We don’t seem to do it
Except when it's our players it doesn't count.This head injury rule is ruining the game
We tried at sheff United we had Bridcutt down for a minute and the ref never stopped play just let them carry on.
Totally agree we had 85 minutes to put it right before they started with the fake injuries which we knew they would do as every other team would have done.
The way to stop it would be all head injuries need to go off the field for 2 minutes.
Fair point, prefer 5 mins then it would stop for sure
Seriously?
What if a player is genuinely injured and not feigning injury. Why should a genuinely injured player be punished by having to leave the field of play for 3 minutes?
The reason I’ve pretty much fallen out of love with football.
The daft thing in all this, is that everyone knows what's going on. Go down, break the game up, stop the momentum and regroup etc...Even more absurd, is the fact that last night Theo got a knock from a foul that brought their lad a yellow card and Theo's the one that had to go off the pitch leaving us to play with 10 for 30 seconds (or whatever). Totally backward thinking that's about as far from encouraging positive football as it can get.
It seriously needs addressing.
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think that thru Dav. There's plenty of players injured by bad fouls. Seems you are suggesting you can get away with a bad foul because the injured player will have to leave the pitch and then you'll get a numerical advantage for five or ten minutes. There isn't a straight forward answer.
Don't think stopping the clock would work. Firstly the ref would be adding time on anyway, and secondly teams fake injuries to disrupt the flow of the game, especially when your opponent is starting to get on top. Something needs doing though, and the removal for three minutes or whatever after the 'injury' seems the best approach. I think genuine head injuries are quite rare, (they were rare in the days of Brenner, Chopper McPhee et al , and some of the challenges then were murderous) In any case, if a player stays down and its genuine he SHOULD go off. Then he can be subbed.
Football should adopt he RU style HIA.
The thing is, if a player has a genuine head injury he should be properly examined by a doctor not just a physio.
but you can't set an amount of time!
I don't think you should put a time on it, if a lad has had a real smack on the head he should be properly examined if there are signs of concussion he stays off the pitch, if he's OK he returns. It's all about player safety.
Agree, but my point was to Dav that you can't set a time limit. Sure, it's frustrating when people feign injury to time waste but by doing what Dav suggests could well be punishing a team and player who requires genuine treatment and that treatment or assessment could last less than ten minutes. It's a very sticky wicket going down that route.
yes you did. That's why I referred to it.
Probably because we are not usually winning.
Yes I did.yes you did. That's why I referred to it.
because it's a grey area and if a player is truly[badly] injured then he'll be substituted. Time wasting is frustrating but it can be a hard call for a referee at the time to differentiate between a genuine injury and time wasting. As I said, think you're getting on a sticky wicket by having a time period. Especially when it comes to a case where a team could be a man down potentially through no fault of their own.
I agree it's a difficult position for the referee, the Sheffield goal keeper the other night was a perfect example, the Blackpool player literally walked into him in front of the ref and he feigned a head injury, the ref was actually stood next to him but I suppose to cover himself he had to play the game and call the physio who messed around for 5 or 6 minutes.Which is why it should be taken out of the referees hands, head injury off the pitch.
