Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:The one change I would love to see is two halves of thirty mins with a clock that stops as the ball goes out of play and restarts again as the game restarts.
We would get to see more actual football action and it negates time wasting.
We hear that 30 seconds is added for a substitution, but how often do we see 5 or 6 in the second half, equating to three minutes, but after enduring endless time wasting, just 4 mins are added. Or the player going off shambling from one side of the pitch to the other at snails pace?
Not forgetting the relatively new 'add 45 seconds for a goal' rule first revealed t the swamp in the 4-3 game.
Essentially time wasting is rewarded.
Teams would still try and break up the flow of the game, but there wouldn't be a double reward for feigning injury and arsing about over every throw in or goal kick.
Pretty Boy Lee wrote:the clock thing I hate. Makes it a different sport in my opinion.
As for the ball at fk's etc just increase the cards. No rule change just harsher enforcement.
Rule changes ruin games. We sit and reminisce about good old days yet want to bastardize the game further? No thanks.
Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:It doesn't need to change the game. It's just about ensuring we get the correct amount of time. Ball goes out, stop the clock, game restarts, so does the clock.
Time wasting and fannying about drives most of us nuts, it's even more pronounced in Euro games. Exactly as we discuss on this forum very often.
Goaters 103 wrote:A couple of things Id change.
The timekeeper shouldn't be the ref, it should be another official. The clock should stop whenever theres blatant timewasting, any injuries, excessive goal celebrations etc. An official in the stand or on the sideline should be solely in charge of the time of the game giving the ref less to worry about.
Substitutions. - You are permitted 7 subs on the bench, why can only 3 be used? Id say a minimum of 5 if you want to use them or not. In one sided games it would allow managers to empty their bench a bit more and give gametime to more players when he has the chance.
Blatant obstruction by defenders shielding a ball over the dead ball line. They aren't playing the ball at all, they are obstructing another player from being able to play the ball. Its a foul and should be judged as so.
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Goaters 103 wrote:A couple of things Id change.
The timekeeper shouldn't be the ref, it should be another official. The clock should stop whenever theres blatant timewasting, any injuries, excessive goal celebrations etc. An official in the stand or on the sideline should be solely in charge of the time of the game giving the ref less to worry about.
Substitutions. - You are permitted 7 subs on the bench, why can only 3 be used? Id say a minimum of 5 if you want to use them or not. In one sided games it would allow managers to empty their bench a bit more and give gametime to more players when he has the chance.
Blatant obstruction by defenders shielding a ball over the dead ball line. They aren't playing the ball at all, they are obstructing another player from being able to play the ball. Its a foul and should be judged as so.
I would go along with these even though I think 7 subs would be a bit silly but an independent timekeeper sounds good. It should also be made 100% clear how long is added for goals and substitutions as we all know there is absolutely no consistency in this area.
Going back to the original post I would love to see all forms of cheating cut out.All the ones mentioned plus stealing 10 yards or more on free kicks and throw ins. It's all done so automatically now players don't even realise they are doing it I would guess. It's crazy when you see someone deliberately steal as much yardage as they can and then play/throw the ball backwards anyway.
mr_nool wrote:I guess this goes along with Ted's rugby idea above:
Yellow card for all and everyone crowding the ref. No discussions, just pull up the yellow card as soon as players start closing in.
Wonderwall wrote:mr_nool wrote:I guess this goes along with Ted's rugby idea above:
Yellow card for all and everyone crowding the ref. No discussions, just pull up the yellow card as soon as players start closing in.
ha ha, I have visions of the ref holding his hand high with a yellow card and doing a pirouette, thus leaving 3 chelsea players on the pitch ;-)
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