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I think they're necessary. Personally, I feel football is held back by staying the same. I think changes are needed to make the game better and more entertaining. I don't know what those are and drastic ones cannot happen overnight but there are some simpler things that could be done. I expect most of you to disagree with this as you probably want things to remain as they are. I expect so because I believe the football world is very conservative.

I'd like to read your thoughts about this and what you think should change.

My first thought concerns the field. As players have become more athletic the field has been made to look narrower because they're able to cover big areas more quickly than they did before. So I believe if fields were wider the extra space would really help the game in speed and rhythm.

Another one is about substitutions. I don't see why they have to be limited to three... what's the point? give more freedom to the coaches and make it so that even players that have come off the field can be brought on again.

I don't think these are big changes. They would not change the nature of the game and I believe they'd make it better... what do you think?

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That's one single incident. But there's others, penalties etc, which aren't as easy to solve as this one. And it's the vast majority of decisions.

Come on now, especially when it comes to penalties things become clear in most cases when watching the replays. How would that hurt football in any way? Of course not everything would be resolved but even if you got half of those debatable penalty or no penalty claims sorted out it'd be a huge improvement.

I don't even like the rising importance of the "Show aspect" in football. Why does car dealer Müller have to present a corner? Why do advertising boards in football stadiums ask me to send them SMS? Why do I have to watch a guy in a giant bottle of coke trying to score during half times?
I don't want dunking contests, I don't want people waiting for "the great half time ads" when they watch football. This is football, not a circus!

I have no idea what you're talking about here. I don't know what any of that has to do with what I'm saying.

Footballs players are fitter, better trained in tactics and much more disciplined than any of their predecessors. They score less goals than in the past, but the reason is kinda obvious. Defending became more important in the last decades - and better.
If you wanna change these developments you ahve to turn back the wheel of time and ask for worse players.

OK I will do that but until I discover that wheel of time I will project the field expansion as the solution. Like you said players are now fitter so the result is they're able to cover up more space more quickly... why not expand the field and create more spaces for attacks? what's so bad with that idea? why not test it in non-professional level and see if it works?

Well I think there's no reason talking about this issue, us two and that's because you think today's football is great and I don't. So you see no reason why anything should change and I see plenty...

Also, you make it look like any change was a good idea.

No I'm not doing that. On the contrary you make it look like any change is a bad idea.

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Come on now, especially when it comes to penalties things become clear in most cases when watching the replays. How would that hurt football in any way? Of course not everything would be resolved but even if you got half of those debatable penalty or no penalty claims sorted out it'd be a huge improvement.

Well, maybe the problem simply doesn't bother me enough. It's not a big problem for me at all I think.

I have no idea what you're talking about here. I don't know what any of that has to do with what I'm saying.

Well, yeah. Was a bit weird I think.

OK I will do that but until I discover that wheel of time I will project the field expansion as the solution. Like you said players are now fitter so the result is they're able to cover up more space more quickly... why not expand the field and create more spaces for attacks? what's so bad with that idea? why not test it in non-professional level and see if it works?

Before I start to argue. What would be the benefit of a field expansion? More space IMO means more boring football. Just watch a match in non-professional football, were the players aren't as athletic as the pros. That's certainly not what I wanna see...

Well I think there's no reason talking about this issue, us two and that's because you think today's football is great and I don't. So you see no reason why anything should change and I see plenty...

Seriously, what in particular don't you like?

No I'm not doing that. On the contrary you make it look like any change is a bad idea.

I just mentioned some changes I'd like to see in my earlier post.