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The Footie Thread

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clubchamp98 said:
Makes me laugh when anyone involved in footy complains about time wasting!
We know they will do it when it suits them.
Everyone does it !
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It's the main reason I find myself becoming more and more disillusioned with football these days. Time wasting has been taken to a whole new level (and I include my own team in this at times, although normally we cant afford to waste time cos were chasing a draw!): players holding a board meetings huddle after a goal is scored, subs not leaving the pitch at the nearest point, 3 players back and forth none of whom then take the throw in, goalkeepers taking forever to take a goal kick, etc. It's just a joke! People conplain about an NFL game taking too long, but there's not nearly as much time-wasting permitted by the game itself, which I love.
Add on the ridiculous hurling around "injured", the abuse of the referee and the 5-6 yard gains for throw ins, and I'm almost done with football.
The other minor reason for my disillusionment is I'm a Spurs fan! ?‍♂️?
 
Bratty said:
It's the main reason I find myself becoming more and more disillusioned with football these days. Time wasting has been taken to a whole new level (and I include my own team in this at times, although normally we cant afford to waste time cos were chasing a draw!): players holding a board meetings huddle after a goal is scored, subs not leaving the pitch at the nearest point, 3 players back and forth none of whom then take the throw in, goalkeepers taking forever to take a goal kick, etc. It's just a joke! People conplain about an NFL game taking too long, but there's not nearly as much time-wasting permitted by the game itself, which I love.
Add on the ridiculous hurling around "injured", the abuse of the referee and the 5-6 yard gains for throw ins, and I'm almost done with football.
The other minor reason for my disillusionment is I'm a Spurs fan! ?‍♂️?
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All this could be sorted with a time keeper.
Just don’t understand footballs thinking process.

On your last point you have my sympathy ;)
 
clubchamp98 said:
Makes me laugh when anyone involved in footy complains about time wasting!
We know they will do it when it suits them.
Everyone does it !
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Was at the King Power this evening and I appreciate that any team ahead is going to waste time, but this evening it was becoming a farce. With 20 minutes to go it was play for one minute, followed by a Fulham player lying on the ground holding his head forcing Martin Atkinson to stop play, player gets up perfectly fine, play for one minute then different player goes down holding his head. This must have happened 5 times in 10 mins. It only stopped when 30 seconds after a restart Mitrovich went down and the ref went over and pulled him to his feet and made it clear the medics were not coming on this time. Got 7 mins injury time, although he played exactly 7, during which he booked the keeper for timewasting!

As for the game, Leicester were dire for the first 20 mins, after which we completely dominated, but wasted some good chances.
 
Slime said:
I think Ten Hag's an absolute revelation .................................... and very much the boss.
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There’s no doubt he is the boss.
We’ve turned a small corner,but a long way to go.
We need to sell ,we need to buy world class players to compete at the top table.
Let’s hope we keep trending in the right direction.
 
clubchamp98 said:
Makes me laugh when anyone involved in footy complains about time wasting!
We know they will do it when it suits them.
Everyone does it !
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The officials knocked it on the head at the World Cup pretty well. 9 minutes added time in each half soon puts a stop to time wasting. The officials here could do the same if they wanted to stop it.

I was expecting about 9-10 minutes for the 2nd half of the arsenal game last night, the 5 that was shown was laughable.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
The officials knocked it on the head at the World Cup pretty well. 9 minutes added time in each half soon puts a stop to time wasting. The officials here could do the same if they wanted to stop it.

I was expecting about 9-10 minutes for the 2nd half of the arsenal game last night, the 5 that was shown was laughable.
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Arteta didn't appear to find it laughable! :whistle:
 
Slime said:
Arteta didn't appear to find it laughable! :whistle:
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It is why I dislike Arteta. There is no getting round the fact that he is doing really well with Arsenal this season. But, he becomes an emotional wreck on the sidelines at times. He, and his players, looked out of control at the end of that game. It is the sort of behaviour that makes me think he is getting nervous, about not letting things slip. And, if he acts like that, I wonder if the players and fans might get a bit more twitchy when things might not be going their way?

Don't get me wrong, I like a bit of emotion on the touchline, or at least a presence where there is a belief the manager / coach knows what is going on, knows how to instruct his players and change things if necessary. But, I don't like to see a mixture of Gordon Ramsey / Michael Flatley prancing up and down the touchline.
 
I'm cautiously optimistic about Forest's chances tonight. We're WELL overdue a decent performance away from home and things start to be clicking. A win could see us up as high as 15th, which would be massive considering where we started.

I also expect to see Scarpa for the first time tonight, which is very exciting as I think he could really change our attack for the better.
 
