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I would like to bring back the old offside law where if any player is offside it is given,which would be a lot clearer for officials and fans ,also maybe a 5 mins sin bin instead. Of a second yellow card ( or 10 mins) ,OK fellow posters ove . To you

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Games are ruined with teams killing the game, I would like the substitutes law amended so there are No substitutions after 80 minutes, often the last 10 minutes plus added time are the most exciting - Why kill what is supposed to be a spectator sport, if teams are holding on disrupting play they don't deserve to get a result through negative play.

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I would like to see No offside in one of the following areas.

 

1) Outside the Penalty Area.

OR

2) Extend the 18 yard Penalty line right across the pitch and only have offside between it and the goal line.

OR

3) Adopt either 1 or 2 using the choice along with reverting to the old offside interpretation.

 

The speed of the modern game makes it ridiculous to be offside from the half way line, OK we may see more goals but that's what we pay to see. 

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I would abolish the offside rule altogether. About 30 yrs ago my women's team (Illogan - no connexion to today's Illogan) were in an 11 a side tournament, 15 mins each way. To try to facilitate a result each game they suspended the offside rule. Every team, in their 1st game, appointed a "goal hanger" who was naturally marked tightly wherever the ball was. It was a farce and from then on each team played normally and just occasionally the lack of the offside rule led to a goal. It underlined how unnecessary the rule is. Even with modern technology it is sometimes impossible to decide how much of a forward, if any, projects beyond the last defender, so how the human eye at real speed is supposed to get it right I don't know.

Oh, and mobbing the ref is a show of dissent. 2nd time - all yellows. 3rd time - reds! It would stop the practice after the 1st week! Similarly shirt-pulling and hugging at corners.

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Tom, several years ago, too many to remember, the instruction to the lineman was to take the last man of the defence to judge offside, I ignored it (always the rebel)  and judged offside by taking the spearhead of the attack, I received many compliments from referees for being on the ball and getting things right. It worked then but is the modern game so fast that easier method may be difficult today.

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Yellow/Red cards. - I would keep it the same except for the following circumstances.

 

A number of teams have their hatchet men those who put it about, they happily collect their yellow but having chanced their luck to the limit get subbed by the manager, the replacement can now carry on the hatchet job free in the knowledge he is card free, I have always said that if a player is on a yellow card when going off his replacement should carry that yellow for the remainder of the game so if he gets one he is off.

 

In those circumstances I would count the second players sending off as a yellow so he is not suspended for following games, as things stand teams who put the boot in are at an advantage.

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KeithB.

 

I may not have been as clear as I should have so I'll try harder. The player in the starting line up (we'll call him the centre forward) gets a yellow card he is subbed and takes his yellow with him, the substitute comes on to replace him at centre forward so the centre forward POSITION already has one booking if the substitute get's booked the centre forward POSITION has had two yellows but no sending off. That in my book is not fair, the opposition centre half could get sent off for two bookings because he remained on the field after his first booking. Tactically a team could risk 3 extra bookings it they felt they favoured fouling an opponent for their advantage, simply by using their substitutes.

 

Keith it's not the player, it's the position he's taking on that has already got a booking.

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Keith it says what laws would you CHANGE, as it stands a team could receive three extra bookings without losing a player, what's to stop a manager saying to his team go out there and kick hell out of them and then protecting those players if they get booked by sending on three more to do the same, we see it every week, every team has their hatchet men.

 

Last week at Carlisle against Wycombe, Carlisle brought their substitute on, putting it about his total playing time from putting his foot on the pitch to it leaving the pitch was 73 seconds, I wonder what his managers instructions were before going on. (Nothing to do with the discussion but sent off in 73 seconds).

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Some of the suggestions on here are barking mad!!  Maybe they are a month early for April fool jokes!!!

No subs after 80 mins, booking of positions and not the player, not following the instructions of the Ref, (Mountaineer) I'm sure there were a few Refs also told you do as they asked, your there to assist the ref and not make it up as you saw fit!

How many teams have played with 10 men and found it no threat for longer than 10 mins you suggest?

The goalkeeper picking the ball up from a back pass would just slow the game down with the keeper picking up the ball, running across the area bouncing the ball, at least now his kick normally stays in the field of play.

At least everyone knew what the old side rule meant! Interfering not interfering with play, strikers getting the benefit of doubt load of B*****Ks.

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:)The Villain may mock but I "Did it my Way".- And no complaints from referees, only compliments, THEY didn't notice. It made my job easier.

