In January the International Football Association Board (Ifab) met in London. Ifab oversees the laws of the game and how they are administered, and its wish is to "create fairer conditions for both teams in terms of the amount of time available in a match".
Sixty-minute matches ?
Despite being a 90-minute sport, the amount of football played in a match falls a long way short of 90 minutes. Stoppage time was introduced in 1891 to allow officials to add on more time to compensate for unusual breaks in play.
Originally these were for long injury stoppages, but in recent years the added time took into account multiple substitutions, video assistant referee checks, elongated celebrations and deliberate time-wasting.
But two problems remain - only the referee knows when a match will end, and matches have differing durations of the ball being in play.
To combat this a number of high-profile figures - including Netherlands legend Marco van Basten, ex-Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg and former Arsenal chief David Dein - have suggested football becomes a 60-minute sport, with the clock stopping every time the ball is out of play.
This might suggest that less football would be played, but many matches see the ball in play for much less than 60 minutes. Playing time at the 2018 World Cup in Russia was between just 52 and 58 minutes.
A stop-clock is such a radical change that it is unlikely to be introduced in the near future, but the 2022 Qatar World Cup showcased ways in which more playing time could be allowed. Much more was added at the end of each half.
Wow. Watford. What a shambles. Looking for their 10th full-time Manager since September 2019.
Since Gracia was sacked just four months after taking the club to the 2019 FA Cup final, Quique Sanchez Flores, Nigel Pearson, Vladimir Ivic, Xisco Munoz, Claudio Ranieri, Roy Hodgson, Edwards and now Bilic have all had spells in charge.
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Congrats mate, one win from Wembley.
In January the International Football Association Board (Ifab) met in London. Ifab oversees the laws of the game and how they are administered, and its wish is to "create fairer conditions for both teams in terms of the amount of time available in a match".
Sixty-minute matches ?
Despite being a 90-minute sport, the amount of football played in a match falls a long way short of 90 minutes. Stoppage time was introduced in 1891 to allow officials to add on more time to compensate for unusual breaks in play.
Originally these were for long injury stoppages, but in recent years the added time took into account multiple substitutions, video assistant referee checks, elongated celebrations and deliberate time-wasting.
But two problems remain - only the referee knows when a match will end, and matches have differing durations of the ball being in play.
To combat this a number of high-profile figures - including Netherlands legend Marco van Basten, ex-Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg and former Arsenal chief David Dein - have suggested football becomes a 60-minute sport, with the clock stopping every time the ball is out of play.
This might suggest that less football would be played, but many matches see the ball in play for much less than 60 minutes. Playing time at the 2018 World Cup in Russia was between just 52 and 58 minutes.
A stop-clock is such a radical change that it is unlikely to be introduced in the near future, but the 2022 Qatar World Cup showcased ways in which more playing time could be allowed. Much more was added at the end of each half.
Ha, very good, & vey well deserved.
World class when you are 2-0 up. Goes missing when you are 2-0 down.
Loved the way the ManUre Manager immediately blamed his players for "failing to stick to the plan". As opposed to having the wrong plan, obviously.
Compare/contrast with Moyes, who was honest enough at the weekend to say it was his fault first, and his players 2nd.
Since Gracia was sacked just four months after taking the club to the 2019 FA Cup final, Quique Sanchez Flores, Nigel Pearson, Vladimir Ivic, Xisco Munoz, Claudio Ranieri, Roy Hodgson, Edwards and now Bilic have all had spells in charge.