Time for a change?

[Brin]

One major inconsistency that annoys me is booking goalkeepers for time wasting but having no rule that stops winning teams taking the ball into the corner and making no attempt to do anything with it other than waste time.

If the ball is in the field of play any team holding a ball in a corner during the said 90 minutes are fully entitled to.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

If the ball is in the field of play any team holding a ball in a corner during the said 90 minutes are fully entitled to.

Yes I know, but they brought out a rule about keepers holding the ball so why not a rule change to stop blatant time wasting by taking the ball to the corner flag?

[sawmiller]

Yes I know, but they brought out a rule about keepers holding the ball so why not a rule change to stop blatant time wasting by taking the ball to the corner flag?

Fair point regarding consistency. I guess the only difference is that outfleld players can get tackled, but a keeper holding the ball can't - unless headed out of his hands, that happened in a Notts Forest game many years ago now as I remember it...

[monty_rhodes]

I read this assuming you'd decided to do the decent thing and pack in being a mod.

[kempo]

I read this assuming you'd decided to do the decent thing and pack in being a mod.

I read it in the hope that he had given you a red card....Unfortunately not on this occasion.

[monty_rhodes]

I read it in the hope that he had given you a red card....Unfortunately not on this occasion.

He'd have to hand out five red cards to get rid of you, Walter.