? and if there is a huge difference in quality between the teams then wouldn't the defensive side just start with players deep in defense?

Wouldn't mind offside abolished. Fail to see what it achieves in modern football, apart from a load of shit decisions.

Originally Posted by Denis Irwell

Wouldn't mind offside abolished. Fail to see what it achieves in modern football, apart from a load of shit decisions.

Stops team employing goal hangers and stretching the pitch creating masses of space making it an unwatchable game of players running like £#%&! and little else. Like watching Liverpool.

Originally Posted by dunk

Stops team employing goal hangers and stretching the pitch creating masses of space making it an unwatchable game of players running like £#%&! and little else. Like watching Liverpool.

Or netball.

Defenders take care of goal hangers

Thought we'd moved on from primary school football

Opens the game up instead of playing in a zone 20 yards either side of the halfway line

Abolishing the offside rule would make the game twice as defensive Considering most attacking players are twice as quick as defenders (Keith Curle aside) no team would take the risk of leaving an attacked the space to ricin to from an offside position.

The only wacky rule change I've heard that I actually like is 2pts for a score draw.

I don't understand why people want to change the game so much.

Abolish offside It would then be a totally different game with totally different tactics it would no longer be football.

Originally Posted by Lok

The only wacky rule change I've heard that I actually like is 2pts for a score draw.

I don't understand why people want to change the game so much.

Because Americans don't like it that much and they MUST be catered to.

Interesting to note that his famous volleyed goal would not have stood under his proposed rule changes.

Originally Posted by Sapien

Interesting to note that his famous volleyed goal would not have stood under his proposed rule changes.

Ive always liked the hockey style 'penalties' but the timing would be a nightmare, maybe less so now we have goal line tech?

Originally Posted by Sizlack

Ive always liked the hockey style 'penalties' but the timing would be a nightmare, maybe less so now we have goal line tech?

They did it in the MLS when it first started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRITqS6WEn0

They ditched it pretty quickly.

Originally Posted by Lok

They did it in the MLS when it first started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRITqS6WEn0

They ditched it pretty quickly.

That is such a load of shit

Originally Posted by Sizlack

Abolish offside It would then be a totally different game with totally different tactics it would no longer be football.

Only upside I can see is that it would stop women trying to tag along to watch the game in the pub because they know the offside rule.

Imo they should abolish matches altogether and decide the winner based on who has the most official commercial partbers.

Champ21ons

Apocryphal tale I know, but I'm sure experimental games have been played without offside, and they just descend into players bunching around each goal and hoofing it back and forth. Even in playground footy we had a no-goal-hanging rule

abolish offsides at FK's in the final 3rd

send players off for hauling players back to stop a breakaway (so herrera v the vermin)

stop GKs passing back to themselves and have it that once they use a foot they can't use a hand except on actual saves (encourages closing down and stops time-wasting).

ban FKs for players who stop to initiate contact and then dive over ie defenders

take time-keeping out of the referees authority and use the stadium clock