Pete the Jakey Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 One of the things I found refreshing about the World Cup was the unprecedented injury time allowance, not just at full time but at half time. I think this caught the media off guard as it meant programming schedules were often delayed. Personally I thought it was brilliant as it offered much more game time and therefore value to matches. I was disappointed it doesn't seem to have carried over into domestic football. At the last Ross County home game on Tuesday night we played Hibs which saw a game ending injury to Kevin Nisbet as well as 7 other subs. The injury time was 3 minutes... So my question is should refs across the SPFL take injury time more seriously? Should we have a "stop the clock" rule like rugby? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 3 minutes ago, Pete the Jakey said: One of the things I found refreshing about the World Cup was the unprecedented injury time allowance, not just at full time but at half time. I think this caught the media off guard as it meant programming schedules were often delayed. Personally I thought it was brilliant as it offered much more game time and therefore value to matches. I was disappointed it doesn't seem to have carried over into domestic football. At the last Ross County home game on Tuesday night we played Hibs which saw a game ending injury to Kevin Nisbet as well as 7 other subs. The injury time was 3 minutes... So my question is should refs across the SPFL take injury time more seriously? Should we have a "stop the clock" rule like rugby? No. Who wants to prolong a game by 15-20 minutes so we can watch players being treated for injury etc? Also, folk like to know within reason when games will finish to make plans etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Pete the Jakey said: One of the things I found refreshing about the World Cup was the unprecedented injury time allowance, not just at full time but at half time. I think this caught the media off guard as it meant programming schedules were often delayed. Personally I thought it was brilliant as it offered much more game time and therefore value to matches. I was disappointed it doesn't seem to have carried over into domestic football. At the last Ross County home game on Tuesday night we played Hibs which saw a game ending injury to Kevin Nisbet as well as 7 other subs. The injury time was 3 minutes... So my question is should refs across the SPFL take injury time more seriously? Should we have a "stop the clock" rule like rugby? Lead rangers 2-1 in the 89th minute and it’ll happen. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Pete the Jakey said: One of the things I found refreshing about the World Cup was the unprecedented injury time allowance, not just at full time but at half time. I think this caught the media off guard as it meant programming schedules were often delayed. Personally I thought it was brilliant as it offered much more game time and therefore value to matches. I was disappointed it doesn't seem to have carried over into domestic football. At the last Ross County home game on Tuesday night we played Hibs which saw a game ending injury to Kevin Nisbet as well as 7 other subs. The injury time was 3 minutes... So my question is should refs across the SPFL take injury time more seriously? Should we have a "stop the clock" rule like rugby? I agree, I thought the World Cup was refreshing in the amount of added time was given. I am sure they said the ball was in play something stupid like an average of 55 mins in a typical game. As a fan, I want to watch as much football as possible, or get the most for my money at least. Anything they can do that increases that is good for me. As for stop clock, I'm pretty sceptical about it on the basis that not all teams have scoreboards that keep the time. At least watching the game now you know there are 45 mins then you get the added time by the 4th official / announcer. Adding stop clock means lots of fans wouldnt really know how much time was left and would be left in limbo a bit, which I dont like. If they could find a way to keep fans effortlessly in the know, then all for trying it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: Lead rangers 2-1 in the 89th minute and it’ll happen. That’s informally known as Arfield-time. My favourite kind of time, actually. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkay Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Dig a hole dig a hole dig a hole. Seriously, there should be holes to throw injured players into so the game can continue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Stiles Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 No. Refs should be clamping down on the playacting/cheating that creates the added time so it's not needed. Mind you it'll go down well here. Gives the bigots and their 5 multi-million pound & internationalist subs longer to break down the diddies if the need arises. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor1874 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Not going to lie, I actually thought Scottish refs had taken a bit of a leaf out that book since the restart. Feel like every game I've been to post-WC has had at least 1 half with abnormally long injury time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedomFarter Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Livi v Killie had 6 minutes of second half added time last Saturday. That's the first match I've been at post-WC that's had more than the previously "accepted" upper limit of 4 minutes. So I don't think there's been much movement on this other than a bit less spectator outrage if more than 4 minutes are added. Officials probably were given more leeway by the WC example but don't seem to have wanted to use it. They've largely just stuck with the pre-WC norm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 My opinion on this depends whether we're chasing the game or trying to hold a lead. I do enjoy watching our players go down with cramp to delay a goal kick and think that there's a real skill to the brinkmanship required to take two minutes for a throw in. Other teams are cheating time wasting c***s and should be punished by having double added on. