Law Changes next season

[albie]

A few amendments for the new season;
https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/laws/football-11-11/2025-26-law-changes-explained

[EasyforDennis]

I hope they remember to tell the referees 

[Spud]

I wonder how long thev8 second rule will be enforced for before it's forgotten?

[LincsRover]

I wonder how long thev8 second rule will be enforced for before it's forgotten?

No doubt it will last as long as the 10/15 mins added on to each half after the World Cup a few years back. 10 games in and it’ll be forgotten about.

[DRFCSouth]

Next trick by keepers, feigning injury and going down with the ball as the 8 second mark approaches.

[Padge_DRFC]

Can't believe they've not come up with a rule to stop the fake GK injury for tactical purposes.

So simple make an outfield player have to go off for X amount of time.

[IDM]

Or, make the goalie go off and an outfield player take over in nets..

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Can't believe they've not come up with a rule to stop the fake GK injury for tactical purposes.

So simple make an outfield player have to go off for X amount of time.

How can anyone, nevermind refs, determine a GK is not injured? Naturally, being cynical, we assume there's fakery going on.

With outfield players, in theory, if it's not a head injury, play can continue. Would it be fair to apply the rule to keepers, genuine or fake?

How the hell is the ref going to make a countdown from 5 clear to everyone??

Plus this applies when the keeper is holding the ball in hands/arms. All they're going to do is drop  the ball to the ground and take their time to release it. We'd have to get a forward to challenge the keeper at all times to force them to pick it up and/or kick it back into play.

I really don't think the 8/5 sec rule is going to change much. 

[Padge_DRFC]

Can't believe they've not come up with a rule to stop the fake GK injury for tactical purposes.

So simple make an outfield player have to go off for X amount of time.

How can anyone, nevermind refs, determine a GK is not injured? Naturally, being cynical, we assume there's fakery going on.

With outfield players, in theory, if it's not a head injury, play can continue. Would it be fair to apply the rule to keepers, genuine or fake?

How the hell is the ref going to make a countdown from 5 clear to everyone??

Plus this applies when the keeper is holding the ball in hands/arms. All they're going to do is drop  the ball to the ground and take their time to release it. We'd have to get a forward to challenge the keeper at all times to force them to pick it up and/or kick it back into play.

I really don't think the 8/5 sec rule is going to change much. 

Doesn't matter. It's just following the same rule now if an outfield player goes down injured he has to go off for 30 seconds or whatever it is. Obviously the keeper can't go off so an outfield player would be sacrificed.

[ravenrover]

My guess is the crowd will start the countdown......... for the ref to ignore

[In the box]

I wonder how long thev8 second rule will be enforced for before it's forgotten?

A better rule would be if Keepers went off the field of play for 30seconds after the trainers been on ..

[Ryaldinhio]

I've thought about the keeper thing for a while and what could feasibly be done.

Best I came up with was that when a keeper goes down "injured" he goes straight off for treatment and the sub keeper comes on for a 5 minute period and the game continues. At the end of the 5 mins the first choice keeper can come back on.

I can't see many teams wanting their first choice keeper off for 5/10/15 mins a game,  not to mention second choice keeper in/out/in/out.

I reckon that would stop pretty much all of it straight away.

[TheFunk]

One way to stop it is if the keeper goes down for treatment all players have to gather in the centre circle. That way the tactical team talk can't happen.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

The problem remains though chaps, we're never going to be able to eliminate tactical stoppages, whether keepers or any other player goes down.

For any stoppage, even if players can't be given further instructions, it kills any momentum the opposition are building.

The above two suggestions are reasonable, but we have to be careful we don't make the game even more complicated for the refs.

[karldew]

One way to stop it is if the keeper goes down for treatment all players have to gather in the centre circle. That way the tactical team talk can't happen.

This along with the captain having to go off for the 30 seconds of the keeper goes down injured.

[roversdude]

I’m surprised they haven’t done anything about the feigned head injuries-treat them all seriously including a protocol before being allowed back on the field

[ForsolongaRover]

Can't believe they've not come up with a rule to stop the fake GK injury for tactical purposes.

So simple make an outfield player have to go off for X amount of time.

