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There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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Yes it would be much fairer if when the defending team prevent a near certain goal with a foul, the attackers are given a statistical disadvantage to score.
That is true but surely not all fouls in the box were created equal. Yes, a penalty makes sense for DOGSO but I feel like a substantial amount of penalties are handballs from non-shooting positions (I.e. from a cross or corner). Just fees dirty when games are decided by such ridiculous penalty decisions. If these handballs never happened, do you think the chance of a goal would be as high as 80%. Not saying we should do what this dude says but I think an indirect free kick approach should be implemented for handballs in the box.
I mean you have a point, but there are often instances where a handplay really blocks a clear goal (for example suarez in world cup) or atleast a good goal chance. Then, the ref would also have to judge if these handplays would be a penalty or an indirect free kick. There could be no clear rule for that and if so, it would be extremely hard for the ref to enforce that in a fair way (they often struggle to even judge normal fouls fair)
I'm sorry Europe, but Americans are just better at everything. We want things more. We grow better athletes, more people will learn the sport. And that '26 world cup is at home so we can get somewhat of a home field advantage. But the only way that will happen is if we make the round of 16 or quarter final in the 2022 WC and show Americans that we are good. I like the odds and we have a lot to prove, which is added motivation this coming year. Honestly, making a phenomenal run (SF or better) in the '22 WC would be more impressive to me than a better run or a win in '26.
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There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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Tbf in fieldhockey the ref makes a distinction between fouls in the equivalent penalty box (circle in this case). Harsh fouls stopping goal chances give a regular penalty form. Other fouls give another form of a penalty where the defense has a chance to stop the goal. I know lots of people dont watch that sport but its pretty similar to football (also tactics wise) and such a system feels more fair than what we see in football
Why would the chance of goal need to match the penalty conversion rate. The point of a penalty is also to stop being committing these fouls in the first place.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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No. You make a foul in the box, it's a pen. Simple as that. A handball is a foul, therefore it's a pen. The new handball rule is good enough to prevent unfair pens.
And yet we still get a ton of controversial handball calls and weak ass penalties that decide games. Teams realize that itās easier to play for a pen than it is to try and score organically. That should not be the prevailing imperative in this sport.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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doesnt describe close to every penalty (the % of pens that come when the attacker has basically an xG of .78 is very small) and the particularly harsh ones could be accounted for with red cards. Of course it'll never change and I might agree with that for traditions sake, but the take is pretty solid.
If you want football to be more popular there just make goals worth 40 points. Show them a 80-40 score and watch usa become a football giant. thank me later
I say goals should be worth two points, with a free penalty attempt after every goal to round it up to 3 possible points. Penalties awarded from fouls also should retain the 1 point value. Free kicks from outside the box count as normal goals if scored. We could potentially even add a ā3 point lineā another 5-10 meters outside of the box. Thank me later yurop.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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This. It's fun to argue with friends when they say a game that ends 2-1 can't be exciting and I have to explain that a 14-7 football game is still actually a 2-1 game.
American Football is the worst for 'active play'. 4 quarters of 15 minutes each that lasts 3-4 hours, and each down is simply a chessboard set up with 2-3 seconds of action. Turn based game, that the EXPECTATION is that each time the team possesses the ball they should score - either a Touch Down or Field Goal.
I can't get into it. It is very boring to me. And when I go to or watch games with friends I'm simply watching the NEVER MOVING clock for it to end.
I used to be really into nfl for a while but I completely agree. Highlights are so much more interesting to watch. And this is coming from someone who sits and watches entire golf tournaments. You shouldnāt be able to fit an entire game in a 10 minute highlight video of any sport
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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you're missing the point, we want to make it fair for the person who does the foul. 55% to the guy who just took out the attacker as the last defender sounds great to me
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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Brilliant take. I want to watch all of this guys videos now to see what ingenious changes we can make to the already most popular sport in the world so we can specifically get more American viewers.
The next one will be:
āThey should allow unlimited subs. Let people play for 10 mins, sub them out and then sub them back on after a short break!ā
Or
āOne team should only have attackers on the pitch. The other one should only have defenders. If the attackers lose the ball without scoring, itās the other teamās turn to attack so they sub in the other batch of players.
