Time wasting by players

[Lancet Fluke]

Spot on, there's only one sure fire way to sort this issue and that's a clock that stops when the ball is out of play. There's no added time and there's no added time to the added time Mr. Atkinson

It is one of the things that annoys me most about football. Choose a fucking time 30 mins or 35 mins (whatever) a half ball in play time and it's then the same for every professional match on the planet. I cannot think of one good reason why it hasn't happened but I know it never will. It is absurd.

 

[Rolee]

To be fair our ball boys helped waste plenty of time yesterday too

This drove me mad, glad someone else noticed too.

 

[TBooksbluearmy]

I noticed last year that the junior version of the Champions League had an official time keeper to keep an eye on the clock and he had to decide how much time was to be added on. So why can't we have an official time keeper to decide the amount of time to be added on at the end of each half. In the games that I watched there was at least 3mins added on if not more in some cases as much as 6mins. This certainly cut down on the time wasting by players from both sides.

 

[lasereyes]

In basketball, there is a 5 sec rule for re-starting play after which the ball goes to the opposition. No reason there shouldn't be the same here. Also, need to outlaw opposition players grabbing the ball after being penalized to prevent a quick free kick being taken. That happened on at least 2 occasions yesterday - and should be a cause for an immediate booking, comparable to kicking the ball away.

 

[Armaan]

The last two games at the Etihad is some of the worst time wasting I've ever seen. Continuously got away with it too

Yeah it's been really bad the past two games, worse than ever before imo. These ****s probably take 7/8 minutes off the game just from their time wasting something has to be done to tackle that.

 

[ancoats]

and the ref just pointing at this watch is a joke i think 10 min should have been added on at the end never mind 5
the rule should changed to stop the clock when using sub's and also the sub in injury time should be stopped it crap idea

 

[City & Blue Brazil]

This. Works perfectly in other sports.

Agreed

 

[Sergio<3]

This is the most frustrating thing about modern football for me! Teams come here and time waste from the first min, even worse if we go 1-0 down. Also our ball boys are the worst around, I was watching Real Madrid last night and at 1-1 with 20mins or so to go every time the ball went out of play there ball boys had the ball thrown directly to the opposition players hand, not rolled to them,within 5seconds. Our players had to get the ball on several occasions on Sunday cus the ballboys were too slow

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Anti footballing and awful, no point in booking a keeper right at the end of the game when he'd done it all match.

The goal celebration took them fucking forever as well put Ade's against Arsenal to shame.

I've said before I'd rather play 35 mins each half with the clock stopping when the ball is out of play, setting up free kicks etc.

The money we pay its like being cheated out of 20% of the game.

 

[RyanP3609]

A moment after Forster was booked for time wasting he spent an almost identical time at the next goal kick. Howard was one of the worst for it. Maybe it's time for the fourth official to keep time and stop the watch when time wasting occurs, not guess oh that's about 10 seconds. One goal kick yesterday took 44 seconds I think from the time the ball went out until it was back in play! Multiply that by ten kicks a game and that is over seven minutes of action we could have.

Thought exactly the same, in fact, he seemed to take longer on the goal kick and free kick after he'd already been booked, probably cos he knew that he'd never get sent off for it. The booking for time wasting from the keeper is a stupid idea as it's a pointless booking. If there not willing to change the rules to a stop clock and 35 mins each half (which is the obvious idea so it'll never happen) they should give indirect free kicks or pens for time wasting from keepers for a goal kick. A pen might be a bit far but if they knew they'd be giving away an indirect free kick they'd certainly take the kick quicker.

I hate when City do it but I despite it in general, it ruins games. If your watching a game and all it is is players time wasting then flopping down to the floor all the time (Charlie Austin yesterday was disgraceful for this), it just ruins the game.