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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I agree, Ian. I do understand the reason(s) behind the Penalty shootout after extended times. One has to remember that all those players on the national teams are also players for some FC. They have, more or less, hefty contracts to fulfill there, and are "granted" the honor, so to speak, of playing for the national team. But one doesn't want the player to become injured during WC play. Pushing the time after extended play (which is dangerous enough) to making the players play until a goal falls, does endanger the players health. Thus, I would only suggest this system for either the final 4 games, or just the final. Undecided is only really feasible and workable for the group playoffs (where points decide who goes on, and who does not). In the elimination rounds, one obviously cannot have an Undecided. This is where the problem with Soccer comes in (undecided). There have been various attempts to "solve" this problem (Golden Goal, Penalty Shootoff, etc). But having a Penalty Shootoff decide the final is really lame. Especially when the team that wins, has played worse than the team that lost. Luck does play a role in Soccer. Any of the greats in Soccer will tell one that (and do). It is entirely possible for a team to play horribly, and win. There are examples enough of it. It is just unpleasant when it happens. As for the WC, where the world watches, we of course want to see the best that Soccer has to offer. And normally the Final Game provides it. There have only been three instances of a Penalty Shootout for the Final (that I am aware of, anyway). The result of all three are somewhat tarnished, and do not really fulfill the promise which the Final is supposed to produce - the [b]UNDISPUTED[b] World Champion. It is like watching a Heavy Weight bout for the title, and one wins on "points", barely squeeking through. And to address JK - I find your vulgarity to be out of place and below you. I normally hold you in higher esteem. Your rather banal remarks and personal attacks on my character have managed to change my view and opinion of you to the negative. If that was your goal, then you succeeded nicely. I however am not Zidane and will not headbutt you for your poor sportsmanship and dirty mouth. [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/397/]WebShaman[/url] \| [i]The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. - Sophocles[/i] Loading...
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