What rule changes would you wish to be implemented or current ones scrapped?

[1964white]

The beautiful game has changed so much, for the worse, imo!

It's a simple game, why complicate football?

What changes would you like to be implemented?

[mentalcase]

Refs and other other officials like VAR, need to be held accountable asap.
Managers, players etc, are all held accountable and fined / suspended in some cases, the officials, get away scott free, most of the time, they're the chief protagonists.
It's OK for players / managers to be grilled straight after the heat of the battle and say the wrong thing, then get penalised, bring the cowards to book.

[White Riot]

The beautiful game has changed so much, for the worse, imo!

It's a simple game, why complicate football?

What changes would you like to be implemented?

I'd like to see that whatever rules are applied are applied fairly for all.

Every week we see a different interpretation of the same rule i.e. last season Koch has the ball bounce up off his leg and hit his arm and a penalty is given to LiVARpool, Shaw stops the ball with his arm away from his body at ER and surprise, surprise no penalty is given.

Klopp runs on the pitch at ER and sends Struijk off, if our fella had run on the pitch he'd have been sent off and banned for 10 weeks.

There should be less inconsistency with the technology, and VAR, and supposedly professional officials, but the bias towards the top sides is incredible and ruins the game.

Look at the time-wasting Wolves, Newcastle, Burnley, etc, got away with at ER, would the chivalrous Leeds United get away with that at Anfield, OT, Stanford Bridge, etc, no chance.

Consistency and professionalism is all I would like to see.

[White Riot]

Refs and other other officials like VAR, need to be held accountable asap.
Managers, players etc, are all held accountable and fined / suspended in some cases, the officials, get away scott free, most of the time, they're the chief protagonists.
It's OK for players / managers to be grilled straight after the heat of the battle and say the wrong thing, then get penalised, bring the cowards to book.

I agree with this MC, but as you know that scruffy pikey Klopp ran on the pitch at ER and sent Struijk off, but he was not held accountable for invading the pitch and harassing the ref

[liggy]

The amount of time teams are taking over fee kicks
Is ridiculous, and the referees arguing the toss about players shoving each other before freekicks/corners are taken is a pain in the arse.
Also the time wasting antics with substitutions isn't pretty.
Also footballers wearing pink boots.
I know what Hunter/ chopper Harris/ tommy smith.
would do with the big tarts

[HarryofOz]

Change the offside rules:

1. If a player receives the ball in an offside position, that is a free-kick. You don't wait and see what happens after he does something with it and only give a free-kick if his team gets an advantage.

2. If a player is offside anywhere near the goal and his team 'score'. It is not a goal. It does not matter if he was 'actively' involved in the play or not.

3. A player is onside if any part of his body is behind an opponent, not offside if any part of his body is in front of an opponent. A part of the body that he can score with that is, arms don't count.

Change the free-kick rules

1. If a team takes a free-kick too quickly (before the ref has signalled that they can), and they stuff it up, then they don't get another chance.

Change the 'time' rules (stolen from Ang, but I'm posting it in case she has forgotten about her idea, or doesn't see this thread )

1. Instead of using time added on, stop the clock.

Change the VAR rules

1. If VAR think the ref has got something wrong, then that can be changed by the ref after watching a replay. No nonsense about 'clear and obvious' as that is subjective.

[William]

1. Time wasting. A bit radical I know but seeing that digital technology is available from the grassroots level right through to the top I would STOP THE CLOCK when players are down injured, when the ball goes out of play for any reason. Strictly enforce the six second release for goalkeepers. And all this regulated if possible by a fourth official. Take the pressure off the refs.

2.Contentious decisions. One player -the captain is allowed to approach the ref to get an explanation. The ref wears a mike and everyone if possible gets to hear the explanation for decisions. No mobbing by players, coaches or managers.

Offsides. Remember why we have it? Get rid of all this active and interfering with play nonsense. You are dont have two players ahead of you then its offside. Simple.

Sin bins. Time out for a second yellow. In too many cases players are red carded for errors rather than endangering others on the pitch or deliberate cheating.


