FA, PL and League prepare to clamp down on dissent and abuse of officials

Premier League, EFL & FA introduce new player behaviour rules

I’ve gotta say, about time too. Players and managers will moan and whine about sendings-off for a while, but let them. They’ll just have to get used to it.

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Referees have always had the ability to book or send people off for foul and abusive language or for harrassing them, they just havent bothered. It has become commonplace. We could have a few 5 a side games if they enforce this properly!

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Good, as Fowllyd says the players will soon learn.

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Anyway if a team is reduced to below 7 men then the match is abandoned and the other side is awarded a 2-0 victory, have done it so many times on FIFA :lou_lol:

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Very true - dissent has been a bookable offence for as long as I can remember, but referees have got more and more lax over the years. I guess it’s hard to swim against the tide. An edict from the three governing bodies of English football will at least provide some backing for refs.

These things are often portrayed as rule changes, but they just about never are. It’s normally either a question of how existing rules are interpreted, or (as in this case) an instruction to enforce certain rules more or less strictly.

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It’s the constant shirt pulling (as opposed to lifting) that’s my main beef. If I wanted to watch rugby I’d go and watch a game advertised as a rugby match. Sometimes I think football clubs should be prosecuted under Trades Description…

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Nolan and Rooney are screwed

Originally posted by @CB-Saint

Nolan and Rooney are screwed

… but not as much as their parents were, when they first clapped eyes on them !!

My uncle got a life ban for decking a ref.

Afterward, he masqueraded “on paper” as my baby bro for a bit, 22 years his junior. Unsurprisingly he got rumbled.

The referees are under directive from FA and Premier League. You will notice a big change now, yes referees have had the ‘power’ to book players for all sorts of offences, but told how to use this ‘power’ to protect the brand that is the ‘Premier League’.

I for one will be showing this new directive from grass roots level, so we can get the next generation of players who respect not only the referee, but the opposition players, coaching staff and fans that pay blinking big money to watch them.

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think you’re going to be disappointed. The article i read only mentioned conduct towards officials. Nothing about cheating unfortunately. Hope i’m wrong as we’re rather good at corners and set pieces where so much shirt pulling goes on.

Feck me if they clamped down on that Smalling would never play again…acually

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Captains only allowed to speak to refs. Retrospective yellows for diving and shirt pulling. Easy.

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Thats the plan :lou_lol:

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Skrtel would be in some bother as well

So would Jose!

Originally posted by @Rallyboy

So would Jose!

I had the same though, but still think we would gain more than we lose. Imagine how many VVD would score if he wasn’t being dragged down at every corner.

Thought I resurrect this thread to include this evening’s Champions Leaue match Sevilla vs Leicester.

Sevilla win a pen…not disputed clear cut.

As the Sevilla player runs up to take the kick, Schmeichel advances a yard off his line and makes the save.

FIFA rules state: The defending goalkeeper must remain on his goal line, facing the kicker, between the goalposts until the ball has been kicked.

So what did the referee say to Schmeichel (he walked forward and said something to him) because it couldn’t have been outlining the rules of the game in regards to penalty taking.

Can anyone remember a goalkeeper adhereing to the rules as they stand and anyone remember a referee ordering a penalty to be retaken for this reason?

What is the point of these rules FFS.

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Are they sposed to be actually standing on the line when the ball is kick? I mean, you know, physically touching it? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a goalkeeper do that srs

You can move across the goal-line (side to side) but not advance forward off the line until the ball has been kicked.

Our resident referee should be along shortly to sort this out… Kevin!

Law 14 on FA website says the goalie has to stay on the line. That’s pretty clear.