 

It must be the 'silly' season if you condone teams killing the game several minutes before the final whistle. how is it good for teams to stop the game for a substitution close to the end or during time added on just to disrupt the game.

 

With thought the booking of a team position isn't as daft as it may first appear, as it is now when a booked player is substituted the team gains an extra opportunity for a booking therefore the team who has committed an offense is not penalised by the two bookings sending off rule. Teams who condone hatchet men players should be made to suffer.

 

Perhaps if you digested what people post rather than treating suggestions for discussion as B*****Ks you may learn something.

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Ledleystheking.

 

I was at a Southern League Premiership game about three months ago, I called out "How can you be offside from a throw in Referee" reading his lips justified a booking, unfortunately allowing the defending team to take the free kick for off side did not help Truro City. The poor referee was left to face a lot of banter from the City fans. HAPPY DAYS.

 

So it's not only the players and that referee made the decision, the referees assistant did not flag for off side.

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How can you stop teams making substitutions after 80 minutes?

A team has an injury and they have to go down to 10 men because its the 82nd minute. 

If you then say only allow substitutions if injured.

Your post would be totally flawed.  How can the referee disprove if a player is injured or not.

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Handball. The most confusing and misinterpreted law of all. Just make it so that if it hits a hand (or arm) it is handball. Freekick. Penalty. Easy. At the moment, it HAS TO BE DELIBERATE. Hardly any are deliberate. Also, if an advantage is gained by an accidental handball, no problem. BUT, referees don't even seem to know that! Several times I have experienced referees giving a freekick, and when I point out is has to be deliberate, they say "I know, but he gained an advantage, so it's a freekick". No its f****** not. It's ACCIDENTAL, and therefore, play-on. You can score a goal with a handball if it's an accident.

 

So, just change the bleddy law so that any contact means a freekick/penalty.

 

Aaarrrgggghhhhhhhhh.

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Scrapping the six second goalkeeper rule. Quite often the keeper holds on for it too long and any referee that is in favour of trying to control a sin bin at this level should first try dealing with the six second rule.

 

Only one player (the captain) should be able to approach the referee regarding a decision.

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Mangle. I can assure you this referee knows what handball is but the stick i get when I play on !. Reading the newspapers last weekend a reporter came up with a good idea, if the players surround the referee as seems to happen more often the the referee gives the offending sides captain a caution (yellow card)for failing to control his players , obviously if it happens a second time the captain gets a second yellow and is sent off, this would soon put a stop to players surrounding the referee.

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Mangle. I can assure you this referee knows what handball is but the stick i get when I play on !. Reading the newspapers last weekend a reporter came up with a good idea, if the players surround the referee as seems to happen more often the the referee gives the offending sides captain a caution (yellow card)for failing to control his players , obviously if it happens a second time the captain gets a second yellow and is sent off, this would soon put a stop to players surrounding the referee.

​I have a question for Mr Manning,,, as I am a more mature ex ref, it was common to visually check the goal nets before a game started. I have often wandered, are nets required ? I have been trying to check the LAWS of the game, I am unable to confirm that any nets are part of the laws, presumably because they are behind the goal line, they would be OFF the field of play, If anyone else could enlighten me I would be interested to hear any views ,,,

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I mentioned this in an earlier posting thinking 73 seconds was quick, how wrong I was.

Last week at Carlisle against Wycombe, Carlisle brought their substitute on, putting it about his total playing time from putting his foot on the pitch to it leaving the pitch was 73 seconds, I wonder what his managers instructions were before going on. (Nothing to do with the discussion but sent off in 73 seconds)

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10 days later I went to see Wycombe Wanderers at Tranmere Rovers, the Wycombe sub lasted 3.7 seconds, he came on and play was restarted with a goal kick, it went straight towards him and in jumping caught a player with his elbow, the red card surprised everyone. Has there been a faster dismissal? - The refs on here may know.

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Mangle. I can assure you this referee knows what handball is but the stick i get when I play on !. Reading the newspapers last weekend a reporter came up with a good idea, if the players surround the referee as seems to happen more often the the referee gives the offending sides captain a caution (yellow card)for failing to control his players , obviously if it happens a second time the captain gets a second yellow and is sent off, this would soon put a stop to players surrounding the referee.

Bonkers absolutely bonkers!!! How can you control a player or three for that matter, if as captain you are fifty yards away from the incident and players are quickly in to state to the ref, that it wasn't a free kick or a foul. This rule would not work and would only make a lot of teams play with ten men when the captain really couldn't do a lot about other individuals 

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