whufc wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:whufc wrote:
I think it would add to the spectacle if players didn't know and exact time.
Player scream at each other that much it doesn't take much to get a message across, in fact it probably moves quicker than a runner having to run 150m out there.
OK, would've thought a quiet message in the ear would be more beneficial than screaming out for the other team to hear what's happening next.
I'll leave it there now.
When a team is going to go defensive in the last couple of minutes of the game as per your example you don't think the other team know what's coming.
It's pretty obvious when the majority of players on the field are sprinting from one end of the pitch to the other.
I just think in the age of over analysis we over emphasis the importance of the 'runner' Many other sports in the world can cope without one just find.
People may say oh but a soccer field isn't as big. Having gone to an AFL GF and many European soccer matches the noise levels are uncomparable. 40k at a pumping EPL game is like 100k at the MCG.
3 minutes to go, 9 points up? I wouldn't totally lock in defensive mode, I'd rather try and get 15 points up with 2 to go and lock the 4 points in, there is my point.
Not sure soccer is a great comparison, we're talking of a game where between 15 and 35 goals are scored compared to a game where 0 to 5 are scored, games don't really get turned on their head too often in the space of a couple of minutes in round ball.
The rules in soccer keep the players closer together on the field too, footballers can be spread out over 9000 square metres.