The Van Basten Proposals

citytillidie

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

The yellow card should just be reformed and be a sin bin, no need for an 'orange' card. The current system is daft.

Player commits yellow card offence ----> into the bin. The # of minutes could be dependent on the severity of the offence, ranging from 2 or 3 minutes up to 15.

It'd work well with a fixed clock like someone mentioned earlier. The current system with time added on is also daft. Two 30 minute halves and the clock stops whenever the ball goes out of play. The half ends when time runs out AND the ball is put out of play.

Stopping and starting the clock cuts out quick free kicks and throw ins taking away some sort of attacking advantage as the player would have to wait until the ref blows his whistle to restart the game

GSPfan

In all seriousness I think removing the offside rule will never happen. But the introduction of Sin Bins would be a brilliant thing for football in my opinion. Joe Allen took down Rashford yesterday as he was about to enter the box and it was blatant foul and received a yellow card which really is no punishment at all. Ander Herrera was swinging out of Firminho the week before and that got a yellow card but again its not really a punishment.

Sin Binning players would be a great addition to the game as it would add more drama if a team temporarily goes down to 10 or 9 men.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

citytillidie wrote: »

Stopping and starting the clock cuts out quick free kicks and throw ins taking away some sort of attacking advantage as the player would have to wait until the ref blows his whistle to restart the game

I'd ban substitutions after the 85th minute.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I'd ban substitutions after the 85th minute.

And what if a team goes behind in the 85th minute and now desperately need a goal and want to throw on a big guy up front or bring on an extra attacker?

The rules really shouldn't be stifling a team trying to make a comeback.

emo72

all teams should play a 12th man. and it should be a supporter of said team. he must be over 40 and overweight. each team will run a lottery and the 12th player will be chosen and have to train with "the lads" for a week leading up to the match. i could see my proposal being very popular with supporters.

this proposal is as realistic as some of the van basten stuff.

Mars Bar

citytillidie wrote: »

Cross between that, have a line say 25 yards out that is only in effect in open play a bit like ice hockey no attacker can be goal side of that before the ball unless they are running with it. There you have the linesman at the line for that.

Then any free kick outside the line you have the normal offside rule back to the old one were no matter where it is in the pitch there has to be 2 players between the forward most attacker and the goal line

Yeah hockey is exactly what was going through my head.

You actually had to implement that offside line in your Youth Cert coaching course.

Richard Hillman

Looks like the Sin Bin proposal will go up for a vote in the IFAB meeting.

A 75% majority is needed. It will be expected that FIFA (who have 4 votes) will vote for it. Wales and Northern Ireland generally oppose any change to the game. So its up to the FA and SFA to choose.