Richie MUFC
03-15-2007, 01:09 PM
The Football League board is considering a radical proposal to scrap draws and decide matches by penalty shoot-outs.
Football League chairmen and chief executives are set to discuss the idea at a board meeting on Thursday.
The League's chairman Lord Brian Mawhinney will unveil his proposal at the meeting which could be trialed in the Championship and Leagues One and Two as early as next season.
Teams would get a point for a draw as normal but the winner of the penalty shoot-out would get an extra point.
However, the proposal - which would initially not include Premiership clubs - has been labelled a "lottery".
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "I saw this in my first year managing in Japan - it did not have spectacular results.
"In extra-time they played a sudden death goal and if no-one scored they had penalties.
"The draw is part of the culture of the game and I would not like that to disappear."
Ref:Sky sports news
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Ridiculous idea... Would be amazed if they go through with this....
The game has very few flaws with the current set of rules and laws.
Offside rule is a bit of a grey area, and wheter to introduce video technology for goal line decisions or not is a debatable issue.... but getting rid of "draws" in games is insane.
Anyone?
Football League chairmen and chief executives are set to discuss the idea at a board meeting on Thursday.
The League's chairman Lord Brian Mawhinney will unveil his proposal at the meeting which could be trialed in the Championship and Leagues One and Two as early as next season.
Teams would get a point for a draw as normal but the winner of the penalty shoot-out would get an extra point.
However, the proposal - which would initially not include Premiership clubs - has been labelled a "lottery".
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "I saw this in my first year managing in Japan - it did not have spectacular results.
"In extra-time they played a sudden death goal and if no-one scored they had penalties.
"The draw is part of the culture of the game and I would not like that to disappear."
Ref:Sky sports news
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Ridiculous idea... Would be amazed if they go through with this....
The game has very few flaws with the current set of rules and laws.
Offside rule is a bit of a grey area, and wheter to introduce video technology for goal line decisions or not is a debatable issue.... but getting rid of "draws" in games is insane.
Anyone?