Delaying goal kicks ..

[Pembroke]

Can a Keeper still be booked for delaying a restart (goal kick) without five second countdown?

 

[one]

Can a Keeper still be booked for delaying a restart (goal kick) without five second countdown?

Yes the way see it. When there is compelling reasons (which stand out even with countdown), not just because he is being too slow. But why would you not use the countdown?

Example: keeper places the ball on the spot for the kick but then walks to it, picks it up and punts it to the next suburb.

OR, picks it up and walks to the other end of 6 yard box for no apparent reason, for the second time.

 

[socal lurker]

I wouldn’t caution the second one. It’s just a corner kick for taking too long. First one I can see—though it is more about disrespecting than the delay even if we’re written up as DR (Though I might just start counting on that—GK can scramble and look foolish if he wants. The games I do have spare balls so won’t really delay anything on the other teams CK.)

In the real world, I think the only DR caution on a GK (or TI) is after the count down when the player is delaying the other team’s CK (or TI).

 

[one]

I wouldn’t caution the second one. It’s just a corner kick for taking too long. First one I can see—though it is more about disrespecting than the delay even if we’re written up as DR (Though I might just start counting on that—GK can scramble and look foolish if he wants. The games I do have spare balls so won’t really delay anything on the other teams CK.)

In the real world, I think the only DR caution on a GK (or TI) is after the count down when the player is delaying the other team’s CK (or TI).

I think the OP question is can it be rather then would you? Fair enough if you don't but I would, especially after he moves it a second time, for a similar reason, as it would be obvious he is taking the pi55.

The OP is specific on "without five second countdown" so we are kind of limited here in terms of answers. From the strict wording of the law there would be no basis for a DR caution or for changing the restart to a corner kick. They both have the condition of countdown being up. But from a law intent, you can do either and should at least do one of them.

 

[Pembroke]

I think the OP question is can it be rather then would you? Fair enough if you don't but I would, especially after he moves it a second time, for a similar reason, as it would be obvious he is taking the pi55.

The OP is specific on "without five second countdown" so we are kind of limited here in terms of answers. From the strict wording of the law there would be no basis for a DR caution or for changing the restart to a corner kick. They both have the condition of countdown being up. But from a law intent, you can do either and should at least do one of them.

During the Bristol City Lincoln game the Lincoln Keeper was booked for delaying the goal kick. The Keeper was obviously time wasting and there was no countdown. Post booking the goal kick was then taken.

 

[one]

During the Bristol City Lincoln game the Lincoln Keeper was booked for delaying the goal kick. The Keeper was obviously time wasting and there was no countdown. Post booking the goal kick was then taken.

For me, this is bad refereeing and a mistake not doing the count down, but good recovery by cautioning the deliberate/obvious time wasting (or had he just changed to corner kick). Though technically may not be covered in law, the section about spirit of the law should cover it.

What I am assuming here is he forgot to do the countdown and realised it too late. And the time the keeper took was significantly longer than the time it would have take for a change of restart to corner kick had the referee not forgotten to do the countdown.