Media Thread - 2021/22

[penalty spot]

Fair point but they did play crap.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Fair point but they did play crap.

As did Kane and Ramsdale and Sako and Phillips and ....

 

[penalty spot]

As did Kane and Ramsdale and Sako and Phillips and ....

Doesn't generate clicks does it.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Wasn't he one o the rags much vaunted yoofs!?! ;-))))

With big pockets he put 10x more funding into
the rags than any team had had before.

 

[Gingers Dad]

The rag fans had lost patience with him before the club greatly exceeded their revenues to build GPC's first title winning team.

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Always like to remind the Rags that chanted Fergie Out at the Demolition Derby in 89.

 

[Gingers Dad]

The ref should only stop play for a head injury. The injured player should have to leave the pitch and not return for 5 minutes. Any other injuries should be treated when the ball next goes out of play and that player should also leave the field and stay off for 5 minutes. If the injury was the result of a foul the offending player should also leave the field for 5 minutes.

They tried that and every player that feigning injury held his head to get play stopped

 

[Bluekiwi]

On the subject of the Wenger 'ideas' the one regarding stopping the clock when the ball is out of play is possibly the one law change that would stop time wasting and make the the game flow like it should, however, 30 minutes each way is much to short and a full 45 minutes each way would be much too long.
When the 90 minutes was originally agreed on it took into account that within that time there would be seconds lost every time the ball was out of play and only additional time should be added for injuries. (more recently for subs and goals).
So if we look at the average amount of stoppages in a game and maybe give them an allotted reasonable average time then take them away from 90 minutes that will give the reasonable time the match (ball in play) should last.

average corners per Premier League game is 11 x 10 seconds = 110 seconds
average throw-ins per Premier League game is 45 x 5 seconds = 225 seconds
average free kicks per Premier League game is 33 x 10 seconds = 330 seconds
average goal kicks per Premier League game is 17 x 10 seconds = 170 seconds
Total seconds = 835 which equates to 13.9 minutes so lets call that 14 minutes

This means the ball will be in play for 76 minutes (38 minutes each way) even if this was 35 minutes each way it would give us 70 minutes in play which is far far more than now and will give no reason for any team to waste time.

sorry for the above but had a bit too much time on my hands tonight with the England game on the telly

Have you ever watched Australian Football Rules (AFL)? There are 4 quarters of 20 minutes each in a game. The clock is stopped whenever there is a break in play so it is not unusual for some quarters to run for 30 minutes. The saving grace for the players is that they can be interchanged any number of times in the game otherwise they would be totally knackered.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

On the subject of the Wenger 'ideas' the one regarding stopping the clock when the ball is out of play is possibly the one law change that would stop time wasting and make the the game flow like it should, however, 30 minutes each way is much to short and a full 45 minutes each way would be much too long.
When the 90 minutes was originally agreed on it took into account that within that time there would be seconds lost every time the ball was out of play and only additional time should be added for injuries. (more recently for subs and goals).
So if we look at the average amount of stoppages in a game and maybe give them an allotted reasonable average time then take them away from 90 minutes that will give the reasonable time the match (ball in play) should last.

average corners per Premier League game is 11 x 10 seconds = 110 seconds
average throw-ins per Premier League game is 45 x 5 seconds = 225 seconds
average free kicks per Premier League game is 33 x 10 seconds = 330 seconds
average goal kicks per Premier League game is 17 x 10 seconds = 170 seconds
Total seconds = 835 which equates to 13.9 minutes so lets call that 14 minutes

This means the ball will be in play for 76 minutes (38 minutes each way) even if this was 35 minutes each way it would give us 70 minutes in play which is far far more than now and will give no reason for any team to waste time.

sorry for the above but had a bit too much time on my hands tonight with the England game on the telly

Would the early leavers have to leave on 55 minutes rather than 75 minutes ;)

 

[Ric]

Of course they use a picture of Sterling…

 

[FantasyIreland]

Of course they use a picture of Sterling…

That's not right,not by a long way....an agenda is at play there.

Southgate,or the team Captain,if an individuals picture was required,would have been the more relevant and acceptable choice.