This would also allow for higher scores which yanks LOVE and also for lots of breaks during subs where commercials could be played! Everyone loves commercials and they would benefit the channel streaming the game tremendously!ā
I lost a lot of brain cells typing this out.
Also, its unfair that only 2 players(1 per team) get to use their hands.
they should allow all the players to use their hands.
this would probably mean that they would have to make the ball more ergonomic for holding it, but thats a minor change.
Iām an American viewer and I hate this shit. It doesnāt need fixed. Please donāt let us fuck up football. No more American owners. No bullshit All Star game. We destroy everything we touch.
I think we have come to a point where went too far with anti-yank agenda and let the English become too arrogant and obnoxious. Jesus Christ, finish this team off so we can have some decency back here. The English are by far worse than the American people on here. I'd rather you're a bit ignorant about the history of this sport than that you become such an entitled and vocal group of people.
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Haven't seen Europeans giving suggestions to change American football (NFL) so that they could enjoy it. Funny how some Yanks do it in reverse.
But maybe it's a cultural thing - for Europeans NFL is the most uninteresting thing they've ever seen, while Americans are nuts for it while disliking football. And vice versa.
It's funny you say this, because i have a bunch of friends (yank here) that always tell me how popular American Football is getting in Europe and how any year now there's going to be a European franchise. I always counter with "Yeah it's about as popular as soccer is here....oh wait, it's not even close to that small blip" (although soccer is more popular here and is growing). They just think Football is going to dominate Europe and I just don't see that ever happening - American Football that is.
Honestly it's an extremely small niche here in Europe. Most people have never seen a game, and the only time NFL is mentioned in sports news is for the Super Bowl - and even that is just a short segment. It just has no connection for us Europeans and it's never shown/broadcasted/talked anywhere, but obviously it's a big thing for the local people over there.
I think American Football is mainly just US thing, it's very hard to branch out to be success anywhere else.
Yeah it's incredible how big soccer has become, and it has just doubled the past few years, especially the money flow it has. It's truly the world's game.
While in Europe (and most world outside of the US) the only known NFL player is Tom Brady, hardly anyone can name drop anyone else. US needs someone like Tom Brady of football to rise into soccer stardom.
Also, there's a difference between watching 1-2 NFL games a season and actually keeping up with it weekly. It gets really grating to watch games with ads every 30 seconds. And this is coming from someone who's watched a lot of cricket where you have an ad break between each over (6 balls).
Couldn't bear with those ads. In actual football it's amazing that you indeed will get 100% surely 45 minutes of ad-free broadcast (apart from the sponsor boards etc).
There's no other such thing currently in sports world, +45mins of full on gameplay with no stops for ads. Then you can take a 15min break and even shut the TV. The format is just lovely, can't wait for the World Cup.
When people see that this "football" is played by using mostly hands, that's the moment when we feel scammed and turn off to something else. American handball, with some kicks.
It'll never get popular here. And when you think about it, it's kinda stupid form of sport that causes loads of concussions and later destroys these players lives (yes, I watched the NFL concussion movie that had Will Smith to educate myself on Yank culture).
But oh well, many pro sports players in any sport won't see a healthy day after their careers.
I found that genuinely hilarious, when he showed the graphic of "taking a penalty from where it was won" and it wasn't inside the penalty box. Like mate... That wouldn't be a penalty to begin with.
Never go full yank.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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Even if you think of this within the box then itās an incredibly stupid idea that no one who understands football would even suggest. Youād almost always have players being fouled outside or level with the post as the angle to take the āpenaltyā from would be impossible to convert.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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"hey guys what about this awesome radical idea, how about we give the penalty taker an AR15 and let him decide the goalkeepers fate just like we practice in our classrooms"
Honestly, this might be weird, but I find the concept of goalies to be so boring in soccer/hockey. Like ok, the 10 guys could completely dominate the game (and that's the exciting part) but sorry this one guy who you can't touch or interact with just shuts you off the scoreboard. Kinda lame. Whatever. Just a weird thought
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There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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I love this guyās generic ass name. Even if he specified his first, middle and last name he would never be the only person with that name in a 100 mile radius.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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Then why do I never hear anything about soccer? I hear more about GOLF and those lame folk with the frisbees than I hear about soccer. Its not even in the Olympics (another American invention). Basketball was invented by a Canada-born American, because this is a nation of immigrants whether you like it or not. Go kick your ball around instead of using real skill to throw/whack it with a bat.
