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You can change one rule in football ….
- Thread starter Mat
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Throw-ins to be taken from a standing, non moving position. This would hopefully stop the incessant gallop up the line witnessed every time there is a throw - I know, we do it too. Long throws are permitted after a signal to the ref, who points to a spot on the touchline or marks it with foam. Any deviation from that mark is a throw to the opposition. I know it sounds a faff, but the long thrower usually wastes at least thirty seconds drying the ball etc.
Abolish red card for 'denial of clear goal-scoring opportunity' but instead award a penalty *regardless* of where the offence took place - i.e. replace a lost goal-scoring opportunity with another one, without unbalancing the game.
if our player gets fouled and has to recieve treatment,therefore off the field 'til the ref says re-enter the pitch,the perpetrator should also be off at the same time
Literally going to post this, Steve. It seems fair that when there is a genuine foul - perhaps if the perpetrator gets a booking for the foul - he must also go off for the same duration.
Get rid of throw ins. Modern players at all levels are beyond poor at them. Nobody shows for them and possession is wasted. Have a five yard ‘pass in’ or similar. Or defended at five yard crosses if in line or within the final third, so as to replicate the dreaded Rory Delap-esque long throw.
I’d just like the existing rules to be enforced properly and consistently to be honest.
Easy to judge on a TV screen but it would be a nightmare for linesmen trying work out whose feet are where.
The thread is one rule change, so I kept it short for a change. But to elaborate, I'd like to see semi-automated offside tech implemented everywhere that can afford it.
I'd change quite a lot of rules. With the offside tech and the rule change, I'd bin the assistant referees (linos) and get them ON the pitch. Keep out of the way, but provide an alternative angle by the goal for penalty appeals.
Not running up down a white line providing little to no benefit. They're only there to be in line with play. With the above tech, there's no need to be.
Therefore, 3 refs on the pitch, more eyes closer to play. Less errors and offside is black and white. No need for VAR then.
Not my idea but one that was once suggested to me. When a red card offence is committed, the opposing manager gets to choose an outfield player to be taken out of the game rather than the perpetrator. How many times would Messi or Ronaldo have been “sent off” if this were the rule? Managers would soon insist on more discipline from the rest of their team if they kept losing their best players.
Something has to be done about all the jostling around the goal mouth at every single corner resulting in a stoppage of play whilst the ref sorts it out(sort of). Don’t ask me what tho.
