You can change one rule, what would it be?

Mint Sauce

For me, it would be the penalty taker, the person who was fouled takes the penalty. For example, player A is going for , or setting up a goal scoring chance, and is taken down. Surely he should be taking the penalty, ie, given a chance to finish off his attempt, not a nominated player. In the case of a hand ball, the last attacking player to touch the ball.

What would you guys change?

Cortina_MK_IV

Get rid of that stupid spray and just let the ref go back to judging the 10 yards.

RasTa

Video ref.

eagle eye

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Get rid of that stupid spray and just let the ref go back to judging the 10 yards.

This is one of the best things that has happened in football in a long time and you want to get rid of it?

wonga77

Introduce retrospective punishment for diving, would soon cut out the shíte that the likes of Pepe carries on with

LeinsterDub

RasTa wrote: »

Video ref.

Citing commissioner would be better. Review the game after the game. Bans for diving, warnings and then bans for shouting at the ref etc and of course dealing with foul play

OldMrBrennan83

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The Backwards Man

Booking for celebrating a goal abolished unless deliberately provocative.

Straight red card for missing the goal by more than three yards from a free kick

Oat23

Yellow cards whenever a player stands in front of the ball to stop a team taking a quick freekick.

RasTa

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Citing commissioner would be better. Review the game after the game. Bans for diving, warnings and then bans for shouting at the ref etc and of course dealing with foul play

Still no use if they miss a peno or off/on side goal.

McDave

Players shielding ball over endline without touching it. Player should only be judged to be in possession if he touches the ball. Otherwise it should be obstruction if he shields it from an advancing attacker.

Rationale: To keep play moving and give advantage to attacker.

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PS: Similar rule for attacker shielding ball for corner.

Rationale: To keep ball moving.

Flint Fredstone

Oat23 wrote: »

Yellow cards whenever a player stands in front of the ball to stop a team taking a quick freekick.

Is that not supposed to be a current rule?

cdeb

RasTa wrote: »

Video ref.

Would destroy the game with all the delays.

Any player who gets in the ref's face over a foul/booking should be booked. So Eliseu and Nani here -

Straight yellow, sod off out of the ref's way.

smileyj1987

I'm not a huge fan for the yellow card you get for taking off your shirt in celebration seems a bit much for scoring a goal and celebrating it

dfx-

Add a compulsory extra minute for subs made in injury time..

Or make injury time ball-in-play time only...

OldMrBrennan83

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Bobby Baccala

Not exactly a rule but it'd be great if the 5th officials actually did something for once instead of ignoring blatant fouls in the box that the ref misses. Really have to question the point of them sometimes.

Mr.Crinklewood

Ban short corners.

Allow one additional sub per team if a match goes to extra time.

derm0j073

Patww79 wrote: »

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I agree , it's time for the great granny rule .

Bassboxxx

I'd love to see injuries treated like in rugby as in the physio treats while the play goes on.

Mushy

Most realistic ones I'd like are mentioned.

Unrealistic rule I'd like would be equivalent of back court violation in basketball. So if you bring the ball over the halfway line, you can't resort to bringing it back beyond halfway. Be highly unfair on weaker teams though I imagine.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Would bring in a video ref for pivitol decisions in games. Red cards, disallowed goals, penalties. I think it would add to the overall suspense and excitement in games and add very little extra time spent on the pitch.

jimmycrackcorm

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote:

Would bring in a video ref for pivitol decisions in games. Red cards, disallowed goals, penalties. I the think it would add to the overall suspense and excitement in games and add very little extra time spent on the pitch.

Or even if there is a big screen in the stadium and a player points up thiery Henry doing a handball in the relay that the ref could use that to influence his decision after. I mean he couldn't be looking at the screen all the time but sometimes obvious is obvious.

jack presley

Make the game 20 or 25 minutes a half but do it like Ice Hockey so the clock only moves when the ball's in play. Time wasting wiped out in an instant.

Of course it would never happen as you wouldn't be able to have clocks at amateur or youth games and there's no way you'd have one rule for the pros and one for everyone else.

wpd

no offside

the groutch

allow refs the option of giving a red card rather than just yellow, or the possibility of a retrospective ban, for those 'take one for the team' tackles from behind, when a team is making a quick counter attack.

niallo27

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Ban short corners.

Allow one additional sub per team if a match goes to extra time.

Didnt they have the extra sub thing in the Copa America this year

Dick phelan

2 Yellows over a tournament you miss a match, you should miss games for red cards not for two yellows, it always happens some poor bloke get's an undeserved yellow in a quarter or semi final and ends up missing a career defining game. I want to see the best playing the best not having 3-4 lads suspended for a final because of 2 yellows.

adox

wpd wrote: »

no offside

That really would be an awful change.

enya kenny

Main one for the players to stop acting like pussies. Anyone simulating pretending their hit should face bans.
Also Ref should be more lenient with scuffles and people going head to head etc, pushing another player, a little kick out etc should not be a straight red card. Remember Drogbas slap on vidic, that was not a red card offence.

Clampdown

I would change the way they handle draws for ordinary matches to a system more like what the do in NHL hockey. If a game ends in a draw I'd give award each team 1 point. Then I'd do one 15 minute extra time. If either team scores, the game immediately ends and the scoring team is awarded an extra point. If neither team scores at the end of extra time, it would be a penalty shootout and the winner of that would get the point.

