What happened to the six-second rule?
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In football, goalkeepers have 6 seconds to get rid of the ball once it is in their hands. However, this rule is rarely enforced. Why?
Why was this rule brought in the first place? Have any goalkeepers been punished for holding on to the ball for too long?
Seb Stafford-Bloor explains, Alice Devine illustrates.
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Time wasting is the biggest problem in football. They’ve changed so much last few years, but done nothing to fix that. Average time with the ball in play is something like 55 minutes, ridiculous
This is why I didn't mind Florentino Perez's suggestion that games should be 60 minutes long with a stop-clock. It wouldn't reduce the time the ball is in play, as well as decentivizing time wasting
There's an opinion to make it 30x2 minutes, and the Time will stop if the ball is out of play. Just like in futsal
Var also hurting this. They seriously need to bring back an extra referee to specifically assist the main ref with var reviews, or explain to us why 3-4 guys in a desk can’t see a foul after 7 replays, give them more monitors???
Also the minimum stoppage being treated like maximum.
@@mike.n.n.7723 but we gain nothing by having 2x30 halves. We still just get 60 minutes.
I was thinking about this the other day, it’s annoying to watch a keeper hold the ball, waste time, and not get called
Let them have there moment
Last year, in the cup, we started counted from the stands. It was not a single time their keeper held it for less than 12 seconds after going 1-0 up. This rule is less relevant than filming rule.
Its annoying when your team is losing😴😂
@@Taeerom you watched one game in the stands and now you know what every other keeper does ? Keepers time wasting is extremely relevant atm, you’re comment on the other hand not so much
@@Netflix_Kingbob I think you need to brush up on your reading comprehension
Extend six seconds rule to 15 second rule and then implement it strictly.
You just can't expect a goalkeeper to make an aerial dive to catch the ball, land safely, check for a possible pattern of play and then play it to perfection, all within six seconds.
This. Come to an agreement on the time and apply it strictly. Swear some times it feels like eternity the time keepers take on ball; find it an inconvenience even for the team I support when I want them to attack lol
Lol the time starts after landing ofc, not during an aerial dive
Right, so the rule shouldn't be changed to benefit one position to the exclusion of the others (defenders).
They have plenty of time 6secs isn't that short.
That is a good argument... But generally, as a fan, I'd expect refs to punish time wasting more harshly in general. Dish out yellow cards... or second yellow cards, if applicable...
I loved it when, during a WC qualifier between Switzerland and NI, Jamal Lewis was sent off in the first half with two yellow cards for routinely taking 20+ seconds to throw in the ball (I believe the ref gave him two warnings before each card)... Time wasting can not be tackled, if players are not at risk of receiving cards, but as for goalkeepers, maybe give them a little more time (as for throw ins: 6 seconds from the moment, the player receives the ball at the touchline).
The day the 6 second rule was announced, I immediately thought it should be 10 seconds. As it happens, it was never meant to be applied strictly, and it's still not clear to me at what point the referee should start counting. I reckon 10 seconds is perfect when you start counting as the keeper has control and is able to get to his/her feet. Then, the rule can be implemented strictly and we'll have no more confusion and frustration.
6 seconds will sometimes not even be enough time to stand up after a save finding targets and giving it away. 10 seconds would be much better and easier to keep track of, I agree.
If you adopt the stance that it should start when they get to their feet, keepers will just lie on the ball for longer before getting up
agreed@@Chango98however that's not what I wrote
Snowflake!!
@@AndreasNV 10/15 sections from when they are deemed "in control" of the ball.
The only player I've ever seen make a deal of this was Zamora, used to put his hand in the air and count the seconds on his hand so everyone could see how long the keeper was taking and honestly felt like it made a difference
great idea. Totally would do that as an opponent if I felt like they were wasting time
Alan shearer practically turned into a referee. Managed to get Jääskeläinen booked once.
@@mwhittle91 it remains the only time a GK was booked in the Premier league for it...the time he held it for was 7.8seconds
@@TheDannyk93 now that's a great pub quiz fact.
