Let's change the scoring system in football

Triangular pitches, three sides play at the same time.

Edit: Maybe not necessarily triangular, but something like this:
situationist-soccer.jpg

This is fantastic. And tactically, no end to the possibilities.
 
I've always thought that you should get 0 points for a 0-0 draw. i.e. You have to score at least one goal to have a chance of getting anything from the game.
 
Away goals could count double all the time or 2pts as we're calling it, within 'this concept'.

Get the away side at it, at least.
 
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If I was to change any rule, it would be an increased amount of substitutions, like in Rugby League. 5 or 6 perhaps, and a subbed player can come back on, also like in Rugby League. Substitutions in general need to stop causing such a stoppage, players walking off the pitch, stopping to pull their socks up, diverting their walk off to shake hands with the ref, applauding the fans etc. It's a whole ordeal. Get rid.

Subs should just happen whether play is happening or not. Play shouldn't halt for substitutions, IMO. In RL, you rarely see a sub happen. They just happen when the ball is dead. The onus is on the team making the sub to have the player off and on the pitch before the game restarts. There's no stoppage. The game doesn't wait for a sub.

Subs made from the 85th minute onwards are nearly always time-wasting substitutions for the side who is winning, to kill the momentum in the game. If the team is winning, the player will purposely stand far away from the touchline and limp off. If the sub is made within stoppage time, that time is rarely ever added on properly. It happened today in the Arsenal game. There was a double change within stoppage time that absorbed 40 seconds, yet Dean blew bang on 94 minutes. Not that Burnley were going to score anyway, because they're shit.

6 subs. To be made whenever, but the game shouldn't stop for them. Would be way better.
 
...from 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw to just one point for each goal you score.

Wouldn't this make football games more exciting? What would improve and which would be the drawbacks?

I've always wondered this.
This would be as silly as a clown car removing the injured.
 
Triangular pitches, three sides play at the same time.

Edit: Maybe not necessarily triangular, but something like this:
situationist-soccer.jpg

What about a cross pitch with 4? It could be like Hungry Hippos Football.

Also 1 ball or is it a multi ball system in play?
 
What about a bonus point for 4 goals like they do in rugby?

Professional rugby is extremely leveled, therefore the board decided to reward the most attacking teams. In football it would be unfair because the difference between the top teams and the regular teams is huge.
 
The idea of a 0-0 draw being 'punished' sounds good but I think woud be unfair on minnows who play brilliant and stop one of the big teams. Also I don't think a lack of attacking intent is enough of an issue to warrant 'fixing', at least not in the EPL.
 
The only thing I'd change is that you get no points for a nil nil. People go to football matches mostly to see goals. If both teams are too cautious or rubbish to score once then they get nothing.

And you really believe that teams will be stubborn enough to let it finish 0-0? In case of a game heading towards a stalemate both teams will agree to score a goal each, or they'll just do it at the start of the game just to get it out of the way. What's the point in that?
 
No scoring inside the area unless it's a volley or a header.
 
"okay lads, you score 100 goals in the first half, we'll score 100 goals in the second half, deal?"
 
...from 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw to just one point for each goal you score.

Wouldn't this make football games more exciting? What would improve and which would be the drawbacks?

I've always wondered this.

The game would be a lot more defensive, I think.
 
And you really believe that teams will be stubborn enough to let it finish 0-0? In case of a game heading towards a stalemate both teams will agree to score a goal each, or they'll just do it at the start of the game just to get it out of the way. What's the point in that?

Why would they agree to get a score each? Would they not just try and win the game?
 
What if you still get 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and on top of that you get an extra point for each goal you make?
 
I think that would benefit the big teams with top players in attack. Teams that are based on team spirit, sacrifice and tactics, like Atletico, for example, would have less choices
 
Why would they agree to get a score each? Would they not just try and win the game?
Or they'd start the game by agreeing to let each other score to make it 1-1, and then actually play the rest of the 90 minutes like a normal game.
 
Or they'd start the game by agreeing to let each other score to make it 1-1, and then actually play the rest of the 90 minutes like a normal game.

Is scoring really so hard that they need to agree with the opposition to each let the other score? If they draw 5 5, it would be better than a 0 0 because it would improve their goals scored record but they don't agree to do that. It's not such a big difference that they will agree to anything. Besides, they'd want to deny their opponents points too. There might be the rare occasion where a score draw would suit both sides but we have the same issue now with times where a 0 0 might put both teams through a group.
 
How about if 0-0 was worth no points.

Hurts the boring teams.
 
3 points per goal if you win, 2 points per goal if you draw, 1 point per goal if you lose.

Title winning teams would have 250+ points at the end of the season.
 
It would basically make the result of most games meaningless. That would be fecking terrible.
 
The football should be at all times on fire, to discourage pointless possession.

Also, the ground should be electrified, so players will want to stay on their feet at all costs.

*I'm currently happy to be getting these 3rd degree burns because this possession is meaningful*