by CountryRoyal »
20 Jun 2017 17:51
Sutekh Stranded Sutekh The 60 minutes cr@p is just that (probably suggested to help make the game more TV and advertising friendly so FIFA can devise ways to sell more of it). The day that happens will be the end of the game as far as I am concerned.
Why is it cr@p and how will it be the end of the game? Appreciate it that is your opinion but interested in how you arrived at that view.
In a 90 min match, we only get about 55mins of actual football on average. If they move to 60mins with the clock stopping then we as fans will get more actual football without noticing any real difference to the experience. A half will probably still last around 45 mins but the 30secs or so wasted setting up set pieces etc will happen with the clock stopped.
Would pretty much kill time wasting dead as well.
Because I think it is just makes the game plastic and takes away the depth. Like watching basketball and all those other plastic Americanised TV orientated "sports".
I like having all the "bits and pieces" that go into a game and all the controversy, debate, subtle time wasting and frustration etc. that goes along with it. Sick of everything being made anodyne and supposedly as perfect as possible. Life isn't like that so let's keep what we can of it in sport.
+1,000,000
Football, perhaps more than any other sport, is about so much more than what the result is. The talking points...etc
Unfortunately with the prizes on offer for success, and the consequences of failure, it's only going one way, and it's a great tragedy imho. I'll take the decisions against us, they are frustrating and can be heartbreaking, but you get them in your favor too, and without all that, the game would be so bland, and effectively ruined.