Technical fouls

[Neil Young]

I would like a referee to watch a wall which is constructed when a free kick is about to commence. I am sure that the wall moves at least a yard or two and I believe this should result in bookings to the offending parties and a warning of moving the ball 10 yards. That should stop it.

Also, if a player was to fall a bit easy or what is deemed as 'good forward play' the player should be booked right on the spot.

I don't know why they abandoned the rule about moving the ball forward ten yards if the wall encroaches. IIRC it was claimed players were deliberately encroaching when the original foul was quite near the box so the ball would be moved forward thus ensuring there wasn't enough space for a player to get the ball over the wall and down again quickly enough.

Surely the answer would be to move the wall back another ten yards and then allow the attacking team the option of placing the ball anywhere up to ten yards closer, on a straight line determined by the ref.

It would stop encroachment immediately.

[Reece]

That's a good shout that Neil

[PTP]

a few things that really seem to piss me and only me off - i don't know why put it winds me up

Walls at free kicks - the ref paces a rough 10 yds, then watches as the wall move two yards forward in tiny little steps

Players taking throw ins - walk down the line about 10 yds further than were the ball went out and throw it

free kicks being taking from the wrong place - i hat seeing say a defender being fouled right by the corner flag yet the free kick gets taken by the keeper on the edge of the box

[PTP]

I don't know why they abandoned the rule about moving the ball forward ten yards if the wall encroaches. IIRC it was claimed players were deliberately encroaching when the original foul was quite near the box so the ball would be moved forward thus ensuring there wasn't enough space for a player to get the ball over the wall and down again quickly enough.

Surely the answer would be to move the wall back another ten yards and then allow the attacking team the option of placing the ball anywhere up to ten yards closer, on a straight line determined by the ref.

It would stop encroachment immediately.

funny - i was talking about this the other day - i think you're right they stopped it as it was deemed players encroached(wtf is encroached did the fa make it up) as to disadvantage the free kick taker -


The idea of the ten yard rule or whatever it was, was going in the right place but it just needs some brains at the fa and and ref to implement it correctly

there is a simple soloution - if a free kick has been given, the team with the ball should have the advantage, so if encroaching enforced the 10 yd rule and in some circumstances took the advantage away from the team with the free kick - what do you do? - easy give the free kick taker the option, all the ref has today is say to the guy - "they are encroaching - do you want the 10 yards or you happy here" simple! the advantage is still with the free kick taker and he decides whether or not he wants to move forward.

The problem was the refs didn't have a clue and are too quick to blow there whistle, stamp the authority etc and enforce a rule - the defending teams were probably pissing themselves

[tommyg]

Would become a bit like Indoor Football where when your team commits 5 fouls the other get a shot on goal!