Being Brave

[Bushwacka]

I see the problem getting worse and worse - I'd say we've reached a farcical level

Cos it's you '78, I'll make this comparison - "delay of game'' rule in the NBA, and this is just for any slight delay of a restart after a made basket, they covered that and no other ways of time wasting are allowed...teams can slow down when they're in play, that's it.

They look after their sport and their product. We don't. I think we have this added minutes 'get out'...10 last night. It's not what supporters sign up for when they pay to enter (I got home 12;30 last night ) Refs are probably saying 'I'm adding this on' when what they should do is issue cards, including reds.

Problem is, 'time wasting' is subjective. Far more so than, say, handball or a dangerous tackle. If a player says he has cramp or needs the physio on, the ref has no way of knowing if he's lying. It's not really even time wasting, is it, it's just slowing the game down and disrupting the opposition's rhythm. I don't see that it's got worse, it's always been part of the game.

[the_anticlough]

Problem is, 'time wasting' is subjective. Far more so than, say, handball or a dangerous tackle. If a player says he has cramp or needs the physio on, the ref has no way of knowing if he's lying. It's not really even time wasting, is it, it's just slowing the game down and disrupting the opposition's rhythm. I don't see that it's got worse, it's always been part of the game.

But can't it reach a point that football has to intervene and come up with solutions to protect the sport? When they already know that 95% of physios coming on in the last 30mins are for teams in the lead...

[Glad2BeAPie]

But can't it reach a point that football has to intervene and come up with solutions to protect the sport? When they already know that 95% of physios coming on in the last 30mins are for teams in the lead...

Treating players while the game continues would stop most of it straight away. We'd soon see if a player is injured or not

[SwalePie]

Treating players while the game continues would stop most of it straight away. We'd soon see if a player is injured or not

That's true!