Your unpopular football opinion?

[AUFC_Fan]

And if they're injured having just been fouled?

If they go off, the ref picks whoever’s closest

 

[Muz]

If they go off, the ref picks whoever’s closest

Interesting but I don't think that's rule that needs changing. What's the rationale?

Your best kicker takes the corners and goalkicks, the throw-ins are usually taken by the backs or somebody that can launch it.

If you're changing the rule as you say then they'll be saying what about XYZ.

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

Interesting but I don't think that's rule that needs changing. What's the rationale?

Your best kicker takes the corners and goalkicks, the throw-ins are usually taken by the backs or somebody that can launch it.

If you're changing the rule as you say then they'll be saying what about XYZ.

Its an interetsing idea... To your point though, corners, goalkicks and throw ins aren't really fouls...

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

Also, if you take a throw in and it doesn't go in, it goes to the opposition. If you're such a gumby that you can't stand facing the field and still fuck it up then you don't deserve another go.

was a t a match years ago where the facing wind was so strong the ball kept on blowing back over the players head.....

 

[AUFC_Fan]

Interesting but I don't think that's rule that needs changing. What's the rationale?

Your best kicker takes the corners and goalkicks, the throw-ins are usually taken by the backs or somebody that can launch it.

If you're changing the rule as you say then they'll be saying what about XYZ.

Two reasons. First one is so every player has to work on those skills and the second is so players can’t stat pad from set-pieces

 

[NicCarBel]

was a t a match years ago where the facing wind was so strong the ball kept on blowing back over the players head.....

I hear about this and I always think and laugh at the hypothetical I gave an NRL Ref Academy mate of mine at uni:
On kick-off, Team A kicks the ball, but the facing wind is so strong that the ball travels in the air past the 40m line (required for the kicking team to regather the ball), but then goes straight back in the air to the kicking team.

Play on is the call in that instance, apparently.

 

[Muz]

Its an interetsing idea... To your point though, corners, goalkicks and throw ins aren't really fouls...

It's an extension of the same principle but besides penalties, which can inflate a player's stats, why other fouls?

The defending team drags an attacker down outside the box and now the ref allows a wall and time get all the defenders back to organise the defence and now we're saying 'sorry your set piece bloke can't take it'. In which case all the advantages lie with the defending side that committed the foul.

Nope, you've disadvantaged the attacking side by bringing him down within shooting distance, suffer the consequences.

There's better low hanging fruit.

 

[someguyjc]

I've always wondered how the dynamic of the game would change if a yellow card meant a player was also sent off for 5 minutes. Would it reduce professional fouls? Would it stop time-wasting keepers? Imagine a really heated game, you could see both teams go down to 7-8 players for 5 mins.

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

It's an extension of the same principle but besides penalties, which can inflate a player's stats, why other fouls?

The defending team drags an attacker down outside the box and now the ref allows a wall and time get all the defenders back to organise the defence and now we're saying 'sorry your set piece bloke can't take it'. In which case all the advantages lie with the defending side that committed the foul.

Nope, you've disadvantaged the attacking side by bringing him down within shooting distance, suffer the consequences.

There's better low hanging fruit.

Granted what you say but bear in mind that the "opportunity" wasted was base don a foul on a particular player... anyway mate just spitballing, totally agree that that it is of minimal importance, just an interesting thought exercise.

 

[erogenouszone]

One bloke said the NSL would have thrived had Australia qualified for WC 2002.

Maybe. If the NSL/Soccer Australia needed the qualification money that bad then I wouldn't use the word 'thriving' that's for sure, more like a temporary stay of execution.

 

[Keeper66]

There are way too many law changes all the time. It's screwing up the game. No need to change anything more going forward, except get rid of VAR (if only). If you get rid of VAR you get rid of all the offside issues (big toe, accuracy of lines, etc) because it all comes down to the lino's instantaneous view of whether the attacker was past the defender, as it has been for the the last however many years before VAR came in.

I think the most recent law change of 8 seconds for the keeper now has that aspect of the game sorted out, no need to change anything else.

I would tell Arsene Wenger and whoever else FIFA/IFAB have looking at law changes to fuck off for a few years.

 

[Muz]

I've always wondered how the dynamic of the game would change if a yellow card meant a player was also sent off for 5 minutes. Would it reduce professional fouls? Would it stop time-wasting keepers? Imagine a really heated game, you could see both teams go down to 7-8 players for 5 mins.

