Quote (PittaGod @ Jul 2 2014 08:38am)

The time doesn't stop in football (soccer) to enhance the fluidity of the game, it's been discussed time and time again, as well as the option to have a certain amount of 'timeouts'/challenges throughout games, as it's seen in the NFL.
Problem is that european football fans love the intensity you can get from a game where a team is chasing, where you aren't forced to wait second because the clock has to stop at certain times or the winning side is able to slow down the play of game by pausing the game.

In Europe game clocks goes up, not down, that's an american way of doing things and yea, it works really well for the kind of sports that you're playing, but it just wouldn't work in Europe due to the way things has been done historically.

And the last statement i've quoted makes absolutely no sense and just proves how much you actually pays attention to the game.
The added time is announced by the 4th official on the sideline, when it's announced the stadium announcer makes the announcement over the stadium speakers in order to tell the players as well as fans on the stadium about the time remaining.

Quote (Mangina @ Jul 2 2014 12:08pm)

I think he means the extra time should be continuously measured and therefore posted on the screen at all times.  So if a player gets injured it should start iterating when he goes down and once he's off the field and play resumes it would pause but still be displayed.  Not randomly chosen at the end of regulation.

Quote (casedizzle45 @ Jul 2 2014 01:57pm)

or better yet, the clock actually stops during play stoppages, and counts down instead of up like every other sport.

Quote (casedizzle45 @ Jul 2 2014 02:57pm)

or better yet, the clock actually stops during play stoppages, and counts down instead of up like every other sport.

Quote (casedizzle45 @ Jul 2 2014 11:57am)

or better yet, the clock actually stops during play stoppages, and counts down instead of up like every other sport.

Quote (stuartg85 @ Jul 2 2014 04:27pm)

yeah, a normal sport where running into a section of the field gets you 6 points, kicking sometimes gets you 3 and other times gets you 1

and soccer is the one with stupid rules...

Quote (theduds07 @ Jul 2 2014 04:25pm)

it's the same thing. just learn to do simple fucking math. durrr 37 minutes on the board- 45 in a half- 8 minutes left. anyone with half a brain does that math so instantaneously in their head that it's a nonfactor.

Quote (casedizzle45 @ Jul 2 2014 01:33pm)

It's not just a "section of the field" it's the section of the field your opposition is viciously defending. You wanna talk about rules? If the ball accidentally touches your hand in your end of the field, the other team gets a penalty kick which is pretty much an automatic goal. That goal could be the only goal scored in that game. So your whole team just lost and is out of the tournament because a guy kicked a ball at your hand.



lol no shit its not about doing math, it's about conducting a game the way it should be conducted. Everyone is aware of how much time is left, that was never my point at all.

Quote (casedizzle45 @ Jul 2 2014 03:33pm)

It's not just a "section of the field" it's the section of the field your opposition is viciously defending. You wanna talk about rules? If the ball accidentally touches your hand in your end of the field, the other team gets a penalty kick which is pretty much an automatic goal. That goal could be the only goal scored in that game. So your whole team just lost and is out of the tournament because a guy kicked a ball at your hand.



lol no shit its not about doing math, it's about conducting a game the way it should be conducted. Everyone is aware of how much time is left, that was never my point at all.