IFAB plans to end time-wasting.

The six second law still applies to keepers as far as I am aware although you wouldn't have thought so as keepers regularly hold on to the ball for upwards of 15 seconds. It doesn't sound a lot but when they do that 15 times a game and add in the 30 seconds to take goal kicks, 20 seconds to take throw ins, it very quickly adds up. Refs already have it in their power to book players and add time on although this is something they rarely do. Maybe if a 4th official held up the board and it said 10 minutes then teams would soon stop messing around
 
We all know refs don't book keepers for time wasting until the 89th minute
Look at that whistling wanker from Bolton last Saturday. The first goal kick Brighton had and the keeper took an age to prepare himself for it. What did Mason do! Looked at the ground in the centre circle whist standing behind two players and waved an arm, which sadly is what all referees do, until the 89th minute when they may show a card, or have a word which wastes even more time that they never add on

We've had discussions on this before on Bluemoon and there's been some good suggestions
Go back to the old law of the goal kick is taken from the side of the goal where the ball went out of play
Time limit for a team to take a goal kick or free kick from inside their own penalty area.
Time limit for throw ins.
Time limit for corners
Don't stop the game for substitutions
Just implementing these will make a hell of a difference

Bang on the money!

A number of ideas:

· Most importantly, use the same multi-ball system in the Chimps League to return the ball to play quickly.

· Ball goes into touch for a goal kick, you have 30 seconds to return it to play from the moment it goes out, if not, it becomes a corner kick to the opposition. Have the stadium display start the countdown immediately the ball goes out, so all know, including the crowd!

· 20 seconds to return the ball for a throw in. If not, the throw goes the other way. Same stadium display countdown as above.

· Play on while someone is “injured” allowing the training staff onto the pitch while the game is in play (as they do in rugby, the ref only stops play if the action gets too close to the injured person) this will stop play-acting, as there is no benefit is play-acting! If the team with the injured player is deemed to have kicked the ball towards the “injured” person while the play goes on, in order to stop the game, a yellow card is issued.

· A 10 yard radius dotted line painted around the corner spot to ensure the defending side keeps the correct distance, a no-brainer in my opinion!

I am absolutely pig sick of goalkeepers, when the ball has gone out of play, walking to the edge of the area for a chat with a team-mate, having a drink, wiping their gloves with a towel, cleaning the grass from their studs on both goal posts, combing their hair, having another drink, popping a pimple, re-setting the ball fifteen times onto the specific and exact blade of grass, clapping their hands together very hard, and all the while the ref stands like a twat in the middle of the pitch with his hand in the air completely fucking ignoring the time wasting antics taking place! It makes my piss boil.
 
When these measures are brought in, does that mean the booking for time wasting does not apply anymore?
It doesn't anyway in 99% of cases.

A clock that stops for throw-ins, free kicks, corners, goal kicks etc is the way forward & if the game takes over 110 mins ignoring injuries then the team (s) responsible get a fine then points deduction.
 
Just book offenders the first time and they won't do it again. It really is that simple.

Referees allowing players to do it until the 80th minute on is ridiculous and not some weird "law".

I think one warning is fair enough, but the second infringement should immediately incur a yellow.

I get royally pissed off by the amount of time-wasting that takes place in most matches at Etihad by our opponents.
 
I'd like to see a similar approach as in cricket, where the times where a; free kick, throw in or goal kick is taken are monitored and allow say 10 seconds for each one(ignore any injuries / ref time). If any team is taking the piss then adopt a scale of punishment. Start with fines and then work up to points docked. Teams would very quickly get on with it if they were heading toward a points sanction. It also leaves thegames free as they are and its just something in the background.
 
If they reduce the time to 30 minutes each half it means the time-wasters have won and I'm calling it a day.
Why have they won?

Call it a day all you like. You currently see between 47-52 minutes of football per game.

Not sure why you’d call it a call because you’re forced to watch more football.
 

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