grecianstew
Active member
Agree with lots of this. HOWEVER if possession was simply reversed for time wasting it would stop instantly. Eg, keeper wastes time taking goal kick = corner, delay free kick = free kick the other way etc.Time wasting -
If ref decides that a team is time wasting:
1. He warns the offending team's captain
2. Any further offence, he books the player concerned AND the captain
3. Further offence, books the player concerned AND again books the captain. The captain is off for two yellows. New captain.
4. And repeat
Only captain approaching ref, and then only for clarification would be great, particularly if backed up with retrospective yellow cards for players seen haranguing refs on video evidence.
And still don’t understand why we need offside at all. It is an impossible law for a human being to police so as we saw Saturday, games are decided on a whim. Many years ago Hockey sacked their almost identical offside rule. It took a season for teams to adjust but after that not a soul would advocate bringing it back.