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IFAB Law Changes for 2025/26

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From a game-mangement point of view when we get to 9 and we don't blow what are the opposittion players going to do or say?
 
Kent Ref said:
From a game-mangement point of view when we get to 9 and we don't blow what are the opposittion players going to do or say?
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You only visually count down from 5 so they can't argue until you get to 0 from the 5 If you get to the end of the 5 and the keeper still has the ball or showing no sign of releasing penalise it.
 
My original point still stands - 99% of refs didn't enforce 6 seconds.

Are refs now going to make the effort for 2 more seconds? I doubt it.
 
Kent Ref said:
My original point still stands - 99% of refs didn't enforce 6 seconds.

Are refs now going to make the effort for 2 more seconds? I doubt it.
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Yes, for a couple of reasons. Firstly it will be enforced in the professional game so players will expect it to be enforced at lower levels. As we know, the 6 second law was never really enforced at senior levels ever since it relaxed the steps law (was it 8, 6 or 4 steps, I can’t remember?)

Secondly, referees universally hate attacking iDFKs in the penalty area. They are a nightmare to manage and most referees will do all they can to avoid them. Whereas they already give 10+ corners a game so no need to worry about awarding another one.
 
RustyRef said:
Firstly it will be enforced in the professional game so players will expect it to be enforced at lower levels. As we know, the 6 second law was never really enforced at senior levels ever since it relaxed the steps law (was it 8, 6 or 4 steps, I can’t remember?)
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I'll hold you to that 😀
 
I can already see the timer on MOTD/Sky Sports showing a ref has wrongly given a corner after 7.9 seconds/allowed a GK to hold the ball for 8.1 seconds after earlier penalising an opponent.
 
Refollie said:
I can already see the timer on MOTD/Sky Sports showing a ref has wrongly given a corner after 7.9 seconds/allowed a GK to hold the ball for 8.1 seconds after earlier penalising an opponent.
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That's what the media do. But officials (me included) only have themselves to blame for letting it get to this stage
 
Refollie said:
I can already see the timer on MOTD/Sky Sports showing a ref has wrongly given a corner after 7.9 seconds/allowed a GK to hold the ball for 8.1 seconds after earlier penalising an opponent.
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And thats where the messaging from the likes of Collina will help. Just make it clear it is roughly 8 seconds, on the basis that no one can manually estimate 8 seconds completely accurately. And that even if it is sometimes as much as 10 seconds that is still vastly better than the 30 seconds plus we sometimes see today.

In any case, they wouldn’t be able to use a timer as the referee deems when the keeper has the ball under control and is ready to release. So they’d have no idea when to start the timer.
 
RustyRef said:
How often have we seen new laws not followed to the letter? Granted they don’t always last, but I’d be very surprised if they aren’t enforced strictly in every senior game.
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Off the top of my head I can't think of any laws, as I can't remember a change as drastic as this. But when it comes to guidance (granted its different), that goes out the window after a week.
 
RustyRef said:
In any case, they wouldn’t be able to use a timer as the referee deems when the keeper has the ball under control and is ready to release. So they’d have no idea when to start the timer.
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Very true but I don’t think they’ll be fussed about that!
 
Runner Ref said:
Off the top of my head I can't think of any laws, as I can't remember a change as drastic as this. But when it comes to guidance (granted its different), that goes out the window after a week.
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Added time guidance in the EPL and EFL is still adhered to. Probably a bit less than when it first came out in but we still frequently see way more added time than we used to, or what is seen in other countries and competitions. Not uncommon to hit double figures in a half where there has been no significant injury.
 
Kent Ref said:
My original point still stands - 99% of refs didn't enforce 6 seconds.

Are refs now going to make the effort for 2 more seconds? I doubt it.
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And yet in all the trials, which involved hundreds of games across multiple different leagues, there was only instance of a referee not enforcing the rule. So in those games, it would appear compliance was better than 99%.
 
Peter Grove said:
And yet in all the trials, which involved hundreds of games across multiple different leagues, there was only instance of a referee not enforcing the rule. So in those games, it would appear compliance was better than 99%.
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But I don't think trials are a very good test or example. During trials, officials know they're under extra scrutiny to enforce it, so they will. Much like the first 4 weeks of a PL season when they say crowding of officials will equal cautions.

If theyre still enforcing it correctly in week 27, I'll agree with your point.
 
It's the same with a lot of these new laws / campaigns. It'll be hot topic to start with, and the occasional corner kick will be given on TV for all to see, but after a while it'll fizzle out just like the 6 secs rule, crowding refs etc. The countdown from 5 secs seems to me to be for TV purposes , not grassroots
 
Kent Ref said:
From a game-mangement point of view when we get to 9 and we don't blow what are the opposittion players going to do or say?
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If you get to 9 I'd be more concerned with your counting skills, seeing as we're counting down from 8 ;)
 
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