Mar 15 2007, 07:25 PM, updated 19y ago
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The Football League board is considering a radical proposal to scrap draws and decide matches by penalty shoot-outs.
Football League chairmen and chief executives are set to discuss the idea at a board meeting on Thursday.
The League's chairman Lord Brian Mawhinney will unveil his proposal at the meeting which could be trialed in the Championship and Leagues One and Two as early as next season.
Teams would get a point for a draw as normal but the winner of the penalty shoot-out would get an extra point.
However, the proposal - which would initially not include Premiership clubs - has been labelled a "lottery".
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "I saw this in my first year managing in Japan - it did not have spectacular results.
"In extra-time they played a sudden death goal and if no-one scored they had penalties.
"The draw is part of the culture of the game and I would not like that to disappear."
Sky Sports football pundit Tony Gale said he was totally opposed to the idea and hinted that teams could deliberately play out for a draw rather than going for a win.
"Getting an extra point for tucking penalties away? I don't think so," said Gale. "What would be next? A crossbar challenge where players have to hit it from the halfway line?
"In fact, rather than make games more exciting, I think some teams would deliberately play out for a draw in the hope they could nick something extra from the penalty phase of the game.
"If a poor team forced a draw against a big club by defending, then they would get rewarded for it in the shootout. I could never agree with that.
"No one wants a lottery in football - leave it alone."
The shoot-out idea was put forward in a recent Football League Fans' Survey.
There are two proposals due for discussion - a traditional penalty shoot-out or an option where a player would have up to eight seconds to score after receiving the ball on the half-way line.
The shoot-out experient was initially used in the 1970s in the United States in an effort to produce positive results, but should it gain the support of league chairmen it would become the biggest rule change since the introduction of three-points for a win.
Football League chairmen and chief executives are set to discuss the idea at a board meeting on Thursday.
The League's chairman Lord Brian Mawhinney will unveil his proposal at the meeting which could be trialed in the Championship and Leagues One and Two as early as next season.
Teams would get a point for a draw as normal but the winner of the penalty shoot-out would get an extra point.
However, the proposal - which would initially not include Premiership clubs - has been labelled a "lottery".
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "I saw this in my first year managing in Japan - it did not have spectacular results.
"In extra-time they played a sudden death goal and if no-one scored they had penalties.
"The draw is part of the culture of the game and I would not like that to disappear."
Sky Sports football pundit Tony Gale said he was totally opposed to the idea and hinted that teams could deliberately play out for a draw rather than going for a win.
"Getting an extra point for tucking penalties away? I don't think so," said Gale. "What would be next? A crossbar challenge where players have to hit it from the halfway line?
"In fact, rather than make games more exciting, I think some teams would deliberately play out for a draw in the hope they could nick something extra from the penalty phase of the game.
"If a poor team forced a draw against a big club by defending, then they would get rewarded for it in the shootout. I could never agree with that.
"No one wants a lottery in football - leave it alone."
The shoot-out idea was put forward in a recent Football League Fans' Survey.
There are two proposals due for discussion - a traditional penalty shoot-out or an option where a player would have up to eight seconds to score after receiving the ball on the half-way line.
The shoot-out experient was initially used in the 1970s in the United States in an effort to produce positive results, but should it gain the support of league chairmen it would become the biggest rule change since the introduction of three-points for a win.
what do u guys think about this?seems utter nonsense to me
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