Bratty said:
It's the main reason I find myself becoming more and more disillusioned with football these days. Time wasting has been taken to a whole new level (and I include my own team in this at times, although normally we cant afford to waste time cos were chasing a draw!): players holding a board meetings huddle after a goal is scored, subs not leaving the pitch at the nearest point, 3 players back and forth none of whom then take the throw in, goalkeepers taking forever to take a goal kick, etc. It's just a joke! People conplain about an NFL game taking too long, but there's not nearly as much time-wasting permitted by the game itself, which I love.
Add on the ridiculous hurling around "injured", the abuse of the referee and the 5-6 yard gains for throw ins, and I'm almost done with football.
The other minor reason for my disillusionment is I'm a Spurs fan! ?‍♂️?
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In the World Cup they were adding 8, 10 whatever minutes of stoppage time at the end, and I think most people were all for it as it was a more accurate portrayal of how much time was actually wasted. And wasting time was less beneficial as it just means you have to defend for a whole ten minutes longer. Would like to see that adopted in the Premier League, but I imagine it's one of those things where they won't change tact half-way through a season. Maybe implement it for next season.
 
Swango1980 said:
It is why I dislike Arteta. There is no getting round the fact that he is doing really well with Arsenal this season. But, he becomes an emotional wreck on the sidelines at times. He, and his players, looked out of control at the end of that game. It is the sort of behaviour that makes me think he is getting nervous, about not letting things slip. And, if he acts like that, I wonder if the players and fans might get a bit more twitchy when things might not be going their way?

Don't get me wrong, I like a bit of emotion on the touchline, or at least a presence where there is a belief the manager / coach knows what is going on, knows how to instruct his players and change things if necessary. But, I don't like to see a mixture of Gordon Ramsey / Michael Flatley prancing up and down the touchline.
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He's an insufferable scumbag. Took the biscuit for me a few months back when he picked up one of his injured players who was just off the sideline and dropped him back on the pitch! I honestly can't stand him.
 
Orikoru said:
In the World Cup they were adding 8, 10 whatever minutes of stoppage time at the end, and I think most people were all for it as it was a more accurate portrayal of how much time was actually wasted. And wasting time was less beneficial as it just means you have to defend for a whole ten minutes longer. Would like to see that adopted in the Premier League, but I imagine it's one of those things where they won't change tact half-way through a season. Maybe implement it for next season.
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Agreed. The excuse not to, apparently, is that match going fans will miss their trains home? If that is true, they don't seem to mind in cup games when games can go to extra time and penalties. Also, if a team is wasting time, I bet if you ask their opponent's fans if they would like a large amount of additional time, they would say yes. When a large number is displayed on the board, you usually get big cheers from the fans of the team looking for a goal.
 
Swango1980 said:
Agreed. The excuse not to, apparently, is that match going fans will miss their trains home? If that is true, they don't seem to mind in cup games when games can go to extra time and penalties. Also, if a team is wasting time, I bet if you ask their opponent's fans if they would like a large amount of additional time, they would say yes. When a large number is displayed on the board, you usually get big cheers from the fans of the team looking for a goal.
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By 6 or 7 minutes? Just scrap the 8 o'clock kick-offs and make them 7.30. Oops, can't do that and upset the Sky Sports overlords.
 
Orikoru said:
By 6 or 7 minutes? Just scrap the 8 o'clock kick-offs and make them 7.30. Oops, can't do that and upset the Sky Sports overlords.
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They'll probably then say fans will struggle to get to the game after work :)

In all honesty, I can't see it upsetting Sky or BT, as they are dedicated sports channels, with multi channels. They often speak at least an hour after the game anyway, and an hour before it, so I don't see a broadcast issue. Could maybe see it a little more for the World Cup, when BBC or ITV had to schedule in the News, Coronation Street or EastEnders after the football. But, it was all OK.

I was definitely a big fan of adding over 10 minutes to games if time wasting was suspected. Even better, if another rule was implemented that, it more than x minutes is added on due to time wasting alone, teams can suffer warnings / fines
 
Swango1980 said:
It is why I dislike Arteta. There is no getting round the fact that he is doing really well with Arsenal this season. But, he becomes an emotional wreck on the sidelines at times. He, and his players, looked out of control at the end of that game. It is the sort of behaviour that makes me think he is getting nervous, about not letting things slip. And, if he acts like that, I wonder if the players and fans might get a bit more twitchy when things might not be going their way?

Don't get me wrong, I like a bit of emotion on the touchline, or at least a presence where there is a belief the manager / coach knows what is going on, knows how to instruct his players and change things if necessary. But, I don't like to see a mixture of Gordon Ramsey / Michael Flatley prancing up and down the touchline.
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This all day long, what I don’t understand about him is that the Current situation he is in at the top of the league.He has been there with City. So why do you start wobbling the steady ship. From an Arsenal point of view, hopefully Zinchenko and Jesus will tell the players to calm down.
 
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