@@TheDannyk93 I was going to comment something similar... I remember Jussi getting done for it up at Newcastle but wasn't sure if he was still the only one. David Ellery was the referee I think which says it all.
For a while after we (the fans) would start counting out loud whenever an opposition keeper was taking too long to try and get the same foul called for us. It never worked though.
Only positive of it not being enforced is it allowed us to see Alisson mocking pickford
Emi Martinez a particularly egregious offender against Burnley a few weeks back. Held on for 20+ seconds on a number of occasions. Really should be enforced more strictly
Look up naguel Guzman from tigres he is the king of time wasting
Pickford is so bad as well
His tendency to waste time is holding his knee, tbf he admitted he got knee problem but he so often use it make it frustrating to watch
@@josecastillo-lj7no especially in last merseyside derby
Damn burnley, what an amazing club that is fighting for the CL every season, how could he do that to them 💀💀💀💀
Pickford against Liverpool springs to mind when they held on for a 0-0 in the first 20 seconds of the game
The fact that Tifo used Alisson instead of Pickford in the thumbnail when Alisson literally did the timewasting as a protest to this is very unfortunate.
@@suddenlystarlit It's because liverpool are a big club that gets clicks, no one outside of england would recognise pickford
i was at that game lol, the booing was insane. Then when allison did it the crowd went crazy
@@startledgiraffe the keeper in the last Euro final? Yeah, ok mate. If you don't know who he is then you wouldn't be watching this video.
Pickford is the ultimate troll, winking at the camera while time-wasting lol
No idea how it’s taught in the rest of the world but the way I was taught it as a ref was that you only start counting AFTER the box is cleared of opposing players. After six seconds have passed, give the goalie a warning (like a gesture or a yell for them to hurry up), and if they still don’t release the ball (give them another 3 seconds or so) award the free kick.
But why is that? This isn't what is written on the rulebook
@@matheusbatistussi2879 idk. It’s just what we were told.
should also ban on-field treatment for play-acting “injuries”. If a player is rolling on the ground, supposedly injured for a slap or minor tackle, get off the pitch for treatment, let the team play with 10 men. Let’s see how many teams will persist with these time wasting tactics
It often happens that teams play with only ten players, because one is treated at the sideline.
Any “injured” player should get ten seconds to decide if he is ok to play without treatment. If he needs treatment, he needs to leave the field to get it before being allowed back on the field of play. If he is unable to leave the field on his own, the game is stopped and he is taken off the field permanently and must immediately be substituted
They can also stop the clock.
@@henkkoonstra4014 this is perfect, just stop to clock whenever the play is stopped
reminds me of Neymar, deserved an oscar award on the pitch
This rule is enforced in Mexico especially during the playoffs. GKs also get cited for taking too long on a goal kick.
Been ridiculous in the world cup . Keepers holding it for 20+ seconds, waving and pointing to then throw it on the floor
I’m still bitter about the refs calling this foul on Mcleod at the Olympics. And then following it with a handball pen when they shot at someone protecting their stomach in the wall.
Worst refereeing I've seen in a football match.
Terrible ref who in an earlier group game in the Olympics allowed the game to restart after halftime with 12 players on the pitch for one team. It took the manager of that team to notice and tell his own player to leave the pitch.
In the same game she also managed to get in the way so baldy that she chested a beautiful pass to a NZ player to put her through on goal.
How she was given such a prestigious game after being so terrible in the group stages will forever remain a mystery. I remember rocking up at OT for the semi and being aghast when I saw her. I'd assumed they would have given the whistle to a top ref like Steinhaus or Palmqvist. Baffling.
As a Canadian, thank you for bringing up that 6-second call from the 2012 Olympics, it was clear that the ref was trying to hand the US the game, I remember when that call was made, almost no one was aware that the rule even existed, that's how rarely it gets called (I've yet to seen it be called any other time in over 25 years of watching football)...
Keepers get yellows at the end of games for time wasting all the time.
Everyone knows it exists.
