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Scummers rumbled for tactical timeout 'injuries'
Scummers rumbled for tactical timeout 'injuries'
Game Management is the equivalent of the "professional foul". Dressing it up to make it seem acceptable.
It's been suggested before but Football could learn a lot from Rugby referees:
- Enforce the existing rules.
- Only captains talk to the Ref.
- Ref calls "Use it" and you have 5 seconds to get on with the match from a restart e.g. throw in.
Other suggestions:
- Keepers get a strict 6 seconds to hold the ball.
- Players falling over for a foul and grabbing the ball to force a decision get a yellow card. You don't accidentally grab the ball.
- Kick the ball away you get a card.
- 5 seconds to get 10 yards away from a freekick. Even I can do 10 yards in 5 seconds.
- Unless it is an obvious serious injury (Blood, bones or unconscious) play continues. Trainer allowed to tend to players on the pitch during play.
- Injured by the by line you crawl or roll off the pitch. Red card if you are off the pitch and roll back onto the pitch to stop play.
- Cumulative yellow cards. If a team takes turns to commit fouls to avoid any one player ticking up enough fouls for a card, the captain gets the yellow.
- Ball in play clock. Match lasts 90 minutes at least 70 minutes of which the ball must be in play. Not sure of the record here but I'm sure someone gave the stat that the ball is only usually in play for approx 65 minutes per match.
Yes I know we are also guilty of these things but it would improve the spectacle if players were actually playing football. I pay to watch football not "Game Management".
It's been suggested before but Football could learn a lot from Rugby referees:
- Enforce the existing rules.
- Only captains talk to the Ref.
- Ref calls "Use it" and you have 5 seconds to get on with the match from a restart e.g. throw in.
Other suggestions:
- Keepers get a strict 6 seconds to hold the ball.
- Players falling over for a foul and grabbing the ball to force a decision get a yellow card. You don't accidentally grab the ball.
- Kick the ball away you get a card.
- 5 seconds to get 10 yards away from a freekick. Even I can do 10 yards in 5 seconds.
- Unless it is an obvious serious injury (Blood, bones or unconscious) play continues. Trainer allowed to tend to players on the pitch during play.
- Injured by the by line you crawl or roll off the pitch. Red card if you are off the pitch and roll back onto the pitch to stop play.
- Cumulative yellow cards. If a team takes turns to commit fouls to avoid any one player ticking up enough fouls for a card, the captain gets the yellow.
- Ball in play clock. Match lasts 90 minutes at least 70 minutes of which the ball must be in play. Not sure of the record here but I'm sure someone gave the stat that the ball is only usually in play for approx 65 minutes per match.
Yes I know we are also guilty of these things but it would improve the spectacle if players were actually playing football. I pay to watch football not "Game Management".
I think a lot of us would like to see the introduction of the sin bin - that is until we see how the FA and refs manage to completely f#ck it up.
What I struggle to understand is how the authorities can allow shirt pulling and players being wrestled to the ground throughout every game but crack down on the much rarer offence of handball.
I understood the 6 seconds for a goalie to put the ball back in play, has been rescinded.
It's been suggested before but Football could learn a lot from Rugby referees:
- Enforce the existing rules.
- Only captains talk to the Ref.
- Ref calls "Use it" and you have 5 seconds to get on with the match from a restart e.g. throw in.
Other suggestions:
- Keepers get a strict 6 seconds to hold the ball.
- Players falling over for a foul and grabbing the ball to force a decision get a yellow card. You don't accidentally grab the ball.
- Kick the ball away you get a card.
- 5 seconds to get 10 yards away from a freekick. Even I can do 10 yards in 5 seconds.
- Unless it is an obvious serious injury (Blood, bones or unconscious) play continues. Trainer allowed to tend to players on the pitch during play.
- Injured by the by line you crawl or roll off the pitch. Red card if you are off the pitch and roll back onto the pitch to stop play.
- Cumulative yellow cards. If a team takes turns to commit fouls to avoid any one player ticking up enough fouls for a card, the captain gets the yellow.
- Ball in play clock. Match lasts 90 minutes at least 70 minutes of which the ball must be in play. Not sure of the record here but I'm sure someone gave the stat that the ball is only usually in play for approx 65 minutes per match.
Yes I know we are also guilty of these things but it would improve the spectacle if players were actually playing football. I pay to watch football not "Game Management".