Brentford away Saturday 25th October 8pm

[Mark79]

Yeah was wondering on Saturday why we agreed to it. Knowing that being able to dry the ball would assist them with their long throws, while at the same time not being something that we make use of ourselves.

[Exiled_red]

There is no rule as to how long a throw in takes to take, but the towel thing needs both clubs to agree pre match to the potential use of them to dry the football for throw ins etc.

Interestingly the Championship banned the use of towels on the grounds they were being used for time wasting purposes ( Did not know about that until I did a Google search a few mins ago)

I read somewhere that that isn't the case in terms of agreements between clubs ahead of the game, but if it is why are we agreeing to it? It clearly suits teams who launch long throws, for short throws there is little advantage, if we (or any other club) don't really use long throws, not agreeing to allow use of towels is an easy way to reduce their impact

[Exiled_red]

Why is it not a yellow card for time wasting if they are taking a minute pee throw? If you are taking that long over a normal throw you are surely booked for time wasting?

[Buzzo]

There is no rule as to how long a throw in takes to take, but the towel thing needs both clubs to agree pre match to the potential use of them to dry the football for throw ins etc.

Interestingly the Championship banned the use of towels on the grounds they were being used for time wasting purposes ( Did not know about that until I did a Google search a few mins ago)

55 second average is taking the piss. That needs to change. Spending god knows how much on tickets to see 1 tenth of the game with people prepping a long throw. 8 seconds for keeper. 10 doable for a throw in.

[peterbread]

Between how little the ball is in play in games and the coverage on TV where they seem to spend more time on anything but the game it’s getting hard to watch sometimes. Why does the camera have to go to which ever player or coach the commentators are talking about when the game is happening or show 3 replays at different angles of every incident no matter if the ball is in play or not. I want to watch the game. Little extra rant there.

[Harv]

Definitely needs some sort of ruling. Getting the ball. A ****ing towel. Waiting for the ball to be dried. Waiting for guy to get his run up. 10 mins of the game just on that. Should be 10 seconds to take a throw otherwise it gets reversed.

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Yeah being able to dry the ball with a towel is a joke. Not only that, but waiting for the guy to get from one side of the pitch to the other as well.

I don't mind the tactic, if you can get an advantage from someone in your side being able to launch the ball into dangerous spots then go for it. But getting an advantage on being able to dry the ball and take your time to set up, wait for the guy to get to that side of the pitch etc etc, as though it's a free kick is a load of **** and needs to be stamped out. This **** is going to bog games down as more sides start doing it.

They've started clamping down of keepers taking all day to release the ball, I'd imagine this will start getting some focus at some stage. Generally the ref whistles for the player to get a move on on throw ins pretty quickly, so why's it any different if they're decision to take a long one.

[BG1973]

A dry ball is easier to strike than a wet ball so you should be able to dry the ball with a towell after every stop in play.

That would leave about 5 mins of actual football played and likely no goals so ironically soggy biscuit to decide a winner.

[Exiled_red]

Another thing about these long throws is are they checking that they aren't foul throws? Because I rarely see any of these called as foul throws but given how much more is involved getting both feet down in an appropriate place and releasing the ball at the appropriate point has to be more difficult when running at speed to take it, I just imagine there have to be errors even if they are practiced alot, but they all seem to get them right all the time which seems a little dubious to me...

[Harv]

They barely ever call foul throws these days unless its extremely obvious.

That Brentford dude was stepping over the line regularly

[Doc_Piptorious]

Why is it not a yellow card for time wasting if they are taking a minute pee throw? If you are taking that long over a normal throw you are surely booked for time wasting?

Unlike for goal kicks, there is no rule in place with regards to the time taking for throw ins.

Really should be something changed though so that once the ball is in the player's hands they have 8 or 10 seconds to take the throw in otherwise it is a foul against their team and a yellow card for the player.

[Scratch]

Unlike for goal kicks, there is no rule in place with regards to the time taking for throw ins.

Really should be something changed though so that once the ball is in the player's hands they have 8 or 10 seconds to take the throw in otherwise it is a foul against their team and a yellow card for the player.

It's a weird one tho....short throws they get the hurry up from the ref, but for long throws he's content to let the centre backs come forward, the ball get towel dried, the throw in taker waving people this way and it's all fine. And then he takes a short throw anyway.

I never really twigged during the game about how long each one took, but when you see that stat after the match that nearly 10 mins of the game passed by while waiting for 10 long throws, it does but it into stark focus and it definitely needs looking at.

Heck, stop the watch whilst he prepares and blow the whistle to restart play, that'll do for me.

[Exiled_red]

Unlike for goal kicks, there is no rule in place with regards to the time taking for throw ins.

Really should be something changed though so that once the ball is in the player's hands they have 8 or 10 seconds to take the throw in otherwise it is a foul against their team and a yellow card for the player.

I know that there is no rule as such but most yellow cards for time wasting go to players taking a long time over throw ins, (GKs for goalkicks is common too). I would be interested to know how long someone booked for timewasting at a throw took over the throw before the yellow card was produces, as I'd be surprised if it was longer than that...

[Paul12]

Corners can take a while too, as players lope their way up from the back, have a push and shove etc. Indeed, free kicks too. Maybe the rule should be that you need to take all these things within a certain quite short time limit unless you give the ref a signal which means you can take longer but every second will be added on at the end of the game.

And if you are looking to take the thing quickly and the opposition do not instantly retreat or let go of the ball, the opposition is penalised. Every time.

[Norbs]

One thing that's easy to outlaw is the one where another player picks the ball up and pretends they're going to take it before dropping it for the full back. All eats up time and an easy fix would be that the first player to touch the bal has to take the throw. That would make it simpler to calculate time taken.

[danperkins]

So we had to agree with Brentford pre game that towels for throw ins is ok?