Match of the Day - 2022/23

[yeah whatever !!]

If the rule didn’t exist, keepers would hold onto the ball for longer until the attacker is out of the way.

There’s a concurrent thread about Timewasting that people are discussing how long is too long for a keeper to keep the ball.

Theres another way to look at it.
Concerning the timewasting from the Palace keeper on Saturday...all he managed to do was to lessen the playing time
for Palace to make a comeback..
Timewasting only really works if ur holding on with a short while left to play, doing it in the first half tbh was unproductive.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Theres another way to look at it.
Concerning the timewasting from the Palace keeper on Saturday...all he managed to do was to lessen the playing time
for Palace to make a comeback..
Timewasting only really works if ur holding on with a short while left to play, doing it in the first half tbh was unproductive.

It’s also about destroying rhythm and momentum.

if you want to time waste to the max, the whole team need to do it in different parts of the pitch. Fans get on keepers instantly, whereas things like a throw in taking longer is less moaned about.

 

[citizen_maine]

Theres another way to look at it.
Concerning the timewasting from the Palace keeper on Saturday...all he managed to do was to lessen the playing time
for Palace to make a comeback..
Timewasting only really works if ur holding on with a short while left to play, doing it in the first half tbh was unproductive.

It's arguably productive whilst you're not losing if you've only come for a point

 

[johnevans]

No it pissed me off regardless of the score but moreso when we are chasing the game..
We pay to watch football not some prick tapping his boots against the post and then repositioning the ball a couple of times then waiting an age to kick the bloody thing
Refs should tell all the keepers that if they keep doing that then they will be booked and repeat offenders will receive a second card.
Another thing that is annoying is as soon as a team are under pressure they fall down under minimal contact and the game is stopped.

With you on this. Posted similar responding to 'Eds' a year or so back after we had played Burnley:

Yup.. agree entirely, a bugbear of mine too.

Ederson's been booked a couple of times in recent years for just one instance of time-wasting at a goalkick (definitely one was at home to Southampton a couple of years ago) after we'd endured opposing goalkeepers doing the same on an industrial scale from the moment the games began, without any sanction imposed by the referees.

Yesterday, Pope was up to the same trick. I randomly looked at the screen at our end twice to see how long Pope took to get the ball back in play from the moment of going out of play.

One occasion was 49 seconds, the other was 57 seconds (and both were when Burnley were 1-0 down.. speaks volumes about their gameplan and intentions..)

When a team is under the cosh from us like Burnley was yesterday (and with so many other teams over the past decade) it usually results in them taking at least a dozen or more goalkicks.

At the best part of a minute each to return the ball into play - that's at least 12mins of the available time for the game.

Never see officials compensating for this negative tactic when 'Additional Time' is announced.

All it needs is a few cards being dished out to sort it.. but I'm not going to hold my breath.

 

[TheBlueDune]

Ironically, I’m having a discussion with another blue in the Timewasting thread about this exact rule.

It‘s hard to implement consistently as no two situations are exactly the same.

If a keeper catches a corner, he’ll wait for the teams to get back in shape, unless there’s a quick counter on, meaning he’s likely to keep the ball for more than 6 seconds. And nobody would complain.

Maybe City could have a timer on the big screens every time the opposition get a goal kick!

Maybe fans could start counting the seconds with a clap each second
Was taking around 20 seconds each time from picking the ball up to taking the kick on Saturday

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Maybe fans could start counting the seconds with a clap each second
Was taking around 20 seconds each time from picking the ball up to taking the kick on Saturday

Similar timing to how long we were advised to wash our hands in the pandemic. Wasn’t it singing through happy birthday twice or something like that.

 

[johnnytapia]

He wasn't in hospital as you well know. Watch it again, it was a forearm smash.

You’re not behind the door. Let’s agree to disagree.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He wasn't in hospital as you well know. Watch it again, it was a forearm smash.

It looked nothing like tennis, to be fair.

 

[johnnytapia]

With you on this. Posted similar responding to 'Eds' a year or so back after we had played Burnley:

Yup.. agree entirely, a bugbear of mine too.

Ederson's been booked a couple of times in recent years for just one instance of time-wasting at a goalkick (definitely one was at home to Southampton a couple of years ago) after we'd endured opposing goalkeepers doing the same on an industrial scale from the moment the games began, without any sanction imposed by the referees.

Yesterday, Pope was up to the same trick. I randomly looked at the screen at our end twice to see how long Pope took to get the ball back in play from the moment of going out of play.

One occasion was 49 seconds, the other was 57 seconds (and both were when Burnley were 1-0 down.. speaks volumes about their gameplan and intentions..)

When a team is under the cosh from us like Burnley was yesterday (and with so many other teams over the past decade) it usually results in them taking at least a dozen or more goalkicks.

At the best part of a minute each to return the ball into play - that's at least 12mins of the available time for the game.

Never see officials compensating for this negative tactic when 'Additional Time' is announced.

All it needs is a few cards being dished out to sort it.. but I'm not going to hold my breath.

All it needs is the timekeeping being put out of the ref’s hands and in the hands of a transparent timekeeper

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Ah good. We’re first, after which it’s time to sleep.