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All change for the good of the game: Simplify offside, move penalty shoot-outs and scrap bad habits

Marco van Basten, the new technical director at FIFA, has come out with some fairly extreme suggestions for changes to the laws.

I can't say I agree with any of them. But I'm not one of those who wouldn't touch the rules of the game.

I think there are several ways football could be improved and some of them in the same areas as Van Basten discussed.

New FIFA technical director Marco van Basten has proposed changes to the laws of the game
New FIFA technical director Marco van Basten has proposed changes to the laws of the game

OFFSIDE DEBATE

The abolition of the offside, as Van Basten suggested, would create a free-for-all and more direct football.