....I would watch American Grid Iron Football or whatever that shit sport is called!
Why are Stoke allowed to get away with their abuse of the throw in laws? Why are they allowed to waste time drying the ball with a towel every time they have a throw in near the opposition’s penalty area? Are the away team allowed to use that towel? If a team has a player who is a specialist corner kick taker but he has to wear special boots to take the corner should play be held up while he changes into those boots? If the modern ball allows certain freakish players to hurl the ball 50 or 60 yards is that not allowing a fundamental and unwanted change to the aesthetics of football? If Stoke continue to deploy the long throw in so effectively will more low quality football teams adopt the policy and pick and groom ‘quasi quaterback’ type outfield players who can throw the ball a prodigious distance ?
FIFA are always tinkering with the laws to make the game more free flowing and attractive. I hope that if this ugly long distance throwing style of attacking football becomes more widespread they quickly adapt the rules to stop it!
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My thoughts exactly. They've got a weapon, they use it to good effect. Maybe Ashley Cole should take a leaf out of their book
Ashley Cole is one the best full backs in the world and plays the game using his feet. I don't think he has anything to learn from the donkeys who play for this Stoke side.
Not exactly what I was referring to
Your joke wasn't completely wasted, I found it amusing!
Well throw-ins have never been known for their excitement. I'd argue that a throw into the six-yard box actually makes it more exciting, as teams have to come up with a way to defend it, and it adds another dimension to the game.
Whatever floats your boat, as they say. We all get our excitement in different ways. In terms of "football", I'd argue it's effing boring.
Sign him up... 163 feet and 3.8 inches
Well I definitely wouldn't say that throw-ins are the most exciting part of the game, or anything near it. But I do think it spices it up a little, as it leads to some terrible defending sometimes, and can be entertaining to watch.
I'm sure it was calculated that he takes 40 seconds to prepare and throw and at one game last year they had 23 throw ins - that's about 15 minutes of nothingness and wasted time
If that's within the laws then something is wrong there
I don't think he's the best left back in Fulham, but each to their own.
Anyway, I don't see a problem with it, but if it's more attractive football we are after, hopw about we shake up the rules a bit?
Maybe we should have a ban on all things long, so lets have the pitch divided into sectors that the ball must be played into, like ice hockey, to stop teams lumping it 60 yards.
Whilst we're at it, lets introduce a law that the ball must not go above shoulder height, and players can only go in certain sectors according to what position they are playing in, just like netball!
Furthermore, players are no longer permitted to:
Pass backwards
Shoot within the penalty area, apart from when taking a penalty.
Make contact with an opposition player.
Committing an offence is punishable by sin bins of 5 or 10 minutes, or exclusion from the rest of the game.
Throw in's must not go further than 10 yards, and can be either a bounce, underarm, chest or shoulder pass.
Lastly, rolling subs will be allowed (but not literally rolling, unless Benni McCarthy actually joins us)
Thoughts?
I remember old duffers making similar comments to these when new laws were introduced to stop teams passing the ball back to their goalkeepers years ago. In fact, anytime the laws were tweaked to improve the game as a spectacle the old duffers would be up in arms. I personally cannot think of a single rule change over the last 30 years that has not significantly enhanced the sport.
Yeah I agree with you there Granpa.
It brings a different dimension to the game and really tests a teams defending and goalkeeper.
But it wastes too much time!
what about the rule change where if you take off your shirt you get punished more than wayne rooney would if he elbowed you in the back of the head....
what about the rule change where if you take off your shirt you get punished more than wayne rooney would if he elbowed you in the back of the head....[/quote]
This rule was put in place so the sponsors logo was seen on the scoring player!! Removing the shirt by the goal scorer infringes the contract with the sponsor. This has nothing to do with football but everything to do with marketing and that is what rules football and other sports nowadays.