I could go on...

[William]

Liggy speaks truth.

Pink boots,luminous boots, chop chop chop.

[William]

Change the offside rules:

1. If a player receives the ball in an offside position, that is a free-kick. You don't wait and see what happens after he does something with it and only give a free-kick if his team gets an advantage.

2. If a player is offside anywhere near the goal and his team 'score'. It is not a goal. It does not matter if he was 'actively' involved in the play or not.

3. A player is onside if any part of his body is behind an opponent, not offside if any part of his body is in front of an opponent. A part of the body that he can score with that is, arms don't count.

Change the free-kick rules

1. If a team takes a free-kick too quickly (before the ref has signalled that they can), and they stuff it up, then they don't get another chance.

Change the 'time' rules (stolen from Ang, but I'm posting it in case she has forgotten about her idea, or doesn't see this thread )

1. Instead of using time added on, stop the clock.

Change the VAR rules

1. If VAR think the ref has got something wrong, then that can be changed by the ref after watching a replay. No nonsense about 'clear and obvious' as that is subjective.

Good suggestions.

[HarryofOz]

Good suggestions.

Thank you.

[VinnysTattoo]

Stop players celebrating directly in front of opposition fans. Crazy that you get booked for taking your shirt off but get fook all for being confrontational.

The gestures of some players almost reminds me of drunken gesturing on a Saturday night.

[1964white]

The offside rule is a joke, workable if it's kept simple, currently it's open to all sorts of interopation & inconsistencies.

[1964white]

1. Time wasting. A bit radical I know but seeing that digital technology is available from the grassroots level right through to the top I would STOP THE CLOCK when players are down injured, when the ball goes out of play for any reason. Strictly enforce the six second release for goalkeepers. And all this regulated if possible by a fourth official. Take the pressure off the refs.

2.Contentious decisions. One player -the captain is allowed to approach the ref to get an explanation. The ref wears a mike and everyone if possible gets to hear the explanation for decisions. No mobbing by players, coaches or managers.

Offsides. Remember why we have it? Get rid of all this active and interfering with play nonsense. You are dont have two players ahead of you then its offside. Simple.

Sin bins. Time out for a second yellow. In too many cases players are red carded for errors rather than endangering others on the pitch or deliberate cheating.


I could go on...

Football could learn a lot from rugby.

[1964white]

What is the point of players leaving the pitch after they have received treatment for an injury?

[William]

What is the point of players leaving the pitch after they have received treatment for an injury?

That is an oddity.

I think it stems from a rule which suggests that a player must leave the pitch to receive treatment. Seeing that in itself is unworkable the work around is for them to do the silly little walk step off that we see.

More timewasting.

[HarryofOz]

What is the point of players leaving the pitch after they have received treatment for an injury?

I thought the idea was to stop time-wasting and players pretending to be badly hurt as they know that for a period their team will be down a man.

[HarryofOz]

Stop players celebrating directly in front of opposition fans. Crazy that you get booked for taking your shirt off but get fook all for being confrontational.

The gestures of some players almost reminds me of drunken gesturing on a Saturday night.

the other way around would be better, no yellow card for taking your shirt off.

I have no issue with a player running off to celebrate a goal even if it is where the opposing fans are. As long as it's close to the place of scoring. Provided they don't anything abusive like swearing of gesturing rudely.

I was at a match where fans were singing 'who ate all the pies' at a player who was not exactly trim. He scored and puffed out his cheeks at the singing fans to look even fatter. Some complained that he was inciting them. They should have copped it on the chin.

[hector]

If a player is fouled and injured, and has to go off for treatment, the player who committed the foul should also have to go off until the fouled player or his substitute return to the pitch

[velo]

The offside rule is a joke, workable if it's kept simple, currently it's open to all sorts of interopation & inconsistencies.

Maybe it's been made that way, so it can be manipulated to help certain teams

[William]

Maybe it's been made that way, so it can be manipulated to help certain teams

The great equaliser is that footy fans the world over are of the mind that "they" are against them.