Players faking injury.

[Swanjaxs]

Yes, footballers can be pretty thick. You're expected not to let the team down, maybe it's taken a while to get your chance to impress, and sometimes that means missing months because you played on with a problem that might have lasted a few days. Kukharevych last season, for example. Brandon Cooper when on loan at Swindon. How many players do you see pull a hamstring and want to go back on, only to go down again next time they attempt a sprint? Fact is most players are playing through some pain most of the time, and knowing what needs treatment in the moment is difficult.

Timewasting existed but solving it means putting players at more risk, unfortunately.

Benda at QPR last season was another example, played on after going down and missed the rest of the campaign with a serious knee injury...

 

[CygnusX1]

Independent timekeeper and stopping the clock solves the entire issue.

I’m all for that

 

[bakajack]

How about a 10 second rule for throw-ins?
Go over and the throw reverts to the other side...

That would end Latibeaudiere's career!

 

[bakajack]

Yes, footballers can be pretty thick. You're expected not to let the team down, maybe it's taken a while to get your chance to impress, and sometimes that means missing months because you played on with a problem that might have lasted a few days. Kukharevych last season, for example. Brandon Cooper when on loan at Swindon. How many players do you see pull a hamstring and want to go back on, only to go down again next time they attempt a sprint? Fact is most players are playing through some pain most of the time, and knowing what needs treatment in the moment is difficult.

Timewasting existed but solving it means putting players at more risk, unfortunately.

Part of this is also the job of the sports science teams.
Its why I suspect we substituted Placheta after 65 mins, medical team probably told LW that he was only ready for an hour and so we pulled him even when he was having an excellent game. If he pulled something LW would have been rightly getting pelters for ignoring medical advice.