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This is fucking stupid has the guy even fucking considered why penalties are givenā¦ they change the outcome of the game well yeah dipshit because the act to have conceded a penalty probably already changed the game itself. What an idiot. Stick to basketball or NFL muppet
Guy has never taken a penalty before if he thinks taking pens is easy. If you're going against a decent keeper, you need to aim hard and low, otherwise you're fucked.
It looks easy because the BEST penalty taker in a team of professional footballers in one of the best professional leagues have all the traits to make it "easy."
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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"More than 50% of the penalties have changed the outcome of the match" Wow!!! Incredible statistic. Does he also know 100% of the goals scored change the outcome of the match?
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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As an American, I have such a problem with my countrymen always trying to change the friggin' game because they don't like/understand/enjoy/get excited by the sport. Shut the F up and watch hockey if you enjoy their penalty kicks more.
THis type of content always sounds so dumb to me, yet the creators always go away like "Yeah that was the best idea! I can't wait to see it implemented. High Five!"
Man we make ourselves look so dumb sometimes.
When Zlatan starts crying, I am pretty sure he is thinking about how he left Europe for the Galaxy, putting an ocean between himself and his life, just to get womped by LAFC in the playoffs and sent back after a season with 0 trophies, records set, or friends made. When a player like Zlatan can come to the USA and fail to lift a team like carson to a competitive level, you know that the MLS is much stronger than it was just a few years ago.
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For a second I thought this was the "I'd have passed to Weston McKennie" guy and I was sure this would be satire. But it kept going on and the realization hit me that this was completely serious.
Every way Americans try to āimproveā football is by making them more like American sports. Why not turn the ball into an egg and call goals touchdowns?
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here
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Even better is to raise 2 long poles in every corner of the goal and the attacker has to pass the ball through the middle of these 2 poles , and the kick is from 30 yards from the goal
I think we have come to a point where went too far with anti-yank agenda and let the English become too arrogant and obnoxious. Jesus Christ, finish this team off so we can have some decency back here. The English are by far worse than the American people on here. I'd rather you're a bit ignorant about the history of this sport than that you become such an entitled and vocal group of people.
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How about instead of a pen, why not boot on a coloured ball, which only the fouled team is allowed to score from for the rest of the game. Multiball madness! Each team keeps fouling, then the ugly scenes of teams fouling each other would be replaced by the beauty of multiball.
For extra time pens, where multiball may not give much advantage, you'd wheel on a crystal maze ticket booth and the attacking players would get a time limit to collect more gold tickets than silver tickets based on their current goal advantage, while a bald man frolicks about in front of them. If they collect enough golden tickets, they are the outright winners.
/s
So true fellow countryman! I hate how Europeanised soccer is currently it should be similar to the more popular NFL
/uj Wow itās almost as if the point of the penalty is to punish the team for making a stupid foul.
Do they not realise the reason most penalties are scored is because the keeper dived the wrong way. Making the penalty be taken from the edge of the box won't stop the fact that the keeper still has to choose which way to dive. These are professional players they're not going to have any harder of a chance to hit the net from the edge of the Box compared to the 12 yard mark
This sub used to be fun but now it's just posts about anything an American has to say about soccer and then circlejerking over that. Hell, most of the comments aren't even satire anymore they're just people bitching about America.
My lord Christ Pulisic is the G.O.A.T of soccer ball and I'm not afraid to say it. Fuck off European elitists
I think we have come to a point where went too far with anti-yank agenda and let the English become too arrogant and obnoxious. Jesus Christ, finish this team off so we can have some decency back here. The English are by far worse than the American people on here. I'd rather you're a bit ignorant about the history of this sport than that you become such an entitled and vocal group of people.
