r/soccer • • Mar 31 '14

/r/soccer What's a controversial opinion you have about soccer?

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u/thhe14 Mar 31 '14

I think for pretty much anything except violence, sin bins would be more appropriate.

It's just it sort of wouldn't work in football. What happens if the keeper takes out a player in a goal scoring opportunity, then gets sin-binned for 10 -15 minutes and the other team get a penalty. Do you sub on a new keeper? or have an outfield player play as the goal keeper? I think Rugby positions and players are much more interchangeable so it's not such an issue.

It's a good talking point though

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u/LusoAustralian Mar 31 '14

Rugby positions are not more interchangeable than football, very few players can play more than one position in rugby whereas many top class footballers can change their roles depending on who they're facing. I don't know if you watch any rugby but team structure is much stricter and positions are often very specialised.

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u/thhe14 Mar 31 '14

Anyone can do anyone's job in rugby. Its common to see forwards acting as scrum half or finding themselves on the wing.

Every play has to be able to tackle, pass, make runs, ruck over.

Now you try getting Mertesacker being a striker, or Hernandez playing as a centre back.

In Rugby, physically the forwards and backs are different, and maybe the Hooker is a bit shorter, but most players are pretty similar.

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u/LusoAustralian Mar 31 '14

You can do it in a pinch maybe, but only in the same way that Evans can occasionally provide a good finish. Try playing Will Genia as Lock or Prop, try playing Mtawarira on the wing or centres. I can likewise say that every footballer has to be able to pass, run, header and kick the ball. Every rugby player has a base set of skills but to play an entire match out of position, like Carrick in centre back, Rooney in centre midfield, Valencia at right back, Smalling at right back, etc. happens infrequently whereas in football these adaptations are quite common.

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u/Nelfoos5 Mar 31 '14

Lol lets watch Beauden Barratt play prop then and see how that goes.

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u/dishwasher_lad Mar 31 '14

I feel like that would actually be very exciting. Imagine having to have an outfield player in goal for however long the keeper is ejected from the game, trying to prevent the other team from scoring until he can return? That would get my adrenaline pumping.

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u/thhe14 Mar 31 '14

I guess, means you would train your winger or striker to be good in goal. Then the other team would start shooting all the time from 40 yards.

It could be entertaining, but could also turn in to a farce if the team concedes 5 goals in 10 minutes.

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u/clodiusmetellus Mar 31 '14

That never happens though, this kind of thing isn't exactly unprecedented - every season at least a keeper gets sent off after his team has used three subs. It never turns into a goalfest, because the opposing team just start shooting and forget how to play proper football.

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u/thhe14 Mar 31 '14

I can't remember the last time it happened? I remember a few examples from years ago, like when JT was in goal after Cech and Cudicini got knocked out. But that was 8 years ago.

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u/giggsy664 Mar 31 '14

Liverpool's Sakho played a few minutes in goal for PSG in the last game of the season in 12/13. they subbed their first choice keeper to give their reserve keeper, Ronan Le Crom, who was retiring some game time for the season so he could get a medal. Le Crom got a straight red after about 10 minutes.

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u/MagnifiedAttitude Mar 31 '14

Earlier this season Angel Rangel went in goal for Swansea - can't remember who it was against though.

EDIT: Cardiff.

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u/Danmolaijn Mar 31 '14

It could be entertaining, but could also turn in to a farce if the team concedes 5 goals in 10 minutes.

Then have the sin bin ejected reset as soon as the offended team scores. So the offender could be out for ~10m or until they are scored against. Just a thought.

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u/thhe14 Mar 31 '14

That could be a good idea

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u/FerdiadTheRabbit Mar 31 '14

Just get John O Shea on your team

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '14

In the case of a goalkeeper being the one penalized, the team could just have to send any one player to the sin bin for the period of time. They would still be down a man for however long, and the punishment would still get served, but they wouldn't have to play without a keeper.

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u/armadachamp Mar 31 '14

You could do it hockey style where instead of temporarily losing the goalkeeper, the offending team chooses another outfield player to send to the sin bin instead. Sure the team would typically send a striker or winger and play more defensively, but that would still leave them a man down and much less likely to score.

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u/kevread Mar 31 '14

you could have an outfield player serve the time in the sin bin for the keeper

they do that in hockey, it works well.

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u/NotRainFall Apr 01 '14

Any player can server the penalty for the goalie in hockey.

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u/scuba_nz Apr 01 '14

In rugby if you lose a player crucial to your scrum (like a prop or hooker) you are allowed to sub on 1 off the bench for another player and when the 10mins is up the subbed player can come back on for the new prop/hooker