Blatter wants Penalty Alternative

[little dave hedgehog]

Or they could change it so that fouls don't count in extra time?

A few hearty challenges would be triffic. Like on FIFA 96 for the Megadrive where you could turn off fouls and offsides.

That's what I'd do.

i remember that, it was immense

[Lee]

Bring it back.

[Neil Young]

I like the drama of the current system but Blatter is right, football is about 11 against 11 (or 11 against 9, if you're playing QPR). So keep the shootout but find an alternative to pelanties.

I suggest, if the scores are still level at the end of extra time, then issue all players with sixguns - the goalies could have Winchester 73's. The winners are the team that run the other team out of town.

You could jazz it up - imagine if Drogba and Mata had been wearing cowboy hats and ponchos while Lahm and Gomez were in sombreros and large moustaches. That would have been miles better.

It would have looked even more like the Alamo than it already did. Shame it ended differently though.

[baitman]

Or even, Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock

never heard of it, and thought you'd just done your afternoon schmook, but found this; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-pa...s-lizard-Spock

i like the one on one ice hockey style run at the keeper. more skill needed than just smashing one down the middle, a la stuart pearce, etc.

[Neil Young]

i like the one on one ice hockey style run at the keeper. more skill needed than just smashing one down the middle, a la stuart pearce, etc.

Initially so did I but, on reflection, I don't think it's safe for the players to wear skates.

[Lee]

[leftpeg]

Best of 11 rounds of conkers. Conkers spat randomly out of a machine to avoid shenanigans.

[Exiled_red]

Or they could change it so that fouls don't count in extra time?

A few hearty challenges would be triffic. Like on FIFA 96 for the Megadrive where you could turn off fouls and offsides.

That's what I'd do.

[pondus]

Or even, Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock

That or a game of three-dimensional chess

[little dave hedgehog]

lol.

[Corndog]

I like penalties, for the neutral it is the most exciting thing.

However if we must scrap them, I'd go for the crossbar challenge from half way!

[Molby]

A mate of mine came up with an interesting suggestion last week, as we were watching extra time in the Champions League Final over a few pints...

We were just talking about how boring Extra Time is, especially the 2nd half of it.. We got chatting about how it could be jazzed up a bit to be a bit more competitive.

He reckoned that after 90 mins - they should go straight to penalties - sort out a winner of that, and then play the extra 30 mins? If the 30 mins ended in stalemate, then the penalty winners take the prize...

That way, the team that lost the shootout has to attack in ET? I think that would be brilliant.

[Tee]

I like that idea. It would make ET very interesting.

[Charly]

that would destroy the tension and drama.

Penalties are the best part of any game. Even some people who hate football like watching them

[Frenchie]

each new pelanty would consist of 3 attackers vs 2 defenders + a goalie.
K.O. from half way line, normal footie rules, including throw ins and corners...if defenders get it they can shoot into empty net....counts..

2 mins per pelanty.