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> Association football, itself, in isolation, is a fine game. There's nothing inherently bad about it. Actually one can argue that the rules in football haven'

> Association football, itself, in isolation, is a fine game. There's nothing inherently bad about it. Actually one can argue that the rules in football haven't kept up with the evolution of humans. When they defined the size of a goal, the average adult male was a full 10 cm shorter than they are today. People are running faster and jumping higher. The sport would be a lot more exciting if you increased the physical dimensions of goals and pitches, so you would have 10 goals in an average game instead of 0 to 3.

dncornholio 5y ago
Average goals per game has been 2.6 - 2.7 since 1962. Highest was 1954 with 5.38. 10 goals has never been an average, to reach that, the goals should be twice the size at least. I don't thing the size of the goal or people getting taller / faster is the reason we don't see many scoring. A big problem for me is the amount of downtime and the amount of foulplaying. Schwalbes are a real skill. Players fall to the ground way too quickly. Smaller field would make things more interesting.
the_af 5y ago
> The sport would be a lot more exciting if you [suggested changes] Do note soccer is currently tremendously exciting for millions of fans worldwide. I understand you mean well, and everyone is free to suggest changes (some of them good), but the sport right now is very exciting for huge numbers of people. Informally it's a tremendously easy and fun game to pick up. Any kid with a foot ball and some room can play with their friends. It's even how some players start. I don't think excitement is the biggest issue with football. The biggest issues are probably corruption in the business organizations around it, violence due to hooligans, etc.
breakfastduck 5y ago
No thanks, we don't want it to become basketball. I've never met a football fan in my life that complains about there not being 'enough goals'. What an american take that is.
- lnxg33k1 5y ago
  Yeah I was thinking exactly the same thing about basketball, if you think scoring should be worthless then just watch that :D
  - breakfastduck 5y ago
    When sports are so high scoring and close with so many goals they just boil down to the last 5 mins of the game being the only part that actually matters.
- AlgorithmicTime 5y ago
cromulent 5y ago
My father says that one of the reasons football is so popular is because it is low scoring. In high scoring games, the best team on the day tends to win. In low scoring games, there are more upsets, as a single moment can have a greater impact. Therefore even if your team is objectively worse, you go to the game with some hope in your heart. Making football into a high scoring game could ruin it.
stordoff 5y ago
I'm not a huge football fan, but I'd argue part of the excitement of the sport comes from the fact that it is low soring - individual goals matter a lot, rather than just being a minor tick towards the overall score. Higher scoring games could dull those moments significantly.

dncornholio 5y ago

Average goals per game has been 2.6 - 2.7 since 1962. Highest was 1954 with 5.38. 10 goals has never been an average, to reach that, the goals should be twice the size at least. I don't thing the size of the goal or people getting taller / faster is the reason we don't see many scoring. A big problem for me is the amount of downtime and the amount of foulplaying. Schwalbes are a real skill. Players fall to the ground way too quickly. Smaller field would make things more interesting.

the_af 5y ago

> The sport would be a lot more exciting if you [suggested changes] Do note soccer is currently tremendously exciting for millions of fans worldwide. I understand you mean well, and everyone is free to suggest changes (some of them good), but the sport right now is very exciting for huge numbers of people. Informally it's a tremendously easy and fun game to pick up. Any kid with a foot ball and some room can play with their friends. It's even how some players start. I don't think excitement is the biggest issue with football. The biggest issues are probably corruption in the business organizations around it, violence due to hooligans, etc.

breakfastduck 5y ago

No thanks, we don't want it to become basketball. I've never met a football fan in my life that complains about there not being 'enough goals'. What an american take that is.

lnxg33k1 5y ago
Yeah I was thinking exactly the same thing about basketball, if you think scoring should be worthless then just watch that :D
- breakfastduck 5y ago
  When sports are so high scoring and close with so many goals they just boil down to the last 5 mins of the game being the only part that actually matters.
AlgorithmicTime 5y ago

cromulent 5y ago

My father says that one of the reasons football is so popular is because it is low scoring. In high scoring games, the best team on the day tends to win. In low scoring games, there are more upsets, as a single moment can have a greater impact. Therefore even if your team is objectively worse, you go to the game with some hope in your heart. Making football into a high scoring game could ruin it.

stordoff 5y ago

I'm not a huge football fan, but I'd argue part of the excitement of the sport comes from the fact that it is low soring - individual goals matter a lot, rather than just being a minor tick towards the overall score. Higher scoring games could dull those moments significantly.