That way teams would be really go for it in the extra time, they'd have nothing to lose, and you wouldn't have dreadful 0-0 draws where neither team puts the ball in the net and neither team wins which is crap for the fans. This way fans are always guaranteed to see at least one goal or an exciting shootout to make it worth the price of admission.

alchemist33

cdeb wrote: »

Would destroy the game with all the delays.

It doesn't have to if you limit it, such as each manager having two challenges per match. There are other options too.

the groutch

@ Clampdown

Doubt that would work, as players are already exhausted towards the end of the season, often playing 50+ matches.
If you go make every draw a potential 120 minutes, you'd need huge squad depth to deal with player fatigue, and would end up with nearly complete 2nd elevens far too often.

jack presley

can I have another one?

Get rid of all that shaking hands at the start of the game and all that 'respect' crap. What's the point when less than a minute afterwards when the game starts they're off trying to con the referee into giving them frees and getting opposing players booked.

ShaneU

Booking players for taking off shirt / celebrating with fans - I feel like this was only introduced to please shirt sponsors.

Change offside to there being daylight between forward and last defender.

Red Card and a penalty for goal scoring opportunity foul is too harsh, change it to yellow card if it's in the penalty area.

Just realised you asked for one rule. Just the first one then because it annoys me every time it happens.

dan1895

smileyj1987 wrote: »

I'm not a huge fan for the yellow card you get for taking off your shirt in celebration seems a bit much for scoring a goal and celebrating it

Straight red. Cut out one of the stupidest things straight away. Why would you want to take part of your kit off??

Gallagher1

Bring in a TMO like what they have in rugby but each team is allowed to use it twice max in a game. Prevents the game being destroyed with delays but affords the team a chance to quickly review something (penalty handball shout/if a player has dived in the box) that should/should not have been awarded.

namloc1980

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Get rid of that stupid spray and just let the ref go back to judging the 10 yards.

Eh, the referees still judge/count out the 10yds - the spray is to prevent the wall stealing 1/2/3yrds on the free taker when the ref turns his back. Brilliant innovation which is simple and fixes a big issue.

niallo27

Gallagher1 wrote: »

Bring in a TMO like what they have in rugby but each team is allowed to use it twice max in a game. Prevents the game being destroyed with delays but affords the team a chance to quickly review something (penalty handball shout/if a player has dived in the box) that should/should not have been awarded.

Yes you have have to limit it, rugby has turned into a joke with the length of games and refs not making simple decisions anymore.

brianregan09

I'd straight away bring in a sin bin , 10 minutes in the bin for anyone play acting , diving intimidating the referee and all this bull**** card raising stuff that players do to try and influnce the ref and only the captains are allowed dispute desicions much like rugby would soon get rid of most of the rubbish in the game

Only allow two substitutes from a bench of three. Even out the rich and less clubs a lot

smileyj1987

dan1895 wrote: »

Straight red. Cut out one of the stupidest things straight away. Why would you want to take part of your kit off??

I have no problem with a player taking off their shirt as part of a celebration , seems to be a silly rule.
To me they need to focus on more serious matters

keno-daytrader

Widen the goal posts, 0-0 or 1-0 makes the game just so boring.

More goals would make football more exciting, can be so frustrating watching a full match.

Corholio

Players picking up the ball after giving away a free kick and running off with it only to throw it back when back in position. Should be a yellow card for touching the ball after a free kick has been given against you.

jester77

Goalkeepers are over protected, they only have to run into someone to get a free. They should have to battle for the ball as well.

Mr.Nice Guy

Already mentioned but the main one for me would be a TMO option, perhaps limit it to two decisions for each coach to avoid frivolous claims.

I'd also like to see the return of the golden goal as I think they gave up on it too soon. I think it was claimed that teams were too nervous to go for the goal and ended up playing for penalties but I can recall games where the teams did go for it, and I felt it was an exciting rule.

Jimbob1977

Goals where the defender deflects the ball into the path of an otherwise offside striker who is 'goal hatching' yards behind him.

Like Vardy vs Wales.... or the third Sevilla goal against Liverpool

There is no art is getting a jammy deflection and ending up with the ball in oceans of space.

If you start the move offside, you should be flagged offside.

namloc1980

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

Goals where the defender deflects the ball into the path of an otherwise offside striker who is 'goal hatching' yards behind him.

Like Vardy vs Wales.... or the third Sevilla goal against Liverpool

There is no art is getting a jammy deflection and ending up with the ball in oceans of space.

If you start the move offside, you should be flagged offside.

But neither of those goals were offside . The last person to touch it was an opposition defender. They weren't offside. I'm confused

Jimbob1977

namloc1980 wrote: »

But neither of those goals were offside . The last person to touch it was an opposition defender. They weren't offside. I'm confused

They weren't offside as the rule stands

I just can't stand the rule. There is no art or skill in goal hatching

flazio

The one thing I'd like to see brought in from rugby is the "time off time on" control that referees have. No more of this rounding off added on time. Play to 90, stop the clock for injuries, subs, direct free kicks and penalties. Resume when play resumes and blow up when the clock reaches 90.

atilladehun

Get rid of extra time. Rubbish games don't deserve an extra half hour. Try win it in 90 or suffer penos.

I like the citing suggestion. Calm reflection that doesn't slow down the game.