FIFA needs to get rid of penalties

[lakerboy]

Play till someone scores. Sick of these teams camping out. Bring back the golden goal but with no penalty option.

[slayer14]

There is no other option really lakerman

[Raven66]

1996 Final

[gregmav1]

i agree but unfortunately golden goal makes teams play super super defensive. gets less goals than 30 mins extra time + PKs... i dont know what the answer is i agree pks suck but golden goals makes teams play extremely conservative

[lakerboy]

i agree but unfortunately golden goal makes teams play super super defensive. gets less goals than 30 mins extra time + PKs... i dont know what the answer is i agree pks suck but golden goals makes teams play extremely conservative

That's cause teams knew pk was there. With no pk option it would be different.

[TheMoneyShot]

Just like how the NHL has the shootout.

Apparently just has to be done.

[killawookie]

Yes, lets watch two teams who already cant score struggle 120 mins more.. wow really?

[lakerboy]

Yes, lets watch two teams who already cant score struggle 120 mins more.. wow really?

Are you slow? They play for penalties cause it's there. Take it away and things change.

[lakerboy]

Just like how the NHL has the shootout.

Apparently just has to be done.

Not in the playoffs.

[gregmav1]

That's cause teams knew pk was there. With no pk option it would be different.

nah man in world cup for a long time they had no pks and golden goal... games took a long time a lot of the time.

[slayer14]

Lakerman you remember this one

[lakerboy]

nah man in world cup for a long time they had no pks and golden goal... games took a long time a lot of the time.

No they didn't. In 1998 france won on the golden goal over Paraguay. I clearly remember Brazil beating Holland on pk's in one of the semifinals.

[lakerboy]

Lakerman you remember this one

For sure. First world cup decided on pk's. Been downhill since then.

[Booya711]

At the very least I think they should have to kick from a farther distance on PKs

[slayer14]

Maybe make the players dribble the ball from half way line and see if they score past the keeper it would be more exciting than penalty kicks and more skill

[lakerboy]

Play till someone scores. I don't care if they all die on the field.

[Booya711]

Play till someone scores. I don't care if they all die on the field.

Lmao...fukk em LB...they get paid a lot so they should be in shape anyway

[vividjohn45]

After a 120 minutes and the extra time over under is .5. You still want them to play on? Lol. Hahaha. Get the shiznibbet over already. Portugal has had 5 games in this tourney and drew all 5. In regulation. Please lakerboy get over it. And let the winner move on.

[vividjohn45]

You let a team like portugal play. They will draw til world war 3. Team doesnt even really try to win because they dont have to. They are one game away from euro final and havent even won in regulation. They can win the euro without even winning in regulation. Lol.

[MickeyMan]

Play till someone scores. Sick of these teams camping out. Bring back the golden goal but with no penalty option.

LB I don't get how you even think this would be an option. Think about in puck where there have been games that are 3-3 or 2-2 at the end of reg and still go 3 or 4 ot periods without a goal.

Compare that to soccer where likely ot scores would be 0-0 or 1-1 and the games would last all day.

I get the product is absolute garbage but that's a lot of soccer games right from the get go.

[pavyracer]

They should play until a goal is scored or die on the field.

Oh wait..if they know this ahead of time they won't try as hard so the games will last forever!

[SlickRick1382]

You let a team like portugal play. They will draw til world war 3. Team doesnt even really try to win because they dont have to. They are one game away from euro final and havent even won in regulation. They can win the euro without even winning in regulation. Lol.

LMAO ... doesn't try to win? You don't watch the games obviously

They outshot all of their opponents except Croatia

They were 27-4 vs Iceland with 66% possession
Then they were 23-3 with 59% possession
And 19 - 10 vs Hungary with 59% possession

Today they were 21 - 14

So how does a team that out shoots it's opponent and has more possession not try to win?

Problem is:

1. They have no true striker, haven't had any strikers since Pauleta retired. We're playing without a striker and two wingers playing up front/
2. They can't cross the ball to save their lives 99% of the time
3. They're have problems finishing in front of goal
4. Ronaldo is either hurt or not at this best or maybe it's the pressure. He's been bad ...