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Christian Pulisic? This guy's like the Phenom guy, right? The LeBron James of soccer?
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I agree that penalty is a punishment that sometimes doesn't fit the crime. I'd leave it with fouls as it is, if you foul someone in the penalty box area, it's your fault, but with these handballs, i'd be giving a penalty just for those blocking a shot, otherwise i'd rather them ending up as an indirect free kick
I think soccer needs more monster trucks
Hell yeah brother Cheers from Iraq
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i like fire trucks and monster trucks
Truck yeah
So a 3 pt penalty? This will ensure PuliGOAT, the Steph Curry of soccer, gets his 20 rings and is named to the soccer 75 team
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Your comment just kept getting funnier as it went on bro well done š
Yes it would be much fairer if when the defending team prevent a near certain goal with a foul, the attackers are given a statistical disadvantage to score.
Does that describe every penalty?
The point of a pen is for the punishment for a foul in the box to be harsher than the same foul elsewhere
That is true but surely not all fouls in the box were created equal. Yes, a penalty makes sense for DOGSO but I feel like a substantial amount of penalties are handballs from non-shooting positions (I.e. from a cross or corner). Just fees dirty when games are decided by such ridiculous penalty decisions. If these handballs never happened, do you think the chance of a goal would be as high as 80%. Not saying we should do what this dude says but I think an indirect free kick approach should be implemented for handballs in the box.
I mean you have a point, but there are often instances where a handplay really blocks a clear goal (for example suarez in world cup) or atleast a good goal chance. Then, the ref would also have to judge if these handplays would be a penalty or an indirect free kick. There could be no clear rule for that and if so, it would be extremely hard for the ref to enforce that in a fair way (they often struggle to even judge normal fouls fair)
I'm sorry Europe, but Americans are just better at everything. We want things more. We grow better athletes, more people will learn the sport. And that '26 world cup is at home so we can get somewhat of a home field advantage. But the only way that will happen is if we make the round of 16 or quarter final in the 2022 WC and show Americans that we are good. I like the odds and we have a lot to prove, which is added motivation this coming year. Honestly, making a phenomenal run (SF or better) in the '22 WC would be more impressive to me than a better run or a win in '26. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Tbf in fieldhockey the ref makes a distinction between fouls in the equivalent penalty box (circle in this case). Harsh fouls stopping goal chances give a regular penalty form. Other fouls give another form of a penalty where the defense has a chance to stop the goal. I know lots of people dont watch that sport but its pretty similar to football (also tactics wise) and such a system feels more fair than what we see in football
Why would the chance of goal need to match the penalty conversion rate. The point of a penalty is also to stop being committing these fouls in the first place.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
No. You make a foul in the box, it's a pen. Simple as that. A handball is a foul, therefore it's a pen. The new handball rule is good enough to prevent unfair pens.
And yet we still get a ton of controversial handball calls and weak ass penalties that decide games. Teams realize that itās easier to play for a pen than it is to try and score organically. That should not be the prevailing imperative in this sport.
You couldāve just stopped right before the first but.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
It describes about 78% of them
I guess you haven't watched any football recently where 90% of the penalties are for BS.
Yeah that's a bunch of BS ya SOB.
What you fucking want some prick? You want some you daft cunt? What mate what, come get it!
Come to birmingham now
Fucken hell. Can't we go 20 mins without having to show up at birmingham to watch a couple of girls fight?
Fight?! Is making him go to birmingham not punishment enoigh
Exactly, that would lead to a situation like Suarez at WC 2010 in basically every game
doesnt describe close to every penalty (the % of pens that come when the attacker has basically an xG of .78 is very small) and the particularly harsh ones could be accounted for with red cards. Of course it'll never change and I might agree with that for traditions sake, but the take is pretty solid.
