This referee has a few ideas- any comments?

I've suggested the injury thing myself in the past.

If it's so bad you need the game stopping and the physio coming onto the pitch then 3 mins is nothing. Genuine injuries aren't far off taking that long to assess and treat anyway.

If it's minor then players can always make their own way off while the game is in play with no time penalty.

And obviously if it's fake then it'll just no longer happen.

Too radical I know, but if I was in charge, for red cards I'd change it to an enforced substitution of the guilty player (and still a ban) but also a penalty kick to the opposition.

That would still be a severe punishment but it'd at least remain 11 v 11 and not ruin the rest of the match, which often happens if the red is early on.
 
No subs after 80 mins,5 minutes added for every time wasting offence,20 seconds allowed to take throw ins or treated as a foul throw.Feigning injury a sending off offence also a automatic booking for goalkeepers who fall to floor clutching the ball for no reason.Penalty divers retrospectively banned,players who stop running so players run into the back of them punished for obstruction.
 
Fake injuries could be easily solved by having physics allowed on the pitch during play. 90% of the times the injuries are to slow the game down. Just allowing the physio on would prevent them because the game is going on around them.
 
Two possible solutions to the faking of injuries

1. Player who has received treatment can only re-enter the field of play when the ball next goes dead.

2. Unless the injured player is in a penalty area physios may enter the field of play to administer treatment. They become "part of the field of play" if the ball strikes them.

Dissent should be punished with a yellow card, only captains are allowed to speak to the ref, diving must always be punished with a yellow card too many times play is simply waved on leaving the diver free to have another attempt to buy a penalty or freekick.

Yes, refs should be miked and decisions relayed to the crowd.
 
Two possible solutions to the faking of injuries

1. Player who has received treatment can only re-enter the field of play when the ball next goes dead.

2. Unless the injured player is in a penalty area physios may enter the field of play to administer treatment. They become "part of the field of play" if the ball strikes them.
3. Any player who goes down injured rolling about and rolls off the field of play, then rolls back on when he realises his location won't cause play to be stopped, can either receive a straight red, or the opposition fanbase can choose someone in the crowd to kick him as hard as they like in the boIIocks*, ideally till he coughs one of them up.


* other kicking locations are available for womens football, although to be fair they do it a lot less.
 
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diving must always be punished with a yellow card too many times play is simply waved on leaving the diver free to have another attempt to buy a penalty or freekick.
I can never understand where the line is between a dive or 'simulation' and waving play on. If there is slight contact and their legs fold up and they claim/scream at the Ref and no penalty is awarded, then surely that is simulation and a yellow?

I can't understand Refs waving play on with a laugh and a rueful smile like it was a jolly jape that a pesky school boy has done. If I tried to get a co-I worker suspended from work by pretending he tripped me over and was found to be lying I'm sure I'd get in bother with HR.
 
Has something changed on the wording for preventing a quick free kick being taken?

A few years ago it seemed to be if an opposition player stood within a couple of yards of the ball on a free kick it was routine to boot it against his shins and get him booked.

It now seems routine (Forss does it for us) to linger in front of said set play and nothing is done about it.

Actually come to think about it, you rarely see quick free kicks attempted anymore, or advantage played and then brought back if nothing comes of it, or has that gone/been reworded too?
 
A player should have 3 seconds to retreat 10metres from the ball once the ref has blown for a free kick. The attacking player can then choose to strike the ball at them and if it hits them and they are within 10 metres then automatic yellow or the attacking team can choose where to take a free kick from outside the penalty area
 
I'd like it if refs treated all yellow card offences the same regardless of what minute of the game we're in. So often you see a ref (presumably) not pulling out his card because a foul comes early in the game... well so what? You'd book him if he did it in the 70th, so book him in the 7th.

And an immediate yellow for any keeper who catches a high ball late in the game and goes all the way down to the floor for no reason. Yes, even Dimi vs Brighton...
 
Moving free kicks forward was in place for a season or two not so long ago, you may recall. If the defending team didn't retreat 10 yards then the ref moved the free kick forward 10 yards. I thought it was a great rule but TPTB decided otherwise and binned it,
My memory may be wrong on this but didn't we get a direct free kick inside the box as a result of this? Against United?
 
Both would be more grey areas. When does a foul become tactical and when not? Feigning injury again open to interpretation.

I would like to see a sin bin for yellows like rugby and ice hockey etc. Off the field for 10 mins
At the moment there is no advantage to opposing team if a yellow is issued, except that maybe offending player is a little more careful.
Yellows are dealt out fairly frequently. To have a game with say 3-4 players off at a time would create a bit of a farce and would lead to refs issuing less yellow cards. Ive seen yellow cards issued for innocuous reasons and it would compound it if a 10 min sin bin is a punishment. Would also lead to more defensive football which nobody really wants to watch.
 
Tactical foul one brings even more subjectivity into the game and therefore is a terrible idea imo.

Feigning injury is a tricky one as it's ultimately impossible to judge if a player is feigning injury - probably a no from me too.

The last two are covered by existing regulations no? If a referee is abused/surrounded surely they can issue yellows if they like?
 
The last two are covered by existing regulations no? If a referee is abused/surrounded surely they can issue yellows if they like?
No is the problem. They may be in regulations but they don't get applied at all. The disrespect shown to the referee in football 8s nothing short of appalling
 
Tactical foul one brings even more subjectivity into the game and therefore is a terrible idea imo.

Feigning injury is a tricky one as it's ultimately impossible to judge if a player is feigning injury - probably a no from me too.

The last two are covered by existing regulations no? If a referee is abused/surrounded surely they can issue yellows if they like?
I think the tactical one is totally obvious, we all see it in almost every game.

An attacker on a quick break from a corner or whatever knocks the ball round their deep lying 'night watchman' who is there to stop breaks. Defending player can't keep up so he tugs his shirt, body checks him to the ground, deliberately obstructs or chases him and catches his leg. He gets booked 'takes one for the team' a promising break two on two or whatever is now a free kick near the centre circle with 11 defenders behind the ball.

Clayton did it all the time when we had the meanest defence in the land.
 
Protesting decisions is a really good one. It’s not just the players either. Some Coaches are just as bad with the crap they give the fourth official. If a decision is made and VAR doesn’t get involved it is not going to change. Protesting, waving your hands and stomping about isn’t going to make a difference. Just cut it out completely.
 
If a decision is made and VAR doesn’t get involved it is not going to change. Protesting, waving your hands and stomping about isn’t going to make a difference. Just cut it out completely.

Remember the Luton game a couple of years ago? We forced the ref and linesman to have a conversation about James Collins' penalty, and subsequently disallow it, by arguing vehemently about it. I know that's a rarity, but we never would've got the decision if we hadn't protested so strongly. Shame the same tactic hasn't worked with all the other times officials have made game-ruining decisions.
 
No is the problem. They may be in regulations but they don't get applied at all. The disrespect shown to the referee in football 8s nothing short of appalling
I agree, but surely the referee is the person best placed to apply them? It's not like the cards are stacked against them, they literally hold all of them.
 
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