How can anyone, nevermind refs, determine a GK is not injured? Naturally, being cynical, we assume there's fakery going on.

With outfield players, in theory, if it's not a head injury, play can continue. Would it be fair to apply the rule to keepers, genuine or fake?

How the hell is the ref going to make a countdown from 5 clear to everyone??

Plus this applies when the keeper is holding the ball in hands/arms. All they're going to do is drop  the ball to the ground and take their time to release it. We'd have to get a forward to challenge the keeper at all times to force them to pick it up and/or kick it back into play.

I really don't think the 8/5 sec rule is going to change much. 

Doesn't matter. It's just following the same rule now if an outfield player goes down injured he has to go off for 30 seconds or whatever it is. Obviously the keeper can't go off so an outfield player would be sacrificed.

That sounds a perfect solution. One feature of the fake GK injury is that it usually is unrelated to any obvious cause and that it almost always happens in the final quarter of the game. There is no rationale justifying NOT reducing the team by one player.

[Jimmydee]

The corner kicks are the most time consuming actions of a game, it’s all in wrestlers that the ref shouts and warns but it takes at least five minutes to sort out.
The premier league started to book the offenders a few years back and it all fizzled out.

[Upton Rover]

I like the law of the 8 second rule, but it will fade away, just like the extra time law, when it came out the average added time in the EFL was 9 minutes, it was back to 4 last season

[GazLaz]

One way to stop it is if the keeper goes down for treatment all players have to gather in the centre circle. That way the tactical team talk can't happen.

I think that’s the start of the solution.

[RoversInSpain]

Always liked the Rugby injury scenario.
Player goes down as if shot, holding head or anything else for that matter and play goes on. The trainer can then come on instantly to deal with the injury and play continues. If it’s a nasty one which becomes obvious after a few moments then the ref can stop the game.
As an addition, in The Premiership, a hairdresser can come on as well as the physio and also their tattoo artist can be on standby, as we don’t want the ‘precious ones’ to suffer too much do we?

[ForsolongaRover]

One way to stop it is if the keeper goes down for treatment all players have to gather in the centre circle. That way the tactical team talk can't happen.

I think that’s the start of the solution.

The seemingly insatiable need for water nowadays too is fascinating. How earlier  generations survived without it is a medical mystery. I imagine that the half-time cigarette was as important in times gone by.

[drfchound]

One way to stop it is if the keeper goes down for treatment all players have to gather in the centre circle. That way the tactical team talk can't happen.

I think that’s the start of the solution.

The seemingly insatiable need for water nowadays too is fascinating. How earlier  generations survived without it is a medical mystery. I imagine that the half-time cigarette was as important in times gone by.

Or a segment of an orange.

[RoversInSpain]

The corner kicks are the most time consuming actions of a game, it’s all in wrestlers that the ref shouts and warns but it takes at least five minutes to sort out.
The premier league started to book the offenders a few years back and it all fizzled out.

Spot on, again so infuriating, huge amounts of time spent with the ref telling the players what to do and what not to do. For the life of me I can’t understand why the corner kick is not taken straight away, and  in turn the ref gives a free kick or penalty, end of.

[ravenrover]

One way to stop it is if the keeper goes down for treatment all players have to gather in the centre circle. That way the tactical team talk can't happen.

I think that’s the start of the solution.

The seemingly insatiable need for water nowadays too is fascinating. How earlier  generations survived without it is a medical mystery. I imagine that the half-time cigarette was as important in times gone by.

Or a segment of an orange.

Or a steak dinner before the game and for some a shot of brandy

[colfromdonny]

I seem to remember that George Best used to have 'a vigorous warm up' before a match, probably at half time as well 

[BobG]

I think I remember he warmed up for some match in London with the then Miss World.

Tough life.

BobG

[Bentley Bullet]

I think I remember he warmed up for some match in London with the then Miss World.

Tough life.

BobG

"If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from 30 yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both."

G.Best.

[IDM]

I heard he spent a lot of his money on fast cars, fast women, and alcohol.

Apparently he wasted the rest of it..

[Bentley Bullet]

He gave up women and alcohol once.

It was the worst 20 minutes of his life.