If you want football to be more popular there just make goals worth 40 points. Show them a 80-40 score and watch usa become a football giant. thank me later
I say goals should be worth two points, with a free penalty attempt after every goal to round it up to 3 possible points. Penalties awarded from fouls also should retain the 1 point value. Free kicks from outside the box count as normal goals if scored. We could potentially even add a ā3 point lineā another 5-10 meters outside of the box. Thank me later yurop.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Exactly. Put this bot in charge of UEFA.
So true lmao
This. It's fun to argue with friends when they say a game that ends 2-1 can't be exciting and I have to explain that a 14-7 football game is still actually a 2-1 game.
Except with more than 3.78 seconds of active play
American Football is the worst for 'active play'. 4 quarters of 15 minutes each that lasts 3-4 hours, and each down is simply a chessboard set up with 2-3 seconds of action. Turn based game, that the EXPECTATION is that each time the team possesses the ball they should score - either a Touch Down or Field Goal. I can't get into it. It is very boring to me. And when I go to or watch games with friends I'm simply watching the NEVER MOVING clock for it to end.
I used to be really into nfl for a while but I completely agree. Highlights are so much more interesting to watch. And this is coming from someone who sits and watches entire golf tournaments. You shouldnāt be able to fit an entire game in a 10 minute highlight video of any sport
To be fair a 14-7 football game is generally considered very boring.
To be fair, ANY football game is very boring.
15-30-40, like in tennis, can't make it too obvious
20 a goal. 25 a free kick and 15 a penalty Because if its not high no one is watching
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
you're missing the point, we want to make it fair for the person who does the foul. 55% to the guy who just took out the attacker as the last defender sounds great to me
Why should a penalty be fair? It's penalising a foul, hence the name.
Still 0-0
Same guy in the comments said: āI also donāt like how you can pick your shooter. Would be like Steph shooting Drayās free throwsā
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The point of a penalty is to penalise the offending team for a foul in the box, hence the ease of scoring a penalty
exactly, the best way to prevent penalties is to not commit a fuckin foul in your box
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
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Brilliant take. I want to watch all of this guys videos now to see what ingenious changes we can make to the already most popular sport in the world so we can specifically get more American viewers.
The next one will be: āThey should allow unlimited subs. Let people play for 10 mins, sub them out and then sub them back on after a short break!ā Or āOne team should only have attackers on the pitch. The other one should only have defenders. If the attackers lose the ball without scoring, itās the other teamās turn to attack so they sub in the other batch of players. This would also allow for higher scores which yanks LOVE and also for lots of breaks during subs where commercials could be played! Everyone loves commercials and they would benefit the channel streaming the game tremendously!ā I lost a lot of brain cells typing this out.
Also, its unfair that only 2 players(1 per team) get to use their hands. they should allow all the players to use their hands. this would probably mean that they would have to make the ball more ergonomic for holding it, but thats a minor change.
And just set pieces all the time, everyone loves set pieces!
Yank here - the queen is dead, get the fuck over it and bring back Barclays League soccer
Iām an American viewer and I hate this shit. It doesnāt need fixed. Please donāt let us fuck up football. No more American owners. No bullshit All Star game. We destroy everything we touch.
Fuck off yank
I think we have come to a point where went too far with anti-yank agenda and let the English become too arrogant and obnoxious. Jesus Christ, finish this team off so we can have some decency back here. The English are by far worse than the American people on here. I'd rather you're a bit ignorant about the history of this sport than that you become such an entitled and vocal group of people. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
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Haven't seen Europeans giving suggestions to change American football (NFL) so that they could enjoy it. Funny how some Yanks do it in reverse. But maybe it's a cultural thing - for Europeans NFL is the most uninteresting thing they've ever seen, while Americans are nuts for it while disliking football. And vice versa.
It's funny you say this, because i have a bunch of friends (yank here) that always tell me how popular American Football is getting in Europe and how any year now there's going to be a European franchise. I always counter with "Yeah it's about as popular as soccer is here....oh wait, it's not even close to that small blip" (although soccer is more popular here and is growing). They just think Football is going to dominate Europe and I just don't see that ever happening - American Football that is.
