re: How to fix soccer

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How to fix soccer

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It's not in the Constitution. Ban it.

You going to wish ALS on me again?

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I enjoy good soccer. The euros were great but there’s still way too much theatrics with the damn playing for fouls and flopping around when if they would’ve just played through the contact, they likely would’ve had an advantage. I also think there needs to be more incentive to score and win vs playing for a draw. The game turns into a slog when both teams drop numerous players back on defense and rarely attack.

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There are some occasions where the draw is the appropriate result, and it’s not like they’re meaningless. Soccer is a “bigger picture sport,” excepting for knockout rounds. It operates in terms of campaigns rather than battles.

A goal is a momentous occasion in and of itself, and I’d prefer to keep it that way. Hell some of the best games I’ve ever watched were 0-0 draws.

High scoring soccer is bad if the defense is terrible, and low scoring soccer is bad if the offense is terrible. If both teams are competent at both aspects even a 0-0 game can be a nail biter. Or it can be fun to watch a game where one team is desperate to attack or the other is desperate to defend.

If you’re watching the game for the goals, you’re watching for the wrong reasons. It’s the beautiful game. Not the high scoring one.

I’ll often whip out two examples for good vs bad low scoring games. 2011 Alabama-LSU 9-6 in round one and 2008 Auburn-Mississippi State 3-2. Both low scoring games, but one was an exciting nail biter where every point came at a premium and the other two mules fighting over a turnip.

We watched football to see carnage when I was a kid.

It's a different nfl these days