Easy Changes to Improve the game.

[city saint]

Stop-clocks would be a horrible idea. It wouldn't take the broadcast companies ten minutes to realise the value of ads in these clock "breaks". We would have 5 second, ten second ads every time the ball went out. Not for me. Just get the refs to do their bloody job properly.

they dont have ad breaks with stop clocks in rugby league.its the only fair way

 

[halfcenturyup]

they dont have ad breaks with stop clocks in rugby league.its the only fair way

Not quite the same ad value in rugby league, but point taken.

 

[city saint]

Not quite the same ad value in rugby league, but point taken.

it dosnt need stopping for throw ins etc just any subs or corners when hes speaking to them over grappeling etc injuries and var delays

 

[BlueHammer85]

Players surrounding a ref and in his face - automatically dish out yellow cards to every single one of them

 

[supercity88]

Players surrounding a ref and in his face - automatically dish out yellow cards to every single one of them

We need a rugby style approach where the referee is respected. In football the ref is the enemy and that attitude comes from the media, pundits, commentators, managers, fans and players. In rugby they can wear microphones because they get respected and don't get sworn at. You'd be in the sin bin if you swore at one. They call the captains in to forewarn them of impending cards/penalties and they set the benchmark of what is going to be allowed. They don't always get it right, but they communicate the rules and the players have to adapt.

Take the Arsenal v Newcastle game. The ref calls the captains over, tells them the fouls have to stop or he'll start issuing cards and then they either stop, or they can't complain about the bookings. Instead the crowd get angry, the players get in his face, the commentators suggest he'd set a benchmark too low for the yellow cards. It was all a farce. We seem to want a fair game of 11 v 11 but when a team is constantly fouling and getting away with it, they should be punished and we should be happy that they are being. We want fast-paced football, not a bitty game where it's foul after foul. The refs can deliver that if we respect them and allow them the chance to set the rules.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

My point is, there's still plenty of time to win games and when it comes to the latter stages when you're trying to win you just have to start that urgency sooner, like from the first minute! They didn't play anywhere near the full added time when we played Villa, but I was more than happy they blew the whistle early!

Whenever we have had a poor first half I've always said the half time bollocking should have come before kick off. And how many times - seventy minutes onwards - do we see an urgency that should have begun in the first quarter. We need an early goal to force teams to develop some element of attacking ambition if they are to get something from the game rather than strangling the life out of it. The longer they keep it at 0-0 the more they feel the ref is gonna rescue them.

 

[BELFAST_BLUE_BOY]

A BLUE CARD - Ref to use this to send player off pitch for 10 minutes/sin bin.....inbetween a yellow and red

To be used in examples.....taking out and stopping another player (taking one for the team) / diving cheating trying to win a pen / persistent time wasting by keepers......

i.e. things that maybe dont warrant a red but a yellow not a proper punishment and players happy to take a yellow.

 

[halfcenturyup]

they dont have ad breaks with stop clocks in rugby league.its the only fair way

Not quite the same ad value in rugby league, but point taken.

 

[stonerblue]

4 linesmen. Fuck var off

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

GKs are probably amongst the most time wasters. As well as the slow walk to retreive a dead ball, the boot-cleaning, and waving everyone upfield, I'm irritated by this habit of standing with the ball at their feet and waiting for someone from the opposition to approach them beofe picking up the ball.