Should football have its version of DRS Zones or Powerplays?

[Skills]

You know to make it more exciting.

Say each manager gets 3 chips of 5 minutes each to play every game. What chips would you have?

1. 12th Man - for 5 minutes you can bring an extra player on the pitch
2. Shifting the goal posts - hitting posts or cross bar now counts as a goal
3. No holds barred - all stoppages go in the favour of the team using the chip. Balls goes out for a goalkick - but as you were using the powerplay, this is now your corner.

Open to more suggestions

 

[My only Eric]

Spanking the referee.. No, really!!!

Imagine being able to spank fat moss after another lazy call..

I'll leave the spanking of mike dean to you.

 

[LochGormanAbú]

Thought this must of been posted on April 1st

 

[Zen86]

A ‘punch one of the opposition’ chip would be mildly entertaining

 

[Judas]

Prefer it if we had triple threat matches. Extra goal on the pitch. Oh and entrance music.

 

[Strats]

Wouldn’t surprise me if FIFA or UEFA wanted to implement som sort of feckery like this

 

[Cassidy]

Hahaha no

 

[General_Elegancia]

No and no

 

[calmufc98]

Wouldn't surprise me if the MLS announced goals in injury time count double one day

 

[JamesB__]

Can’t wait for the VAR checks to determine whether the ball grazed the goalpost on an atomic level.

 

[WeePat]

You know to make it more exciting.

Say each manager gets 3 chips of 5 minutes each to play every game. What chips would you have?

1. 12th Man - for 5 minutes you can bring an extra player on the pitch
2. Shifting the goal posts - hitting posts or cross bar now counts as a goal
3. No holds barred - all stoppages go in the favour of the team using the chip. Balls goes out for a goalkick - but as you were using the powerplay, this is now your corner.

Open to more suggestions

This would be hilarious. Foul the keeper deliberately. Doesn't matter. Its a pen for me. Karate kick their best player in the head. Doesn't matter. Its a red card for their best player. I'm game. Let's try this.

 

[mctrials23]

Multi-ball!!!!

 

[tomaldinho1]

Something they should and could change that it’s ridiculous in my mind would be to make the GK area smaller.

Additionally get a clock timer that counts down around the stadium and then sounds a horn when a keeper picks up the ball to when they have to kick, I swear in the CL we lose so much viewing time with keepers timewasting. Same for throw ins.

 

[simonhch]

Hi Gianni, welcome to Redcafe. I’m glad you’ve sought our advice on how to improve the game. I think you’ll find the football forum, and the match day thread in particular, a rational well balanced place full of considered views. Congratulations on your suggestion, may I also put forward the prospect of cheerleaders, timeouts, goal competitions at half time, an all star game, and special music when the home team are defending?

 

[RomfordRed75]

A 10 minute powerplay when United
players could actually be arsed would be a nice start

 

[donkeyfish]

The Diego - for five minutes you get an angry man in a black suit running up and down the touchline distracting everybody

 

[Skills]

The Diego - for five minutes you get an angry man in a black suit running up and down the touchline distracting everybody

How about a streaker who gets released onto the pitch for 30 seconds. And whichever player he can tag in that 30 seconds, has to go off the pitch. 0kay continues

 

[Withnail]

I was shocked this wasn't a goranivanisovich thread

 

[rimaldo]

each manager has a single opportunity per game to shout “sssssshhhhhoooooorrrrrrtttttttssssssss dddddddooooooowwwwwwwwnnnnnnn” once shorts down has been called, the entire opposition team must stop still and remove their shorts. they are out of the game until their short are off. this would mean teams would look to purchase players with shorter legs, to minimise the time it took for a player to remove their shorts. it would also settle the messi v ronaldo debate once and for all.

 

[PoTMS]

Handball powerplay allowed.

 

[Mike Smalling]

The manager should have a direct line to the FIFA president to be able to complain in real time.

 

[rimaldo]

The manager should have a direct line to the FIFA president to be able to complain in real time.

that would end in all sorts of confusion. like a goal randomly being given in a world cup final because any of the ball was over the line, rather than all of the ball.

 

[Mike Smalling]

that would end in all sorts of confusion. like a goal randomly being given in a world cup final because any of the ball was over the line, rather than all of the ball.

Based on F1, I would say the hilarity would make up for it. Can’t you just imagine hearing Southgate’s desperate complaining as his dreams are crushed in real time?

 

[TheReligion]

I was shocked this wasn't a goranivanisovich thread

He’s changed his name

 

[Withnail]

He’s changed his name

Yeah couldn't remember it. It's not @Skills anyway

 

[TheReligion]

Yeah couldn't remember it. It's not @Skills anyway

@Ajr

 

[Withnail]

@Ajr

That's the one. Thanks

 

[TheReligion]

That's the one. Thanks

I’m here to help

 

[R'hllor]

For the moment i thought this thread was created by that other guy.

 

[Gazautd18]

Yeah.
Rush goalie!

 

[donkeyfish]

How about a streaker who gets released onto the pitch for 30 seconds. And whichever player he can tag in that 30 seconds, has to go off the pitch. 0kay continues

Or they have to take the role of streaker for the next streak.

 

[Roane]

The fans get given some sort of device they can press if they are bored with their team.

The number is on a big screen. If it hits 70% the manager gets a kick in the gonads

 

[mjstokes85]

What's always struck me as odd is that football has no other "format" like many other sports do. Cricket for example has test, one day and T20, all official forms of the game played by the same teams. Tennis has doubles for example. Football has no other official format other than 11 a side. For example a 30 minute each way 5 a side cup.

 

[Ajr]

Yes

 

[Abizzz]

You know to make it more exciting.

Say each manager gets 3 chips of 5 minutes each to play every game. What chips would you have?

1. 12th Man - for 5 minutes you can bring an extra player on the pitch
2. Shifting the goal posts - hitting posts or cross bar now counts as a goal
3. No holds barred - all stoppages go in the favour of the team using the chip. Balls goes out for a goalkick - but as you were using the powerplay, this is now your corner.

Open to more suggestions

I'm in favour of executing people who want to change the rules for entertainment. We could have it as the half time show.

That would add some spice.

 

[Hastar]

4) CEAT strategic timeout, called by a manager when the opposition is on top.

5) SUBWAY smart sub in of a goalkeeper incase the opposition win a penalty.

6) GILLETTE mid game trim of grass on patches that have come off.




... Just NO.

 

[Stobzilla]

each manager has a single opportunity per game to shout “sssssshhhhhoooooorrrrrrtttttttssssssss dddddddooooooowwwwwwwwnnnnnnn” once shorts down has been called, the entire opposition team must stop still and remove their shorts. they are out of the game until their short are off. this would mean teams would look to purchase players with shorter legs, to minimise the time it took for a player to remove their shorts. it would also settle the messi v ronaldo debate once and for all.

You've been sitting on this one for a while haven't you?

 

[ariveded]

Partially good suggestion. Would love to see additional/removal of 1 player for Extra Time. Brings new tactics, excitement and lowers the probability of PKs.

 

[WeePat]

The manager should have a direct line to the FIFA president to be able to complain in real time.

"No Gianni nooo, it's not right Gianni" cries Klopp as KDB blasts home a last second penalty that was given to City because KDB punched Alisson in the face.

 

[tenpoless]

Jesus you lot just want to ruin this sport don't you?