Stoppage time

[trueblue84]

The new stoppage time rules are in effect and we've already seen a Leeds equaliser in the 95th minute and an arsenal equaliser in the 101st minute. Is this a good thing or will it ruin football?

I personally think it has been done for sky because you'll get more late drama and it will ruin the game as you will have fewer upsets. I also think it will play a massive role in deciding our fate this season.

 

[summerisle]

The new stoppage time rules are in effect and we've already seen a Leeds equaliser in the 95th minute and an arsenal equaliser in the 101st minute. Is this a good thing or will it ruin football?

I personally think it has been done for sky because you'll get more late drama and it will ruin the game as you will have fewer upsets. I also think it will play a massive role in deciding our fate this season.

Teams with a better bench favoured again, who'd have thought it.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Should just stop the time when the games stopped.

Makes much more sense.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

It doesn't suit us at all, I'll tell you that much..

 

[MACCA75]

Doesn’t suit my nerves I know that.

 

[phil_t98]

will stop all the teams going down trying to waste time so can only be a good thing

 

[DanEFC92]

Look forward to every game when we are a goal ahead to have 10 minutes added on

 

[trueblue84]

Look forward to every game when we are a goal ahead to have 10 minutes added on

And Chelsea's bringing on 5 fresh £50m+ players on 80 minutes, with a team like Burnley having to hang on for another 25 minutes just to get any kind of result.

 

[brieverton]

Entirely another sop to the elite. As if advantages measured in hundreds of millions per season is not enough. Now we will have 100+ minute games as standard. Subs coming off the bench to score 99th minute winners will be worth more than the entire opposition XI in some cases.

 

[john jako]

It’s a great excuse for dyche to use though

 

[woomy]

All for it.
If we get 120min games then so be it. Its a 90 minute game that is played for about 55 minutes. Will hopefully get rid if time-wasting.
10 subs alone will take a good chunk of the time up.

 

[samcdavies94]

I think people massively misunderstand that 'time-wasting' is as much about disrupting the other team's momentum as it is about running down the clock.

I still think taking a little bit longer with a goal kick, for example, will do what it's intending to. And, similar to the swings in momentum when VAR was introduced, I think there will be a flurry of late goals for the first month or two and then the players will just get used to having to deal with the clock running to 100 mins.

 

[GoodisonRoadSupperBarWool]

Suppose it lets them with the biggest squads use all their players and give them match time. Good times eh

 

[roydo]

The new stoppage time rules are in effect and we've already seen a Leeds equaliser in the 95th minute and an arsenal equaliser in the 101st minute. Is this a good thing or will it ruin football?

I personally think it has been done for sky because you'll get more late drama and it will ruin the game as you will have fewer upsets. I also think it will play a massive role in deciding our fate this season.

Broadcasters hate long stoppage time; it knackers their ad time. See the last WC for evidence. The group games had the 10 plus minutes, the second the knockout (bigger audiences) games started, went back to 2 or 3 minutes.

 

[trueblue84]

Broadcasters hate long stoppage time; it knackers their ad time. See the last WC for evidence. The group games had the 10 plus minutes, the second the knockout (bigger audiences) games started, went back to 2 or 3 minutes.

I'm not sure sky/tnt will care too much. They are subscription based services and the ad revenue is still guaranteed, just later. They will extend the coverage to cater for it.