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[ExtraSlow]

I'm not going to look it up, but I've heard it's like 10k, and no matter what the actual distance is, I've had real soccer fans tell me that the amount of physical exertion is a real significant thing that players and coaches need to manage. I'm just taking them at their word that it's meaningful, and if it's meaningful, it's slowing the game down.

The best players will always be the best players, but it gives mid-skill teams an option of trying to push the pace with frequent substitutions and should make for a more exicting game overall.

[Buster]

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I'm not going to look it up, but I've heard it's like 10k, and no matter what the actual distance is, I've had real soccer fans tell me that the amount of physical exertion is a real significant thing that players and coaches need to manage. I'm just taking them at their word that it's meaningful, and if it's meaningful, it's slowing the game down.

The best players will always be the best players, but it gives mid-skill teams an option of trying to push the pace with frequent substitutions and should make for a more exicting game overall.

im all for it.

[ianmcc]

1. Stoppage time vs. running time. Too much time spent rolling around clutching a body part trying to influence the referee. And dicking around with free kicks and throw ins. Eliminate the 45/90 minutes and go with a running clock that stops with every stoppage. Maybe 30/60 or less.
2. Red cards for embellishments. Period.
3. No heading or bumping the ball back to your keeper so they can pick it up. Only balls off of the other team can be picked up.
4. Once the ball passes center no passing back to your own keeper. I hate teams that play like that.
5. PKs from the top of the 18m box.
6. Extra time with two 15 minute periods until there is a winner. One extra sub earned per half.
7. Offside rule changed that your entire body must be offside.
8. Five second clock once the keeper picks up the ball and the opposition clears the 18m box. Strictly enforced.

[jutes]

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That's pretty much indoor soccer.

[DonJuan]

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That's pretty much indoor soccer.

Glad somebody finally said it. It's my game now that I cant run 10 miles (yes miles) per soccer game.

Also indoor soccer, you avoid falling as much as possible. Floor is lava scenario; mostly because of the diseases that live in the carpet and find it's way into your new rug burn on your leg.

[Brent.ff]

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Glad somebody finally said it. It's my game now that I cant run 10 miles (yes miles) per soccer game.

I find indoor far more taxing then outdoor, 2 minutes of suicides vs being able to catch your breath.

[Buster]

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1. Stoppage time vs. running time. Too much time spent rolling around clutching a body part trying to influence the referee. And dicking around with free kicks and throw ins. Eliminate the 45/90 minutes and go with a running clock that stops with every stoppage. Maybe 30/60 or less.
2. Red cards for embellishments. Period.
3. No heading or bumping the ball back to your keeper so they can pick it up. Only balls off of the other team can be picked up.
4. Once the ball passes center no passing back to your own keeper. I hate teams that play like that.
5. PKs from the top of the 18m box.
6. Extra time with two 15 minute periods until there is a winner. One extra sub earned per half.
7. Offside rule changed that your entire body must be offside.
8. Five second clock once the keeper picks up the ball and the opposition clears the 18m box. Strictly enforced.

these are all awesome, and should be implemented immediately.

Mabe add an "over and back" line that's past the center field that you cant pass back behind once you're over it.

[haggis88]

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5. PKs from the top of the 18m box.
6. Extra time with two 15 minute periods until there is a winner. One extra sub earned per half.
7. Offside rule changed that your entire body must be offside.
8. Five second clock once the keeper picks up the ball and the opposition clears the 18m box. Strictly enforced.

Just a couple of points, #5 the box is 18 yards, 18m would make it almost two metres longer than it is now...more room for goalies to handle, no thanks!

#6 has been implemented in different ways a couple of times and was criticised for the most part...one of the major tournaments had a golden goal rule in ET (next scorer wins) and teams ended up just playing for a draw, being too scared to 'go for it'. Another tournament tried Silver Goal where if a team leads after the first fifteen-minute half of extra time, it is the winner

#7 I fully agree with

#8 The current rule is supposed to be 7 seconds and it restarts if the keeper bounces the ball...never seen it enforced and I wonder if it's because refs don't seem to like giving indirect free kicks in the opposition box for some reason

[Buster]

Getting rid of offside entirely would probably end up being a positive

[haggis88]

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Getting rid of offside entirely would probably end up being a positive

Nah, visible line like ice hockey instead of it being wherever the last defender is

[cam_wmh]

haha, Buster you're jokes man.

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1. Stoppage time vs. running time. Too much time spent rolling around clutching a body part trying to influence the referee. And dicking around with free kicks and throw ins. Eliminate the 45/90 minutes and go with a running clock that stops with every stoppage. Maybe 30/60 or less.
2. Red cards for embellishments. Period.
3. No heading or bumping the ball back to your keeper so they can pick it up. Only balls off of the other team can be picked up.
4. Once the ball passes center no passing back to your own keeper. I hate teams that play like that.
5. PKs from the top of the 18m box.
6. Extra time with two 15 minute periods until there is a winner. One extra sub earned per half.
7. Offside rule changed that your entire body must be offside.
8. Five second clock once the keeper picks up the ball and the opposition clears the 18m box. Strictly enforced.

Black cards for simulation. Added time takes all stoppages into consideration. The rest is trash and noise.

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I find indoor far more taxing then outdoor, 2 minutes of suicides vs being able to catch your breath.

5-aside boarded is dying. Those rules have been in existence forever; Futsal. Boards are helpful for shite plebs. 7's will slowly replace all levels, as infrastructure catches up (red deer/ edmonton etc)

[Buster]

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5-aside boarded is dying. Those rules have been in existence forever; Futsal. Boards are helpful for shite plebs. 7's will slowly replace all levels, as infrastructure catches up (red deer/ edmonton etc)

[cam_wmh]

You're welcome

[killramos]

If you need to read a book to enjoy a sport it’s not much of a sport.

[bjstare]

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You're welcome

Why don’t they just title it “soccer”?

[Buster]

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Why don’t they just title it “soccer”?

[ThePenIsMightier]

Finally. An instance where using the word BRILLIANT pertaining to soccer is appropriate!

[Buster]

It's not like soccer is only a tweak or two away from being good. It has massive cultural issues (mostly around men behaving like babies), fundamental issues (feet only? Dafuq), and rules issues.

It's only advantage is that poor people can play it. Basically it had the same advantages as rice.

[cam_wmh]

haha, happy to hear your spawn is doing well at it. Weird you allowed him to chose the pleb sport, and not something of your ilk-appropriate like hockey. Surprise him with your understanding of a sport, and suggest the black card idea.

[Buster]

I've consciously avoided directing my kids in terms of their sports.

Except hockey. That shit is barely off of being a cult in Canada, and about as destructive. Worst sport in terms of culture.