Rule Changes

No 2nd warnings for time wasting - if a player wastes time and is warned, the next time they do it, they are booked. If they are sent off, so be it
Remove the interpretations around when players are clean through, taken out to stop a chance and the attacking team missing the chance, so the player is booked as we had in a game at the end of the season. A yellow card does not suffice as punishment.
Make it easier to send off players for cynical challenges when a player isn't clean through
Stepping in front/impeding a goal keeper at a free kick or corner is punished by a free kick to the defending team
 
Gary Baldi said:
No 2nd warnings for time wasting - if a player wastes time and is warned, the next time they do it, they are booked. If they are sent off, so be it
Remove the interpretations around when players are clean through, taken out to stop a chance and the attacking team missing the chance, so the player is booked as we had in a game at the end of the season. A yellow card does not suffice as punishment.
Make it easier to send off players for cynical challenges when a player isn't clean through
Stepping in front/impeding a goal keeper at a free kick or corner is punished by a free kick to the defending team
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only problem with the above is how the likes of Kettle and similar interpret and apply rules like those ?

there should be some sort of standardised approach followed by all match officials bringing with it (hopefully) some much-needed consistency
 
Sarge said:
only problem with the above is how the likes of Kettle and similar interpret and apply rules like those ?

there should be some sort of standardised approach followed by all match officials bringing with it (hopefully) some much-needed consistency
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You write the rules in a simple manner and spend time training the officials so that the grey areas don't creep in. Even shockingly, have sessions for lower league refs every month to review decisions and reiterate rules so by the end of the season, there is no make it up stuff going on.
 
Gary Baldi said:
You write the rules in a simple manner and spend time training the officials so that the grey areas don't creep in. Even shockingly, have sessions for lower league refs every month to review decisions and reiterate rules so by the end of the season, there is no make it up stuff going on.
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we all live in hope :sneaky:
 
Get rid of injury time, and instead stop the watch during stoppages. It would solve all the time wasting nonsense and cut out the occasional bizarre decisions of adding X number of minutes to a match that clearly didn't warrant it
 
I don't mind different refs interpreting the rules differently, just as long as the individual refs are consistent with themselves. People aren't really allowed to put themselves in any sort of danger anymore, so maybe a free substitution if somebody gets a head injury would be a good idea.
 
1. Any player, other than the captain, gets "in the ref`s face" then straight red.
2. Any player that rolls around like they have been shot but then stages a miraculous recovery, straight red.
3. Any opposition player that "cups their ear" to the home fans or otherwise taunts them, straight red.
4. Any player wearing multicoloured boots, straight red. Black being the only colour acceptable.
5. Sin bin of 15 minutes for minor infringements, when half the team has gone that`ll make them behave.
6. No yellow cards (see 5)
7. Referee assessment app available to all attendees, any score of less than 80% they get demoted a league for a month.
8. Independent time keeper that stops the clock when the ball isn`t in play.

That`ll do...
 
Essexyellows said:
1. Any player, other than the captain, gets "in the ref`s face" then straight red.
2. Any player that rolls around like they have been shot but then stages a miraculous recovery, straight red.
3. Any opposition player that "cups their ear" to the home fans or otherwise taunts them, straight red.
4. Any player wearing multicoloured boots, straight red. Black being the only colour acceptable.
5. Sin bin of 15 minutes for minor infringements, when half the team has gone that`ll make them behave.
6. No yellow cards (see 5)
7. Referee assessment app available to all attendees, any score of less than 80% they get demoted a league for a month.
8. Independent time keeper that stops the clock when the ball isn`t in play.

That`ll do...
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Ah, a big fan of five a side football then, EY? :)
 
Lifetime bans for any "fan" who enters a stadium and holds up a piece of paper/banner asking for a players shirt.

Ban the use of phones while the ball is in play. You are there to watch a game of football, not take pictures/videos every time there is a set piece. There are plenty of programmes on TV now that will show the highlights of the game afterwards!

Disallow any goal that is followed by "goal celebration music"

Any snowflake fan who slags a manger/player off on social media after a game but then objects when a manager or player give stick back/tells fans they need to be more supportive through the press, should be made to sit in work while the players and manager go in and shout abuse at them for a minimum of 45 minutes.
 
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There are a lot of rules from rugby that I think are needed in football, most importantly time stoppages, sin bins and "blood subs".

Sadly VAR is the one we have adopted, and I'm yet to see the benefits of that within this sport. 6 matches into the WWC, and each has been subject to at least one disallowed goal, insanely miniscule offside call or highly debateable hand-ball decision, which could arguably have gone either way. I only see this as something to aid the billion-dollar betting industry (as you can bet on absolutely anything these days, not just the final score) and serve as some sort of dramatic entertainment for people watching at home. Serves nothing but disruption to the people actually at the game.
 
I would also ban choreographed celebrations.


EDIT - That's not to say I don't want a player to express themselves in their own creative expression of jubilation, but when teammates come together and start performing some ridiculous dance rehearsed in the training, then the entire group gets frog-marched by the closest official down the tunnel.
 
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Whingit said:
I don't mind different refs interpreting the rules differently, just as long as the individual refs are consistent with themselves. People aren't really allowed to put themselves in any sort of danger anymore, so maybe a free substitution if somebody gets a head injury would be a good idea.
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I agree with the point about individual refs being consistent with their own decisions while they can differ from Ref to Ref.
 
Reduce matches to 80 minutes, but stop the clock when the ball goes dead. We'd get a hell of a lot more actual play, timewasting would be a thing of the past, and everyone (crowd, managers, officials, players) can see exactly how much time is left. No more 'Fergie-time', no more managers who seem to not understand the word 'minimum'!
If a player 'steals a few yards' at a throw, rule it a foul throw and award a throw to the opposition.
 
ZeroTheHero said:
Reduce matches to 80 minutes, but stop the clock when the ball goes dead. We'd get a hell of a lot more actual play, timewasting would be a thing of the past, and everyone (crowd, managers, officials, players) can see exactly how much time is left. No more 'Fergie-time', no more managers who seem to not understand the word 'minimum'!
If a player 'steals a few yards' at a throw, rule it a foul throw and award a throw to the opposition.
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They can already do that last one with the throw ins. You could do it when I was a Ref in the late 80s and in the 90s.
 
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