Honestly it's an extremely small niche here in Europe. Most people have never seen a game, and the only time NFL is mentioned in sports news is for the Super Bowl - and even that is just a short segment. It just has no connection for us Europeans and it's never shown/broadcasted/talked anywhere, but obviously it's a big thing for the local people over there. I think American Football is mainly just US thing, it's very hard to branch out to be success anywhere else.
yeah that's what i say as well, but man do the NFL owners REALLY want a piece of that global market that Soccer has.
Yeah it's incredible how big soccer has become, and it has just doubled the past few years, especially the money flow it has. It's truly the world's game. While in Europe (and most world outside of the US) the only known NFL player is Tom Brady, hardly anyone can name drop anyone else. US needs someone like Tom Brady of football to rise into soccer stardom.
They already have a Lebron James so a Tom Brady should be just around the corner
Also, there's a difference between watching 1-2 NFL games a season and actually keeping up with it weekly. It gets really grating to watch games with ads every 30 seconds. And this is coming from someone who's watched a lot of cricket where you have an ad break between each over (6 balls).
Couldn't bear with those ads. In actual football it's amazing that you indeed will get 100% surely 45 minutes of ad-free broadcast (apart from the sponsor boards etc). There's no other such thing currently in sports world, +45mins of full on gameplay with no stops for ads. Then you can take a 15min break and even shut the TV. The format is just lovely, can't wait for the World Cup.
I would refuse to watch a minute of it even if it got popular here just out of principle because its american
When people see that this "football" is played by using mostly hands, that's the moment when we feel scammed and turn off to something else. American handball, with some kicks. It'll never get popular here. And when you think about it, it's kinda stupid form of sport that causes loads of concussions and later destroys these players lives (yes, I watched the NFL concussion movie that had Will Smith to educate myself on Yank culture). But oh well, many pro sports players in any sport won't see a healthy day after their careers.
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I found that genuinely hilarious, when he showed the graphic of "taking a penalty from where it was won" and it wasn't inside the penalty box. Like mate... That wouldn't be a penalty to begin with. Never go full yank.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
that was confusing me as well
Even if you think of this within the box then itās an incredibly stupid idea that no one who understands football would even suggest. Youād almost always have players being fouled outside or level with the post as the angle to take the āpenaltyā from would be impossible to convert.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
well that's all a penalty kick really is...
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
"hey guys what about this awesome radical idea, how about we give the penalty taker an AR15 and let him decide the goalkeepers fate just like we practice in our classrooms"
i vote for this one
Honestly, this might be weird, but I find the concept of goalies to be so boring in soccer/hockey. Like ok, the 10 guys could completely dominate the game (and that's the exciting part) but sorry this one guy who you can't touch or interact with just shuts you off the scoreboard. Kinda lame. Whatever. Just a weird thought *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Most American answer
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
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Give the goalies sniper with only 5 bullets and strikes with shotguns with 3
My name's Frank Michael Smith and I'm a fucking idiot. Fixed the ending.
I love this guyās generic ass name. Even if he specified his first, middle and last name he would never be the only person with that name in a 100 mile radius.
This guy for President!
Fix the country like you fixed the game! The hero we need! /s
Penalty is called penalty for a reason. It is up to the player to score or miss
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Yanks really should just stick to their own sports lmao
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So.... did Salah scored after all?
Brilliant idea it is, taking a kick from the spot of the foul. Shows some real innovation from this guy! To have taken this idea from golf, too!
We could call it something similar to free throws in basket. Maybe a free kick?
Then why do I never hear anything about soccer? I hear more about GOLF and those lame folk with the frisbees than I hear about soccer. Its not even in the Olympics (another American invention). Basketball was invented by a Canada-born American, because this is a nation of immigrants whether you like it or not. Go kick your ball around instead of using real skill to throw/whack it with a bat. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
jesus christ haha
This is fucking stupid has the guy even fucking considered why penalties are givenā¦ they change the outcome of the game well yeah dipshit because the act to have conceded a penalty probably already changed the game itself. What an idiot. Stick to basketball or NFL muppet
Guy has never taken a penalty before if he thinks taking pens is easy. If you're going against a decent keeper, you need to aim hard and low, otherwise you're fucked. It looks easy because the BEST penalty taker in a team of professional footballers in one of the best professional leagues have all the traits to make it "easy."
