Yellow Card for Kicking The Ball Away,Archived Message
Posted by Wolf_stein on December 24, 2023, 1:23 pm
Even just tapping it a few yards away from the opponent (as we saw yesterday) seems to be a good rule but it has to be consistent.
What I would also like to see happening is, any player who lies on the floor "injured" (head injuries have been dealt with) and the ref stops the game, runs all the way over to the player and then, after a minute or so, the player informs the ref that they don't require treatment and the game then carries on with the "injured" player up and on his feet ready to play on. Well in these incidences the player HAS to receive treatment and then spends 30 seconds off the pitch before being allowed back on. If they ARE injured then all's well with them being treated as happens now. If they have a little knock then they should be left to sit out the play and rub their bruise(s) and then get themselves back up and play on, which is exactly what happens when the ref has stopped play and inquired if the big girls blouse needs a rub with the magic sponge, but says NO, anyway.
Also, any player (goalies are exempt) who picks the ball up in a stoppage in play and runs off with the ball before lobbing it back (never directly to the opponent, mostly over their head) should also be yellow carded. It's football so why pick up the ball (rhetorical question).
on December 24, 2023, 1:23 pm