April 3, 2006, 1:04 p.m. (Message 44961, in reply to message 44938)
So you reckon that more rules [like the goalie standing in First position] might solve Scottish Football's problems? I know little about football, but I somehow doubt that is the answer. As I understand it, Scottish football has achieved OUTSTANDING international achievements in the past, despite all the odds against them succeeding. Conversely, perhaps you are agreeing with me that dispensing with the absolute letter of the rules, unless you want to play real COMPETITIVE football, would increase the fun element, to the overall benefit of the game. Maybe someone should form a committee and organise an international survey to find out why Scottish Football has such a bad image with youngsters, then introduce a PR exercise to sort it all out. That's what the politicians would advise. Should only take a few years and a few millions, to arrive at an indecisive conclusion and an ineffectual campaign. Or maybe it's just that Scotland is a small country with a small population from which to draw talent, and insufficient funding to encourage youngsters to develop their kicking technique, rather than just instructing them that pointing their toes is the supreme immutable priority for all levels of the game. Dick Daniel From: Bryan McAlister <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx> Reply-To: SCD news and discussion <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: Re: Over 700 schoolchildren dance in Glasgow Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:06:33 +0100