26 Jul 2024 06:47:18
Whilst we wait for the league to kick off again. based in all the issues from last season wrt officiating, VAR, dark arts tactics, etc. ( basically anything that gave us a reason to moan like little babies) . whatbis the one thing that you would like to see changed this season?
For me. its the dark arts tactics that Arsenal use at set pieces. Where White would deliberately impede the keeper.
I hope the officials have caught on to them and blow them up for it.
26 Jul 2024 07:51:45
All the clubs apart from wolves voted to keep VAR so no matter what the cock up the ref/ VAR make the clubs can’t complain about it anymore. They had there chance to vote it out and they didn’t! Sorry rant over.
Dark arts have pretty much always been round and I think there should always be a player on the keeper to protect him so am not going to agree on that one JLC. What I would like to see change is if/ when the refs do make a massive mistake and the PGMOL come out and say we are dropping the reffing/ VAR team then they drop them for a month or more not one game. In fact I’d like to see foreign refs introduced into the prem because some of them are miles better than our lot.
26 Jul 2024 08:23:19
Personally, I’d like to see refereeing initiatives carried throughout the season, rather than only employed for an arbitrary period at the start then tailed off (eg cards for time wasting, players surrounding the refs, etc) either do enforce it for the whole season or not at all.
Oh and the players with holes cut out the backs of the team socks too… just get bigger/ better socks it’s ridiculous!
26 Jul 2024 08:52:50
I’d like to see the offside rule go back to what it was years ago and as long as part of the attackers body is in line with the defender it’s onside . I think it would make a better watch as fans . Also I’d like var to branch off to an independent team of the same people consisting of say 20 people that cover all the games every week to try bring more consistency to the decisions. Rather than chopping and changing the var team and varied interpretation of the rules . That would be my 2 . 1st one is possible 2nd 1 will never happen.
26 Jul 2024 09:12:21
I would like to see the assistant ref have the spray can too and when the ball goes out for a throw in, he marks where the ball went out. Also, the player who picks up the ball takes the throw in. Arsenal have a dirty underhanded trick were a player picks up the ball, walks ten yards then drops it or gives to another player to take - very rarely picked up by ref.
26 Jul 2024 09:39:22
Hey iwillbered
I would prefer to replace throw ins with kick in, the ball from a kick in cannot be air bound any yes the linesman mark the spot to take the kick in from.
26 Jul 2024 09:53:00
Time wasting is the biggest thing for me and playing for draws.
Imagine how exciting football would be again if they reminded themselves that the sports so popular because of the fans and not because its a business.
No other sport in the world sees teams (cricket but they are just as bad) or competitors set up to get a draw.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone celebrate a draw in any sport like you get in Professional Football.
Even in Grass roots football imagine saying right let's play for a draw today. You'd get laughed out of the changing rooms
One thing we never ever did under Klopp that.
26 Jul 2024 10:04:13
Stopping the clock when ball is dead would kill time wasting.
26 Jul 2024 10:22:40
You know that time when a player shields the ball somewhere midway on the pitch near the line. gets a slight touch and goes down and to make sure, hugs the ball cause he knows its a free kick. Stop that OR give the same if a player gets that soft touch at a corner in the box, I've seen players wrestled down with nothing given, yet the slightest touch mid pitch. free kick. Its a joke.
26 Jul 2024 10:51:41
Kloppice - get what you mean but I’m kinda the opposite there. One of my pet peeves in football are unnecessary fouls. One of them is an attacker fouling a defender shielding the ball well inside their own defensive third. Like, why!? And the other is a defender just running into the back of an attacking player who is running away from goal with no threat at all and then the defender just barrels into them giving away a dangerous free kick lol. Hate that lol.
26 Jul 2024 11:23:59
Is it just me or has the rhetoric of certain ex pros got too insidious not naming anybody but some of the egg and spoon drivel we get on matches borders on bigotry, and the kids are listening to this and taking it as a reference to how they treat not only each other but how they speak to adults and also the teachers in school just a bit more responsibility would be more becoming and less arguing over what is after all a competitive sport.
26 Jul 2024 12:49:36
For me some actual consistency would be key as well as a few of the above:
- I hate players that just fall over and get free kick too - Kane always did it, Sterling, Grealish - mostly English and don't get called out cos pundits call it 'clever' - if a Spaniard etc does it and it is cheating then it is cheating if an Englishman does it too!
- Time wasting, I agree with what has been said - stop the clock and just add it on and book people more for it.
- The throw ins annoy me too as, for some teams, they are never taken anywhere near where they should be.
- VAR - seriously like maybe a 60 sec time limit on it? If it takes longer then its hardly bloody clear or obvious and VAR should not get involved then!
- PGMOL - when we see these 'wtf was that' type calls, please do not try to tell us how that was the 'correct' decision!
- Also on the above, maybe actually manage the consistently poor performers? A week off is not a punishment really - especially if they have done this multiple times!
- Again consistency is the key, such as:
1. Players waving an imaginary card - booking. Every. single. time. no matter who the player is or what team they play for!
2. Players surrounding the ref etc - bookings! Think it should just be the captains that have a word
3. The refs to take ownership - too many times it seems like VAR refs the games
4. As above, book for time wasting.
Clearly the biggest issue though is VAR - as an idea it is a great tool but is being completely misused and taking the joy out of the game - waiting 5 mins plus for decisions is just wild and even more annoying when, having seen the same replays we all see, still baffling come to the wrong decision.
The VAR and poor officiating is just sucking the joy out of the game and needs fixing so games can actually flow again - hell, maybe they'll use it right and we'll get correct decisions quickly - who knows lol.
26 Jul 2024 12:54:26
The time wasting issue is interesting.
Teams run the clock down for various reasons, the obvious one being when they are winning, but teams also waste time to try and break momentum, so stopping the clock, whilst a good idea, won't solve the problem of breaking momentum.
For me, if the play stops for a throw in, corner or goal kick, the team should get 5 seconds max to get the play going again, otherwise the decision goes to the other team.
For example, after 5 seconds.
The opposing team is then awarded the throw in
The goal kick becomes a corner kick
The corner kick becomes a goal kick
Something to that effect!
26 Jul 2024 14:51:50
Nobody allowed to approach the ref, Nobody, not even the captain. Have it like Rugby and the ref calls captains if he needs to make a point. This would drastically change soccer right down to kids level which would in my opinion be the easiest, fastest and best change to the game.
26 Jul 2024 21:11:37
I would like to see assistant referees make actual decisions
Not keep their flag down and wait for the ref who is 40yds away to make it - but actually flag one way when it is 2 yards in front of them
Does my swede in.
{Ed025's Note - im with you Paisley..