7 new rules next season - Good or Bad?

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Not sure regarding goal celebrations. Also be interested to see if the sub one is enforced at places like Old Trafford, Anfield etc.
 
You will find 11 Norwich players on the centre spot when a sub is about to be made.
Exactly Sitters. Watch now as players remarkably end up in the middle of the pitch rather than the far side just before their number is brought up.

Also....what's the difference between accidental hand ball for attacking sides and for defending sides, Easy rule - if it hits the hand or arm it's hand ball. Removes all doubt (as offside being offside would).

Finally, thanks to Southall for pointing me to a website even more annoying than The Star with sodding adverts.
 
The new handball law for me is a cop out that’s been created for the purposes of VAR. I imagine that a law to penalise any contact in the penalty box is in the pipeline.

Rest seem fairly sensible.
 
So the goalkeeper is not allowed to move when facing a penalty?! Why bother having a goalkeeper there at all!!

From the IFAB rules of the game 2019/20 summary of the changes:

Penalty kick - Law 14

Changes

• The team’s penalty taker can have (quick) treatment/assessment and then take the kick

• The goalkeeper must not be touching the goalposts/crossbar/nets; they must not be moving

• The goalkeeper must have at least part of one foot on/in line with the goal line when the kick is taken; cannot stand behind the line.

Explanation

•It is unfair if the kicker needs assessment/treatment and then has to leave the field and cannot take the penalty kick.

• The referee must not signal for the penalty kick to be taken if the goalkeeper is touching the goalposts, crossbar or net, or if they are moving e.g. the goalkeeper has kicked/shaken them

• Goalkeepers are not permitted to stand in front of or behind the line. Allowing the goalkeeper to have only one foot touching the goal line (or, if jumping, in line with the goal line) when the penalty kick is taken is a more practical approach as it is easier to identify if both feet are not on the line. As the kicker can ‘stutter’ in the run, it is reasonable that the goalkeeper can take one step in anticipation of the kick.


I think this has been misinterpreted. Its the goalposts/crossbar/nets that must not be moving. If it was the goalkeeper not allowed to move how could they be jumping!
 
Celebrating; I await Billy Sharp's first premiership goal at which point every member of the team run up and shake his hand only for it to be chalked off and we get a yellow per man.

The goalkeeping one is harsh, it's stacked in favour of the penalty taker already.
 
From the IFAB rules of the game 2019/20 summary of the changes:

Penalty kick - Law 14

Changes

• The team’s penalty taker can have (quick) treatment/assessment and then take the kick

• The goalkeeper must not be touching the goalposts/crossbar/nets; they must not be moving

• The goalkeeper must have at least part of one foot on/in line with the goal line when the kick is taken; cannot stand behind the line.

Explanation

•It is unfair if the kicker needs assessment/treatment and then has to leave the field and cannot take the penalty kick.

• The referee must not signal for the penalty kick to be taken if the goalkeeper is touching the goalposts, crossbar or net, or if they are moving e.g. the goalkeeper has kicked/shaken them

• Goalkeepers are not permitted to stand in front of or behind the line. Allowing the goalkeeper to have only one foot touching the goal line (or, if jumping, in line with the goal line) when the penalty kick is taken is a more practical approach as it is easier to identify if both feet are not on the line. As the kicker can ‘stutter’ in the run, it is reasonable that the goalkeeper can take one step in anticipation of the kick.


I think this has been misinterpreted. Its the goalposts/crossbar/nets that must not be moving. If it was the goalkeeper not allowed to move how could they be jumping!

Is the goalkeeper allowed to breathe? How about pulling a silly face, is that a booking??

Just seems daft to me, micromanaging every aspect of the game is further spoiling it in my opinion!
 

Never liked players being booked for celebrating, it should be an automatic yellow for celebrating in front of opposition fans, which often goes unpunished, but your own fans?, I ain`t buying it lawmakers.
It winds me up no end when fans moan that players are celebrating in front of them. Fans abuse players throughout the game, and if they get some back they turn into the most delicate of flowers. Personally I think the players should be able to celebrate where they like as long as they stay on the pitch and if the fans have been giving them some stick, they should be able to give some back.