Love the summation of all the goalkeeper rule changes in the video. These rules really have revolutionized the game. Goalkeepers are often as good with the ball at their feet as their outfield teammates are today. That wouldn’t be the case had all these rules not been installed. It’s a much better game because of it. Regarding the six second rule, perhaps after multiple warnings, a yellow card should be given followed by a drop-ball given to the goalkeeper, but not a free kick. Maybe the yellow card and drop-ball is the final warning before they then call a free kick on the next offense. I’m not sure if we should be making indirect free kicks from inside the 18 yard-box more common. They don’t seem appealing unless you like chaos.
Glad you covered this. I think FIFA really needs to address this. It’s never a good thing to have such a subjective rule. Either get rid of it or enforce it to the letter of the law. I don’t think there should be any ambiguity in the game.
i mainly knew it was still technically a rule because of the number 6 that appears in the corner of the screen in fifa if you hang on to the ball for a few seconds
What happens if you exceed the time limit in FIFA? Will that earn your goalie a booking?
In PES the keeper simply kicks the ball automatically after a few seconds. You still won't that to happen, because those kicks are usually much worse than you can perform manually and more often than not end up right in your opponents feet.
@@lonestarr1490 no, the game just automatically kicks the ball for you if you exceed those seconds
@@afcsabin only video games make this rule strict lol
Great video! I also like to know what happened to the indirect free-kick inside the penalty box..
Finally! Was waiting on this. Football laws are weird, they're laws by name; leniency and subjective-ness applied on so many.
Football is full of VAGUE and ambiguous laws, either enforced inconsistently or not at all. How many times does the GK, standing close to the top of the 18 yd box, cross the line with the ball as he kicks it away? Many times! Never a call. There was a blatant foul throw in not called in a recent Aston Villa game, which led to a goal. Corner kicks are taken with the ball outside the arch and barely touching the line if at all.
It’s a sport. Put too much restrictions over it will definitely destroy the game. Don’t like time wasting, make sure your team wins. If not, too bad.
To be honest, that's true of a lot of laws. Only some laws are applied unfailingly. Think of all the times you see people committing driving offences near cops and the cops don't do anything. They're applying the law based on factors like situation, competing priorities, severity and so on. Football's not a lot different. I like the idea that it's a deterrent law, but you're not gonna get punished for holding onto the ball for 7-9 seconds. It's just there to stop you holding onto it for half a minute and genuinely wasting time.
@@dipthongthathongthongthong9691 Some laws are unclear but the two you mention are not. To clear up a couple vagaries, it doesn't matter if the keeper punts the ball outside the box, it only matters if the keeper possesses the ball with their hands in the box. If they drop the ball and the trajectory of the ball carries outside the box, it doesn't matter because it's not in their hands. The keeper could drop the ball inside the box and dribble outside of the box and there's no infraction. Outside of their own box, a keeper is just a "regular" player.
Secondly, the ball does not need to touch the line to be a legal placement. Inversely to how a goal is determined, it only matters that a portion of the ball is in the plane of the line. The surefire way to tell is to stand directly over the ball and if you can* see green, it's illegally placed and the AR can and should tell the player to replace the ball.
Edit: Meant to say "can" and I typed "can't". Fixed it.
@@ThisIsReMarkable I suppose my point was the powers that be have created ambiguity where there needn't be any. On corners, just make the player put the ball IN the little quarter circle and be done with it. Why would there be any need to consider allowing the ball to be "outside the area but still touching a fraction of the paint thus making it legal" ? Is there a measurable advantage to having the GK's foot contact the ball on a punt 1 yard outside the box? Why introduce the gray area in the first place? Just say, GKs have to be INSIDE the area when distributing the ball. Thrown-ins: you have to be behind the line. Well you can have one foot slightly over the line. But you can't lift your foot. But you can run 10+ yards in advance of where the ball actually went into touch but we'll never call that. They are all relatively inconsequential to the game but again, needless ambiguity, and in some cases inconsistently enforced.
Guys could you make a video focusing on the Referee such as selection, training and salary etc.. also, how this differs between league, and international nation and club competitions.
I remember in school playing football the opposition team would loudly count to 6 every time the keeper had the ball. Brought back a lot of memories I'd forgotten 😂
It's interesting that in junior football it can often be enforced very strictly, depending on the ref.
