Not sure they all are, but some are for sure. Refs clearly are not allocating the correct amount of minutes in games. No idea why. It nearly always causes puzzlement.A lot of that isn't about wasting time though per sé, it's more about disrupting momentum - that won't be changed by stopping the clock, it just means games will go on for considerably longer.
I am not against the notion of trialling it, in fact I believe it has been done at very low levels (although the lower the level, the lower the stakes & less of an issue I'd wager) but let's say miraculously the FA decided "Yep, it works, let's implement it" you would need every other nation that plays the game to agree & adopt it too. Will never happen.
Never get the complaints about the ball in the corner tactic either, that is proper game management, ball is in play, time is ticking on - perfectly legitimate. What next, ban teams from keeping possession when leading?
The simple fact is, the issues people are raising all have solutions already in the Laws of the Game, they just aren't implemented.
I disagree. The laws are wholly inadequate to deal with this problem and situations are far too open to interpretation for there to be any consistency.The simple fact is, the issues people are raising all have solutions already in the Laws of the Game, they just aren't implemented.
I disagree. The laws are wholly inadequate to deal with this problem and situations are far too open to interpretation for there to be any consistency.
The fact is that even the more simple and easy to enforce rules are often ignored. Why are keepers not held to the six second rule for example. You can bank on the keeper holding the ball for as long as they can get away with if their team is in the lead.The falling on the floor each time they catch the ball is just ridiculous.What isn't covered under the current laws?
Agree on the open to interpretation bit, as I said before the new guidelines for EFL officials can only be seen as a positive step but we'll have to see how it plays out.
There was definitely an increased threshold for fouls vs Sunderland - both Gyökeres & Stewart got some pretty tough treatment without winning free-kicks, but the supposed clamp downs on holding at set-pieces & time wasting clearly didn't happen.
I do hate the taking the ball to the corners and yes, even when we do it.The fact is that even the more simple and easy to enforce rules are often ignored. Why are keepers not held to the six second rule for example. You can bank on the keeper holding the ball for as long as they can get away with if their team is in the lead.The falling on the floor each time they catch the ball is just ridiculous.
With regards to taking the ball into the corners, no it’s not against the laws of the game but it is certainly against the spirit. If football is meant to be an entertainment for paying spectators then why allow tactics like these to flourish? Do you enjoy watching that?
We aren’t very good at it but even if we were I would still hate it. Why not back yourself to score another goal or at least back yourself to keep the other team out by playing in the way you have for the previous 85 to 90 minutes.
All of the ‘game management’ tactics, time wasting, feigning fouls or injuries, rotational fouling, harassment of the ref and the ball in the corner routine are anti-football but are on the increase.
The ball in the corner thing is still there for the ref to deal with in the existing rules. Most of the time the player protecting the ball has no intention of playing it. Likewise there is normally an additional team mate nearby solely acting as a blocker. It is to all intents deliberate obstruction and therefore a foul, but for some reason refs are averse to making such a decision.
And pepper spray if it isn’tGive the lino that spray refs have for free kicks to mark where a throw has to be taken
The ball in the corner thing is still there for the ref to deal with in the existing rules. Most of the time the player protecting the ball has no intention of playing it. Likewise there is normally an additional team mate nearby solely acting as a blocker. It is to all intents deliberate obstruction and therefore a foul, but for some reason refs are averse to making such a decision.
"Shielding the ball is obstruction " well I never.
Plus what, 6 subs before the 90 were up?Really, really bad time management by the referee last night.
The Woodburn injury (ironically suffered by fouling Wilson for which he should have been booked) took over 3 minutes, Eccles' injury was a further 2mins then they also had the defender that lay down in the goalmouth when nobody was anywhere near him. So you're already well in excess of 5 minutes even if you think Preston wasted no time at all. Farcical.
Plus what, 6 subs before the 90 were up?
Yeah true and ours was a triple subIn fairness I think most of those were done during the injury breaks.
The article it says the head of the referee group or whatever mentioned it last week, but obviously Noone took any notice of what I’d quite a significant difference? Seems a bit random that no one talked about itDid they mention they would be doing it before hand?
I would have loved it a year or two ago. Would have meant spending less time with my wife.All for it. More injury time goals for us.
The reset scrum thing needs sorting for sure, but I think the ref is able to award a free kick if teams are obviously taking the mickey in their line out approach. I just wish they'd do it more often.Rugby does a half way house with the stop clock, which does work reasonably well for them. However, as @Hobo mentioned - gamesmanship still exists. They collapse scrums, slowly join lineouts, take 59 seconds on penalties & conversions etc......
Their stop clock kicks in at the referee's discretion for injuries, subs, TMO decisions..... The clock still runs down when the ball is out of play at other times.
I'm all for at least a trial of stopping the clock, things are just getting silly now.
The other thing I'd say is that refs aren't obliged to stop the game for every injury.
I'd clarify it so that for other than a serious contact injury, or a head injury, the game goes on.
Players can either remove themselves from the field for treatment, or the opposition can (should they choose and if it's feasible given where the injury has occured) play around them whilst they are treated or they can recover on their own. (This works reasonably well in rugby).
Any player with a head injury serious enough to stop the game should be automatically removed from the game for an independent concussion check, and can be replaced during the check by a rolling sub.
Goalies get six seconds to use the ball after they've picked it up or flopped on it. 20 seconds to place and take a goal kick once they are in possession of the ball.
Not saying all this is perfect, but I think formalising and enforcing something like this might also reduce the endless shithousing. I've no problem with teams taking it in the corner or stuff that's in the rules, but the whole fake injury/cramp/goal-kick stuff is ruining the game.
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