Rules that need changing

[Plashet Grove Pete]

I'd change all the rules into laws for a start.

[Eggs'n'nuts]

Go down clutching you head? Your obviously at risk of concussion. Leave the field for 5minutes while we thoroughly check you over.

This would be great.

Medics come straight on with a stretcher (just in case they're not feigning injury). Taken straight off at the nearest place to leave the field. Five minutes to assess with no replacement and no coming back on sooner.

Can I add some form of sin bin for deliberate fouls to break up play.

[Penfold711]

Anybody in an offside position in the 6-yard box is automatically deemed interfering with play. If nothing else, they're always going to be a distraction for a defender and goalkeeper.

['stone hammer]

Players being allowed to stutter their run for a penalty.

[bonzosbeard]

Players being allowed to stutter their run for a penalty.

Amen to that

[vietnammer]

Players being allowed to stutter their run for a penalty.

It'd be hard to nail down the principle by which stuttering should be banned and harder to state the rule in precise words though' It gets on people's nerves' wouldn't be enough. It's a bit of trickery too far I agree, and is meant to reduce the possibility of the keeper guessing it right first time, which isn't the most often I suspect. It's still the keeper vs the taker. Trying to enforce it would provoke more arguing with the ref imo.

[old fart]

We should have a few seasons where the laws of the game are left alone for a bit. Might be a chance for commentators and pundits (and maybe even players and managers) to actually read them.

I went to like this but couldnt

['stone hammer]

It'd be hard to nail down the principle by which stuttering should be banned and harder to state the rule in precise words though' It gets on people's nerves' wouldn't be enough. It's a bit of trickery too far I agree, and is meant to reduce the possibility of the keeper guessing it right first time, which isn't the most often I suspect. It's still the keeper vs the taker. Trying to enforce it would provoke more arguing with the ref imo.

I definitely see it as bad sportsmanship. The advantage is with the player taking the penalty anyway (average conversion rate is 75%), so the average keeper has a 25% chance of saving it without bellends like Fernandes trying to skew the odds even further.

I think it could be implemented quite easily. Players have to take a consistent run-up i.e. if a players slows down significantly/stops during the run, unless an accidental slip, it's given as a goal kick (I'd go further than simply retaking).

Another form of shithousery that players keep getting away with.

[Aurora borealis]

Go down clutching you head? Your obviously at risk of concussion. Leave the field for 5minutes while we thoroughly check you over.

Even with other fake "injurys"
Ref offers you to play on, if not, 3minutes treatment off pitch

[Paolopaul]

Even with other fake "injurys"
Ref offers you to play on, if not, 3minutes treatment off pitch

But aren’t you then punishing teams who have genuinely injured players? You shouldn’t have to cope with having 10 men because the opposition has committed a foul.

[szola]

No that wouldnt work, every time the ball went out within 30 yards of the opponents goal itd be like a free kick.

You think free kicks ruin the game?

[White Goodman]

New rule I think needed that says if that Ally McCoist prick is ever allowed to commentate on Brazil again, then we are all allowed at least 48 hours warning

I know there is a lot of moaning about some of the female commentators but f*** me listening to him on the Brazil S. Korea match was very hard work indeed.

A series of pointless observations and platitudes that a five year old could have come up with .

Was simply embarrassing

[White Goodman]

Diving. Red Card

No argument, no review .

Straight off.

Let's see how much Harry Kane's game has to change with that rule in the book

Although regrettably did see Paqueta go down very very easily a few times the other night , looking like he'd been axed.

[jastons]

I didn't see the Brazil game but Ally McCoist is usually one of the best commentators to listen to

[Clacton-ammer]

Concussion/head injury subs should be allowed, 10 to 15 mins check player out and give them time with no effect to the standard sub rule.

Enforce the throw in rule, over 50% of them nowadays are foul throws! This one annoys me more than it should...

[WestSamToo]

Introduce a blue card.

Ref shows it to the Captain of the team no matter who committed the offence.

2nd blue card, and every subsequent blue card results in a penalty to the opposition no matter where offence took place.

Yellow and red cards kept for dangerous play by individuals; bad tackles, spitting etc, where you don't want that specific player on the pitch.

Blue card covers; diving, talking back to ref, tactical fouling (stops team being able to share out yellow cards) , not getting back 10 yards, taking shirt off, managers giving 4th official grief....anything deemed unsporting conduct.


I would also make the punishment for a professional foul a penalty rather than a red card.

[mike1961]

Just get rid of VAR. It's the worst thing to happen in football since I've been going (over 60 years now).

[sendô]

You think free kicks ruin the game?

No, I think a free kick for the ball going over the touchline 30 yards from goal is too big a reward.

Free kicks are for fouls, not for the ball inevitably going out near the middle of the pitch.

[thamesideiron]

Go down clutching you head? Your obviously at risk of concussion. Leave the field for 5minutes while we thoroughly check you over.

Yeah nothing pisses me off more than that ...Often thought, as it's a suspected head injury..15 mins off the field of play into changing room
to be examined by an independent Doctor..much the same as Rugby with the Blood replacement thing,a Sub will be allowed for
the 15 mins..
As a little sideline...The VAR can look at incident and if no contact was made to head of any sinificance...the Cheating S**t can come back
to a booking....if a second booking he can F right off back to changing room again... :lol:

[Plashet Grove Pete]

Any player waving an imaginary yellow card should be awarded a yellow card. If the ref deems the offending player to have been brandishing an imaginary red card, said player should be dismissed from the field of play.