Admittedly, it makes no difference to the prevention of strategic time wasting if the keeper holds the ball for 6 or 7 seconds, but strict enforcement can actually make for a more fun game because it's more fast-paced. If at the cost of occasionally giving very harsh punishments for things that 99% of the time don't deserve punishment. And generally, as the skill level increases the keeper has defencemen or midfielders to reliably distribute the ball to, slowing the game down. But it is interesting what one small rule can do, even if it only applies in relatively unskilled play in junior soccer.
I love this kind of video, thank you!
I don't really buy how it's no longer a rule. If we don't want to penalise players for holding onto the ball for 6 seconds, make it a ten second rule and enforce it. It's not like timewasting isn't an issue.
I had the "4-step rule" called against me when I was a 7-year-old goalkeeper (circa 1980). I was so mad!
Ah. A bit disappointed that you didn't call out Pickford blatant time wasting since it 's Alisson on the thumbnail.
You should do a video on all the laws that have changed from a certain year ie the kick off changes etc
Thanks for posting this video one day after Pickford's 1min goal kick vs Germany
Please do a video on tactical adaptability and flexibility exploiting weaknesses and nullifying strengths like mourinho simeone etc
Love how the thumbnail was Alisson doing it when he was taking the mick out of Pickford for doing the same thing and taking longer in the FIRST HALF
There was a game I remember a good 10-15 years ago, Arsenal against Fulham. Vito Mannone was in goal for Arsenal and put on a clinic. He also wasted A LOT of time by himself to the extent that Bobby Zamora resorted to holding up 6 fingers to the referee as a reminder of said time limit.
This rule is a little bit like the goalkeepers on the line at penalties. I feel like if one referee consistently nit picked then they all would and you would see freekicks for this all the time (until it is cut out).
I remember David James getting called up on this against Arsenal years ago and Davor Suker scoring from the resulting in-direct free-kick. Can't remember for the life of me any other times that it's been enforced in the EPL though
You can't score directly from an indirect free kick though, so....uh, that's a strange situation..
@@Chzydawg he didn't say that. Are you blind or smth?
@@saptaccrvima3563 He literally did. "Suker scoring from the resulting in-direct freekick"
You can't score directly from an indirect free kick, the ball has to be passed before you can score.
@@Chzydawg show me where exactly it says he scored directly from an indirect freekick
@@Chzydawg so somebody passed Suker the ball
It wasn't too difficult to work out, was it?
One of Dion Dublin’s little tricks was to close down the opposition keeper and very visibly start counting on his finger tips. Always fun when he did it in front of the home end.
Thanks for doing this video. I've been saying this for years. Unbelievable what keepers' get away with.
I think it should be applied way more strictly, it would change the game so much and make way way more interesting.
for example: a corner kick is taken, and the goalkeeper gets the ball. Now, under the current state, the team that took this corner has to run back at their own field to defend, but if the rule were applied more, you could stay there and defend pressuring the keeper.
I think it would make the game way more dynamic
Guys I love the channel, I've been watching for ages, but please EQ out the low bass frequencies on your uploads, they sound horrible on a decent pair of studio monitors, radio broadcasts are mostly mid heavy but whoever does your audio is boosting the low frequencies way too high, it just gives this weird resonance in the low end that makes everything sound washed out and muddy. I've found reducing all frequencies below about 35k helps a lot.
As a ref, I enforce it pretty loosely but very consistently. Always before the game I tell the keeper and the coach about the 6 second rule so I know they are aware. Then whenever they pick it up in the game I'll begin counting in my head, once I get to 4 seconds I start counting out loud so they know it's time to get rid of it. Now I don't enforce 6 seconds on the dot at all. If by the time 6 seconds have passed, they've begun the process of punting or are clearly about to release the ball, I'll allow it. If not, it would probably take another solid 2 or 3 seconds past the 6 seconds for me to call it a foul.
One important addition to better understand the rule: We all have seen it, with only a couple of minutes to go goal keepers of teams that want time to pass by tend to fall on the ball after catching a cross or stopping a shot. And then just keep to the ground for many seconds before getting up again. Actually, the six seconds start to tick once they secured the ball and not after they finally got up.