In masters football here and in Brisbane it's a yellow and 10 in the bin if it's a slide tackle. (Protect the old blokes you see.)

As a result there's very few slide tackles.

 

[Muz]

There are way too many law changes all the time. It's screwing up the game. No need to change anything more going forward, except get rid of VAR (if only). If you get rid of VAR you get rid of all the offside issues (big toe, accuracy of lines, etc) because it all comes down to the lino's instantaneous view of whether the attacker was past the defender, as it has been for the the last however many years before VAR came in.

I think the most recent law change of 8 seconds for the keeper now has that aspect of the game sorted out, no need to change anything else.

I would tell Arsene Wenger and whoever else FIFA/IFAB have looking at law changes to fuck off for a few years.

Fair enough but to stick up for IFAB here most of the rule tweaks have been fairly sensible of late.

One person at kickoff if you want, players don't have to be out of the box for goalkicks, attackers to be one metre away from a wall, dropped ball if it hits the ref, no contested drop balls and other little management issues.

 

[LFC]

In masters football here and in Brisbane it's a yellow and 10 in the bin if it's a slide tackle. (Protect the old blokes you see.)

As a result there's very few slide tackles.

not just in Masters also O55's in regular comp I've played in last season. )so I expect its got introduced elsewhere aas the old leagues keep expanding)
It kind of sucks but I get why they applied it.
To protect the whimps/whingers and lesser players depending the Div.
As you can imagine the fitness and weight differences are huge once you play O45's on.
Being an agile competitive CAM or outside half weighing under 80k many bitch moan of being shutdown quicker than they expect, tackled harder - well don't play normal open football, go play small sided on syn where many rules apply as such.

 

[Muz]

To protect the whimps/whingers and lesser players depending the Div.

To protect old codgers like me who have to work on Monday and don't want to have the shit kicked out of them by a 36 year old bloke when we're just playing for fun.

In Brisbane there were 4 divisions of 35's so you could play with blokes your own standard but here you've got 35 year old blokes mixing it with 60 year old fellas.

A good rule IMO.

 

[LFC]

they do this in O35's up there eh....

I do not recall all my years playing O35 1/s that rule applied, infact it didn't and I played that level just on at 50yrs.
Then I accepted I can't keep up with 35yr old up and comers.
45's didn't have no slide rule for my forwarding mature years.
Alot of my team mates accpeted going O55's season before last, thats when no slide rule came in.

Yes I agree we're not playing for sheep stations and we all got to work Monday, I reckon Div 1 open rules should still apply, get it when your out just to have fun and all very much.

 

[Muz]

they do this in O35's up there eh....

I do not recall all my years playing O35 1/s that rule applied, infact it didn't and I played that level just on at 50yrs.
Then I accepted I can't keep up with 35yr old up and comers.
45's didn't have no slide rule for my forwarding mature years.
Alot of my team mates accpeted going O55's season before last, thats when no slide rule came in.

Yes I agree we're not playing for sheep stations and we all got to work Monday, I reckon Div 1 open rules should still apply, get it when your out just to have fun and all very much.

It's a rule at the pan pacs too across all age groups.

 

[Keeper66]

Fair enough but to stick up for IFAB here most of the rule tweaks have been fairly sensible of late.

One person at kickoff if you want, players don't have to be out of the box for goalkicks, attackers to be one metre away from a wall, dropped ball if it hits the ref, no contested drop balls and other little management issues.

Yep, I agree with all this, that's why I said no need to change anything more. I think the laws as they are now are good, as you said those little management issues have been sorted. And I think (hope) the goalkeeper holding on to the ball too long has been fixed with this latest change.

Let's leave things as they are for a few years, unless something glaring comes up. And I don't see anything glaring at the moment.

 

[LFC]

Luv to attend more Masters but making the time is damn hard !
Did one some years back at the Goldy and before when held in Syd.
Hoot of a time - imagine going to one in France or Italy etc, be a mess of a boys trip hahaha
All - well some would end up so smashed, divorced etc omg

 

[Muz]

Luv to attend more Masters but making the time is damn hard !
Did one some years back at the Goldy and before when held in Syd.
Hoot of a time - imagine going to one in France or Italy etc, be a mess of a boys trip hahaha
All - well some would end up so smashed, divorced etc omg

I went to the last Pan Pacs with Dunrooten FC. They're quite famous at the Pan Pacs. Over 100 competitors across multiple teams and sports.

Every night there's 5000 or so people all getting together for the entertainment which is heaps of fun.