On those new rules, I'm going to wait to see if the goalkeeper rules for penalties will be enforced for all. Odds on it's one of the smaller sites who will be punished for it first, and then it'll die out over the season due to it not being implemented by referees. Given VAR is coming in, it should be an easy one, but they'll bottle it.
 
Goalkeepers discriminated against again. A penalty is exactly that. A penalty is:-
(in sports and games) a handicap imposed on a player or team for infringement of rules.

The opposition have been denied an opportunity to score a goal. During that lost opportunity the goalkeeper would very much be able to move and he might very well have been able to deny the opportunity. The opponent might have been going away from goal, been at a tight angle or faced with another three players to get past.

On a penalty, the opposing player, 100% a specialist in scoring goals, is entitled to a free shot unimpeded from 12 yards in the centre of the goal against a keeper already restricted to his line. The entitlement to a free shot with a stationary ball, with no opponents around or in front of him, from the centre of the goal is sufficient handicap to the keeper and his team especially in these days of athletes who can kick the light ball used nowadays at a speed far faster than any keeper can react.

So now a keeper can't move? Just award the goal, you may as well. In fact just outlaw keepers entirely. Inconvenient contrary bastards stopping goals, how dare they.
 
Don't have a problem with celebrations. We give a player pelters & he celebrates in front of us, man up & accept it.

Surely the easiest thing is the ref adds on the amount of time the celebration took at the end.

It’s so easy, in the same way it would be to regulate subs.

Just stop the watch. It’s that simple.
 
It winds me up no end when fans moan that players are celebrating in front of them. Fans abuse players throughout the game, and if they get some back they turn into the most delicate of flowers. Personally I think the players should be able to celebrate where they like as long as they stay on the pitch and if the fans have been giving them some stick, they should be able to give some back.

On those new rules, I'm going to wait to see if the goalkeeper rules for penalties will be enforced for all. Odds on it's one of the smaller sites who will be punished for it first, and then it'll die out over the season due to it not being implemented by referees. Given VAR is coming in, it should be an easy one, but they'll bottle it.

Very true. But grown men use players giving them stick as an excuse to behave like animals. “How dare that fucker celebrate in front of us? I’m going to rip his head off I ever see him.”

Because you’ve given him abuse all game mate and so he’s been extra motivated to do what he gets paid for. Sit down and cop it.
 
Seems to me they want to have to make less decisions, not make the game better. There will be no talking points left in football soon.
 

I don't think they're all that positive, seems to be sanitising the game too much

Rule 1 - Subs: Positive
Rule 2 - Freekick Walls: Negative.
Rule 3 - Drop Balls: Negative
Rule 4 - GK Pens: On the Fence. Is it a problem?
Rule 5 - Goal Kicks: Positive (Potentially)
Rule 6 - Accidental Handballs: Positive
Rule 7 - Celebrations: Negative. Load of Nonsense
 
Goalkeepers discriminated against again. A penalty is exactly that. A penalty is:-
(in sports and games) a handicap imposed on a player or team for infringement of rules.

The opposition have been denied an opportunity to score a goal. During that lost opportunity the goalkeeper would very much be able to move and he might very well have been able to deny the opportunity. The opponent might have been going away from goal, been at a tight angle or faced with another three players to get past.

On a penalty, the opposing player, 100% a specialist in scoring goals, is entitled to a free shot unimpeded from 12 yards in the centre of the goal against a keeper already restricted to his line. The entitlement to a free shot with a stationary ball, with no opponents around or in front of him, from the centre of the goal is sufficient handicap to the keeper and his team especially in these days of athletes who can kick the light ball used nowadays at a speed far faster than any keeper can react.

So now a keeper can't move? Just award the goal, you may as well. In fact just outlaw keepers entirely. Inconvenient contrary bastards stopping goals, how dare they.

