Bolton 2-1 Burton

Biggie wrote:Time wasting is an interesting point. How do you realistically legislate for it? And is it unfair to say that take who is it to their advantage should have it taken away from them just because we don't like it?

The only way to make it fair is to have a time limit for every break in play, 10 seconds for a throw in. 15 seconds for a goal kick and so on... But what do you do when the ball goes a long way away, when does the timer start?

Norpig wrote: I think we should switch to 433 and ditch the back 3 and wing backs.

terenceanne wrote:I think young George may have played his last game for a while - and MJ was not needed. So now lets get more creative players on the park from the start. How about a half time lead in the next game for a change.
We sit 5th at the moment so hard to complain too much - COYWM

Biggie wrote:Time wasting is an interesting point. How do you realistically legislate for it? And is it unfair to say that take who is it to their advantage should have it taken away from them just because we don't like it?

The only way to make it fair is to have a time limit for every break in play, 10 seconds for a throw in. 15 seconds for a goal kick and so on... But what do you do when the ball goes a long way away, when does the timer start?

Biggie wrote:Time wasting is an interesting point. How do you realistically legislate for it? And is it unfair to say that take who is it to their advantage should have it taken away from them just because we don't like it?

The only way to make it fair is to have a time limit for every break in play, 10 seconds for a throw in. 15 seconds for a goal kick and so on... But what do you do when the ball goes a long way away, when does the timer start?

wessy wrote:
Problem is its happening more and more, and spoiling the game, i never like meddling with rules including VAR, but this is getting out of hand.

First thing ban towels lol.

 One thing would stop it compleatly would be  If the clock stopped when play stopped for injuries and substitutions that would stop 90%, it would just leave the goalkeepers who again take the P. So i would revert to taking goal kicks at the side they go out and stop this nonsense with the keepers.

wanderlust wrote:

wessy wrote:
Problem is its happening more and more, and spoiling the game, i never like meddling with rules including VAR, but this is getting out of hand.

First thing ban towels lol.

 One thing would stop it compleatly would be  If the clock stopped when play stopped for injuries and substitutions that would stop 90%, it would just leave the goalkeepers who again take the P. So i would revert to taking goal kicks at the side they go out and stop this nonsense with the keepers.

It would stop ALL timewasting if the clock only starts when they kick it.

60 minutes of actual football would be VFM for the fans

Natasha Whittam wrote:It's the only way forward. Stop the clock every time the ball goes out. Play 60 minutes instead of 90. Cuts out timewasting overnight.

It really is a no-brainer.

It will never ever happen though.

Expert wrote:
No that isn't right.

As it stands now, football is played over 90 minutes, so if the clock is stopped for 'down' time the game will still have to be played over 90 minutes of 'actual football' and not 60 minutes as you write.

Obviously then some/most games will therefore take from kick off to final whistle (including halftime break) somewhere in the region of two and a half to three hours (possibly even longer) to complete.

There would thus be ramifications for midweek 8pm kick off games that would be finishing close to midnight and the policing/traveling home of fans/etc at that time of night.

Me wrote:For the last ten years, you have had an unconTROLLable urge to find fault with everything I say...

Expert wrote:Eleven years.

Sluffy wrote:My reply was to you and NOT to Nathasha's post that was made AFTER mine - so don't try to pretend you were saying the same thing as she was - you most certainly weren't.

And that is obvious to all of us or otherwise you would have been saying the rules of the game had to change.

You had in mind when you posted what you did that on average most games of 90 minutes have about 60 minutes of actual play as you have commented on this several times in the past - see Iles article in the paper today...

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

I simply pointed out that what you had written couldn't happen within the current rules of the game and what the impact of what you were suggesting in your post would be.

If you can never accept being wrong about anything - and you obviously can't - then that's your problem, not mine or anyone else's on here.

wanderlust wrote:
I think this needs a longer and much more detailed explanation of where you're coming from...




..ideally cross-referenced with quotations from the Bible, Talmud and the Kama Sutra. Some links to the Origin of Species and the Meccano Magazine August 1932 would also be helpful.

wessy wrote:
Problem is its happening more and more, and spoiling the game, i never like meddling with rules including VAR, but this is getting out of hand.

First thing ban towels lol.

 One thing would stop it compleatly would be  If the clock stopped when play stopped for injuries and substitutions that would stop 90%, it would just leave the goalkeepers who again take the P. So i would revert to taking goal kicks at the side they go out and stop this nonsense with the keepers.