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Again, they literally changed the handball rule midseason off the back of a Premier League game.Soccer does not change that often, and when they do they deliberate over many years what to do. Bad example.
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Again, they literally changed the handball rule midseason off the back of a Premier League game.Soccer does not change that often, and when they do they deliberate over many years what to do. Bad example.
How come every other sport in the world has not felt the need for this? We have had more rule changes in 2-5 years than pretty much every other sport has had in its history.
Concussion sub took years of deliberation and was bought into the Premier league with months of notice at the start of the season.Again, they literally changed the handball rule midseason off the back of a Premier League game.
Now your changing tact from leave it alone it’s not the game I recognise to let’s look at it every 5 years. So what is it then? Leave it alone and hope that you get back the game you grew up with or let’s change it every five years?
What do you mean no goals, like the last 100 years goals haven't existed. I didn't realise that football was in such bad shape. I think the congestion that everyone complains about was way more noticeable 10 years ago.So... no goals?
So what are they basing it on?
What do you mean no goals, like the last 100 years goals haven't existed. I didn't realise that football was in such bad shape. I think the congestion that everyone complains about was way more noticeable 10 years ago.
Again, they literally changed the handball rule midseason off the back of a Premier League game.
AGAIN, they have been deliberating this change since the 90's. This did not come out of the blue.
Also, it doesn't fundamentally chsnge the game or make it look stupid. It just makes it easier to officiate.
None of the rule chsnges in soccer have ever been an issue and always improved it. Not like AFL at all, AGAIN.
Well yes it did come out of the blue since in the pre season they had made an almost completely opposite change. You're thinking of the original change - that being that all touches of the ball in the lead up to a goal counts as handball and won't count as a goal. They FLIPPED that mid-season out of the blue. After a Fulham goal was disallowed.
Dig up.
So just confirming, they did change a rule spur of the moment?This is just EPL. It's not going to be in the world cup or Champions League or other leagues like serie A.
How often have the actual soccer rules changed per World Cup which is every four years?
So just confirming, they did change a rule spur of the moment?
Your question is fundamentally flawed and doesn't merit a response.You didn't answer my questionquestion. Dig up, again.
As opposed to every single side adopting flooding, zone defence, and congestion?Nothing will convince me that Stand the Mark rule is good for the game it means more teams have to play a similar game style to win basically a mirror match.
MythBasketball has certainly done it, NRL brought in the 5 again rule mid year which had a massive impact on the game last year from memory. Cricket has various formats.
AFL has a lot of variables in play at any given time, the free flowing nature of the game means that you have to account for 360 degrees of movement, massive playing fields, long duration games with high levels of distances covered.
The AFL has been fully professional for a much shorter period of time than many international sports as well.
People don’t like rule changes, I get it, and many of the rule changes made by the AFL have had unintended side effects, but these two - man on the mark and reduced rotations go hand in hand - appear thus far to have a positive impact on scoring, more open play, and has brought big forwards in to the game in a way they haven’t been for most of the last decade.
er yup, it looks pretty damn stupid.AGAIN, they have been deliberating this change since the 90's. This did not come out of the blue.
Also, it doesn't fundamentally chsnge the game or make it look stupid. It just makes it easier to officiate.
None of the rule chsnges in soccer have ever been an issue and always improved it. Not like AFL at all, AGAIN.
The new Man on the Mark rule doesn't fundamentally change anything either.AGAIN, they have been deliberating this change since the 90's. This did not come out of the blue.
Also, it doesn't fundamentally chsnge the game or make it look stupid. It just makes it easier to officiate.
None of the rule chsnges in soccer have ever been an issue and always improved it. Not like AFL at all, AGAIN.
Don't you need a good forward line to score, not just a good defence. Defence has always been the cornerstone of a good side.The new Man on the Mark rule doesn't fundamentally change anything either.
Manning the mark has never been a core skill of the sport. Not all that long ago, kicking across the ground was a sin - no one did it. You'd actually kick over the mark, so the man on the mark had no reason to move laterally anyway.
The fundamental of footy has always been that the team with the ball has the advantage. In recent times, this changed as teams started generating the bulk of their scores from turnovers. This literally means that you are more likely to score if you don't have the ball! You literally are at a disadvantage if you have the ball!
Now that is ridiculous. That is a ludicrous situation for a sport to be in. When good offence doesn't beat good defence, your sport is ruined.
All this new rule has done, is really close a loophole that coaches were exploiting. The Man on the Mark being used as a defensive weapon was just bullshit. It didn't add anything to the game. It was just yet another way for coaches to clog up the game and slow it down.
Reducing the impact of the Man on the Mark is a great example of subtle tweaks that DON'T mess with the fundamentals of the sport, whilst making an impact in line with the spirit of the game. And that spirit I'm referring to is that the team with the ball should have the advantage.
The new Man on the Mark rule doesn't fundamentally change anything either.
Manning the mark has never been a core skill of the sport. Not all that long ago, kicking across the ground was a sin - no one did it. You'd actually kick over the mark, so the man on the mark had no reason to move laterally anyway.
The fundamental of footy has always been that the team with the ball has the advantage. In recent times, this changed as teams started generating the bulk of their scores from turnovers. This literally means that you are more likely to score if you don't have the ball! You literally are at a disadvantage if you have the ball!
Now that is ridiculous. That is a ludicrous situation for a sport to be in. When good offence doesn't beat good defence, your sport is ruined.
All this new rule has done, is really close a loophole that coaches were exploiting. The Man on the Mark being used as a defensive weapon was just bullshit. It didn't add anything to the game. It was just yet another way for coaches to clog up the game and slow it down.
Reducing the impact of the Man on the Mark is a great example of subtle tweaks that DON'T mess with the fundamentals of the sport, whilst making an impact in line with the spirit of the game. And that spirit I'm referring to is that the team with the ball should have the advantage.
Scores aren't up.
Ball movement is though. Also KPF's are finding it much easier to kick goals under the new rules.
Myth
Pretty bloody closeI believe scores are up so far as compared to 2019 (and 2020 for obvious reasons) reversing the trend of less scoring.
Round 3 scoring update
Year 2021 2020* 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Round 3 average 88.1 73.8 88.4 91.1 84.3 92.8 95.6 89.2 105.8 94.6 Round 3 2021 - % above or below +19.3% -0.3% -3.3% +4.5% -5.1% -7.8% -1.2% -16.7% -6.8% Round 3 - lowest since 2020 1967 2017 2017 1995 2014 2014 2011 2012 2011 Round 3 - highest since 2019 2019 2018 2016 2016 2015 2013 2013 2000 2009 Season average to Round 3 85.6 81.3 82.7 90.4 95.6 93.4 88 86.8 100.5 96.7 Season to Round 3 2021 - % above or below +5.2% +3.5% -5.3% -10.4% -8.3% -2.7% -1.3% -14.8% -11.5% Season to Round 3 - lowest since 2020 1967 1967 2015 2016 2015 2014 1995 2012 2011 Season to Round 3 - highest since 2018 2019 2018 2017 2013 2013 2013 2013 2001 2009
Pretty bloody close