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The Footie Thread

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Blue in Munich said:
Timekeeper. said it before & I'll say it again, take it away from the referee.
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My only concern is it'll make the game longer and make it like American football.

As we've experienced with VAR, the delay in the ground and the guess work is painful.

That said itll be perfect for the telly clapper and twitter watchers?
 
Stuart_C said:
My only concern is it'll make the game longer and make it like American football.

As we've experienced with VAR, the delay in the ground and the guess work is painful.

That said itll be perfect for the telly clapper and twitter watchers?
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Good to see youre coming round to the fact us telly clappers are more important Stu :D Still makes it a better option than whats going on currently.
 
fundy said:
Good to see youre coming round to the fact us telly clappers are more important Stu :D Still makes it a better option than whats going on currently.
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Catch up steve, we identified this last week.

Refs keeping times isnt an issue, refs not controlling games is the issue.

A timekeeper doesnt stop time wasting as the clock would be off when the ball is dead ie; goal kicks corners etc

For example Martinez was warned twice, Mings was told to have aword and on the 4th occasion he was about to be booked, Atwell bottled it and told him again.

That's without the minutes wasted inbetween these.
 
Stuart_C said:
Catch up steve, we identified this last week.

Refs keeping times isnt an issue, refs not controlling games is the issue.

A timekeeper doesnt stop time wasting as the clock would be off when the ball is dead ie; goal kicks corners etc

For example Martinez was warned twice, Mings was told to have aword and on the 4th occasion he was about to be booked, Atwell bottled it and told him again.

That's without the minutes wasted inbetween these.
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not sure controlling the game is possible for most of the current cast of misfits on the refs panel lol

clearly been a directive to reduce bookings for time wasting ,diving/cheating etc this year compared to last, not good for the game sadly, either for those at the game or us avidly clapping along at home ;)
 
Stuart_C said:
My only concern is it'll make the game longer and make it like American football.

As we've experienced with VAR, the delay in the ground and the guess work is painful.

That said itll be perfect for the telly clapper and twitter watchers?
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But at least we should see a fixed amount of football. At the moment it's anywhere between 53 minutes 34 seconds & 58 minutes 31 seconds averages (2017/18 Season, averages by ground). And if they are averages, how little football can the lowest game get?
 
fundy said:
not sure controlling the game is possible for most of the current cast of misfits on the refs panel lol

clearly been a directive to reduce bookings for time wasting ,diving/cheating etc this year compared to last, not good for the game sadly, either for those at the game or us avidly clapping along at home ;)
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Was there any such directive??
 
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