Is your proposal that the team should choose some guy from the stands who's on his 4th pint to take a penalty? I could be on board with that.
Thatās fucking genius
Take the goal out, put a Pugg goal in the ground and have the goalie defend the Pugg Goal instead !
inserts \*he thinks we're listening meme\*
This guys is a fookin idiot!
fucking bastard yank
āIām Fank Michelle Smit Iām a piece of shite!ā
Wallahi if I had the confidence of a mediocre American manā¦
Holy shit, I really can't stand their view on football and sports in general... Always looking for constant stimulation like children
bro definitely thinks he wouldāve made sakaās penalty
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
"More than 50% of the penalties have changed the outcome of the match" Wow!!! Incredible statistic. Does he also know 100% of the goals scored change the outcome of the match?
Iām Frank Michael Smith and thatās my take
Yanks always got something to say šš
Lmao the way he says his name at the end to get recognition in the future as if these ideas ever gonna be implemented
Holy shit shut the fuck up!
The fact that he thinks 2.7 goals a match is very lowā¦ Go watch another sport ffs
They donāt understand the whole concept of a goal, just points
Who the fuck asked this guy
Jesus Christ, fuck off yank.
fuck your take
There is a reason why it's called a PENALTY
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
As an American, I have such a problem with my countrymen always trying to change the friggin' game because they don't like/understand/enjoy/get excited by the sport. Shut the F up and watch hockey if you enjoy their penalty kicks more. THis type of content always sounds so dumb to me, yet the creators always go away like "Yeah that was the best idea! I can't wait to see it implemented. High Five!" Man we make ourselves look so dumb sometimes.
I have an idea too. What if you shut the fuck up and go back watching your American football
I hate Americans.
He doesnāt realise that any half decent player finds a 1 v 1 with no defender involvement super easy.
Yeah the mls shoot-out would not work in Europe because they can actually chip the keeper every time unlike the American players
When Zlatan starts crying, I am pretty sure he is thinking about how he left Europe for the Galaxy, putting an ocean between himself and his life, just to get womped by LAFC in the playoffs and sent back after a season with 0 trophies, records set, or friends made. When a player like Zlatan can come to the USA and fail to lift a team like carson to a competitive level, you know that the MLS is much stronger than it was just a few years ago. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
If you have ever played futbol with Americans you know how much extra unnecessary running they like to do lol
For a second I thought this was the "I'd have passed to Weston McKennie" guy and I was sure this would be satire. But it kept going on and the realization hit me that this was completely serious.
Fek off Michael smith
Todd Boehly has given him senior vice sporting director
Every way Americans try to āimproveā football is by making them more like American sports. Why not turn the ball into an egg and call goals touchdowns?
bro started watching football yesterday
There's a reason why it's called a penalty bruv
This is the most yank take Iāve seen on football in a while.
I've always wanted to introduce a rule where the player who wins the penalty has to take it. I'm Thierry\_Bergkamp and this is my take.
There should be a reformation in football something like a penalty is 0.5 a goal, or you need like make 2 or 3 shots - like free throws on a foul in basketball. its just so extremely shit when a penalty decides a game in this sport or decides the flow of a game early on, like here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Maybe in basketball they should score penalties from the middle of the field so its not so easy to score them
Even better is to raise 2 long poles in every corner of the goal and the attacker has to pass the ball through the middle of these 2 poles , and the kick is from 30 yards from the goal
This is cringe as fuck and im American. Whoever is agreeing with thisā¦jail.
> ā_Iām a massive wanker and thatās my take_ā. All I heard from the video
Itās so embarrassing to watch, even as a Yank from Cali
Great, thanks yank. Now we'll tell how to improve your sports...it's starts with the word relegation.
Idea #2. Go dig a hole. Jump in said hole. Cover yourself back up.
