Ball boys need training

[Prestwich_Blue]

They are too young which means they are too small. One poor kid had too struggle to climb the advertising boards.!!!

No need to shout. The answer then is to have them in front of the boards rather than behind.

 

[chesterbells]

Heard on the radio this morning that the ball was only in play for 57 minutes yesterday-says a lot!

What's the norm?

 

[Ireland_for_pm]

This has been a problem at city for a few years and I noticed it a lot last season when we was chasing games. Another thing I've noticed is kolarov takes an eternity to retrieve the ball and take the throw in. There's no urgency in him at all.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Multi-ball is the only good thing about Champions League. Can't believe it is still not used in the Premier.

Could someone explain to me, simply, why the FA and/or the PL use just one ball. What is the purpose of only using one ball? Does it add to the enjoyment of the fans, make it easier for the players or the referee, or is it just to avoid the instances of where two balls (other than Crappenberg's knackers) are on the pitch at the same time. One ball makes about as much sense as having just one goal! And if anyone from the FA and PL read this post and think one goal is a good idea, could we have it down the south end of the ground?

 

[the old abbey]

In the first half 2 0 down them kids were slow as fook at giving the ball back to our players whoever sorts them kids out needs there as kicking.

 

[RichardDunneOwnGoal]

Some of them looked like they'd been taken straight out of an incubator and thrown into a tracksuit.

Piss poor yesterday, actually benefitted West Ham. Really annoying.

 

[steviemc]

Traditionally it's only the ref who can authorise a ball change, and it's considered unsporting for a player to delay getting the ball back into play, so we probably maintain this because it was originally in the the laws of the game. It's still considered unsporting to purposely delay the play, but nobody seems to give a feck nowadays if it gives their team an advantage. There's still a split opinion between refs and clubs as to whether the multi-ball system creates more problems than it solves, as it's not too difficult to manipulate the quantity of available balls during a match.

 

[DiscoSteve]

It's still considered unsporting to purposely delay the play, but nobody seems to give a feck nowadays if it gives their team an advantage.

West Ham's keeper was a COMPLETE twat - every time there was a free kick to them in their half, he took it - but not before dragging his near necrotising corpse to the back of his goal for a drink of water and then dragging it back across the pitch like a snail with a brick nailed to its tail, followed by a ball pickup and spin before finally actually kicking the fucking thing up field - every fucking time he did this

 

[Gordyola]

Could someone explain to me, simply, why the FA and/or the PL use just one ball. What is the purpose of only using one ball? Does it add to the enjoyment of the fans, make it easier for the players or the referee, or is it just to avoid the instances of where two balls (other than Crappenberg's knackers) are on the pitch at the same time. One ball makes about as much sense as having just one goal! And if anyone from the FA and PL read this post and think one goal is a good idea, could we have it down the south end of the ground?

Multi-ball was abounded in the PL as it was felt that some home clubs were training the ball boys to mess up when it suited to delay the game e.g. Throwing two balls into play

 

[Thenumber1blue]

Love a scapegoat we do,FFS.