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kleermaker
You mention all the reasons why a beautiful sport like footbal is ruined constantly. Such odd sentiments don't exist when it concerns all other sports, like athletics, basketball, base ball, speed skating, volleyball, swimming etc. etc. This way of conservative thinking is something from the 19th century: false romantic. If you like the diving, the cheating, the blind refs, the outdated rules (off side) etc, then you better go to the theatre: much more and better drama.
If you think that off side is an outdated rule, you are missing the basic principles to even discuss football. Off side is essential to the game!
That said, indeed athletics, basketball, base ball, speed skating, volleyball, swimming etc. all quite bore me ...
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Still 5 hours to go
Cannot stand the tension anymore
Still 2 hours to go
DONE
With lots of luck....
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marcovandereijk
This one's for Carlitos, she seems to be willing to talk about Spain:
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kleermaker
In field hockey they also had the off side rule and have abolished it. A great improvement, whether you like field hockey or not (I do). The rules for football are based on the lenght, physical strenght and playing systems from long ago. There's so much changed in more than 100 years that the rules have to be modernized. A simple example: the size of the goal is based on the average lenght of the people back then. That lenght has changed enormously, and so must the size of the goal: it's ridiculously low in relation to the physical qualities of the goalkeeper and the defenders. In those days you had results like 7-3 and 8-4 etc. Much more goals and chanches to score. If football doesn't adapt to the new conditions it will never conquer the US. Personally I liked football much more 30 years ago, because it was much more attractive. To keep it attractive and fair the rules have to be adapted. That applies to everything else in life. A poll of a quality paper here in Holland had as result that about 90% of the people want changes of the rules and technical means as video etc. to begin with. And football is still very popular in Holland, but we are critical, we want beautiful football.
btw: is there any other sport you like?
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liddas
Then there are consequences of the famous Bosman decision. Today it is easier and it costs less to buy 10 young players from Africa or South America rather than grow them up in your ranks.
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btw I practice many sports, and I prefer the practice than beung a spectator. As entertainment, I have a passion only for football. All the other sports don't interest me at all.
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kleermaker
And football is still very popular in Holland, but we are critical, we want beautiful football.
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leteyer
You might have it wrong.
The Bosman decision is for insuring that UE citizens are allowed the freedom of movement to which, under Community law the have right. It has nothing to do with
people from outside the UE.
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Max'sKansasCity
Using two (for redundant back up) simple VERYlight weight electonic signals attached to every player uniform could indicate offsides (or not).
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kleermaker
In field hockey they also had the off side rule and have abolished it.
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kleermaker
The rules for football are based on the lenght, physical strenght and playing systems from long ago. There's so much changed in more than 100 years that the rules have to be modernized. A simple example: the size of the goal is based on the average lenght of the people back then. That lenght has changed enormously, and so must the size of the goal: it's ridiculously low in relation to the physical qualities of the goalkeeper and the defenders. In those days you had results like 7-3 and 8-4 etc. Much more goals and chanches to score. If football doesn't adapt to the new conditions it will never conquer the US
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carlitosbaez
Press in Portugal is right now trying to laugh us with the toros and Ronaldo, let see what happen my friends tonite...
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kleermaker
The rules for football are based on the lenght, physical strenght and playing systems from long ago. There's so much changed in more than 100 years that the rules have to be modernized. A simple example: the size of the goal is based on the average lenght of the people back then. That lenght has changed enormously, and so must the size of the goal: it's ridiculously low in relation to the physical qualities of the goalkeeper and the defenders. In those days you had results like 7-3 and 8-4 etc. Much more goals and chanches to score. If football doesn't adapt to the new conditions it will never conquer the US
I've just read this again, I've come to the conclusion that you're either on a troll mission or a @#$%& wind up
Can't decide which.
I've read some ridiculous comments in my time, but those above take the biscuit mate
Utterly unbelievable
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kleermaker
lenght, physical strenght and playing systems from long ago. There's so much changed in more than 100 years that the rules have to be modernized. A simple example: the size of the goal is based on the average lenght of the people back then.
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kleermaker
That lenggth has changed enormously,
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kleermaker
and so must the size of the goal: it's ridiculously low in relation to the physical qualities of the goalkeeper and the defenders. In those days you had results like 7-3 and 8-4 etc. Much more goals and chanches to score.
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kleermaker
If football doesn't adapt to the new conditions it will never conquer the US.
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Personally I liked football much more 30 years ago, because it was much more attractive. To keep it attractive and fair the rules have to be adapted.
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Gazza
we're getting old and we like to romanticise and exaggerate the best things about the sport when WE were growing up, dont we?
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Brue
The thing about soccer conquering the U.S. or whatever isn't the fact that not much scoring is involved, but that fact that one person can so utterly change the outcome of the game. Everyone knows who that person is. People in the U.S. are used to instant replay to measure things like whether a ball is in play or not at the very minimum. You know, like Lampard's obvious goal. The stakes are so much higher in soccer because there are less scoring chances. Red cards are ridiculous too. Putting the other team a man down because of a foul makes the game look cheap. 'Look I got hit in my face owww now we get to play a man up for 60 minutes!' Low rent stupidity. There's nothing wrong with soccer, it's the way the games are handled that makes it look like a third-world sport. The power the referees have is just too great, especially for someone who's usually 30 yards from the ball. You have some ref who's 40+ out there trying to chase down Brazilians. Right. Like that's ever gonna happen. There needs to be oversight. It would take all of 20-30 seconds to review an offside call. What comes around goes around doesn't mask the fact that the people that run soccer internationally can't get it right. Soccer's cheap, and it has nothing to do with the way the game is played.