tarapoa Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Is it about time that football had a rethink about the penalty kick? For many of the awards these days, it seems a disproportionately easy way to score, and equally as harsh on those conceding. Goals change games, and really should be earned. The Champions League final is the most high profile example - a technical handball in the new rules, Liverpool score early, sit on their lead, dull game........ The Women's World Cup became almost farcical at times. AFC's European adventure as good as ended when Logan was adjudged to have tugged a guy's shirt who was never getting anywhere near the cross. Not sure what the alternatives would be - but my suggestion would be a free kick in the box for all but the worst offences - not every single time it accidentally hits someones hand, or little bits of grappling here and there, where forwards will happily chuck themselves to the ground. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 9 minutes ago, tarapoa said: Is it about time that football had a rethink about the penalty kick? For many of the awards these days, it seems a disproportionately easy way to score, and equally as harsh on those conceding. Goals change games, and really should be earned. The Champions League final is the most high profile example - a technical handball in the new rules, Liverpool score early, sit on their lead, dull game........ The Women's World Cup became almost farcical at times. AFC's European adventure as good as ended when Logan was adjudged to have tugged a guy's shirt who was never getting anywhere near the cross. Not sure what the alternatives would be - but my suggestion would be a free kick in the box for all but the worst offences - not every single time it accidentally hits someones hand, or little bits of grappling here and there, where forwards will happily chuck themselves to the ground. Make the box smaller. No idea why its so fucking massive. Maybe an 8 or a 10 yard box. Goalies rarely have hte ball in their hand further out than about 10 yards these days anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Dundee FC dislikes this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Or defenders could committing stupid fouls in the box. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Minertaur said: Or defenders could committing stupid fouls in the box. So often with corners and set pieces, it's six and half a dozen - forwards will look to buy fouls from referees that can often be influenced by a claim from the home crowd. Would a free kick not suffice for most of these? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Not sure if it would encourage ‘dirty tricks’ from defenders but agree far too often the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Abolish penalties completely and replace them with a points deduction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Ah yes, confetti, the well known award given out at ceremonies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 What about 3 penalties a corner? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, The Moonster said: Ah yes, confetti, the well known award given out at ceremonies. Indeed. We'll be scattering the end of season awards at this rate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerheid Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Clicked on this thinking it was the Saint's v Sevco match thread... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 On 21/08/2019 at 20:27, Hammerheid said: Clicked on this thinking it was the Saint's v Sevco match thread... Dished out like confetti, unless it was Sevco committing the crime - or Steven McLean was the ref against AFC in the case of the previous league match at Paisley. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JTS98 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 I've thought this for a while too. A penalty can completely change a game and they are too often awarded for completely innocuous events. One that stuck in my mind was last season's 3-0 defeat to Celtic in the League Cup semi-final. The game was in the balance until Celtic were awarded a penalty and took the lead following a nothing foul on a player going nowhere in the least dangerous area of the penalty box imaginable. While Bozanic was moronic in sticking his leg out and Christie needed no encouragement to hit the deck, the level of punishment for what was basically nothing seemed way over the top. Perhaps a broadening of the scope for referees to award indirect free-kicks would be good. That said, the recent changes to the handball rule allied to the introduction of VAR have shown that over-complicating football is not a good thing and confusing people about the rules only frustrates viewers. So perhaps allowing scope for people to argue endlessly about whether a foul should have been a penalty or a free-kick would be rubbish too. Still, it does seem a bit OTT in many instances to change the course of a game for a trivial offence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor1874 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Can anyone explain to me how Wolves were awarded that penalty on Sunday. Even with VAR, I feel that's a shocker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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