Super Injunction just posted this on the Arsenal board. Changes in the Premier League Good article in the Guardian regarding changes that could improve the Premier Legaue: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...premier-league What changes, if any would you like to see to improve the all round game in the Premier League. Some of mine would include: Retrospective punishment regardless if Refs made a decision in the game. Discourage spectators from hurling abuse at refs and players (by awarding points in the fair play league) - the respect campaign has been a disaster mainly because the 'abuse' that the players give the refs is insignificant compared to the vile abuse hurled at both players and refs from the terraces. This can only be justified if... Decreasing ticket prices - this will give real fans the opportunity to support the team instead of being priced out by fair weather supporters. Why should every other industry have to make sacrifices to stay competitive when we see ticket prices go up! You may bring uo the supply and demand argument but are we supplied with what we demand? "The average amount of time that the ball has been in play in Premier League matches this season is 62min 39sec." See Guardian link. Any ideas you may have?
Maybe the clock should stop when play stops? We'd get 90 minutes of football then and no Fergie time either
What happens if 7-8 Manchester United players approach the referee,is the referee allowed to do what Pierluigi Collina did and tell 6 of them to **** off or they will be sent off. Another change that should be made is that Howard Webb should not be allowed to referee at Old Trafford more than 3 times a season.
The only problem with stopping the clock is the overall match might be too long imagine a cup tie going into extra time.
As thing stand, but obviously there would be refinement, with looking at more ways to keep the game in play, throws are sheite and useless, kicking it from where it went out would be better for all concerned?
Would be an interesting idea actually. When you think about it throw-ins are one of the main time users. Waiting for a right-back to trudge up the field just to throw a ball. And actually, thinking about a game situation... Team A counter attack, and a lobbed through-ball is played. Team B's Centre-back knocks it out of play. It doesn't matter who is going to take the throw-in for Team A, Team B will still have more than enough time to get players back into position. But then, why should Team B be rewarded for kicking the ball out? The only thing about Kick-ins though, is that teams would probably start basically use them as indirect free-kicks (sending the centre-backs up etc.) -Which would probably mean it would take the same amount of time anyway.
The ''respect campaign'' was a joke. Players and managers are scrutinised and pulled across the coals for reacting to referee blunders,yet the only thing that happens if we're lucky is that a ref is demoted to the championship if they make blunders.Okay referees are human,but some of the mistakes that some referees make are repetitive.They continue to make the same mistakes over and over again.
The game does need a few changes that's for sure, it's flawed at the moment: - Standardise added on time. Make it clear. - Get rid of the whole shirt coming off yellow card rule. - Rid of not being able to go over and celecrate with fans. - Bring back the old offside rule. You are, or you're not offside. - Video reffing for those difficult decisions. Maybe like cricket where you are only aloud to use it 3 times in an innings. Say 2 in the whole game. - Get rid of the fouling when there are corners. Start booking the defenders jossling- they'll soon stop. - Get rid of having to go off the pitch when you go down/injured. - Over a period of years gradualy increase the numbers of British/Irish players you have to have in the team at one point. - Cannot operate with a certain percentage of debts, in comparison to turnover. Or something similar so you don't have to be owned by a King to win the league. - Tell the refs to grow a pair and start booking gobby players. Again they will soon stop. Look a rugby. We can learn a lot at how it is reffed.
The last point about gobby players,How about instead of 2 yellows merits a red,if a player commits a minor offence like kicking the ball away or mouths off,how about 10 minutes in the sin bin,if they then commit an offence thats deemed red card worthy then send them off. I do agree with the removing the shirt one.It should be allowed unless its Ryan Giggs.
lol poor old Ryan, like a bear that man! And yes I would agree about the 10 minute bin thing - they could do it for minor offences. Fouling in the box when there's a corner would be great with that rule. They would stop doing it plus it would give reds the power to demand respect which is what they sorely lack. They are powerless atm.
Another one: Referees should have to explain their decisions/give interviews at the end of the game, particularly if there's a dubious penalty in there.
They should, but i do feel having a quoter of times you can call upon a video ref would get rid of this problem to some extent. They realy need to just go for it. Adding another ten officialy on the pitch makes no difference imo.
Fouling in the box? There is a thin line between fouling and ''Jostling''.Now maybe if a hand goes on a player then it consitutes a ''foul'' as jostling goes on all the time.If player pulls another back then it should be a straight red.
Not for me. I despair of commentators always moaning about the rule, when it was commentators always moaning about the rule back then: "I ask you, Ron, how can he be deemed offside when he's not interfering with play? It's ridiculous and it's time the FA did something about it!" But if there was a line like in Subbuteo, so you could only be offside in the final third/quarter of the pitch...
