BLATTER WANTS PENALTY SHOOT-OUTS DROPPED

Sepp Blatter has declared that World Cup finals should no longer be decided by penalty shoot-outs. The FIFA President described this summer's shoot-out which saw Italy crowned World Cup victors over France as a "tragedy" and indicated that, in future, drawn finals would be replayed. "When it comes to the World Cup final it is passion, and when it goes to extra time it is a drama. But when it comes to penalty kicks it is a tragedy. Football is a team sport and penalties is not a team, it is the individual," Blatter told a Swiss Chamber of Commerce event in Zurich. Blatter also suggested that deducting players from both teams in extra-team would be a superior alternative to penalty shoot-outs. "Maybe to replay the match if it's the final, you can't do that through the tournament because of lack of time. Maybe to take players away and play golden goal." Is this guy on drugs? Replaying matches is a horrible idea. Players get enough games as it is, and didn't they even admit players were playing too much? On the plus side, it's not fair, but like it or not, penalties are great fun.