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Smug in Boots

Smug in Boots

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... pardon the pun.

Sunderland have suffered from this, especially in L1, but this league isn't much better.

The Norwich keeper was laughing at the referee yesterday, I really hope this makes a difference.

At least, if a player takes a ball to the corner, there's a chance to retrieve the ball, this is just cheating imo.

It doesn't say how keepers will be punished, hopefully a booking for the first offence, not the tenth.

Goalkeepers will be able to hold on to the ball for eight seconds but referees will count down the last five. Dawdling keepers are to be punished if they fail to release in time, under new plans to combat time-wasting in football.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...against-the-clock-in-bid-to-beat-time-wasting
 
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Smug in Boots said:
... pardon the pun.

Sunderland have suffered from this, especially in L1, but this league isn't much better.

The Norwich keeper was laughing at the referee yesterday, I really hope this makes a difference.

At least, if a player takes a ball to the corner., there's a chance to retrieve the ball, this is just cheating imo.




Goalkeepers will be able to hold on to the ball for eight seconds but referees will count down the last five.

Dawdling goalkeepers are to be given more time to hold on to the ball, but subjected to a countdown by the referee and punished if they fail to release in time, under new plans to combat time-wasting in football.



Dawdling goalkeepers are to be given more time to hold on to the ball, but subjected to a countdown by the referee and punished if they fail to release in time, under new plans to combat time-wasting in football.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...against-the-clock-in-bid-to-beat-time-wasting
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Thought there was already a rule on how long a keeper could hold onto the ball, but it never seems to be enforced. If memory serves me right, it came in around the time we moved into the SOL.
 
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Quick Google search gave me this on the original rule

Referees are responsible for enforcing the six-second rule during matches, which means that while it can be enforced, it often isn't. The rule was initially implemented to help with the pace of the game. If a given referee doesn't think the pace of the game is suffering, often the rule isn't enforced.
 
Dave_39 said:
didn't that get scrapped sould have kept it
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From the fa website

An indirect free kick is awarded if a goalkeeper, inside their penalty area, commits any of the following offences:

controls the ball with the hand/arm for more than six seconds before releasing it
 
Chunksafc said:
From the fa website

An indirect free kick is awarded if a goalkeeper, inside their penalty area, commits any of the following offences:

controls the ball with the hand/arm for more than six seconds before releasing it
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my mistake thought it was scrapped it never inforced then
 
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I remember at Euro 2000, they made a massive deal about the keeper couldn't hold onto the ball for more than TEN seconds, they then showed several clips of Barthez taking the absolute piss throughout the French opening game, 40 odd seconds here, 35 seconds there and absolutely nothing came off it. It'll kick in for a couple of weeks, abit like the whole 18 minutes added time ****e that soon fell away.
 
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