24 Feb 2025 19:12:09
What changes do you believe would make the game better and I don't mean UTD Winning lol that's too obvious

Time wasting, feigning injury purposely trying to unsportsmanlike should be picked up by VAR and yellow cards assigned accordingly. Then simulation a straight red card hopefully will in time reduce diving.

We all love football but it's not played like a man's game anymore. I was so annoyed Jota never even got a yellow for his dive at wolves.
I remember playing fifa and simulation got you a straight red 9/ 10 times.

1.) 24 Feb 2025
24 Feb 2025 19:57:11
Switch VAR up, I’d like to see 60 second time limit. If it’s not clear by then stick with the on field decision.

2.) 24 Feb 2025
24 Feb 2025 20:36:16
I thought they were bringing semi-automated technology for offsides. The same as Europe. That would save a lot of time. Unfortunately, it’s the idiots that review the footage and make the decisions. I expect it to get a lot worse and more NFL style.

3.) 24 Feb 2025
24 Feb 2025 20:41:24
Sh1th0usery, whether it be time wasting or rolling around as if shot.

I would also stamp out the wrestling we see at corners, it's become ridiculous, I think there should be loads of penalties every game. Anywhere else on the pitch it's a free kick, but refs ignore it at corners.

4.) 24 Feb 2025
24 Feb 2025 21:15:58
Yellow cards resulting in 10 minutes in the sin bin, like they do in rugby. It would cut out diving, cynical tackles and time wasting, also would stop players surrounding/ screaming at refs.

5.) 24 Feb 2025
24 Feb 2025 21:45:12
Stop the crowding of referees and officials and especially the ranting at them.

On the park. I agree with the penalty box wrestling at corners its farcical. Stamp that out.

Change offside rule:

1. Can only be offside if you receive the ball in an offside position. So many times a player comes from an offside position to receive the ball and is pinged for being offside. So what! He had to come back to an onside position to get it. Move on!

2. Bring in the “Wenger” idea of there having to be clear air between players for it to be offside. This whole shoe lace and toe nail still is just plain crazy.

6.) 24 Feb 2025
24 Feb 2025 21:58:51
Not that any rule changes will fix it, but I miss the EPL football of the 90's and early 2000's and not just because that was United at our peak. I miss the mavericks, the entertainers, the characters.

For right or for wrong football has become so massive, so financially driven that football itself is becoming more and more sterile.

Players have to be athletes first, and soldiers second. Fit, strong and able to follow instructions, if they are somewhat talented with the ball then that's a bonus.

They have to play percentage football, play the odds not the opposition. Stick to the tactical plan. Consistency above all else.

While the players cannot be characters anymore, there is no place for that in our social media driven, cancel culture society. It's ridiculous the fall out that a player receives for "liking" the wrong post.

While I appreciate the precision, the professionalism, and the consistency of modern football (although obviously PGMOL have missed the memo on this ?), it does leave us with a rather bland product at the end of the day.

Sometimes I wish that every team was forced to have at least one absolute loony on the pitch at all times, a maverick, a football genius who will just do whatever they want, a real 50/ 50 coin toss between madness or magic. Get your Canotna's, Gazza's, Le Tisser's, Bergkamp's, Jay jay Okocha's, Di Canio's, Anelka's, Juninho's, Zola's, Ginola's, as well as your Dennis Wise's and your Vinnie Jones's back into football.

I miss those days.

{Ed025's Note - me too Shappy...great post mate..

7.) 25 Feb 2025
25 Feb 2025 01:11:55
Shappy not often I agree with you, but this time 100% let's have the Gazza’s the Hoddle’s Di Canio’s Cantona’s the person who can actually entertain and control a game on his own! The mavericks the performers. but oh wait, it’s money first entertainment somewhere down in 10th place!

I feel sorry for the amount of people who never actually see or will see this time of football again, now it’s all about athletes/ sixpacks/ bloody hell even haircuts comes before entertainment.

8.) 25 Feb 2025
25 Feb 2025 01:26:22
I think Mo Salah is about to win a league title almost on his own, his performances this season are phenomenal, his numbers ridiculous, he’s certainly a maverick, they exist, we just look back fondly at others and think it’s not the same anymore.

9.) 25 Feb 2025
25 Feb 2025 05:37:51
They just play elsewhere now gds2 not at old Trafford.
I'm sure it day will come again.
Stuff needs sorting 1st I see that you and many others see that.

10.) 25 Feb 2025
25 Feb 2025 07:29:50
Remove yellow card for players taking of the shirt while celebrating. I mean, why would you sanction that? Take away all the emotion, leading to disappearing of cult characters who were mentioned above.

11.) 25 Feb 2025
25 Feb 2025 18:39:16
At half time and full time both sets of fans, home and away, get to vote on the worst dive of the half and those players are subsequently executed. It’s what I hate the most about modern football.

12.) 27 Feb 2025
25 Feb 2025 20:23:32
I hate the take one for the team yellow card. tripping someone or just pulling them back to stop a counter attack. Love it to be a red card.