SEMTEX Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Half way line 1-on-1 shootout thingies! Is this what the yanks used to do? I may be remembering incorrectly or they may still do it...but I really liked it. Run from the halfway line, must shoot from outside the 18 yard box? These best-of-five contests placed a player 35 yards from goal with five seconds to put the ball past the opposing goalkeeper; if needed the shootout progressed into extra frames. A winning team received one standings point (as opposed to three for the regulation win). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Just keep playing until someone comes out at the end of a 15 minute ET period in front. Would love those 0-0 days where we'd still be sat in the stadium at 3am in the morning willing Shola to put it in the net. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guinness_fiend Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Those crazy yanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Half way line 1-on-1 shootout thingies! Is this what the yanks used to do? I may be remembering incorrectly or they may still do it...but I really liked it. Run from the halfway line, must shoot from outside the 18 yard box? These best-of-five contests placed a player 35 yards from goal with five seconds to put the ball past the opposing goalkeeper; if needed the shootout progressed into extra frames. A winning team received one standings point (as opposed to three for the regulation win). Ah yeh, there was a time limit. I'd be interested to see it trialled. Would be some hilarity as well as cracking goals. Not to settle normal draws (I think the draw in a game is vital). But to replace penalty shoot-outs...yep. They used it after 90 minutes if the game was a draw iirc, the winner of the shootout getting a point, the loser getting 0. That's why it was fucking ridiculous. I don't think it's all that mental as a penalty replacement tho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Play 6-a-side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guinness_fiend Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 I have no issue with penalties. Blatter is insinuating that the current system does not allow the better footballing team to win, such as was the case last week, but if a team cannot finish it off in 120 minutes, what is to say that they would do it over 1200? Penalty shoot-outs are dramatic, do the job and keep people on the edge of their seats. Just like penalties in ice hockey. The system is adopted because it serves as a leveller which, oddlt enough, is exactly what is needed after a clear statemate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Most nutmegs in the last 120 mins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Should just get the two managers and their coaching staff to have a battle royale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Should just get the two managers and their coaching staff to have a battle royale Pards would prove why he's the Undisputed champion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Half way line 1-on-1 shootout thingies! Is this what the yanks used to do? I may be remembering incorrectly or they may still do it...but I really liked it. Run from the halfway line, must shoot from outside the 18 yard box? These best-of-five contests placed a player 35 yards from goal with five seconds to put the ball past the opposing goalkeeper; if needed the shootout progressed into extra frames. A winning team received one standings point (as opposed to three for the regulation win). Ah yeh, there was a time limit. I'd be interested to see it trialled. Would be some hilarity as well as cracking goals. Not to settle normal draws (I think the draw in a game is vital). But to replace penalty shoot-outs...yep. They used it after 90 minutes if the game was a draw iirc, the winner of the shootout getting a point, the loser getting 0. That's why it was fucking ridiculous. I don't think it's all that mental as a penalty replacement tho. Agreed. Also, was the ball dead if the keeper touched it? I'm remembering from a long time ago, and as I've already shown...my memory is flakey on this one I guess it's "dead" in the fashion that you're not allowed to touch it again. The quality part is that if the keeper fouls you... you get a penalty. Some crazy Inception shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphrodite Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Can't see the TV companies agreeing to potentially endless matches- penalty shoot outs aren't that fair but I can't think of many better options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Don't understand how penalty shootouts aren't fair, you can train and practice for them, you know they're a possibility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Don't understand how penalty shootouts aren't fair, you can train and practice for them, you know they're a possibility. But the PRESSURE! Come on, it's not fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 When the game is drawn, whichever team that scored first will only have to see out the 30 mins of ET, without conceding, and they'd go through automatically. That would have taught those Chelsea fuckers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 11 penalties taken by all the players on the pitch at ft. if a team had a player sent off=1 pen less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 When the game is drawn, whichever team that scored first will only have to see out the 30 mins of ET, without conceding, and they'd go through automatically. That would have taught those Chelsea fuckers. No. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 When the game is drawn, whichever team that scored first will only have to see out the 30 mins of ET, without conceding, and they'd go through automatically. That would have taught those Chelsea fuckers. No. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/210/119/+_2acc5a8841f8752904d37f90a8014829.png?1322693145 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 MLS player salaries leaked. http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/May%2015,%202012%20Salary%20Information%20-%20By%20Club.pdf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 $400,000 for that useless fucking fraud Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Annual salary I assume? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Per hour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Didn't realise Henry got more than Beckham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Didn't realise Henry got more than Beckham. And Rafa Marquez. Although I'm guessing this is his new contract? So was probably a lot more before then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Some of them look like very basic annual salaries. I thought they must be weekly until I saw Henry on $5M. yup not much more than the average wage some of them, can't be great for dressing room unity in all the clubs to have such a huge disparity in salaries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 The only players on 7-figure contracts.... Henry, Marquez, Beckham, Keane, Donovan, Frings, Koevermans....Boyd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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