Stoppage time drama

Every single time, I’m left staring at the screen in disbelief when a ref calls for three measly minutes of stoppage time after we've already sat through six substitutions, seven different trips to the medical staff, and ten minutes of some goalie just punting the ball out of bounds to kill the clock. It feels like such a cheap excuse for bad officiating. Honestly, maybe they should just implement a strict mathematical formula. Every sub takes 30 seconds, every time a trainer runs on the field takes 30 seconds—which is probably an underestimate—and let's say every yellow or red card adds another 30. If that means the game goes ten minutes over, fine. Maybe then players would actually learn a bit of fair play.

I’m generally against using a running clock like they do in basketball, but this constant acting and unsportsmanlike behavior has to stop. It ruins the game and honestly just drives fans away. 🙂

Honestly, I’d be willing to run an experiment with timing adjustments, much like what they do in almost every other ball sport.

If they felt comfortable experimenting with kick-ins during that Junior World Cup, why couldn't they try something similar here?

We’ve been over this a thousand times already...

The bottom line is this: if they actually measured ball possession in minutes like they do in Italy, instead of using those stupid percentages just to make the stats look scary, 😲

we’d probably be looking at maybe 30 minutes of actual, real gameplay per match.🙄

But hey, Robbie says everything I just listed is already true, so whatever.

I guess Sean Nguyen4 might have a point there, actually.

1) - nimblemarlin17—why'd you change your handle?
2) nostalgia seeker — the sportsbook finally started up 😁

Who even is this?

Horatio Caine said:Sean Nguyen4, everything you just said is already true. 😁

I wouldn't go that far... As long as the folks in Dallas are happy, I guess. 🙄

nimblemarlin17 said:Who is it?

Okay, now I'm just confused... what's the point of cloning?! 😕 🙄

I guess we really are huge CSI fans...

Joseph Fisher2 said:I suppose I’m confused now... what was the point of the clone?! 😕 🙄

It seems we have quite the group of CSI fanatics here...

BIo has been banned from Various for 7 days. 🙂

The real legends get banned from the entire forum for life. 🙂😁

It honestly just gets under my skin when you see the referees playing favorites for certain teams—it happens far too often here in the States—and then, if that specific squad happens to stumble or lose, suddenly the officiating becomes incredibly heavy-handed and excessive...
this is particularly aggravating because we’re dealing with players who seem to barely move, practically lounging around on the field most of the time!🙄

perhaps if they picked up on the concept of "passive play" strategies
we might actually see some movement out of these "marathon runners" of ours!😁

Chloe Palmer2 :
BIo je banned from Various for 7 days. 🙂.

Real legends get banned from this whole site forever 🙂. 😁

Pfft. I’ve got a few nicknames like that floating around, but this one is my main. 😁.

Personally, I’m all for pausing the clock—provided we actually let the final play run its course. It would be incredibly foolish to call an intermission right in the middle of a scoring drive...

fadeddrifter26 said:I’m all for pausing the clock, but you’ve gotta let the final play finish. It would be ridiculous to kill the game right in the middle of an attack...

What a bunch of "solutions"...🙄

Either it's pure play like basketball or it stays the way it is now. These hybrid ideas? Impossible.

Honestly, if we’re just going to count goals scored during stoppage time as legitimate wins, then AC Milan and Juventus should probably just have a few of their titles stripped altogether.🤣

Honestly, can you guys even imagine what these players would look like if they actually had to play a full 90 minutes of high-intensity football? 😲

Anyone who’s ever stepped foot on a pitch knows exactly what I'm talking about (shout out to the guys over at the Getty 🤣 )

It’s ridiculous. Some of these guys are playing two matches a week and they can barely scrape through those. Expecting them to actually put in a solid 90-minute shift? Not happening. What grifone is saying might hold some water, but if we started implementing actual time-stopping... 🤣 half these games wouldn't even reach the final whistle. It isn't just being petty, 🙄 it's reality.

Just trim it down to two 30-minute sessions and call it a day. Problem solved. 😁

stormywolf39 said:Sure, just cut it down to two 30-minute sessions and call it a day. 😁

And what you end up with is...

... exactly the same mess we're dealing with right now. ☕

😁

True 😁 , but at least you can't steal the weather.