Things I'd like to see abolished next season...

[Valleyblade]

Idiots shouting ‘shoot’ whenever the ball is within forty yards of the opposition goal, regardless of whether the player required to ‘shoot’ has any momentum, angle, view or prospect of doing so.

People getting het up about corners despite incontrovertible evidence that they are rarely productive for any team.

Apart from engerland.

 

[Guesty]

Can I also abolish the current yellow and red card system. It's insane.

You can get sent off for getting 2 yellows for over elaborate celebrations, but an over elaborate celebration is categorised the same as virtually maiming someone or perstently trying to con the ref into giving a penalty away.

Also, what the hell is the point in booking a player who's leaving the pitch e.g. James Maddison against us last season, he doesn't care. It's the same with keepers that time waste. That's when a sin bin for 15 minutes would sharpen the mind, what keeper is going to time waste if he could get sin binned?

I agree that's a definite problem. No referee in the land is going to give a Keeper two bookings for timewasting. One solution would be that that if a Keeper timewastes, the referee instead books the team's captain (assuming that isn't the Keeper...). That way, a booking would be a genuine deterrent, rather than just the lip service it is now.

 

[bromtom]

I agree that's a definite problem. No referee in the land is going to give a Keeper two bookings for timewasting. One solution would be that that if a Keeper timewastes, the referee instead books the team's captain (assuming that isn't the Keeper...). That way, a booking would be a genuine deterrent, rather than just the lip service it is now.

Or if the keeper excessively timewastes they give the opposition a corner.

 

[Uncle mick]

I always find the clapping at the age he or she died at a bit iffy anyway. If it was my relative I don't think I'd particularly want to be reminded in clap form that my son/daughter/brother/sister etc died tragically young.

It's like if they had a minutes applause on the 7th minute because I was run down by the number 7 bus.

I get it, because it's nice to be remembered in a place you loved, but still.

Hope mine is in 90+10

 

[wizadry]

I agree that's a definite problem. No referee in the land is going to give a Keeper two bookings for timewasting. One solution would be that that if a Keeper timewastes, the referee instead books the team's captain (assuming that isn't the Keeper...). That way, a booking would be a genuine deterrent, rather than just the lip service it is now.

Or if the keeper excessively timewastes they give the opposition a corner.

Or better still, if they continue to timewaste after having a yellow card then send the daft fuckers off, I’d almost guarantee they won’t do it again.

 

[bromtom]

Or better still, if they continue to timewaste after having a yellow card then send the daft fuckers off, I’d almost guarantee they won’t do it again.

True that. And that goes back to something I said earlier in this thread, referees discretion for certain offences shouldn't be allowed. Any hint of time wasting it should be a yellow, any more and it's another and they're off. Not a talking to, a yellow and then some watch tapping because they've already decided that they're not going to send them off.

 

[Addison]

Sheffield United owners taking each other to Court.

 

[cahill]

Those silly cheesy routines that players do after a goal. Fortunately seems to be a practise that’s dying out.

 

[Lmaobob]

Players surrounding the ref like a pack of wolves - how about just the captain being able to speak to the ref, any other players within 5 yards gets a yellow!

bit harsh on the player who is injured that is next to the referee IMO

 

[100% part time blade]

Timewasting.

There was a time when players just feigned injury or took ages over a free kick to waste time: now there are dozens of clearly drilled strategies.

Midfielder stands over a free kick ... then leaves it for a defender ... who then leaves it for the keeper.

Keeper sees a shot fly over ... and runs to the edge of the box ‘to shout at his defenders’, ... and now has a 35 yard walk to fetch the ball instead of a 5 yard one.

Instead of stealing a few yards for a throw-in, defender keeps walking for 10 yards ... then 15 yards... until the ref makes him go all the way back again.

It’s infuriating.

Last summer this was talked about:
“A proposal to scrap 45-minute halves is to be looked at by football's lawmakers to deter time-wasting.

Instead, there could be two periods of 30 minutes with the clock stopped whenever the ball goes out of play.

Lawmaking body the International Football Association Board (Ifab) says matches only see about 60 minutes of "effective playing time" out of 90.”.

I think this should be trialled somewhere if it hasn’t been done already.

 

[Top Cat]

Pinchy