Re establishing the Goalkeepers 8 second rule.

[Prando]

Has anyone noticed this publicity ? Allegedly from 1 July referees will operating this revamped rule.

Keeper must release the ball within 8 seconds, and the ref will raise his hand to signify a 5 second count down. Failure to release within this timescale, will result in the awarding of a corner.

I rather like it, and foresee the crowd chanting 5-4-3-2-1 mirroring the ref?s hand gesturing. However, the absence of publicity so far, does seem to suggest that it may be overlooked.

I hadn?t fully appreciated that there is in fact a 6 second rule already in place, but not adopted by refs.? The existing penalty awarded is apparently an indirect free kick, which has been considered not suitable and thus the existing rule ignored !

I wonder, if adopted, whether it may impact on the ?press? to curtail playing out from the back ?

[TipperaryBaggie]

Anyone who thinks that the referees will adopt this rule live in cloud cuckoo land! When the six second rule was brought in, the referees totally ignored it. Similarly, a couple of seasons ago, they were told to crack down of pushing and shoving at corners. That lasted a couple of games and now the penalty box at corners looks more akin to a scrum at Twickenham! The referees are far too weak thesedays.

[Leicesterbaggie]

The problem is that on corners referees say that the ball is not in play until the corner has been taken so they cannot make a decision. Utter rubbish! The referee managed to red card the Burnley player after he had blown the whistle for time so the ball was not in play then. What is the difference?

Regarding the 6 second rule, yes, I knew that it existed but never implemented. Referees have a lot to answer for in my opinion, and they are too inconsistent. What is a foul outside the penalty area is so often not regarded as one if inside the area.

[stargazer_1962]

I'm sure it will be amusing to watch on the 1st game of next season, a while to wait for that though.

[Calgarybaggy]

Rules i would like to see changed:

Penalties only awarded where a clear scoring chance is taken away regardless of whether its in the penalty are or not. I think its absurd that a minor foul on the edge of the penalty area when the attacking player is not even facing the goal is a penalty whereas you can rugby tackle a player who is clean in on goal and if he's half a yard outside the area it's only a free kick.

Limit the number of players that can be in the penalty area on a corner.

Penalties or fouls handed out for excessive jostling prior to a corner

Change the handball rule back to intention or hand to ball rather than the current mess where you can win a penalty by slamming the ball into a player that is half a yard away and happens to have his arm in the way with no time to move it

Make sure opposing players are ten yards back on a throw in.

Some sort of time limit for goalies who have caught a ball.

Yellow card for sliding into the corner flag on your knees when you score. Its so overused now its become irritating!

Rant over!

[boingy]

Rules i would like to see changed:

Penalties only awarded where a clear scoring chance is taken away regardless of whether its in the penalty are or not. I think its absurd that a minor foul on the edge of the penalty area when the attacking player is not even facing the goal is a penalty whereas you can rugby tackle a player who is clean in on goal and if he's half a yard outside the area it's only a free kick.

Limit the number of players that can be in the penalty area on a corner.

Penalties or fouls handed out for excessive jostling prior to a corner

Change the handball rule back to intention or hand to ball rather than the current mess where you can win a penalty by slamming the ball into a player that is half a yard away and happens to have his arm in the way with no time to move it

Make sure opposing players are ten yards back on a throw in.

Some sort of time limit for goalies who have caught a ball.

Yellow card for sliding into the corner flag on your knees when you score. Its so overused now its become irritating!

Rant over!

100%. I would also say come down heavy on foul throws. Every match I watch, constantly the ball is thrown from the top of the head, or even the front.

[baggiematt]

Anyone who thinks that the referees will adopt this rule live in cloud cuckoo land! When the six second rule was brought in, the referees totally ignored it. Similarly, a couple of seasons ago, they were told to crack down of pushing and shoving at corners. That lasted a couple of games and now the penalty box at corners looks more akin to a scrum at Twickenham! The referees are far too weak thesedays.

I think that's because the consequence hasn't been right. Previously a breach of 6 second rule led to an indirect freekick in the box. A half decent chance of a goal. The consequence now will be a corner, which has a 3% likelihood of a goal, so I don't think refs will have an issue following the rules on this.

Pushing in the box is tricky because both sides do it and it's hard for a ref to always spot a culprit. It's often 6 to 1. Also 16-18 players in a small area all vying for a ball leads to contact; there has to be some level of contact. To give a penalty in most circumstance is tricky.

[Q165]

I think that's because the consequence hasn't been right. Previously a breach of 6 second rule led to an indirect freekick in the box. A half decent chance of a goal. The consequence now will be a corner, which has a 3% likelihood of a goal, so I don't think refs will have an issue following the rules on this.

Pushing in the box is tricky because both sides do it and it's hard for a ref to always spot a culprit. It's often 6 to 1. Also 16-18 players in a small area all vying for a ball leads to contact; there has to be some level of contact. To give a penalty in most circumstance is tricky.

The much maligned VAR could have a role to play in the latter.