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Time wasting and yards stealing
Posted by Voice of reason on 2/2/2023, 12:29:19
As an ex referee I am horrified by the lack of application of basic laws by top referees. The laws of the game provide adequate powers to referees to prevent time wasting and stealing yards at restarts. Firstly at throw ins the law says if a throw in is taken from the wrong position it should be awarded to the other side. Do it twice and it is sorted for the rest of the game. When a restart is the subject of a ‘false start’ by a player running as though to take a restart kick then stops goes back and wastes time. First time.. warning. Second time yellow card third time second yellow. It would soon stop. That is why the laws are there.
Goal celebrations has gone from running about a bit then restarting to players getting waved up for a 10 man gathering near the opposition goal.Happend a lot in the world cup.
I'd like to see lines(wo)men equipped with a can of shaving foam like the referees, and place a blob where they estimate the ball has crossed the touchline. Stray upfield of that and the rules as described by Voice above will apply.
Agree on the foam - I've been saying it for ages. I do recall the 1988 semi v Oxford at home when the ref stood opposite where the throw in should be taken. He reversed the throw in quite a few times when too many yards were stolen. I thought it was a good idea but never caught on with other refs.
How would that work though when the lines person is often at the other end of the pitch? Wouldn’t it waste time and be fairly inaccurate anyway? On Tuesday there was an occasion when (SKF clock side) the ball was at least a foot out of play and wasn’t flagged - the only possible explanation being that the Lino’s line of sight was impeded by various people standing along the touch line.
If the lino was allowed to run the whole line instead of just one half, they could stand where the ball went out, as they do in Rugby. Easy to spot yard stealing then.
They struggle to keep up with play as it is - they would have no chance if they did that. It would need one for each half on each side. You would then get one flagging for offside and the other not which would lead to more controversy.
or do completely away with VAR and have 4 linos all patrolling 1/2 the sideline. if 5 officials fail to follow the rules of the game then we really have a problem.
Oh dear who swallowed the FA rule book and misses the point . Competitive sport has always involved ickle bits of liberty taking.Even my beloved Rugby has the odd gouge or stamp or slow rising from a maul.
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