Fixing Football

[Marc Overmars]

Definitely impossible to prove play-acting for fouls though. No way to prove a player wasn't hurt, I think. Even in the David Villa case that Moe described above.

Yeah there's no chance you could punish someone for pretending they were hurt. I mentioned it merely as an extreme example of the mentality involved with a footballer, it's all about gaining an advantage via the ref. It happens every week, a player might take a genuine knock, but then exaggerate it by holding his face/foot/cock or whatever just because the cameras are there and they can pressure the ref into dishing out punishment. That just doesn't happen at grass roots and if someone tried it on, they'd probably get their legs broken for real the next time.

[Power n Glory]

Salary cap.

Good coaching and developing young talent would be the focus instead of transfer windows and trying to poach some big star from another club. Agents would actually have to do a good job of looking after their players instead of acting like pimps. Poor managers get exposed for what they are and good managers at smaller clubs get more of the limelight.

[Kano]

It is tbh

nah if it was we wouldn't be talking about it day and night still.

people just love to fucking moan tbh.

[Dog Toffee]

Players that cause serious injury e.g Shawcross on Ramsey should be banned for the length of time it takes for the injured player to return. I like that one. And if they never return the player who caused the injury has to work in McDonalds.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Players that cause serious injury e.g Shawcross on Ramsey should be banned for the length of time it takes for the injured player to return. I like that one. And if they never return the player who caused the injury has to work in McDonalds.

yep, and Refs need to be Consistant tbh, none of this rubbish we see today, If its a bad 2 footed challenge its a red card and these rules should be enforced at the start of the season so every team knows.

Swearing at the ref should be a red, and Pens should be made clear was is and was is not one.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Players that cause serious injury e.g Shawcross on Ramsey should be banned for the length of time it takes for the injured player to return. I like that one. And if they never return the player who caused the injury has to work in McDonalds.

No that's silly, what happens if a player commits a tackle with the same recklessness but there's no injury resulting from it?

I think endangering an opponent should come with a greater suspension though.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Obviously goal-line tech' is a given.

Scraping the transfer windows; all they do is cause panic buying and unimaginable pleasure for Jim White.
More 3pm kick offs.
I think clubs would find ways to get round salary caps, but it wouldn't hurt to look into it.
Regulate ticket prices.
I wouldn't even be against sin bins for the cynical but not-very-serious fouls.
Crack down on the ludicrous holding at corners and free kicks. If players get punished, they will quickly learn, which is why the excuse of "there'd be 8 red cards a game" is ridiculous.
Only the captains and the players involved in a situation can talk to the referee.
Zero tolerance on swearing etc to the refs.
More flexible punishment, so you can repeal a yellow card for instance.
Stop the ridiculous situation where an injured player has to go off to come back on, yet the perpetrator stays on for the entire time. Either both off, or neither.

It's a start...

[Coney]

Obviously goal-line tech' is a given.

Scraping the transfer windows; all they do is cause panic buying and unimaginable pleasure for Jim White.
More 3pm kick offs.
I think clubs would find ways to get round salary caps, but it wouldn't hurt to look into it.
Regulate ticket prices.
I wouldn't even be against sin bins for the cynical but not-very-serious fouls.
Crack down on the ludicrous holding at corners and free kicks. If players get punished, they will quickly learn, which is why the excuse of "there'd be 8 red cards a game" is ridiculous.
Only the captains and the players involved in a situation can talk to the referee.
Zero tolerance on swearing etc to the refs.
More flexible punishment, so you can repeal a yellow card for instance.
Stop the ridiculous situation where an injured player has to go off to come back on, yet the perpetrator stays on for the entire time. Either both off, or neither.

It's a start...

I'd go with most of that.

Agree with the excuse of "there'd be 8 red cards a game" being bollocks. Maybe at the beginning there would be a high number of reds but within a week or so, they would behave.

FA/UEFA/FIFA looking at incidents after a match even if a ref had dealt with it at the time as the ref must make a snap decision but later video evidence can clarify innocence or guilt, increasing or reducing the penalty accordingly.

[Unai Tea]

A salary cap I think is critical. It's become ridiculous. FFP is a sham and the easiest way to fix it and also inject a more open playing field is through a salary cap.

[Cripps_orig]

Clubs can only spend what they earn

Do away with lower league football or if not possible, put less importance on it and make it like the lower leagues in Spain and Italy. Put the money saved there in developing kids for premiership clubs.

Have referees come out and face the music after matches