- Aug 14, 2005
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I like the new, Subs going off at the nearest touchline rule. Players taking forever to get off the pitch, drives me mad. Not sure about the defensive handball though. That new rule has totally been brought in because of VAR imo.
The rest are fine, until they effect us negatively. At which point they'll be shit new rules, and suck.
I do not think this will fully deal with the issue. You will have players heading for the dug out and then the ref saying no you need to turn round and go to the other side. Just book the player if he takes more than 20 seconds. Stopping the clock will help but the real issue is that the idea behind time wasting is to disrupt the play to their advantage. By stopping the clock I could see the stoppage being even longer. If refs dealt with the issue properly by booking players then no need for changing the rules.