sugar_kane
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It's been discussed a in various threads on this forum but I truly believe this could be the single biggest improvement that could be made to the game, reducing time wasting significantly and increasing fans enjoyment of the sport, ensuring that positive football is rewarded.
The average 'effective time in play' normally is 55 minutes in the Premier League, the idea would be that this would be set at 60 minutes rather than working to 90 + 'stoppage time' and every time the ball is out of play eg. set piece, player injured etc. the clock would stop and only resume once play restarts.
There's an article on the BBC below about it, which is fairly recent and has some interesting stats, but I've not heard much about a genuine desire from the football authorities to implement this. I can only see support for it from fans and teams (apart from maybe the shithouse ones who thrive on it...)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61342349
Some shocking stats in the above by the way, eg. the West Ham / Brentford game only clocking in at 41 minutes... and Stoke had four games under 45 minutes including one clocking in at 39 minutes. I'd be interested especially to see some of the stats for certain Champions League games, although the overall average is higher according to the BBC article it feels like some games are completely ruined by time wasting.
The average 'effective time in play' normally is 55 minutes in the Premier League, the idea would be that this would be set at 60 minutes rather than working to 90 + 'stoppage time' and every time the ball is out of play eg. set piece, player injured etc. the clock would stop and only resume once play restarts.
There's an article on the BBC below about it, which is fairly recent and has some interesting stats, but I've not heard much about a genuine desire from the football authorities to implement this. I can only see support for it from fans and teams (apart from maybe the shithouse ones who thrive on it...)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61342349
Some shocking stats in the above by the way, eg. the West Ham / Brentford game only clocking in at 41 minutes... and Stoke had four games under 45 minutes including one clocking in at 39 minutes. I'd be interested especially to see some of the stats for certain Champions League games, although the overall average is higher according to the BBC article it feels like some games are completely ruined by time wasting.