Penalty shootout or tiddlywinks?

[Ribenapigeon]

Im not a football fan, quite the opposite but are penalty shootouts essentially just a way of avoiding accepting a draw? If so how much of that is driven by money and the gambling industry?

The way I see it is the more highly evolved a team is as a footballing machine the more likely after rounds if knockouts that ultimately the chance of a draw becomes higher, almost to the point of a certainty. Theres not a lot of revenue for bookies in that scenario. So there's the tiddlywinks of the penalty shootout.

[to v or not to v]

you cant have a draw in a cup final. one team wins and takes the trophy. hence the need for penalties some times.
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[Ribenapigeon]

[MCN]

There's a more exciting way to decide a draw. Extra time played to decide a Winner should involve a player from each side being sent off (or shot from the opposing team dugout.) Every 5 mins of extra time.
Until it comes down to two players.
Then they either fite to one taps out or toss a coin.
If the final score is still even.

I would watch that. (Just the extra time. Fuck the rest of the shite.)
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[Nobby the Bastard]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

It’s the Thunderdome principal. No middle ground.

Maybe they should just admit that the faux-war is inconclusive and there will have to be a proper war to decide who’s the best.

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Diggs]

I think these matters should be decided by a dance-off, 1980s hip-hop style...
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[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Or Boris and Draghi, Two Tribes Go To War -style.

[Ribenapigeon]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Nobby the Bastard]

I'm now cvonvinced that this is just an elegant attempt to troll us....
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[Polarbear]

If you have a bet on a team to win/draw/lose or whatever in a cup competition it is only valid within the 90 minutes unless extra time/penalties is specifically stated.

eg. If I laid a bet on Italy to win it would not have paid out because they didn't win in 90 minutes. The only way it would pay is if I had bet specifically bet on Italy to win after penalties. Then of course it wouldn't have paid out if Italy had won in normal times.

You don't think bookies are stupid do you.
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[Ribenapigeon]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Ste]

[Kris]

MLS used to do a hockey-style shootout instead of penalties (not sure if they still do it) where the player starts with the ball at the centre circle, and the goalkeeper on his line and it's one-on-one.

It was actually a great watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNExAtWu0CU
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[MCN]

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[Nobby the Bastard]

That'll be horrific in the.womens competition, though. The scenes in the prize giving would be horrendous.
We've all seen 2 girls one cup....
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[Ribenapigeon]

[Im-a-Ridah]

Personally I would rather we just pulled out of the Euros and the Eurovision too.