Post by paulgilb on Mar 15, 2007 18:42:07 GMT 1
From www.bbc.co.uk/sport
Penalty shoot-outs to decide drawn games is one of the ideas a Football League working party will investigate.
The League's 72 club chairmen set up the working party to look at ways of making the game more attractive.
The idea of shoot-outs to award a bonus point has been roundly condemned by managers and some club chairmen.
League chairman Lord Mawhinney said: "It's important to look from time to time at what we're offering and whether it's as good as it could be."
The proposal for drawn games would see each side awarded a point, but a penalty shoot-out would decide the destination of a bonus point.
If the idea gains enough support, it will be presented as a motion for a rule change at the Football League's annual general meeting in June.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "I saw this in my first year managing in Japan - it did not have spectacular results."
He added: "In extra-time they played a sudden death goal and if no-one scored they had penalties.
"The draw is part of the culture of the game and I would not like that to disappear."
The idea was originally put forward in the recent Football League Fans Survey.
Lord Mawhinney added: "Managers may hate shoot-outs but fans love them. The chairmen decided to use this proposal to have a broader look at a range of ideas that might refresh our product.
"Some people were strongly against it, some people were in favour of it, but on both sides people said: 'let's be constructive and have a broad examination of what we have on offer'."
Bournemouth boss Kevin Bond told the Daily Echo newspaper said: "Why can't we just have a draw?"
"I don't agree with it because I think it's too much of a radical change.
"I'm very open-minded and I think certain laws of the game need to move with the times but that would be too much of a drastic measure."
Thoughts?
Penalty shoot-outs to decide drawn games is one of the ideas a Football League working party will investigate.
The League's 72 club chairmen set up the working party to look at ways of making the game more attractive.
The idea of shoot-outs to award a bonus point has been roundly condemned by managers and some club chairmen.
League chairman Lord Mawhinney said: "It's important to look from time to time at what we're offering and whether it's as good as it could be."
The proposal for drawn games would see each side awarded a point, but a penalty shoot-out would decide the destination of a bonus point.
If the idea gains enough support, it will be presented as a motion for a rule change at the Football League's annual general meeting in June.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "I saw this in my first year managing in Japan - it did not have spectacular results."
He added: "In extra-time they played a sudden death goal and if no-one scored they had penalties.
"The draw is part of the culture of the game and I would not like that to disappear."
The idea was originally put forward in the recent Football League Fans Survey.
Lord Mawhinney added: "Managers may hate shoot-outs but fans love them. The chairmen decided to use this proposal to have a broader look at a range of ideas that might refresh our product.
"Some people were strongly against it, some people were in favour of it, but on both sides people said: 'let's be constructive and have a broad examination of what we have on offer'."
Bournemouth boss Kevin Bond told the Daily Echo newspaper said: "Why can't we just have a draw?"
"I don't agree with it because I think it's too much of a radical change.
"I'm very open-minded and I think certain laws of the game need to move with the times but that would be too much of a drastic measure."
Thoughts?
