O/T What football laws would you change

[broadwayshrimp]

For a start don't book players who celebrate scoring a goal with their fans. Anymore?

[Sammy h]

For a start don't book players who celebrate scoring a goal with their fans. Anymore?

I agree, an awful rule.

[P/T Indie]

When the ball is trickling out of a play for a goal kick and the defender obstructs the attacker until the ball goes out, that should be a free kick to the attacking team.

[Plain Peter]

For a start don't book players who celebrate scoring a goal with their fans. Anymore?

'elf and safety!

[Plain Peter]

Throw-ins to be taken by the player closest the ball.

[George Dawes]

like Rugby i would have a rule where only the captains can go up to the referee then that can only help the referee who is only human after all making better decisions without being intimidated by a full team of players in his airspace(face)

[Sammy h]

For a start don't book players who celebrate scoring a goal with their fans. Anymore?

'elf and safety!

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[Sammy h]

I know there isn't a way to 'police' it, but I can't stand it in the last five or so minutes in a game and the team keeps it round the corner flag. Really winds me up.

[ezz]

For a start don't book players who celebrate scoring a goal with their fans. Anymore?

'elf and safety!

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Tell me why is it only the player who scores gets booked? Yet 5-6 players jump in the crowd with him?
Taking shirt off shouldnt be booked.
Pretending to be injured SHOULD be booked.
Swearing at the ref SHOULD be booked (even if your a united player).

[marky No.1]

Have a clear plastic wall 10 yards around the goalposts/bar so that we have a better chance of scoring after the ball has missed the target in the first place, then it simply comes back into play and we can have another go, and another and another. Would create great entertainment.

[broadwayshrimp]

like Rugby i would have a rule where only the captains can go up to the referee then that can only help the referee who is only human after all making better decisions without being intimidated by a full team of players in his airspace(face)

Another rugby rule which should be adopted in football (if it has been I haven't seen it used) is at free kicks, if the defending team fail to retreat 10 yards, move play up field another 10 yards

[seasonsinthesun]

Between 70 and 80 minutes each manager has to take off four players, leaving the last ten minutes to be played as seven a side, therefore creating more space on the pitch, and hopefully more goals!

[marky No.1]

like Rugby i would have a rule where only the captains can go up to the referee then that can only help the referee who is only human after all making better decisions without being intimidated by a full team of players in his airspace(face)

Another rugby rule which should be adopted in football (if it has been I haven't seen it used) is at free kicks, if the defending team fail to retreat 10 yards, move play up field another 10 yards

Trouble with that is that once you are in the penalty area you lose the advantage as 10 players stand on the line. Maybe in that situation a penalty could be awarded instead

[outsider]

Uncontested drop balls, these do my head in, they should be outlawed.

Also When the ball is out of play the clock stops that way we get 90 mins of play, not they average 70-75 that we get at the moment.

Trainers on the pitch during play, they manage it in rugby.

When your Goalkeeper is sent off, you can't bring another one on, this defeats the penalty, an outfield player must go in goal,(injured keepers are allowed to be sub'd).

Offside is offside, if he's not interfering with play then he shouldn't be on the pitch.

[seasonsinthesun]

How about if a team has a player who gets a straight red card, then a penalty is also immediately awarded, irrespective of where on the field the offence took place.

[Sammy h]

How about if a team has a player who gets a straight red card, then a penalty is also immediately awarded, irrespective of where on the field the offence took place.

Why? That would be punishing the team twice?

[seasonsinthesun]

Exactly!
Don't you think that losing a player and conceding a penalty might stop these feet off the ground tackles that may cause serious injury?

[marky]

Last man tackles in the penalty area already result in a red card and a penalty and already punish a team twice, Sammy. Therefore, why not apply the same kind of logic? Anyway I agree with the idea of only allowing captains to speak to referees. I also think we should introduce sin bins, an orange card if you will, particularly in situations where players end up getting sent off for second bookable offences where they are just stupid niggly things.

[George Dawes]

sin bins ?

[marky]

Yes, players have to leave the field for a set time period. It's still a punishment but not a fully-fledged sending off, which in my view should only really be used for serious offences.

[Little Shrimp]

Introduce goal line technology ! An interesting thought though is that last man challenges shouldn't be sent off. If someone is one on one with a keeper and gets and cropped and wins a penalty, you're probably presenting the attacking team with a better chance than before, so why send the player off? An interesting thought ?

[Plain Peter]

Between 70 and 80 minutes each manager has to take off four players, leaving the last ten minutes to be played as seven a side, therefore creating more space on the pitch, and hopefully more goals!

If you've already had 2 players sent-off do you only have to take another 2 players off?

[Aspers]

Put a broken line (like rugby) between the centre line and goal line.
This is called the offside line and players cannot be offside inside this line.

[forkyphil]

when a player goes of after receiving treatment for a foul,then the player commiting the foul should also go off for the same length of time

also players who are fouled and wave the card at the ref as if to say "book him " should be booked for incitement

just a thought

[ezz]

Make the game 3 hours long to help us score and get our moneys worth!