Alexi Lalas names bizarre list of ways to 'improve' football including two 'points' for goals scored outside the box

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Everyone has their own ideas on how to improve football. Plenty would argue it doesn’t need improving and it’s fine as it is.VAR has been the big one in recent years - introduced by the SPFL and SFA just a few weeks ago in Scotland - and the jury remains out on whether that particular change has been for the better.

Every Premiership club will have their own grievance with the video technology and how it hasn’t worked as it should or has just not enhanced the match day experience for players, managers or fans alike.But leaving aside the officials’ new toy, former United States international Alexi Lalas has his own ideas about how the sport could be upgraded, and a couple of them are pretty out there.

The Fox Sports pundit seemingly wants more excitement injected into games, and has come up with his own suggestions on how to spice things up on the park for the watching public.Making the goals bigger might see more goals, but goalkeepers might have a thing or two to say about that.

It’s not exactly a small target with the current dimensions, so further loading the dice in favour of attackers seems a bit unfair.We all love to see a long range screamer, and Lalas wants to encourage more long range efforts by awarding two “points” (didn’t make much sense to us either) for goals scored outside the penalty area.