Good and bad changes to football

[Lilbaz]

European cup to champions league and creation of the premier league worst things to happen to football.

 

[nailsy]

Not sure if it's classified as a change of rules, but introducing a new ball before every world cup winds me up. Just let the players use a ball that they're used to so they can play to the best of their ability.

 

['O Zio]

Not sure if it's classified as a change of rules, but introducing a new ball before every world cup winds me up. Just let the players use a ball that they're used to so they can play to the best of their ability.

Different leagues use different balls though so there is no one ball ball that everyone is used to.

For what it's worth, the season leading up to the WC with that funny jubilani ball the Bundesliga just used that as the official ball so all the German players had had a whole season using it before the WC. Maybe leagues should all just do that from now on.

 

[nailsy]

Different leagues use different balls though so there is no one ball ball that everyone is used to.

For what it's worth, the season leading up to the WC with that funny jubilani ball the Bundesliga just used that as the official ball so all the German players had had a whole season using it before the WC. Maybe leagues should all just do that from now on.

Like you say if they're going to introduce a new ball give everyone a chance to use it for a season before the tournament. Obviously that would never happen because of sponsorship rights in different regions and leagues.

 

['O Zio]

Like you say if they're going to introduce a new ball give everyone a chance to use it for a season before the tournament. Obviously that would never happen because of sponsorship rights in different regions and leagues.

That's my point, they do have a chance to use it, and some teams/countries have done in the past, but most of them choose not to whether it be due to sponsorships or whatever. As always, the money takes priority over the football unfortunately.

 

[mattdefoe]

European cup to champions league and creation of the premier league worst things to happen to football.

How come?

 

[Mycroft Jones]

Three subs is fine but I fully expect to see the full squad on the sidelines and unlimited rolling substitutions in my lifetime, that will be when it stops being football as I know it.

 

[Lilbaz]

How come?

Because it has reduced competitiveness in the game. Creating mega clubs, the rich get richer and the rest just make up the numbers. Many kids don't evn know who plays for their local teams anymore they support a man utd etc...

 

[Saoirse]

Worst change has got to be the globalisation - it's meant the big leagues getting far too wealthy and pushing down historical clubs elsewhere. Even ten years back the likes of Celtic or Ajax had resources on par with a top-half Premier League team - now they're more like bottom-half Championship sides. Takes a lot of the fun out of the European competitions and takes away identity from the domestic leagues when they all feature fewer and fewer domestic players.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Three subs is fine but I fully expect to see the full squad on the sidelines and unlimited rolling substitutions in my lifetime, that will be when it stops being football as I know it.

They started doing that 3 years ago down here in Cornwall (The CCFA are often 'guinea pigs' for trials) It's one of the reasons I stopped playing.

It was like hockey, in respect there'd be a corner or something, one of the smaller players would suddenly become tired or injured, and on comes 7ft tall Bogdan, then 5 minutes later little injured/tired player was suddenly recovered and reintroduced to the game. Most of the guys I was with/against didn't like how it basically ruined the flow of the game. So frustrating!

Others like it, though. They think it's good that their best players could get tired, go off for a 10 minute rest and then come back on.

By all accounts, it's still being implemented down here, so you're probably right in thinking you'll be seeing rolling subs in your lifetime, unfortunately.

 

[Col_M]

There’s the red card for cynical tackles but only if it’s the last defender. I remember Willy Young doing it for Arsenal in an FA Cup final and getting away with it. I did it the following week at school and my PE teacher went nuts.

 

[Marty]

There’s the red card for cynical tackles but only if it’s the last defender. I remember Willy Young doing it for Arsenal in an FA Cup final and getting away with it. I did it the following week at school and my PE teacher went nuts.

I think the change they made most recently with the red card only being issued if no genuine attempt to play the ball was made was a good move. We were seeing too many red cards that were just unlucky and in no way malicious and that change has broadly speaking stopped those situations.

 

[nailsy]

Not sure if it's classified as a change of rules, but introducing a new ball before every world cup winds me up. Just let the players use a ball that they're used to so they can play to the best of their ability.

And now we've got a new ball for the knockout stage of the world cup....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44620577

 

[Saoirse]

And now we've got a new ball for the knockout stage of the world cup....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44620577

Well, Kane's going to need one of those to take home with him too...

 

[dontcallme]

I don't remember when away goas was introduced and it has never made much sense.

I remember golden goal was introduced with the idea of making teams attack more for that goal. The result was the opposite and teams generally played more conservatively.

Away goals never seemed to have much of a purpose. I assume the idea is to reward the team attacking more away but that is weak at best. Always an anti-climatic finale for me.

After last night I disagree with my final sentence.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

After last night I disagree with my final sentence.

The Away Goals rule was introduced in 1965

 

[dontcallme]

The Away Goals rule was introduced in 1965

Taken me a long time to come to my conclusion.

 

[Mr-T]

Going back to the original change mentioned in this thread, the back pass rule.

There was a direct link between this rule being introduced and the end of Liverpools footballing dominance. I remembered the constant, anti-football, Hansen to Grobbelaar time-wasting when they were 1-0 up. As soon as they were unable to rely on this tactic they went into footballing decline.

I like the back pass rule.

 

[Marty]

Going back to the original change mentioned in this thread, the back pass rule.

There was a direct link between this rule being introduced and the end of Liverpools footballing dominance. I remembered the constant, anti-football, Hansen to Grobbelaar time-wasting when they were 1-0 up. As soon as they were unable to rely on this tactic they went into footballing decline.

I like the back pass rule.

The back pass rule is undoubtedly the most important rule change in the last 50 years football, and I think it was a massive factor in the success of the Premier League too. It would not have taken off and become the billion pound industry it has without the back pass rule.

 

[mickdale]

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