I still think there should be two 35 minute halves with the clock only running when the ball is in play. Would solve time wasting instantly.
Not really. If you've seen any NFL football, you can instantly see how it's impossible to cleanly figure out when the clock should run and not. A keeper saving and holding a ball wouldn't stop the clock, for instance, making this kind of timewasting more powerful.
@@Taeerom injury’s, corner kicks, throw ins that’s when the time should be stopped.
@@Taeerom it could tick on for 6 seconds but then stop until he lets go of the ball
Issue with MIgnolet was that in the same game the opposition keeper also hit 20 seconds.
In the EPL there is longer than 20 a few times. Pickford was abusing it quite readily vs Liverpool.
But everyone praised the ref and shat on Migs anyway, including the LFC Fanbase, even tho the fact it's applied inconsistently is a massive problem.
It should be enforced ruthlessly. The amount of time the ball is in play is getting worse with each season. Football is turning into American football in terms of pacing. And starting to come down on these players who hold the ball, take too long on goalkicks, throwins and freekicks would at least lead to game play getting better without resorting to a stop clock.
I'll forever be against uncontested timewasting. Pass the ball back to your keeper from your opposition half is fine. Running the ball to the corner is fine. At least the opposition can contest it.
Mignolet was a terrible goalie though, he didn't inspire confidence. Remember when he let it roll out for a corner
'Football is turning into American football in terms of pacing. '
Commentator: 'And while the ball is out of play, here is a word from our sponsors'
Lost a NCAA league match off a six second call with 1 minute left. Still hurts.
At what level if you don’t mind me asking? D1, D2, D3?
I've counted most keepers holding the ball I've seen most times it's 6-10 depending what minute of the game but alot of time it goes to 30 seconds plus in most if not all games I've watched, the keeper at somepoint has the ball to cloes to 30 seconds
I've been considering if the rules was still in existence indeed 😀 good spot to remember about it. The game is so fast played now that we might loose the notion of time passing and 5 or 6 sec is nothing compared but some gk in fact seems to delay ball delivery on time - and i wonder if refs have consciousness of this as well 🤔
Just Play FIFA, then you still see the six seconds on the screen.
you dropped the ball (pun totally intended) by using Alisson for the thumbnail for this particular topic since he was doing it as payback for Pickford's own time-wasting.
I would love that after we now which country’s qualified you cpuld do the story of qualification series for 2022 World Cup, like how you did in 2018
Tim Melia vs Nashville SC last week got ridiculous, held the ball for 12+ seconds at least 7-8 times
Please, for the love of all that is good and holy, normalize your volume levels between the video and the end add-on about The Athletic. My ear drums can only take so much
need a to bring in a short clock like we have in the NRL, where they have 30 seconds to form the scrum, but bring it in for goal kicks, from the moment the ball is thrown back on to the pitch, the keeper should have 15 seconds to take the kick, and it should be taken from the side of play the ball went out on like corners
03:05 hah in Sweden the average time a keeper holds the ball is probably 20 seconds! Was one keeper who did get punished for holding the ball for too long and that long ago, he held it for 30 seconds
I was wondering about the video title because I was pretty sure the rule is still in place - and as the video states it indeed is still in place. I just wish that it would be enforced more to stop time wasting.
:o You finally answered my question! I have been wondering this for so long! 6 second rule is a lie and it's so frustrating :(
The thumbnail picture should be Jordan Pickford casually laying on the turf while holding the ball, with a smile on his face.
As an addendum, I always thought it made little sense and just complicated the rules more the backpassing clauses; I would just forbid goalkeepers to touch the ball in any special way if they receive a backpass. So they can only stop/hold the ball with arms and hands if it first touches an opponent, if it's a backpass they have to play it like a field player.
