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GrimRob
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I honestly don’t get what anyone’s problem is with this. It’s just formalising the process which already existed but was difficult to properly enforce?

You can probably go back through every match thread for the past 5 years and there’s someone moaning saying there wasn’t enough/was too much injury time. Premier League managers are the worst culprits, as always, as their cushy jobs depend on it.


I agree but the TV companies won't like it and therefore it WILL change as they as the real masters of the sport. Longer halves mean less opportunity to show adverts and, even worse, they don't know when the adverts are going to be as the injury time is a total unknown.


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Booked tickets for swindon away. With this new system I've booked the 6.53pm train out of Swindon, you can never be too sure!!
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I agree but the TV companies won't like it and therefore it WILL change as they as the real masters of the sport. Longer halves mean less opportunity to show adverts and, even worse, they don't know when the adverts are going to be as the injury time is a total unknown.


Injury time is a total unknown now, you can't factor it in beforehand.  All that's happening is there is more of it.  As a comparison it's no different to when games have previously had 10 minutes injury time in a half owing to a serious injury.  TV companies just adjust and will do less time analysing and interviewing to make space for the adverts.
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During and after the Columbia game, the pundits said a few words then said back after a short break. Rinse and repeat.  Totally disrupted any match analysis and continuity.
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They have opened a can of worms really. 5 subs inevitably lead to longer playing time. It's only a matter of time before more changes are made. I suspect stopping the clock and having 60 mins playing time must be tempting especially if they can squeeze 4 quarters in as it allows more advertising breaks and would be good for bladders and allow more money selling refreshments. That won't come in overnight but you may see a series of incremental changes leading to it. Cricket is slowly reinventing itself to suit the armchair punter, football may go down that road. I do wonder if we'll also see free-kick specialists who just come on for short periods, more like other sports. I can see the number of subs only going up and players being allowed to come on and off. With so much more being televised

next season at our level change is in the offing.


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