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
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.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
we all live in hopeYou 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.
With Mike Riley in charge, not going to happen!we all live in hope
thats is a certainty .... sadlyWith Mike Riley in charge, not going to happen!
Ah, a big fan of five a side football then, EY?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...
When are you having your op again?Compulsory introduction of attractive female streakers (as per Champions League Final) at least twice a season. Works for me anyway...
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.
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.
In that case, refs should be told enforce the rule and do it!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.