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So we all know Sissoko got banned for his elbow, we accept it and move on.
I do have a gripe though about players (attempting) to pick up the ball when the set piece is obviously not theirs and they know it or the ref/lino clearly signals who it is awarded to.
It's such a shit practice and I know that players from every club do it (including our own) but it should be phased out of the game to make it more of a spectacle. We need more goals in the game and removing this outlet is one step forward in disadvantaging teams that set out to frustrate. A player holding onto the ball gives his teammates a chance to get back in their 2 banks of 5, beginning the frustration again. (Credit to Bournemouth, they aren't the type of side that does this regularly. This post is more targeted towards the West Broms and other cynical teams of this world.)
Less time wasting = more entertainment.
More players out of position = more chance of goals.
A post on the front page article caught my eye:
I mean, how hard can it be to implement this? Ref gives a yellow, if it was shown later on replays that the booked player may have had a valid claim to the set piece; yellow card is rescinded (maybe at half-time, to avoid second yellow reds). What is the difficulty in that??
I'm not calling for a full-on Nazi approach where we penalise every occurrence, no matter how big or small, but the biggest abusers *cough* West Brom *cough* should be discouraged from it until eventually no one does it anymore.
I do have a gripe though about players (attempting) to pick up the ball when the set piece is obviously not theirs and they know it or the ref/lino clearly signals who it is awarded to.
It's such a shit practice and I know that players from every club do it (including our own) but it should be phased out of the game to make it more of a spectacle. We need more goals in the game and removing this outlet is one step forward in disadvantaging teams that set out to frustrate. A player holding onto the ball gives his teammates a chance to get back in their 2 banks of 5, beginning the frustration again. (Credit to Bournemouth, they aren't the type of side that does this regularly. This post is more targeted towards the West Broms and other cynical teams of this world.)
Less time wasting = more entertainment.
More players out of position = more chance of goals.
A post on the front page article caught my eye:
I think picking the ball up when a foul/throw has been awarded to the other team should be an automatic booking. It ruins the flow of a game and there's rarely an advantage if a player can walk 15 yards with the ball and allow his team to get everyone back.
I mean, how hard can it be to implement this? Ref gives a yellow, if it was shown later on replays that the booked player may have had a valid claim to the set piece; yellow card is rescinded (maybe at half-time, to avoid second yellow reds). What is the difficulty in that??
I'm not calling for a full-on Nazi approach where we penalise every occurrence, no matter how big or small, but the biggest abusers *cough* West Brom *cough* should be discouraged from it until eventually no one does it anymore.