The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[Fifaguy360]

ultima said:

Fifaguy360 said:

poklane said:

Dark_Lord_2008 said:

Penalty shoot outs are best and fairest way to decide winner and loser from drawn match. Penalty shoot out should be used to decide drawn matches instead of replay matches.

It isn't. Football is a team sport, penalties have nothing to do with a team sport, it's all about individuals.

Penalties still has a team element to it. It's individual in skill/composure and turn-based, but the point system is collective. So if you miss your shot, your keeper/teammates can still bail you out by saving and making their shots. Your team can still win despite your mistake.

Even when it gets to the sudden death stage, it's not individual because all that has transpired before has culminated to that point. The progression is as a team effort.

There was a pompous sports analyst on 1050am here in Canada who was arguing about penalties being individual. His arrogance got me so enraged I wanted to call in and tell the fucker off.

By this "argument", Manchester City and Sunderland were a team in the 2011-2012 premier league, because Sunderland's draw bailed Manchester City out, allowing them to win the league. Just because someone else's action benefits you does not make you a team with that person. The fact remains that the team play aspect is gone once a penalty shootout commences.

I don't understand people defending the penalty shootout and wanting it in league matches even. You have a much higher chance of winning on penalties against a better team than in open play. This will only make parking the bus, hoping to end regulation level a more common tactic.

Extra time should also not be removed. You want to remove luck as much as possible from the equation, and that's done by letting teams play until a goal is scored. In practice, the game must be stopped at some point, as fatigue starts to grind the game to a halt. So the only question is: how long should extra time be? I personally think half an hour is a good amount. Changing to other termination rules (golden goal, etc.) is another argument. I personally prefer the current system.

It would have been a team effort if Sunderland intentionally drew to give Man City an advtange. Kinda like an opponent at a poker table showing you his cards so you better odds at winning. It definitely becomes a team effort there. Since Sunderland weren't in cahoots (I assume) with Man City it is not called a team effort. Your teammates are definitely on your side and contributing to the success. No one shot or save defines the win but rather the culmination of 5 shots and 5 save attempts.

I dont believe league matches should have penalties because

a) it is not a knockout round so there is no need to determine a winner

b) the league gets very interesting with draws as only 1 point is awarded. You get into it situations where 1 or 2 points are the difference between a championship or not, relegation or not, CL spot or not where a win is a must.

I agree with your view on extra time.