The sanctions are already available - adding time on etc, booking for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Referees don't apply them.
Exactly. The rules are there. If referees grew some bollocks and started booking players then it would all soon stop.
The sanctions are already available - adding time on etc, booking for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Referees don't apply them.
Exactly. The rules are there. If referees grew some bollocks and started booking players then it would all soon stop.
Why would a player who is going OFF give one toss if he is booked
A booking will just add to the time it takes.
What needs to happen is the countdown clock music needs to start IMMEDIATELY after the board is shown. If the player is not off before the music ends then he is red carded. The music is 30 seconds long and thus fits with the "30 seconds per sub" which a ref will add on.
Yesterday it worked in our favour. The delay was so long they lost focus and within seconds we had equalised.
Why would a player who is going OFF give one toss if he is booked
A booking will just add to the time it takes.
What needs to happen is the countdown clock music needs to start IMMEDIATELY after the board is shown. If the player is not off before the music ends then he is red carded. The music is 30 seconds long and thus fits with the "30 seconds per sub" which a ref will add on.
The countdown clock would be good.....da da, da da, da da da da bookedDefinitely needs some kind of visible clock ticking. Just add the time taken to get off the field to the time remaining. Simples.
Like we don't do it.
I don't think anyone claims we don't.
We also dive. Diving should be punished. We pull shirts in the box. That should be punished.
Refs have booked both Stockdale (several times i think) and opponent GKs this season for timewasting this season and there's also been (although its rare) the odd yellow for walking off slowly for a substitution.
Definitely needs some kind of visible clock ticking. Just add the time taken to get off the field to the time remaining. Simples.
Start shoving yellow cards in their faces.