http://www1.skysports.com/football/...porarily-removing-player-who-injures-opponent UEFA has proposed a new rule where a player could be temporarily removed from the pitch if a foul they committed injures another player. Referees chief Pierluigi Collina, speaking at a UEFA meeting in Turin, said the change would be put forward to the International Football Association Board (IFAB) at the start of next year. "We're going to propose this new rule to IFAB, whereby the player who causes the injury temporarily leaves the pitch as long as the injured player is being treated off the park," said Collina. "Maybe in the future we could tell the player (who committed the foul) to leave the field as well, and (they both) enter the field together, when the other player is ready. "The current system isn't fair. The player who commits the foul is only cautioned and stays on the pitch while the team with the injured player is left a man down. "It effectively gives an advantage to the other team." Collina said the proposal only concerned fouls deemed "dangerous" and worthy of a yellow card. UEFA plans to submit the proposal to the IFAB at their next meeting which is set to be held between February and March 2015. I think its a good idea - however our refs will manage to screw it up somehow
suppose you could get a player feigning injury and staying off the field longer than necesary if the offending player is a good player or key player for the oppo
Of course it would. Feigning injury to get the oppositions best player sidelined? Wouldn`t take long for the cheating diving bastards to cotton on to that one. edit: beat me to it GS.
It looks a good idea but too easily manipulated by cheats. For example, The ****e Tom Cleverly can go down under a suarez challange and play act to take him out the game. I'm not saying Tom is a cheat, it's just an example of a lesser player talking out a dangerous game changing player through manipulation.
Can,t see it being anything but taken advantage of as others have mentioned, don,t think sin binning would work either as it would more or less be a licence to foul
Here's a few of my ideas for "New rules" If the game is stopped for a player who is "injured" then this player must leave the field of play whether they receive treatment or not. If they do not receive treatment a free kick in the attacking thrid should be awarded to the opposition. That would definitely stop the ****ing play acting twats. Another one should be that a dive in the penalty area to attempt to win a penalty, or a dive to try to enforce a sending off of the "last man", should be punished by a 1 game ban (punishment dished out after the match using TV evidence as it is too difficult for a referee to be 100% certain of a "dive". When the ball goes out of play or play stops for a free kick, once a the referee has blown his whstle (throw in/goal kick etc.) they have 10 seconds to return it to the field of play or possession is turned over to the opposition (Goal Kick = Corner etc.). I should be on the FA Rules panel
Aye totally this,.. Even worse if Alto donkey commits it, we are down to 9 men, seeing as we only started with 10 anyway.
If they dive in the penalty area and retrospectively agreed by an independent panel ban the cheating f*ckers for TEN games not one. Whilst out they also forfeit their pay or it's donated to a charity. This would force the managers to warn their players not to do it. It would also give these prima donnas something to think about.
Exactly what I was going to say. Say your team is leading and there's say 10 minutes left and someone like Suarez commits the foul on one of your strikers, you wouldn't mind a striker being off the pitch as you will be defending the lead but having their main threat also off the pitch? Crap idea.
how about the players act like men, dont they realise they are shafting the sport .the game has lost its way because of the blatant cheating its a disgrace ,every game i have watched this season has been tarnished at some point by cheating .
Personally, I think it's a good idea. Right now we have anyone and everyone trying to take down strikers (the most likely player to score and, therefore, win a game) of which we only have one or two on on average in a game. Would make defenders think twice about professional fouls (hate that term, but cheating bastards is not good for TV) and would make the midfield game much more tactical and dominating than it is. If the opposition's best player takes out our worst, and we were to use that as a tactic, then we have big problems. I have a couple of concerns though. If players are already feigning injury all the time to get people carded, I think refs might be a little more lenient if he thinks both players are off. An other than the keeper issues mentioned (which, I guess, would be the exception to the rule), what would happen if someone went off injured after all subs have been used?
Hi all, new on hear but been reading not606 for some time now. why not introduce running subs for those injured and still have the player guilty of the offence side lined until the injured player is able to continue, once the injured player is ok to carry on, then he replaces the running sub, just a thought.
I don`t see how it can work unless somehow there`s a punishment for faking it. You know what the buggers are like. Touch them with a feather and they`re rolling on the deck.