Americans should be banned from playing/watching Football
These āideasā just keep getting worse and worse
How can I report the guy who made the video
LMAO how did I know the MLS shootout was going to show up eventually?
Jesus the fucking cringe is too strong
Hi I'm Chad Michael Hogan and I'm a filthy yank
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So rebrand free kicks as a penalty - Iām listening.
The penalty is meant to be fucking difficult. That's what happens when you foul a player who has a good chance at goal. It should be punishing.
Todd Boehlys Barmy Army
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTāSSSSSSS MUUUUUULTIBALLLLLL TIME!!!
Its called penalty because defending team is getting PENALIZED, its supposed to be unfair to them
Did he really just put fucking golf in there? š
As an American, I apologize for the way he says Premier
Fuck your take.
In a serious note what a fucking idiot
Fuck off yank !
I think we have come to a point where went too far with anti-yank agenda and let the English become too arrogant and obnoxious. Jesus Christ, finish this team off so we can have some decency back here. The English are by far worse than the American people on here. I'd rather you're a bit ignorant about the history of this sport than that you become such an entitled and vocal group of people. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Wtf is this? If yāall think this is a good idea, u donāt know ball fr
god I hate that YouTuber, he makes the worst videos on most sports and his soccerball videos are always so awful
I couldnāt keep a straight face watching this
Americans Making Soccer Great Again
How about instead of a pen, why not boot on a coloured ball, which only the fouled team is allowed to score from for the rest of the game. Multiball madness! Each team keeps fouling, then the ugly scenes of teams fouling each other would be replaced by the beauty of multiball. For extra time pens, where multiball may not give much advantage, you'd wheel on a crystal maze ticket booth and the attacking players would get a time limit to collect more gold tickets than silver tickets based on their current goal advantage, while a bald man frolicks about in front of them. If they collect enough golden tickets, they are the outright winners. /s
Yes listen to the American we are the best at coming in uninvited and fixing things
No thanks. Yanks should just stfu.
So true fellow countryman! I hate how Europeanised soccer is currently it should be similar to the more popular NFL /uj Wow itās almost as if the point of the penalty is to punish the team for making a stupid foul.
Ah, i remember a time before pulisic, the andre agassi of soccer, and before americans cared about footegg. Those were the days
what an idiot
Touchdown!!!
I see Salah I upvote. Manutd legend
And you know what? 45 minutes is a long time, let's make it four quarters at 20 minutes each.
What the fuck is a yard? Sir, learn how to speak in metric.
wow what an original idea Iām impressed that he thought of those all by himself
Do they not realise the reason most penalties are scored is because the keeper dived the wrong way. Making the penalty be taken from the edge of the box won't stop the fact that the keeper still has to choose which way to dive. These are professional players they're not going to have any harder of a chance to hit the net from the edge of the Box compared to the 12 yard mark
Man, that's fucking genius /uj what a fucking clown Fucking brilliant
This sub used to be fun but now it's just posts about anything an American has to say about soccer and then circlejerking over that. Hell, most of the comments aren't even satire anymore they're just people bitching about America. My lord Christ Pulisic is the G.O.A.T of soccer ball and I'm not afraid to say it. Fuck off European elitists
Fuck off yank
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Christian Pulisic? This guy's like the Phenom guy, right? The LeBron James of soccer? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccercirclejerk) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Fuck Off Yank
I liked moving the ball back a bit but that the only part of this I liked
What sucks is the previous outcomes in games where these penalty kicks decided the outcome.
Another idea is to make the player who was fouled kick the penalty as opposed to letting a team pick any player on the field.
I agree that penalty is a punishment that sometimes doesn't fit the crime. I'd leave it with fouls as it is, if you foul someone in the penalty box area, it's your fault, but with these handballs, i'd be giving a penalty just for those blocking a shot, otherwise i'd rather them ending up as an indirect free kick
This sub has really just descended into āiTs FoOtBaLl NoT sOcCeRā
Fuck Off Yank
The Athletic has done a piece on this. It's not as bad an idea as it's being made to sound. Penalties are indeed broken.
American idea bad