What would you change about the rules of football?

[BringBackSwales]

1. Qualified refs to rewatch a game and award three game bans for any player faking a head injury to stop play.
2. Same refs to also give out three game bans for diving
3. This law is already in place but is rarely enforced. Any player waving imaginary cards is immediately given a card and another law that is rarely enforced, throw ins and free kick are to be taken from the place the ball goes out of play not from wherever a player fancies it. I noticed that the goal Bournemouth scored against us was taken about eight yards further forward from where the actual offence took place
4. No more than one player is allowed within 10 yards of the technical areas when there is an injury which has stopped play
5. Independent time keepers as they do in rugby. Clock stops when the ball is out of play, teams taking an age to set up a wall, take a goal kick etc. Have two periods of 35 minutes actual play, average time at the moment of ball in play is around 55 minutes
6. Use VAR for what is was supposed to do, not see if Foden's toenail was offside
7. If a player has to go off for 30 seconds after receiving treatment so should the player who fouled him
8. Substituted players to leave the pitch by the shortest possible route as they should already be doing

Can you also add to this excellent list, the opposing players at free kicks be 10 yards away, warned and if still not 10 yards away. The majority of free kicks these days are taken backwards due to opponents being a yard or two away. Oh and foul throws to be penalised every time. And delays on goal kicks, one warning and then yellow card (rather than the current rule which is immediate yellow card first time City’s keeper delays, 89th minute yellow for any of our opponents. Goal kicks to be taken from the side they go out. And breathe

 

[citymad]

Rather than half time, could it be the 88th minute to try and keep some of the crowd in?

They would have to be naked for our fans to say:)

 

[i kne albert davy]

I solved that one in a later post :-)

 

[ytic04]

I'd go with 4 liners, one in each quarter to enable them to keep up with play as non can these days.
Also ban them for ignoring blatant fouls etc, that are right in front of them.

 

[Silva Citizen]

Sepp Blatter literally said this when he was arguing against technology in the game years ago. He knew that controversy is what keeps them in the headlines.

I saw a suggestion today that said anything offside in the six yard box should be treated as offside. I thought that was a good shout.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I saw a suggestion today that said anything offside in the six yard box should be treated as offside. I thought that was a good shout.

Yeah, I've said that myself. If you're in the 6 yard box, then by definition, defences have to take account of you and their actions will be changed as a result. But equally, maybe the current rule is fine, and we don't need to completely change the rule because the Scousers have thrown their toys out of the pram about a rule that comes up about once a year.

 

[IOWBlue]

Watch a full 90-minute game from 40 odd years ago… you’ll realise how shit football was back then. Mostly with the quality of football, but also with the differences in these aspects of the game:

Teams going a goal up in a game constantly passing it back to their keeper who picked it up and took ages out of the game.
Teams on the attack penalised because a player was in an offside position but not even interfering with play given offside.
Teams who score off some great play but the officials disallow it for offside when it wasn’t even offside.
Defences who catch a player offside but the officials don’t spot it and they go on to score a goal that stands.
Shots just go over the line for a goal not spotted by the officials and not given as a goal.
Shots that don’t go over the line given as goals.
Play your heart out to beat a team but only getting 2 points for the win.

Football is better on all those fronts now.

Sorry db, but most of that doesn.t stack up.
1. We pass back now and it gets played around. We even slow it down in the last ten if we are comfortably in front. Just keeping possession. Bernado and Phil are masters at keeping it in our own corner.
2. forwards with no brain will get caught. How often is Erling offside?
3 and 4. Incompetent or just human, officials. VAR hasn't stopped things still getting called wrong.
5 and 6. Once every few seasons per team. Hardly a biggie in the grand scheme of things.
7. Same for everybody. Team with most wins in a season would still nearly always win the league, but if any of the above, i'd go with this one, to nullify the Arse.

I prefer my football with some talking points, and not waiting 5 mins to be told i can go mental over a goal, which by then, the moment has gone. Feigning injury and pretending it's your head is also something that didn't happen, there was always one of your players with blood.
I think the standard of football would have improved anyway. We are all more fitness orientated than our ancestors, and there is more disposable income, so clubs would improve their profits and some would trickle down to the training grounds and things like nutrition. Every sport in the world has better players, even without rule changes.

 

[Vic]

I still think the keeper shouldn't be allowed of his area. :)

So much for reverting to old rules. Originally, keeper could handle anywhere in his own half.

 

[dadnlad]

No attacking players in the 6 yard box at corners and free kicks. Would stop all this nonsense pushing and shoving just to be able to obstruct the keeper at a stroke.

School boy football

 

[dublinblue12]

I watch the big match revisited on itv every now and then. End to end with hardly any interference from officals or feigning injury. No VAR. I get they hand pick classic games but it really is so much better than todays game

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

35 minute halves where the clock stops every time the ball goes dead.

You “hate everything about American culture” yet THIS is your suggestion for fixing footy??? To make it more American? :)

 

[Bluekiwi]

Referees / Linesmen (women) to be stood down (including VAR duties) for a minimum of two games after making "clear and obvious cock-ups".

 

[chris63]

So much for reverting to old rules. Originally, keeper could handle anywhere in his own half.

Could they? I never new that. You must be a lot older than me. ; )

 

[TheBeautifulGame]

No more PKs. All fouls in the box would be an IFK from the spot of the foul.

 

[Talywain Blue]

Any player claiming a head injury, must leave the pitch and be examined by a doctor for a minimum of 5 minutes to ensure he's ok. No substitutes allowed during said 5 mins.

I say this to mrs T and mr T junior multiple times every game we watch,its crazy this head injury cheat has been allowed to go on like it is.

 

[noseve]

I watch the big match revisited on itv every now and then. End to end with hardly any interference from officals or feigning injury. No VAR. I get they hand pick classic games but it really is so much better than todays game

Also (ignoring the advances in picture quality and cameras everywhere these days) the presentation was so much better, with a single commentator and no banal crap from some ex-pro. John Motson, Barry Davies etc all brilliant. Just a skilled commentator and the crowd noise (plus the sound of those crunching, unpunished tackles) really brought the atmosphere across. There was a natural pace to the commentary that you just don't have with today's game, constantly interrupting the flow to spoon-feed McCoist or similar with something that he might be able to paraphrase two or three times...

No graphics, no plugs for other matches or programs. Just the match.

Edit: sorry - mixing up threads :-l

 

[Tevez City]

Remove the VAR

 

[Mike6994]

Allow Sumo Wrestling all over the pitch, not just at corners.

 

[bluealf]

I would apply a wage cap, it really is getting ridiculous now.
Granted when they removed it back under chinny hill etc it was needed but now, no.

Lower league clubs are struggling more and more and even if you dont follow any of those, they really are part of the fabric that makes up our football pyramid.

Players in tbe 4th tier earning 10k a week and maybe more.

 

[BlueBing]

Red card for players that are barely touched but go down clutching their face.