WHILE THERE ARE MANY CHOICES FOR THE WORST THING ABOUT THE SPORT...:

In defence of penalty shoot-outs (When Saturday Comes, 6/05/10)

And so the greatest game in the world will be decided by the lottery of a penalty shoot-out." The words of John Motson moments before England's penalty shoot-out defeat against West Germany at Italia 90. The perpetual myth is sure to be peddled this summer. That the penalty shoot-out is somehow football's equivalent of Russian roulette with journalists bemoaning that a game at this level should be decided in such a manner.

...using the shoot-out in meaningful games has to rank up there. It's like deciding the World Series with a homerun derby if Game 7 is tied.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 5, 2010 7:08 AM