Yes cheers chrisw1.
“It is hoped that shortening matches but stopping the clock for breaks in play such as fouls, throw-ins and goal kicks will prevent time-wasting, force teams to play more football and improve the overall match experience.“
Just how? Spoiling tactics to stop games flowing will remain regardless of time count. Teams currently know extra time will be played but that’s no deterrent to fuckaboutry and and that will continue. We must not make changes that fundamentally make the game different from grass root level.
I guess there will not be much point in the contstant phantom injuries etc. Yeah, they'll still try to break up play but the advantage they are trying to get mostly dissapears. Look at the wat Wolves reduced 5 mins of extra time to about t mins of play by picking fights, arguing with the fef, faking injuries. It was brilliant in it's shithouseness.
The Watford players constantly going down injured was one of the most infuriating 45 mins I've ever endured.
I don't really like change from traditions, but gamesmanship is destroying football at the moment.