Good news

[Guest Cameron]

The Premier League has recommended that teams no longer knock the ball out for injuries. This was once a fairly noble gesture but is now nothing more than a tactic used by some unscrupulous teams to win an advantage by disrupting the other teams rhythm, or to waste time. Almost every time the ball is kicked out the 'injured' player is soon back on his feet and ready to go.

These footballers should be conditioned enough to take a few knocks without having to resort to sissy-like behaviour and roll around crying, forcing the game to be stopped - only for them to get back up after a minute.

 

Hopefully the clubs will agree to this recommendation and no longer disrupt games by kicking the ball out of play.

The one contentious issue I can see is if the team in possession suffers an 'injury', they will no doubt kick the ball out and expect it to be returned to them, when the opposition will be under no obligation to do so. That could cause a problem or two.

 

Here's a link to a report on this issue.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/e...rem/4796269.stm

[dorgie]

The Premier League has recommended that teams no longer knock the ball out for injuries.

 

What's "recommending" that they no longer do it going to achieve ?

 

If players were doing it to gain an advantage, and the Premier League are not going to introduce a penalty against doing it, why would players stop doing it ?

 

This is another idiotic way of the Premier League of being seen to act on something controversial, but not really doing anything at all. This is just pushing the problem down to the referees once more and that will only lead to more problems between players/managers & referees.

[12twelve]

Good. Unless someone suffers a leg break/head injury play should continue

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

who was it in the WC who stops with the ball to see what the injury's like? If it's not bad, he just gets on with the game.

 

Anyone see Carvalho on Sat? Fouls one of ours, we don't get a free, then there's a minor collision, he takes an age to go down (in agony) appeals to the ref, gets nowt & bounces back up.

 

I hate him only >

[Scally Bob]

Thank Goodness for that. Head injuries and obviously serious injuries are the only instances where play should be stopped. And it would be nice to see the good old fashioned 'bounce-up' return once more too, instead of this passing the ball back to the opposition.

Bounce-ups should be Carra's job. Or Momo at a push.