Another problem with the law is that time wasting (on a window as small as 6 seconds) is a relatively minor offense, while conceding an indirect free kick inside your own box is a massive punishment. Of course no ref would like to enforce such a call and possibly dramatically change the outcome of a game. A good amendment would be award a free kick on the edge of middle circle, allowing the opposition to freely swing it in front of the goal. That would be way more proportional
I mean a lot of penalties are minor offences that have no impact on realistic goal scoring opportunities.
well people said perez suggestion about 30x2 minutes with stop time if it's a dead ball situation. the problem is, goalkeeper handling the ball like this or specifically, pickford and alisson situation, that it was not a dead ball situation. so yeah it would reduce time wasting but will not resolve the six second that being address in this video
When are the sensible transfers series coming up for this season?
I'll always remember that semi final between the USA and Canada... still hurts
Gosh I remember that Mignolet one 😭
Wish they actually enforced this along with the back pass rule, which is really a “can’t pick up the ball with your hands if it was directly played to you via a teammate” rule
Love that Allison is the image were he mocks pickford for time wasting👌😂
In the 90s crowds used to count whilst goalies held the ball, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14... Never saw a Ref penaalise a keeper, but the counting may have put some pressure on.
Big Ben Burgess of Blackpool FC used to stand next to the keeper and stick his hand in the air counting the seconds on fingers, they never get pulled up on it.
The most annoying thing is: Football has quite a few rules, that just need to be applied, to become a better game. The 6-second rule, booking for arguing with the referee and booking for tactical fouls...
Whenever a decisive knock-out game could pick up speed, one of these things happen. But we are too scared that our star players get suspended, so "we" rather introduce the "Michael Ballack Rule" to protect them, instead of enforcing the rules, that would make the game more watchable...
I would remove stoppage time, there should be basketball like timing. Make the games shorter, but only pass the time when the ball is in play. So basically when keepers hold the ball stop the clock, when it's out, stop the clock, goal kick stop the clock. But also have time restrictions as to how much they have time to put the ball back in to the play.
I wish they could implement pure time in the overtime. So if you have 3 minutes left, you have actual 3 minutes of football. The clock stops if the ball is out of play. Because now, once the clock hit 90min, everyone on the winning team suddenly have cramps or pain and there are substitute that takes ages, throw in that takes a full minute to complete. etc. and rarely more time are added once the time limit are set.
I'm not saying pure time in the entire game, but the overtime is so short that time wasting there are insanly frustrating, even for the neutral fan.
this is what I wish we combat, its utterly frustrating and shameless
No such thing as overtime in this sport. It’s extra time.
Another rule that exists but is roundly ignored is the obstruction rule particularly thinking of when defenders prevent attackers getting to the ball as it is rolling out for a goalkick.
I’m curious where “goalie has the ball in hand, then clearly goes to ground on purpose” comes into play with this. I’m assuming to delay when the six seconds would theoretically start?
Finally, a video about goalkeepers dropping food on the ground during games!
This rule would make better sense if keepers had to take place kicks within 6 seconds of placing the ball. It could also be applied whenever the ball is being re-introduced into play. As another commenter mentioned, 10 seconds makes more sense. However, as we’ve seen goals scored in under 10 seconds, perhaps it should be 5 or 6 seconds.
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I think the huge potential penalty is the reason it's not being enforced. If the penalty was something like a free kick outside the box and a booking, it might actually see more use and consequently speed up the game significantly. Its more frequent use would then in turn act as a much bigger deterrent.
I was at the Canada vs USA game where it was randomly implemented once against McCleod, and the resulting debacle ruined one of the best games of footie I've ever seen live. Either implement it fairly across the board or scrap it.
I was thinking of this since the Copa America 2021 final, where the Argentinian goalkeper made about 2 mins time total just by holding the ball. Only on the second time! As a Brazilian, and as we were better in the match, it was pissing me off substantialy that the goal keeper could have the ball so much time.
Paying attention to this since then ive seen how many goalkeepers do this, and it pisses off a lot of people.
About the Copa America final, still congrats to Argentina, it was about time they starting winning tournaments again. 🇧🇷🤝🇦🇷
This, and not punishing foul throws, has been a pet peeve of mine for years. It's weird to me that some rules like offsides and handballs are taken to the crazy standards of minutia they are under VAR but some rules are just a bit flippant and vague. If refs at least enforced it slightly more often it would put a seed of doubt in the goalkeeper's mind and may make for a more exciting and flowing game with less time for teams to get in to their shape and more opportunities for space or mistakes on that turn over phase. Also could see a lot of keepers booting it straight out of play in a rush though so I guess that's why I'm not a football rule maker!
