Blatter asks for an alternative to penalty shoot-outs

[ZacNaloen]

Cross bar challenge, 5 goes each then sudden death

Bit harsh.

[Ian Royal]

Have the penalty shoot out after 90 mins and then play extra time. The shoot out result only counts if it's still a draw. Ensures at least one side attacks in extra time, makes the shoot out slightly less pressured and takes a bit of the stigma out of missing the crucial one as there's 30 mins for everyone else to do something about it

Actually really like this one.

Yuck. You can't have something that involves a period of play where one team knows all it has to do is park the bus for 30 minutes because you've already decided the outcome in another way.

What a total travesty it'd be if one team convincingly won the penalty shoot out, only to lose in extra time afterwards.

Nothing wrong with penalty shoot outs.

[Stranded]

How about a behind closed doors shoot out. Both teams take five pens against a nominated 3rd party keeper in isolation. Only the ref knows the final score. Game is played and if a draw after ET only then is the result announced. If the shoot out was a draw as well, only then is a sudden death shoot out undertaken.

[Ian Royal]

How about a behind closed doors shoot out. Both teams take five pens against a nominated 3rd party keeper in isolation. Only the ref knows the final score. Game is played and if a draw after ET only then is the result announced. If the shoot out was a draw as well, only then is a sudden death shoot out undertaken.

Better suggestion, but it puts the result at least partly in the hands of a third party - which is a bit dodge IMO and would be hugely open to accusations of corruption especially behind closed doors. And surely the fun of watching a big match is seeing how it's decided, not just having extra time end in a draw and teh ref present the "winners".

At each phase of the game - normal time, extra time, penalties / whatever. Each team should have an equal chance of winning IMO. That goes out the window if things have happened before that which would affect the outcome.

But then, as I said, I'm a fan of penalties. And Play Offs actually.

[TBM]

How about a behind closed doors shoot out. Both teams take five pens against a nominated 3rd party keeper in isolation. Only the ref knows the final score. Game is played and if a draw after ET only then is the result announced. If the shoot out was a draw as well, only then is a sudden death shoot out undertaken.

If you know you've scored all 5 then again you just park the bus and hope for the best

Just keep it as is, there is something exciting about a shoot-out, even when you are the team invovled

[Barry the bird boggler]

How about FIFA/UEFA stop cluttering up the calender with pointless money grabbing games in Europe and pointless international friendlies, then there'd be time to schedule replays for important games plus players wouldn't be "tired" when there are finals.

[Franchise FC]

If you draw, neither team goes through to the next round.

Wonderful - then next year's Championship would have 23 teams and League 1 have 25

[PieEater]

Dont really see what wrong with pens. Its part of the game in normal time, many a league game is decided by a penalty being saved or scored.
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^this. Presumably Blatter's ok with the ref awarding a dodgy penalty.

[sandman]

Both team nominates 5 players, they then drive custom made cars around and the officials set up various traps each more dastardly than the last. Whoever wins the race wins the match for their team.

It's wacky I know but it might work. We could call it crazy races.

[Extended-Phenotype]

If you draw, neither team goes through to the next round.

Wonderful - then next year's Championship would have 23 teams and League 1 have 25

How about a team in standby takes their place - i.e. the highest positioned play-off contender/ highest scoring semi finalist?

Yeah, it's a bit stupid but it would gaurantee both teams in the knock-out would go for it rather than do a Chelsea.

[blindedbythelights]

My idea, which I have gone so far as emailing the FA, UEFA and FIFA with before is

a dead ball shoot out within the arc of the box.

Player puts ball anywhere they like within arc, keeper remains on line like with pens, player has 1 kick.

Much more exciting than pens imo
more skill required
emphasis much more on keeper to save

So basically exactly the same as a penalty shoot-out only with the ball moved further away?

Inspired

Much more exciting than pens imo
more skill required
emphasis much more on keeper to save

[TBM]

emphasis much more on keeper to save

as well as the player hitting the target

[blindedbythelights]

emphasis much more on keeper to save

as well as the player hitting the target

indeed, more skill required than pot luck pens

[TBM]

Indeed

Although i would allow the keeper to stand anywhere in his 6-yard box as being on the line will leave too much of an easy gap for the player to put it

[Ginger Ninjas]

Keep the shootouts.

Or, based on the Hudd-SU game, keep them, but make all 11 players take one. More of a team game. And if it's still level after 11 then go through the rest of the subs, managers, kit men, etc.

[Royal With Cheese]

Take turns to stamp on Blatter's head. The one to burst it wins.

I realise this would only be good for one game. Could also be extended to Michelle Platini and Trevor Brooking.

[Ian Royal]

Hide John Portsmouth Football Club Westward somewhere in the crowd. Arm each captain with a hunting rifle loaded with one bullet. First to shoot him wins. If someone manages to kill him, we can then cycle through Blatter, Warner, Brooking, Warnock, Michael Brown etc for future games. Obviously all wearing the stupid hat, hair and bell.

If they both fire and miss, they get an automatic suspension for 3 games and fined two week's wages. The rifles are then reloaded and the captain's get to nominate their next firers. So on and so on. I guess some sort of time limit would be needed in which to spot the target and fire... Call it 5 minutes? After 15 minutes someone in the squad's bound to have spotted the kunt and pointed him out to the shooters.

If everyone in the team misses, shoot the lot and put through a team made up of Olympic Shooters.

[The Rouge]

Have the penalty shoot out after 90 mins and then play extra time. The shoot out result only counts if it's still a draw. Ensures at least one side attacks in extra time, makes the shoot out slightly less pressured and takes a bit of the stigma out of missing the crucial one as there's 30 mins for everyone else to do something about it

I was going to re-type this idea. Suggested by G Hoddle I think about 10 years ago. Better than the current system and the advertisers/fans
would be happy as more of a spectacle.

[seahawk10]

Play extra time. If still level then remove each teams goalie and replace them with cats. Large predator cats, think Lions or Tigers. They would be on a chain. Also you can only score by dribbling the ball across the goal. No long-distance shots.

[Extended-Phenotype]

So make it even harder to score a goal? It's weird that it's not the cats that make that idea stoopid.