Crazy man Sepp Blatter thinks introducing penalty shoot-outs in the group stages will stop defensive minded teams playing for draws. Surely this will only encourage them even further to play for draws as they will now be able to win three points instead of just one if they can make it to the shoot-out?
If you accept that penalty shoot-outs are essentially a lottery, then how would they deter you from playing for a draw in 90 minutes? You'd have a 50-50 chance of winning all three points with the worse case scenario being ending the game with only one less point than you'd have had under the old system.
I can only see the crappier teams all playing for penalties and as a consequence rather than all the shitty teams being weeded out in the group stages, more of them would then make it into the knock-out stages at the expense of some good teams who have the players that make World Cups exciting.
This would essentially work as a form of handicapping, which makes a mockery of the competition really. Gay in my opinion.
__
No comments:
Post a Comment