Extra time for wasted time this season

[Dreamkiller]

Clamping down on time wasting is tough though, as it involves interpretation and will therefore lack consistency and irritate fans whilst keeping poor quality media pundits in work.

The 'ball in play' timing system gets rid of nearly all of this (see USA sport for examples, but I am not claiming that they are totally free of any timing issues and they keep fiddling with rules to try and make it better - but they are light years ahead of us in managing this).

I would love to see historical ball in play stats to get a better understanding of this and this may find an 'ideal' time for a game.

Good point about historical ball in play stats. That's obviously what I was referring to in relation to the 66 Cup final. There are enough historical live TV matches available from the 70s onwards to get a reasonable idea of how the stats have changed.

I've got no proplem with technology being used. Some interpretation would be needed, but let's face it, we've all seen players 'injured' off the pitch who then agonisingly, and totally predictably, roll onto the pitch to prevent the game restarting. Instant booking if I was reffing, but how many refs actually take that action? Next to none.

Something definitely needs to be done, because 80% of matches in the Championship become an absolute stop/start dirge as soon as one side or the other gets their noses in front.

[SW4Baggie]

Clamping down on time wasting is tough though, as it involves interpretation and will therefore lack consistency and irritate fans whilst keeping poor quality media pundits in work.

The 'ball in play' timing system gets rid of nearly all of this (see USA sport for examples, but I am not claiming that they are totally free of any timing issues and they keep fiddling with rules to try and make it better - but they are light years ahead of us in managing this).

I would love to see historical ball in play stats to get a better understanding of this and this may find an 'ideal' time for a game.

Good point about historical ball in play stats. That's obviously what I was referring to in relation to the 66 Cup final. There are enough historical live TV matches available from the 70s onwards to get a reasonable idea of how the stats have changed.

I've got no proplem with technology being used. Some interpretation would be needed, but let's face it, we've all seen players 'injured' off the pitch who then agonisingly, and totally predictably, roll onto the pitch to prevent the game restarting. Instant booking if I was reffing, but how many refs actually take that action? Next to none.

Something definitely needs to be done, because 80% of matches in the Championship become an absolute stop/start dirge as soon as one side or the other gets their noses in front.

We don’t need to go to all that trouble with stats, what to Derek and Dumbo’s eyes tell us?

[Baggybenny]

Has anyone mentioned the time wasting for taking a throw in or a free kick?

Running a furlong to fetch a towel for wiping the ball before a throw-in!

[Tom Joad]

Much is down to the refs. They could stop it promptly if they were inclined. How often do you see a keeper booked early for timewasting? Never. They let it go on where a yellow card would stop it straight away. Also the feigning of injury. All the ref has to do is leave the player off the field for longer instead of waving him straight back on. Championship refs are terrible and cause much of the problems themselves.

[ColliersWoodBaggie]

Mr Pulis will be fuming. Fuming.