Who really cares which way they face. Shaking hands before the game is pretty meaningless and just ticks fair play boxes etc for the FA. I'm sure the players just see it as a formality.
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The most pointless thing in football only second to an injured player leaving the field after treatment.
..and the extra 2 officials behind the goal in Champions League games.
And I hate teams taking advantage when their own player down then moaning when the opposition don't kick the ball out. Twice on Saturday one of their players was laid out on the turf as if they were badly injured. Chesterfield played on. When we robbed them of the ball they pointed to sidelines for us to kick it out then complained to the ref. the one good thing he did all afternoon was ignore their whining.
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..and the extra 2 officials behind the goal in Champions League games.
Yes you are right. I think players know when there is a really bad injury and respond accordingly. Rest of the time it should be up to the ref alone to stop play. There should be no onus on a team to kick the ball out of play
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Maybe go and shake the fans hands also??
Geoffrey Robinson did that for a spell...
Yes you are right. I think players know when there is a really bad injury and respond accordingly. Rest of the time it should be up to the ref alone to stop play. There should be no onus on a team to kick the ball out of play
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What would be a good idea is to switch the camera for all TV highlights to face the Tesco stand so it looks like we have fans in the ground rather than face the prawn sandwich brigade.
We need to do what they do in Rugby and treat on the pitch as the match goes on.
That way the game goes on unless it is stopped by the referee.
Their would be an incentive to carry on playing particularly if they are feigning injury.
Add that and you've completed my top 3 pointless things in Football!
If this is after a foul - and a free kick awarded - the player should be allowed to stay on (otherwise you are punishing somebody who has just been fouled)The most pointless thing in football only second to an injured player leaving the field after treatment.
If this is after a foul - and a free kick awarded - the player should be allowed to stay on (otherwise you are punishing somebody who has just been fouled)
Anything else - the player should go off (to get rid of the random rolling around late in a match)
Good idea in theory....but unworkable in practice as the direction of play & occupied territory is pretty predictable in rugby whereas its almost completely random in football......
The most pointless thing in football only second to an injured player leaving the field after treatment.
That is not a pointless rule, it deters time wasting.
Why can't we have a clock like in Rugby and the ref stops the clock every time there was an injury or substitution? Everyone would be able to see exactly how long was left instead of these random extra minutes at the end of games.
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