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Isn't it about time we took the responsibility for stoppage time away from the duties of the referee?If we had someone sat in the stands or close to the technical area's, whose sole duty was to stop his watch when the referee blew his whistle to stop play for injuries, substitutions etc., & restarted his watch when the referee blew to restart the game. He could then either signal to the ref, inform the 4th official, or better still sound a hooter when the 45+ & 90+ minutes were up.This would immediately stop any timewasting such as 'running on the spot' when substituted when your team is winning, managers signalling for their players to stay down when 'injured', goalkeepers delaying goal kicks, all things that infuriate the crowd & have them howling at the referee. It just wouldn't happen anymore because the clock would have stopped.I can't think of one good reason for such an idea not to be implemented.
Isn't it about time we took the responsibility for stoppage time away from the duties of the referee?
What it needs is for referees to clamp down harder on the time wasters and just get them in the book rather than talking to them over and over again, players would soon stop then.
Most games get just under 1 hour of playing time at the moment. So what you could do is stop the clock every time the ball wasn't in play, but reduce the match time to one hour. You'd see the same amount of action and it would do away with all the time wasting nonsense.
If you did that you'd have a game which lasted around 2 hours.My suggestion would actually leave things largely as they are, the only difference would be on the clock, not on the experience. Yours would keep everyone hanging around for at least another half an hour.
I think it's the one thing they all do reasonably well.
Quote from: GazLaz on February 20, 2017, 12:21:30 pmI think it's the one thing they all do reasonably well. I've always valued your astute opinion. I think it stems back from when you stated Marquis would not score more than 10 goals this season (& that back in August!).I can't recall a post from you 'holding your hands up' on that one, just one's telling all & sundry what a "class act" Williams is.
I dont think anyone is advocating stopping the clock if the ball went out for throw ins, just for when a goal is scored (Luton must have been 2 minutes with their celebrations)or for substitutions and injuries.I also think that teams who use this as a time wasting tactic would stop simply because they wouldnt gain any advantage by doing it.
Can you picture the aftermath carnage if the home crowd started to count down 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 When the time keeper still has 30 seconds or whatever left on his watch