Further more

The Austria game, they had shots go off the post and Ronoldo missed a pk
vs Hungary, 2 of the 3 goals Hungary scored were due to deflections off Portuguese defenders
vs Poland today, they were robbed of a clear penalty and Ronoldo was ass missing 3 opportunities right in front of goal then he should normally finish

They could of easily have been 2-1 or 3-0 in the group stages and beat Poland 3-1 or more. Sometimes luck is not on your side and things don't go well ...

[lakerboy]

Penalty kicks are not an acceptable solution to decide these prestigious tourneys. They need to go. Trust me the discussion is on right now. This tournament is turning into a disgrace.

[Kevin Stott]

Play till someone scores. I don't care if they all die on the field.

Agree. So senseless to have long tournaments and then have them ultimately be decided with just one Defensive and one Offensive player on the pitch. Seems too much like a Craps roll in the end after everyone has played so many matches and traveled so far and made such a big deal of these tournaments. Feel it will never change though. It seems exciting, but is really very anti-climactic and it seems few bettors are in positions to win bets (Sides, Totals) which have gone to ET or PK SO's anyway. It's lame.

[vividjohn45]

LMAO ... doesn't try to win? You don't watch the games obviously

They outshot all of their opponents except Croatia

They were 27-4 vs Iceland with 66% possession
Then they were 23-3 with 59% possession
And 19 - 10 vs Hungary with 59% possession

Today they were 21 - 14

So how does a team that out shoots it's opponent and has more possession not try to win?

Problem is:

1. They have no true striker, haven't had any strikers since Pauleta retired. We're playing without a striker and two wingers playing up front/
2. They can't cross the ball to save their lives 99% of the time
3. They're have problems finishing in front of goal
4. Ronaldo is either hurt or not at this best or maybe it's the pressure. He's been bad ...

Further more

The Austria game, they had shots go off the post and Ronoldo missed a pk
vs Hungary, 2 of the 3 goals Hungary scored were due to deflections off Portuguese defenders
vs Poland today, they were robbed of a clear penalty and Ronoldo was ass missing 3 opportunities right in front of goal then he should normally finish

They could of easily have been 2-1 or 3-0 in the group stages and beat Poland 3-1 or more. Sometimes luck is not on your side and things don't go well ...

They drew 5 times bud. Its by design. First knockout game they had one shot saved in the 117th minute. One shot saved all game and that was in extra time. I havent seen any opposing keeper make any great saves vs portugual in this entire euro

[vividjohn45]

The structure of this years euro. Where only 8 teams are blocked off knockouts. Allows teams to draw out and advance. And look amazingly port is in quarters with no wins.

[adila1401]

Penalties are awesome..to each their own.

[vividjohn45]

Im posted up today poland (pk, + 05). -110 Then port to advance today.-130

[smitch124]

I think it could work, just allow more substitutions in extra time

[pavyracer]

I think it could work, just allow more substitutions in extra time

Then teams won't play hard in OT. They will be waiting until the good players get tired and get subbed to make a move. Teams could be leaving good players on bench to use in OT. A team like Germany with 22 equal quality players will have an advantage in OT vs Iceland who was only 11 quality players. It becomes a chess game with no time constraints.

[smitch124]

Then teams won't play hard in OT. They will be waiting until the good players get tired and get subbed to make a move. Teams could be leaving good players on bench to use in OT. A team like Germany with 22 equal quality players will have an advantage in OT vs Iceland who was only 11 quality players. It becomes a chess game with no time constraints.

A team with 22 good players should have the advantage over a team with 11.

[pavyracer]

A team with 22 good players should have the advantage over a team with 11.

No it doesn't when they can start 11 at a time. The 11 who don't start for Germany are far superior than the 11 who don't start for Iceland. The gap between starters is not as big as between scrubs.

[smitch124]

No it doesn't when they can start 11 at a time. The 11 who don't start for Germany are far superior than the 11 who don't start for Iceland. The gap between starters is not as big as between scrubs.

Right and too bad so sad for Iceland if their team isn't deep. Depth is a key in any sport.

[lakerboy]

They need to do something. These joker outfits are going too deep into tourneys doing nothing the whole way. The objective should be to win not to try and not lose.

[lakerboy]

I have a solution.

Do the penalty kicks before the match starts.

Play the match and if it ends up tied the preceding penalty kick results hold. Just only 90 minutes.

That way whoever lost the shootout will do everything they can to win in 90 minutes.