Games used to be played over 3 quarters and the last quarter would become a slog - a last man standing affair.
I don't see what's wrong with that - but then I'm old enough to remember watching guys finish games with broken jaws, broken arms etc
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Games used to be played over 3 quarters and the last quarter would become a slog - a last man standing affair.
That's a bit different. Maybe a fair compromise is that the player bringing the ball into play cannot rush it himself (even get rid of the tap kick) ie he can pass to a back pocket who can rush it or who can pass it back to him for rushing.
I'm old too... I also remember those days.I don't see what's wrong with that - but then I'm old enough to remember watching guys finish games with broken jaws, broken arms etc
I'm old too... I also remember those days.
It's really simple. If players are fresher, then every kick must be earned, and every mark must be contested. Goals eventuate through good attacking play instead of defensive lapses through tiredness.
I fail to see the attraction of watching tired players run around at half pace. I don't get overly enthused about someone walking into an open goal while their opponent is standing on centre wing, buggered, with hands on hips.
There are still heroic efforts and players raising themselves for one last supreme effort, although it isn't as obvious because the players aren't dead on their feet. I'd rather see an heroic last quarter effort where the player scored a goal by evading a serious tackle, rather than stepping around a tired, one-armed non-tackle.I don't mind seeing tired blokes raise themselves for another effort. It is part of the heroism of great sport. And I'd rather see the fitter team win, rather than the team that handled their rotations the better. Just my POV.
One interpretation I would like to see change is the umpires becoming more relaxed about players playing on when they're off the line. Lining players up perfectly in line when they're having a shot at goal is fine, but it irritates me when a back pocket takes his free and the umpire calls the play back because he was a metre off his line. All it does is disadvantage the team with the free kick.
When was the last time FIFA changed the rules of soccer?
The reason the umpires do this is because funnily enough players invariably try and gain that exta bit of angle ,
which would be cheating .
Does it really matter if someone on the half back flank takes his kick a metre or two off the perfect line? Should just be play on imo.
It's just an annoying disruption to the play when the umpire calls the ball back over such a trivial matter.