The keeper can move - see my post 12 above. In fact, the new rule is slightly better for the keeper as he can move one foot forward - he only has to have one foot on or in line with the line.
 
The one I see causing most problems will be the goal kicks and the ball being in play as soon as the keeper touches it. . Imagine Alison trying a quick kick at Anfield and Sharp intercepts the pass inside the boxand nets it .the kop will be in uproar.
 
Imagine Alison trying a quick kick at Anfield and Sharp intercepts the pass inside the boxand nets it .the kop will be in uproar.

Not going to happen as it would obviously be disallowed on two counts:

"Intent from the Sheffield player"
"It wouldn't be fair on the fans"
 
I don't think they're all that positive, seems to be sanitising the game too much

Rule 1 - Subs: Positive
Rule 2 - Freekick Walls: Negative.
Rule 3 - Drop Balls: Negative
Rule 4 - GK Pens: On the Fence. Is it a problem?
Rule 5 - Goal Kicks: Positive (Potentially)
Rule 6 - Accidental Handballs: Positive
Rule 7 - Celebrations: Negative. Load of Nonsense
agree on your points but with the penalties the keeper has no chance.. might as well go and sit on the bench
 
That Celebrations one is absolute bollocks. Who makes these up?
 

Also....what's the difference between accidental hand ball for attacking sides and for defending sides, Easy rule - if it hits the hand or arm it's hand ball. Removes all doubt (as offside being offside would).

I guess if you do "any contact between hand/arm and ball = foul" then you'll get teams deliberately trying to flick the ball into defenders' hands in the box. I like this change, it removes a handful of controversial goals scored without leading to a million penalties for accidental handball.

The one I see causing most problems will be the goal kicks and the ball being in play as soon as the keeper touches it. . Imagine Alison trying a quick kick at Anfield and Sharp intercepts the pass inside the boxand nets it .the kop will be in uproar.

Sorry if you're being tongue in cheek and this is a whoosh moment, but that's exactly the kind of situation fans will want to see surely? You'll end up with the better teams having their CBs come right into the six yard box to get a short pass from the GK and play from there. Bear in mind the defending team will still need to start outside the penalty area until the ball is kicked.

In theory it should lead to more space for the team in possession, and also the potential for more turnovers high up the pitch which will lead to more chances. Plus, it'll stop the sneaky time-wasting trick teams have started doing of deliberately touching a pass from the GK inside their own box, thus leading to a re-taken goal kick.

With the "goalkeepers can't move" one - I wonder if the author has misinterpreted this or not been completely clear. It says that the law is intended to address gamesmanship; I understood it to be that the keeper can't dance around on the line trying to put the taker off (same reason you can no long whack the crossbar to make it shake as a lot of keepers do). The actual IFAB changes say:

Penalty Kick - Law 14
Changes​
    • The team’s penalty taker can have (quick) treatment/assessment and then take the kick
    • The goalkeeper must not be touching the goalposts/crossbar/nets; they must not be moving
    • The goalkeeper must have at least part of one foot on/in line with the goal line when the kick is taken; cannot stand behind the line
  • Explanation
    • It is unfair if the kicker needs assessment/treatment and then has to leave the field and cannot take the penalty kick.
    • The referee must not signal for the penalty kick to be taken if the goalkeeper is touching the goalposts, crossbar or net, or if they are moving e.g. the goalkeeper has kicked/shaken them
    • Goalkeepers are not permitted to stand in front of or behind the line. Allowing the goalkeeper to have only one foot touching the goal line (or, if jumping, in line with the goal line) when the penalty kick is taken is a more practical approach as it is easier to identify if both feet are not on the line. As the kicker can ‘stutter’ in the run, it is reasonable that the goalkeeper can take one step in anticipation of the kick.
Surely that just means you have to "be in position" as a keeper (so not dancing around from post to post) with the leeway of being able to take a step in anticipation as the kick is about to be taken (so basically what happens now), not that you must stand exactly in the middle of the posts and remain completely stationary through the whole thing.
 
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