Everyone’s a critic.
So far, my favorites are my idea (sudden death, unlimited on the fly subs) but I would make it right after regulation and the one with the forward, defender and goalie.
Does anyone know the number for FIFA?
My thinking leans in the same direction. Though maybe I’d start the shootout at the current spot and move it back a yard, say, with each ensuing kick.
Sure, why not. In fact, let’s just make the additional overtimes Rugby.
I’d want to encourage aggression and risk taking, so I say you pull both the goalkeepers out of the game and you play 10 vs 10, no defenders allowed in the goal area box, first to score 3 goals (would 5 be too many?) in the OT period wins, no clock.
And the moats. Should there be alligators in them or not?
That would be an interesting twist. And make it so that if the ball stays on one team’s side of the field for a certain amount of time, that counts as a goal for the other team. So if a defense tried to keep the ball on their side forever, it would hurt them. They have to push the ball to the other side of the field in order to prevent those time-based goals.
But that’s true in pretty much any other sport that has overtime. You can mitigate this somewhat with unlimited subs in OT. But I say, toughen up.
This I agree with, which is why I think further modifications are needed (like fewer players). Dropping the number of skaters from 5 to 3 in hockey OT has reduced the number of shootouts.
That’s basically a hockey shootout. It is marginally more exciting than the current method, but shootouts are widely hated in hockey, so it wouldn’t quiet the complaints.
I think what this boils down to is…
How would you replace extra innings in baseball?
So far this is the proposal I find the most appealing, although I’d remove extra time and go straight to this after regulation time is over, to prevent exhaustion and injuries.
Disclaimer: I watch only a combined total of ~1 hour of football a year max, mostly highlights, so I am by no means an expert in the sport.
How about in overtime, a certain number of players (2? 3?) on each team must be designated as offense only and stay in the offensive half of the field. When the ball is in the opposing zone, they have to wait at midfield.
Each team would be attacking with 10 players against only 7 or 8 defenders. It increases the likelihood of a quicker score and it awards aggressive, exciting play.
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Another idea I like is to have the shootout before the game which would obviously only count if the game is drawn. It would be a fun appetizer before every knockout game and it would avoid a situation where both teams are playing defensively for a shootout. It would take some time but you would avoid extra time and there aren’t that many knockout games anyway.
Trouble is, you’ll then get the team that won the shootout playing for a draw. I don’t think any team ever plays defensively for a shootout, because it’s basically a nightmare.
Rewarding defensive play, like counting time of possession, often leads to boring games. Are there instead ways to reward aggressive play? For example, play overtime, but the team which kept the ball out of their half of the field during overtime the most would win in a tiebreaker. Or count the number of times the goalie touches the ball with their hands in overtime and the team with the least goalie touches would win a tiebreaker. Stuff like that doesn’t disrupt the game, would cause teams to take chances during overtime, and would lead to a winner being declared against criteria based on aggressive play rather than defensive.
Rewarding direct shots on goal would encourage more attacking play.
Not really. My two main problems with shootouts is that (1) it’s basically a coin flip and, (2) it’s basically a different game. Extra innings are played the same as the rest of the game (except now you start with someone on 2nd, I think). In soccer, they throw their hands up and say, OK, we give up, no one will take a lead, and then just change to a different game.
If you’re a man down in a tie game, a shootout can look like your best option. But I think your overall point is valid.
Its good that penalties are a coin flip.
The teams were even after 120 minutes.
They should be finally separated by something a bid random.
So id replace the coin flip of penalties with the coin flip of a coin flip
The most “pure” solution to soccer matches that end in a tie after regular play is the result is a tie. No extra time, no kicks, just stop play and it’s a tie.
The problem is actually with tournaments that demand a winner from each match. Change the tournament structure, not the gameplay.