Still bitter about the 2012 Olympic semi-final. And the follow up penalty...
I think about this rule every single time a keeper has the ball, for some reason I remember the law being passed and it being a huge thing at the time... I remember thinking this is gonna be insane, but ever since I've watched keepers in every single game hold onto the ball for far longer than 6 seconds and nowt happens
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Please do the simulation rule next. No one is called for simulation anymore. From my understanding of the rule, if the referee is certain that there was no foul then it should be considered an offence
Or, in McLeod's case, it's a tool for USWNT fans who happen to be refereeing a game to give their team an advantage which ultimately won them the game. She had the ball in her hands for barely 1 second over the limit ffs.
I was thinking about this 😅
What happened to passing back to the keeper and free kicks being given in the box? You don’t see it anymore. I remember when Shearer would have a free kick 8 yards from goal and West Brom or someone would have 11 players on the line and he’d just absolutely lash it into the net.
increase it and enforce it
Imagine if they decrease it instead and then enforce it, ball is lava. Would be entertaining at least. 😆
@@hnaku8748 fast-paced football at its finest
It's like the 3-second rule in basketball. The referees do not count exactly 3 seconds. If they just notice a player staying a bit longer time in the shaded area, it will be then that they will call the violation.
I was a bit baffled by the title of this one since I was aware it is still on the books. Makes sense now I've watched the video.
I love the thumbnail
Also, what is the deal with indirect free kicks? In the Mignolet example, the player made a straight shot on goal and scored. Isn't that also against the rules?
To be fair, they have to think of the refs as well. I mean it's pretty hard for someone to start counting seconds every time a keeper gets the ball, and still keep an eye for everything else that's going on on the pitch.
It's pretty obvious when a keeper in time-wasting intentionally, so they should just leave it to the judgment of the ref.
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I remember getting called on this a week after the Canada and United States game. I generally believed the only reason I was called on it was because of the game a week before. Informative video though!
pickford against liverpool this year was EGREGIOUS
While it is not really going to work in a professional setting with significantly noisy crowds or arena's, i'd alway yellout a countdown from 6 as soon as I realised the opposition GK had start timewasting. It made the referee aware of it and once other team mates realised they'd start hounding the referee and in turn the opposition GK would not waste as much time.
That being said I'd amend the rule to 8 or 10 seconds and have it being strictly enforced, VAR can have their own "possession clock" similar to basketballs shot clock and once time expires the FK is given. Similar things should be implemented for corners, throw-ins, free kicks and penalties.
I only lasted 5 yesterday 😔😔
A double entendre if ever there was one.
sad
make it a 60 minute game, 30 minutes halfs and stop the clock whenever the ball isn't live
It's like being 3 seconds in the paint, very rarely called.
Make the punishment a throw-in from the closest point on the touchline, or a free-kick from the halfway line and it would be enforced. Seems like the same mental pressure that makes referees go weirdly dysfunctional around shoving in the box, giving away a penalty or indirect free kick is such a huge, game-changing decision that refs are reluctant to give it up for something that seems trivial. Also many younger fans don't even know what an indirect free kick is so maybe they're afraid of confusing everybody?
Tifo asking the right questions.
I still remembered last merseyside derby, when pickford hold the ball for god know how long and somehow the referee didnt punish him
The 6 second rule is more like 10-12 seconds, as no one is really complaining below that, also most of the time the count starts when the goalkeeper has the ball in hands and gets up from say a dive.
Pepe Reina, especially later in his Liverpool days, was awful for evading this. I also didn't realise it was as old as 1998.
Is it me or anyone else remembers this rule playing in legendary FIFA 07. They had a timer of 6 seconds on the corner of screen whenever GK recieved a ball. Good thing abt it is, if you dont do anything before the timer ends, the gk will punt it across the field automatically
I'm pretty sure that's still a feature of the FIFA games