Match stats to be considered after extra time. Points to be allocated for more possessions, more corners, attempts on targets, hitting the woodwork, less cards, etc. Best team will win.

Or play the extra time without keepers. Again, this way, the teams attacking more will definitely win.

Chelsea would have no chance winning any comepetion.

I know most of the posts on here haven't been especially serious, or even on topic, but how did this article merit four 1 star votes?!

The ja606 community is becoming increasingly difficult to please x

I know! We get Blotto to decide who wins, that way he'll never be unhappy at the result!

Sigh. Penalties are exciting and after TWO hours of football I think it needs to be ended.

It is fair too, every one has the same number of goes and can practice so why does this need changing.

If he wants to stop tragedies bring in video refs.

Arsene Wengooner - Agreed, I actually love penalty shoot outs. I think that testing a players ability to handle such a high pressure situation adds marvelous drama to the game.

However I'm against video refs. I think it hands the power to decide games to cameramen and directors. When it comes to goalmouth technology I'm for the chip and beam solution x

"Penalties are exciting and after TWO hours of football I think it needs to be ended."



Completely agree. It's a system that works, it's never been bettered by anything else. Blatter just needs to stop sucking the lemons at an English team winning the CL by beating Germans on penalties.

I'm fine with pen shoot outs

As long as Chelsea & England aint involved usually....

Well now, as spitting is so common place, why not a spitting contest?
Some thing like, placing an empty bucket somewhere on the outer ring of the centre circle. Each selected player to spit and try to enter the bucket.( the old trainer's bucket could be brought out of retirement for this purpose).
5 players from each team as of the penalty scenario, the referee will still officiate, standing close to ,though not to close ( for obvious reasons) the said bucket.
Each player in one of the teams, decided by the time honoured way, would take a sip of red wine.
The players doing the spitting would in turn, stand on the centre spot.
After each player has finished, the Ref, with the help of his assistants, would determine who has the most spits in the bucket. The reason for the red wine.
In the case of a tie,a fresh bucket would be used and sudden death would prevail.

Stupid, silly, yes,but Blatter started it
Cheers U1248

U1248

If you'd put that much effort into a user name - it'd be a brilliant one surely..

Perhaps a better alternative is each team takes it in turn to take the ball from the centre circle and tries to score a goal you have 10 secs from the moment the ref blows the whistle.

5 players from each team take it in turns.

I thought it would be pretty obvious - The WAGS have to play topless 5-a-side for 30 minutes.

A better alternative would be to just keep the format we already have. It's efficient and it works 100% of the time, who cares if it's "tragic"? The fact is one team has to win and one team has to lose, there's no possible way to making losing a final not tragic.

It seems that FIFA are really bad at prioritising areas of the game that need looking over. Why has it taken so long for goal line technology to be allowed by FIFA when it's clearly a major issue in the game yet we have this minor issue that Blatter is jumping all over? The term "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" comes to mind.

A rap battle.

All the players get they're todgers out and get them measured, then the team with the longest overall wins!

could be some very average players suddenly getting respect....

shat player - huge todger...respect

If the game is still level, it should result in a draw. It would promote sharing, and everyone would be happy.

that's just girly...

"I thought it would be pretty obvious - The WAGS have to play topless 5-a-side for 30 minutes."

The bit of me that's still 15 years old thinks that would be AWESOME!!!

The rest of me, aged 41, agrees completely

Everyone has to eat a huge steak before they can touch the trophy.

Less girly?

Leopold

Finally... a solution

i solved this years ago.

you have a panel of judges watching the game like in a boxing match.

at 90 minutes they declare which has been the better team.

if extra time is a draw then the better team (decided aafter 90 minutes) is the winner.

For a start they should bring back the golden goal rule in extra time.

Secondlly think that they should implement a system where you start off extra time with only 6 players on each side.

Then at half time of extra time if nobody has already scored the golden goal then each team has to take off another player leaving only 5 players for the second half of extra time.

i solved this years ago.

you have a panel of judges watching the game like in a boxing match.

It would only be a matter of time before Fergie had them in his pocket along with the refs.

Superb

Said same earlier & got shot down re golden goal....funnily enough was on same thought process with the 6 a side thing too (in my mind)