Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 27, 2024, 01:44:42 PMQuote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on February 27, 2024, 08:10:33 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 27, 2024, 07:33:32 AMHow would it be?Quote from: thewobbler on February 26, 2024, 10:47:30 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 26, 2024, 10:39:48 PMSurely just leave defenders in defence forwards stay up front and midfielders can roam the pitch?
See that's roughly how I think things would pan out with the half court rule. Some teams would stick to counter attacking football, which is no bad thing in itself so long as they don't have elongated possession before pressing go, but even the most rigid defensive structure would need at least one totem full forward as the plan b / blind alley option. For if they don't have that, they're just going to keep giving the pressing team the ball back.
Mine, from a referee's perspective is easier to manage
How are you to know who is playing backs, midfield or forwards? Teams are making positional switches all the time, subs come in with 27 on the back and you have to keep track of who is making his way forward etc? That sounds very difficult.
His idea that once the ball goes over a certain line it is not allowed to go back over it is surely much easier managed?
For me its the numbers on their backs, 1 to 7 are defenders 8 and 9 are midfielders and the others are forwards. If subs come on they replace either position and its a simple tick in our numbers page on the sheet.
If teams want to make a positional change they have to wait for a break in play and do it then
Flooding defence and flooding attack or teams holding up the ball in front of a wall of 'defenders' is really annoying to watch and pretty boring for the players also.
I've watched so many games at club level, players are actually passing someone with the ball so they can get into position to set up their defence! No attempt is made to tackle they guy, that's just one aspect.
If these footballing brains come up with ideas, they will be as difficult to navigate as any other rule change has been at the start
There is nothing simple about that no 20 could be coming on for number 15 and going wing back and number 7 moving into the forwards. Like to see how that would be managed with maybe 10 subs on the pitch near the end of a game.