A week or so ago I was busy damning FIFA and IFAB for not making rule changes that would ensure that soccer would be an entertaining game. It seemed clear to me that neither body even considered it part of their job to make sure that a balance was maintained within the sport between offense and defense. Simplified, that it should be neither too easy nor too difficult to score goals.

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