Don’t you just love a bit of football nostalgia?talkSPORT does and, during this break from Premier League and the other domestic leagues, presenter Max Scott, has been thinking about what he misses most in football.talkSPORT’s Mount Rushmore looks at the most influential and iconic things in sport, with presenter Max Scott selecting five (four is just not enough) in each topicAlamyHere, Max picks his Mount Rushmore of things he’d like to bring back.Whilst there are four of the most influential presidents in US history on the famous Mount Rushmore, in this case limiting it to just four things is tough, so Scott had to squeeze in a fifth.It’s a Mount Rushmore-or-Less much like when Max selected his favourite football rivalries and the best fans in Britain.1. Football at its best is tribalHow many handshakes do you see in the tunnel these days? Max is fed up with players greeting their mates pre-match, despite them playing on rival teams in huge Premier League clashes.Leave friendships behind on gameday.“I would like to bring back players not talking to each other,” he began.“I don’t care if they played together in the U17s, I want the game to be adversarial because football at its best is tribal.“None of this chatting, kissing and cuddling in the tunnel… think peak Man United vs Arsenal and Roy Keane standing next to Patrick Vieira and avoiding eye contact with each other. The game meant something to them.“If you really like your opposition and if you don’t create, like Michael Jordan did, these narratives in your mind about disliking other players…I think that gives you a psychological edge.”2. Bring back physicalityNow for something that needs to be brought back on the pitch – embarrassment for players who roll around on the floor.Scott wants rid of the friendliness between players and to see rivalries like Keane and Vieira’s return in the modern gameGettyWhat is Mount Rushmore? The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln are carved into the stone in South Dakota, chosen for their representation of the most important events in the United States’ history.As a result, fans use the idea to create their own version to list the most influential or iconic games and people that define their selected categories.Here, though, talkSPORT argues five is not enough, so more or less this is Mount Rushmore.Some stars on the receiving end of rough tackles or even the lightest touch will flop to the ground and stay down, rather than bouncing straight back to their feet as people did in the past.“There was a time when it was an embarrassing, shameful thing to roll around on the floor,” Max recalled.“But nowadays, players roll around and people look at you as though you’re doing your team a favour.“I think it’s embarrassing, I think it’s undignified and it’s indicative of players who don’t have a bit of self-respect to stand up and get up when they’re hurting, limp a little and carry on.“I think you would get a lot more praise and a lot more admiration, less criticism, if players stopped rolling around on the floor.”Max then pointed out the impact of VAR and officials, with over-policing of challenges leading to an overreaction from players.Players flopping to the ground rather than getting back up after a challenge is something that needs to changeGetty“Now this is partly enabled by referees and, as a side point – get rid of VAR and go back to the days when it was more physical.”3. Free the nip“I’m saying shirts off and players celebrating with fans in the stand.”Max is keen to see more footballers letting go of their emotion when scoring a goal.Players who remove their shirts or jump into the stands are shown a yellow card and punished for doing so these days, which is something that has left him questioning the rules.“I’m baffled and the mind boggles at this idea that people could be so offended by the hairy chest of Ryan Giggs [as he celebrated his goal against Arsenal in 1999] or a well-formed abdomen of an elite athlete that we decide it was disgraceful for fully grown men to take their tops off.Free the nip: Arguably the most famous physique in football belongs to Ronaldo but this celebration lands you in trouble as modern-day players are booked for taking their shirts off in celebrationGettyGiggs scored one of the greatest ever goals and emotion took over in his celebration – this sort of joy should be allowedGettyView Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw“I just think it’s absolutely nuts…when you score a goal and it means something, it’s an expression of joy and success and your own individual brilliance when you score.“We should stop quelling players from expressing their passion at scoring a goal because I just don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.”4. Let’s be havin’ you!We all loved FanZone, right? And then there are Jason Cundy and Jamie O’Hara’s watchalongs, with Max keen to see more fans back in the commentary booth for matches.“I want fans more involved in an authentic way,” he said. “I used to love watching fans commentate on a game.“We’re now so afraid of what people are going to say and maybe swearing that we don’t do stuff like that anymore…I’d love to see fan commentary brought back to the football media.“And that got me thinking…I would love to see fans doing pre-match or half-time team talks.”It may not be a thing that has happened in the past, but Max thinks it would be a great addition to the modern game.“Not all the time, but before a derby or if your team is down in the doldrums, the players look like they don’t care – get a fan in.“I’m not just talking any fan, clubs should host elections when fans can apply to audition, with season ticket holders and club members voting to appoint their spokesman, who can get into the changing room to rev up the players.“The fan should go in and stick a rocket up them…it’s a bit Delia Smith-esque but in the changing room.”What is the fifth pick?There are many other iconic things that could be brought back into football – kids for a quid or Bovril at every stadium, for example.But there was one other standout for Max that he just had to include to round out his Mount Rushmore or less…Old football shirts used to have felt, fuzzy-styled sponsors on the front rather than the printed font modern kits haveGetty“Felt sponsors on football shirts,” he stated. “The feely, raised, soft sponsors that we used to have, I want to bring them back.“Football shirts nowadays, whilst some of them are quite nice, others are honking and the material is horrible these days.“Every time I wear one I sweat, it’s too tight, I can’t really wear it out because it looks a bit weird.“Classic football shirts are incredible, the material is a bit thicker, it’s more like a normal shirt and the sponsors, you can feel them.“I want that back in the game…there’s a reason why retro football shirts are 200 per cent more expensive than they were a decade ago – it’s because we’re all craving a little bit of nostalgia.“I want football shirts with big, fat, felt, raised sponsors that I’ll still pay £100 for, but it reminds me of a time when the game was simpler, less sanitised, more physical and a shirt you can wear out.”