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Troy McClure 3:07 Thu Feb 4
If you could enforce one new rule to professional football...

What would you bring in?

Diving to be punished retrospectively? This could end diving overnight I think.

Ball to hand is NOT handball?

Time-keeping done independent of referees?
They have enough going on. Rugby has it right.



How can we make the game better?

pdbis 4:19 Fri Feb 5
Re: If you could enforce one new rule to professional football...

Video replays for important incidents during the game as the officials aren't consistent enough and seem to be getting worse not better.

bertie 4:12 Fri Feb 5
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Blimey trev didn't realise it was that much, thought that 10 minutes off would be enough. I suppose the stopcock would speed that up a bit.
Guess us fans are getting short changed.

Trevor B 4:03 Fri Feb 5
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bertie

generally the ball is in play for only about 60 minutes during a game i think.

kips 4:00 Fri Feb 5
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No reason they can't play 1 hour each way as footballers are far more fitter now days than they were when then game first started.

They were playing 45 mins each way with no subs 100 years ago.

The game will open up more later in the second half and the fans will get more football for their money.

goose 3:34 Fri Feb 5
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stop clock is a good idea - not sure why its never been done before.

i'd sort out the offside rule as well.

Ashy 3:29 Fri Feb 5
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You're not allowed to wear snoods anymore for risk of strangulation.
If the ball is within playable distance of the player shepherding the ball out of play then it can't be deemed as obstruction.
Obviously, if he's blocking off an opponent 3yards away from the ball then it certainly is, but then every ariel challenge where Carroll stands firm and blocks off his man would be obstruction and people would whine about that.

Time keeping done by the 4th official and with it displayed on the big screen counting down would be the one.
Everyone can see when he's stopped it for injury treatment or other necessary reasons and then restarted.

Far Cough 12:54 Fri Feb 5
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Red cards for wearing gloves or a snood

Fucking poofs

Troy McClure 12:48 Fri Feb 5
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How about a yellow card for the goalscorer if they DONT jump into the crowd??!

Garth Algar 11:47 Fri Feb 5
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SHEPHERDING the ball out at a ridiculously low speed for a goal kick should be an obstruction....like it is anywhere else on the pitch.

bertie 11:45 Fri Feb 5
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Make the game 40 minutes each way but with an independent timekeeper using a clock that everyone in the ground can see. Every time the ball leaves the field or a stoppage in play the clock stops. Eliminates time wasting on throw in and goal kicks.
Also adds to the drama knowing you only have a couple of minutes left to get a goal etc.

Retrospective action on divers, anything to help refs as is it a bloody difficult job

FruityBoots. 11:28 Fri Feb 5
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Any unnecessary crowding/arguing with the referee during the match that is included in the referees match report will result in a retrospective yellow card for the team captain.

Marston Hammer 10:43 Fri Feb 5
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I'd like to see every single rule on here introduced, even the ones that contradict each other.

percyd 10:42 Fri Feb 5
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Crassus 8:47 Thu Feb 4

100% agree. Was gonna say independent time keeping. But I reckon a rule banning players using hands on one another in any form would be superb: shoulder to shoulder fine. Touch a shirt etc.- yellow. Let them as can play do so.

stewie griffin 10:42 Fri Feb 5
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What chad said.
I'd also give the 4th official a tv. They do fuck all else, and would clear up 95% of contentious decisions in about 15 seconds.

Not entirely sure what people would do with their lives without crying like scousers about refereeing decisions, but there you go.

One McAvennieeeeee 10:39 Fri Feb 5
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Thank fuck none of you lot are involved in the decision making.

mashed in maryland 10:38 Fri Feb 5
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chad sexington 9:52 Fri Feb 5

THIS.

Also this level of crowding referees to protest is definitely relatively new. I'm not usually one to moan about post-86er football or whatever but it's definitely increased massively.

Dr Congo 10:37 Fri Feb 5
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Sin bin for dissent, including if the captain approaches the referee unless asked to.

chad sexington 9:52 Fri Feb 5
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You mouth off and crowd the referee with your cronies you get sent off. Respect their decision and fuck off. Refs are shit at the min but every decision is met with histrionics from players and pathetic little ruckuses ensue. The referee should be feared on the pitch as the one and only decision maker, not getting intimidated by the threat of being bummed by John Terry

Aalborg Hammer 1:22 Fri Feb 5
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When the player waves an imaginary card at the ref telling him to book the perpetrator of a foul etc..gets my goat

SilverSurfer 1:17 Fri Feb 5
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how about...........................
on FA type games, that need a result,

After a full time draw, the Side reduces their squad by any 2 players.
10 mins each way, then another two go if it's still a draw, and so on.

SilverSurfer 1:09 Fri Feb 5
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yellow still stands though.

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