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Time wasting is a branch of shithouseing and therefor funny. I'd be sad to see it go. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 So what if the ball is in play for only 55 minutes? Do we think this is a new thing? Were there halcyon days of football that consisted of 90 minutes of actual play? Of course not. Perhaps the 90 minute game time takes account for how long the ball is in play for already. I can see the adding on of 10 minutes of injury time benefiting only the top sides. It'll be harder to shitfest a draw or win against one of the top sides as it is. It's getting harder still with them being able to bring on 5 subs, never mind giving them an extra 10 minutes or so to crack a tiring opposition. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Ball-in-play time is another one of these invented problems that some mad geeks have suddenly decided is a problem football desperately needs to solve. I wish these c***s would just stop it and leave fitba alone. Has nobody learned from the VAR catastrophe? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Just now, VincentGuerin said: Ball-in-play time is another one of these invented problems that some mad geeks have suddenly decided is a problem football desperately needs to solve. I wish these c***s would just stop it and leave fitba alone. Has nobody learned from the VAR catastrophe? Americans is your answer here. Can't have this weird new sport everyone likes cutting into commercials. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 10 hours ago, Pete the Jakey said: One of the things I found refreshing about the World Cup was the unprecedented injury time allowance, not just at full time but at half time. I think this caught the media off guard as it meant programming schedules were often delayed. Personally I thought it was brilliant as it offered much more game time and therefore value to matches. I was disappointed it doesn't seem to have carried over into domestic football. At the last Ross County home game on Tuesday night we played Hibs which saw a game ending injury to Kevin Nisbet as well as 7 other subs. The injury time was 3 minutes... So my question is should refs across the SPFL take injury time more seriously? Should we have a "stop the clock" rule like rugby? Against St Mirren on Wednesday, there were 6 minutes added to the first half and 6 minutes added to the second half. Oh, and please change the thread title to “added time” it’s not “injury time”. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston_bud Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 There's definitely more being added on because of VAR but it's nothing like the world cup. For years I've been puzzled by how they work it out. A first half could see a goal, an injury, a sub and 1 minute goes up then the second half has little to no stoppage and we get 3 mins. I quite liked the longer stoppage time in the world cup but don't know if I'd want to see that being brought in as standard. I've seen us concede too many stoppage time goals over the years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Jakey Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, kingjoey said: Oh, and please change the thread title to “added time” it’s not “injury time”. What’s the difference? Surely it’s just a widely accepted colloquialism? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarHibee Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 12 hours ago, Pete the Jakey said: At the last Ross County home game on Tuesday night we played Hibs Mate, if I wanted value from these games, i'd pay them not to add any extra time on, including the initial 90 minutes. Bugger watching that for any longer than it needed to be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Jakey Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 Just now, StellarHibee said: Mate, if I wanted value from these games, i'd pay them not to add any extra time on, including the initial 90 minutes. Bugger watching that for any longer than it needed to be. Fair play 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 4 hours ago, velo army said: So what if the ball is in play for only 55 minutes? Do we think this is a new thing? Were there halcyon days of football that consisted of 90 minutes of actual play? Of course not. Perhaps the 90 minute game time takes account for how long the ball is in play for already. I can see the adding on of 10 minutes of injury time benefiting only the top sides. It'll be harder to shitfest a draw or win against one of the top sides as it is. It's getting harder still with them being able to bring on 5 subs, never mind giving them an extra 10 minutes or so to crack a tiring opposition. Agree with this, but can honestly see 60 minutes' play becoming what's required and timed by the 2030 World Cup. Including half time, matches will generally take well over 2 hours to complete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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