Lastbourne:

Do we have offside when playing" monkey post" ?, Ans is No, Therefore abolishing the offside rule is a very smart move that would allow a free (, ier) flow of soccer

Eastbay:

I agree that there are poor nations involved with footie,particularly in Africa. In fact I think I remember seeing the cardboard being used in Africa and remembered wondering if I actually was believing my eyes at the time.
But truth be told,FIFA has more than enough dough to make any plan work anywhere in the world.
Sepp Blatter is basically sitting on pots of gold as FIFA president.I'm so sure FIFA will make a tonne of cash in SA in June,because corporate organizations are lining up themselves to make themselves sponsors of the World Cup.
I still think FIFA isn't doing enough to:
a: make 3rd World/African FAs financially independent from government.
b:encourage real football development in countries in these areas.
These points I raised are long-standing issues that Sepp Blatter used as his election campaign in 1998,and that was why African votes were largely in his favour during the elction against Hayatou.So far,it has come to naught.The scandal that erupted before the 2002 world cup where Blatter was implicated only served to tell us that there is lots of cash with FIFA and they do not know how to use it.
How does this tally with the title of this thread?Still boils down to FIFA avoiding the real,practical issues on ground for a quik fix all to make the game "attractive ".Hockey and football are two separate sports,hockey has a smaller pitch and their offside rule is so complicated,they actually could do without it.Right nowI don't think ther are too many complexities about the present offside rules as it stands today.Infact,the rule has been watered down to neutralise the defensive nature of some sides who bank on frustrating tactics like setting offside traps to focus on giving the advantage to the attacking player,though the kind of refs we have these days have suceeded in confusing us all the more.If FIFA was sincere,taking a few seconds off the clock to check video replays to get the right calls,as is done in tennis,cricket,rugby without taking away any of the excitement in any of those sports amongst others,will make the game more attractive to viewers who by and large want to see a game fairly decided.
My thoughts though:hope I make some sense

Dual Core:

Abi o, no more run run! Finally me and you fit enter football now

mrtidy:

I don't think scrapping off side would be confusing for players but the goal keepers its gon take a while for them goal keepers to adjust.

FBS:

@Eastbay,
a) I'm not exactly sure this will work. How will they enforce that the money is spent properly. Too much money will make them sports administrators go mad.
b) Encouraging real footie development in Africa means big time competition for Europeans, etc. If our local leagues become strong and players are well paid, who will bother to travel out? Very few and that means, agents, some european clubs go hear am. You get my drift?
c) Refs like Overbo should be stripped unclothed in public and given 100 strokes of bulala. He is a total disgrace to footie. We have seen credible goals ruled out for offside and sadly though, we see this in every competition and UEFA/FIFACAF will eventually lose credibility.
Personally, I see both positives and negatives if they scrap the rule.

9jaganja:

Stop calling football footie please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Football not the Rugby we call football over here.!!!!!!!!

bandely:

Yeah, then they will be need for three goalkeepers! 

sulad82i:



THE BEST FORMATION EVER IN SUCH EVENTUALITY.


Blatter,
we asked for video tech, u go about asking how to cancel off-side rule.


@monkey-post-football.
-i enjoyed it alot
-in a game of two aside, staying in an offside postion wil attract a permanent defending companion,hence hard to score goals.
-infact i wil take a revolver and megaphone to the pitch for each game as a coach
the megaphone is for the keeper to bellow his longs out for the defenders never to leave him alone,while the revolver is to shoot any errant defender that goes upfront to pull a goal stunt.
KAPISH

Dual Core:

You have energy o 

ehen jare, we go footie the footuballu anyhow!

mehn imagine standing with the keeper on the other side for 90 minutes. Me and the guy go just dey discuss matters arising. When ball come i tap am into the guy net. 


Blatter wants to make history  "The man who changed the game"

Football go come dey like basket ball. bounce bounce bounce score. opponent bounce bounce bounce score.

We'll be seeing Goal scores like Dolphins FC 30[b]:[/b]27 Arsenal