Time Wasting

[HanDoJin]

He is -but it's utterly cynical. There doesn't seem to be any stomach (or legal mechanism?) whatsoever for salary caps, but the league absolutely could level the playing field by freshening up some of the rules of the game though

 

[Dire Wolf]

Salary cap would be brilliant but the argument is that it can't be in one league it would have to be world wide for it to work, otherwise players would just up and move to the league that paid the highest wages.

However, a system like the NFL would be brilliant, ie. each team has an overall salary budget which they can allocate however they choose. So a team can effectively pay a few players a fortune but they would have to fill out their squad with cheap options, or run a more balanced squad with lots of players on more mid-range wages. It would certainly level the playing field and give so called lesser teams a more realistic chance of catching the big 6.

It will NEVER happen though.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

I guess I'm the only person who knows a Brentford fan, tbf he's a nice chap so I won't be giving him too much stick.

It's odd, I've worked with a few Bluenoses and they've all been decent too, very strange.

 

[Tredman]

I actually know 2, both nice guys. I put that down, mostly, to then moving away though.

 

[nimrod]

just on time wasting, I’ve always hated the hold the ball in the corner bull shit. longer than a couple of seconds and the ref should be allowed to blow for ungentlemanly conduct or something else suitable.

 

[Sniffer]

just on time wasting, I’ve always hated the hold the ball in the corner bull shit. longer than a couple of seconds and the ref should be allowed to blow for ungentlemanly conduct or something else suitable.

How we kept the ball in corner at United for a few minutes was a thing of beauty. Not just holding it, little passes and then invite them to nick it out for a throw.

 

[Jabbawolf]

just on time wasting, I’ve always hated the hold the ball in the corner bull shit. longer than a couple of seconds and the ref should be allowed to blow for ungentlemanly conduct or something else suitable.

Utter codswallop - up to the other team to win the ball back.

 

[nimrod]

Utter codswallop - up to the other team to win the ball back.

didn’t say it wasn’t up to the other team to win the ball back, I said I personally hate it. while time-wasting tactics are allowed or not penalised, any team should be free to explore the boundaries, and I’d expect us to do the same. but that’s one of the first things I’d be happy to bin. if a big lump holding a stationary ball up in the corner gives someone else pleasure, well, each to their own.

 

[PuntsWolf]

It gives me loads of pleasure compared to them lumping the ball into our box. Particularly when us holding it in the corner means we’ve had plenty of pleasure earlier on

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Doesn't it mean you've only had just about enough pleasure? If you'd had plenty then you'd hope there was enough comfort not to require resorting to such tactics.

 

[PuntsWolf]

This is Wolves we’re talking about here. We don’t do easy wins

 

[nimrod]

that’s the thing though, I was talking in general not about us. when it’s your own team engaging in negative tactics its never a problem. maybe some get more irate when the tables are turned than pleasure when it’s in your favour. i’m definitely in the former and hate watching it in neutral games, albeit it’s ok against united, liverpool, chelsea, villa, albion... hmm, maybe I'm more on the fence than I thought. nah, I’d still ban it.

 

[lemonjelly]

I guess I'm the only person who knows a Brentford fan, tbf he's a nice chap so I won't be giving him too much stick.

It's odd, I've worked with a few Bluenoses and they've all been decent too, very strange.

see I can't understand the "decent bluenose" bit. I have worked with a few. I remember a few years ago one seemingly decent guy I worked with, and I then found out after some time he was a right scumbag.

I really abhor blues as a club, far and away more than west brom.

 

[Tredman]

There was a lovely old guy in an office I used to work out of, genuinely one of the nicest people I've ever met. When I found out he was a bluenose I was astonished.

 

[AndyWolves]

The Cardiff home game stands out in my memory, it felt like I spent as much time watching their keeper piss about taking goal kicks than I did watching an actual football match.

When you're holding a slender lead and trying to waste injury time its one thing, when it's an obvious tactic employed for the majority of the game it's something completely different. As a spectacle it has to be boring as hell watching teams constantly wasting time.

I don't know what the answer is, maybe timers on dead ball situations (incl. thrown ins) or something?

 

[Walnut]

I watched the Arsenal vs Burnley game and noticed Pope was time wasting from the kickoff. Arteta was complaining about it, but that's not unusual from Burnley.

 

[BillyDee]

I don't know what the answer is, maybe timers on dead ball situations (incl. thrown ins) or something?

The solution is 30min halves and stopping the clock when not in play.
Unfortunately the 45min half is written in stone and will never be revised.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

There was a Stoke game at Molineux where Delap had 15 or so throws, and took around 30-60 seconds per throw.

That was ace.

 

[AndyWolves]

The solution is 30min halves and stopping the clock when not in play.
Unfortunately the 45min half is written in stone and will never be revised.

Yep, sorts the problem with "injuries" too.

Best change they could make IMHO

 

[sycophantia]

The solution is 30min halves and stopping the clock when not in play.
Unfortunately the 45min half is written in stone and will never be revised.

I'm not against this but it's not just the time lost, its also the constant stop, start destroys any momentum created.