FIFA’s New Brutal Rules Will Cause Chaos! 🔴 | World Cup Daily #2

[00:00:00] 5 seconds to take a throw in, or it goes to the opposition. 5 seconds for a goal kick, or you can see the corner. And covering your mouth during an argument? That's a straight red card. FIFA is launching a brutal crackdown on time-wasting and player misconduct in this World Cup, and it is going to cause absolute chaos and we're all for it. Let's break down the brand new rules.

[00:00:32] Welcome back to FUT IN REVIEW, World Cup Daily, episode 2. Only a few days left until kickoff. My name is John, and today I'm joined by Neil. Welcome Neil. Hello everybody, nice to be on. Thank you for having me. It's good to have you. I'll introduce you in a moment. And I'm joined by Mr Blue himself, it's Graeme. Graeme, welcome. Thanks for having me back on. Welcome everybody to the No Short.

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[00:01:27] Last episode, we looked at the favorites and the dark horses. Today, we are getting into the actual pitch. Colina and the FIFA Refereean Committee have pushed through a set of brand new rules that completely rewrite how the game is officiated. If you don't know these rules, you are going to be incredibly confused from day one. So let's get to it. Graeme, for people that don't know you, before we start taking deep dive into the rules, can you introduce yourself to the new people listening? My name is Graeme, or Homer, on the Discord.

[00:01:56] I'm from Scotland, live in Northern Ireland, a massive Rangers fan. And that's pretty much it. Love Italian football more than pretty much any other football as well. That's a good thing to know, because we'll definitely take a deep dive into the Italian squad soon enough. And joining us is Neil. Neil, welcome. Let's say a little bit hi on who you are towards the new people. Hello, everybody.

[00:02:22] My name is Neil, or known as Bullseye, on the Discord for my apparently dart-throwing ability. There's a myth in that, I'm still sure. Yeah, same. Adamant FIFA player. I love the FIFA pod. My football knowledge in modern-day football, I'm going to be well-tested. I'll tell you the next few pods. I'm still living 20 years in the past when it comes to football knowledge, but I'll give it my best. It's going to be good. Graeme, did you see these new rules coming up, actually?

[00:02:52] Did you expect them? We knew that they were talking about integers and some new things, but what they've introduced, I wasn't expecting a few of it. So, interesting changes, but should make the game better, hopefully. Yeah, awesome. Well, let's just start with the single biggest frustration in modern football time. At least for me, that is definitely time-wasting. And FIFA has officially run out of patience, and we are also running out of patience with FIFA, but that's a different story.

[00:03:20] And they have introduced literal countdowns on the pitch. It starts to feel a little bit more like the NBA, for example. I think the referee is going to be watching the clock like a hawk, or we need a new, like, clockmaster VAR soon, but we'll see how that goes. Shall I just go through the rules, lay it on you guys, and you guys discuss? I know. All right. So, rule number one is the five-second throw-in countdown. If a player delays, or deliberately delays, restarting play from a throw-in,

[00:03:50] the referee starts counting, and if he hit five seconds, the throw-in is flipped and awarded to the opposition. This is basically what has happened with goal kicks now as well, right, Graeme? Yep. Both the goal kicks and the throw-ins have a five-second timer now. I think five seconds is maybe too short of a time. Maybe it's about to start with ten, seeing how that went, then cut down to five.

[00:04:18] Just because, obviously, once you get the ball, you've got to get into where the throw-ins might be taken. Then throw-ins are part of a set-pieces now, so everybody's got to be in position and ready. So, I reckon a few people might fall short of five seconds. From a time-wasting point of view, though, it should be a good thing. Time-wasting is a scourge. It's annoying when somebody gets a throw-in and they're like, oh, move to the position, rub the ball in their shirt or a towel,

[00:04:48] and then throw it to the next guy who does the same thing, and then he'll go forward about five yards. Then he's told to go back the five yards. Then he'll try again, and it becomes that whole pantomime in the circus of, like, just trying to get the ball thrown in from the right place. So, I think it's a good idea. I still think five seconds might catch some people out. Ten seconds might have been a good starting place, but...

[00:05:13] Yeah, I saw some comments going on this week saying that they would not like throw-ins to be seen as free kicks, basically. And therefore, five seconds will only allow the player that's close to the ball to actually do the throw-in, just to resume play. In reality, that could be the thing they're going for, but it's not a set rule that that player has to do it. I guess this is one of those rules where I am on par with you.

[00:05:42] I kind of like the idea, but it could be really awkward. What about you, Neil? I don't know. Was it the last World Cup where they decided they started adding on crazy amounts of injury time, didn't they? Like, half-time, ten minutes at first half, ten minutes in the second half. That took a bit of time to get used to. So, I'm assuming that is to sort of counter that and bring the stoppage time back down a bit.

[00:06:11] I personally don't really have a problem with the way the game is majorly played. I have a problem with people completely wasting time and the way people approach the game. But things like throw-ins, corners and stuff, teams take a bit of time to set up and do it. So, it's interesting to see how it's going to go. If the referees are going to be really struck with it or the players are going to get on board with it straight away, I can imagine.

[00:06:40] Nobody really wants to watch games with 20 bookings in a game either, do they, for stuff? Could the game just be ruined quickly because there's been somebody sent off in the first ten minutes because of not taking a throw in correctly or something? I don't know. It sounds a bit... Well, it doesn't say anything about yellow cards for this one. It's just if you don't throw it in within five seconds, the other thing gets a throw in. So, I guess... That sounds even worse. Well, it's better than yellow cards, I suppose, right? It's just... What are you going to do?

[00:07:11] It's an extension of the foul throw rule, basically. So, if you get two attempts to throw a ball in properly, if you do a foul throw, double-team gets it. So, it's just an extension of that rule that you know if you don't throw it in right, you lose the throwing. So, if you don't take it right and within the time frame, you lose it. So, it's merely an extension. If it promotes a free-flowing element to the game, then great.

[00:07:38] I fear footballers not being the most intelligent bodies out there might not be able to adapt it very quickly. I don't know. Well, that's going to be the thing. I'm much adept. I got a cool example about a different rule that's been implemented in this rules change set and that was very much penalized this week when a friendly between, I think, Japan and Iceland. We'll talk about that in a moment. But people will definitely need to get used to it.

[00:08:06] But it did have some good effects in that one. The second rule is sort of the same. But this time, we already had the rule where a keeper can only hold the ball in his hands for five seconds or six seconds, I think. This new rule says it's a five-second goal kick countdown. Don't say that ten times out loud, but it's a goal kick countdown. So if a goalkeeper's trying to run down the clock by stalling over a goal kick, the referee won't just book him. They will award a corner now for the opposing team. So imagine this.

[00:08:35] Your team is 1-0 up and in the 90-second minute, your keeper hesitates for six seconds and suddenly the ref points to the corner flag. Neil, I see your eyebrows moving when thinking about this one. Nah. I genuinely can't imagine it. So I think for me anyway, it's going to be a case of watch it and see what's going to come of it. But I just can't even imagine that. It just sounds... I don't know.

[00:09:05] It's how we are. I took it all. It's good that they're coming up with these ideas. Graeme, will people have referees to have the guts to blow in a massive game or this will just be completely inconsistent, you'd expect? That's the big thing. Well, the referees have the consistency or the fortune to stick to it. I think it's a bit severe given a corner, but what else can you do? But maybe an indirect free kick,

[00:09:35] then you're really punishing a team for that. Like I said, same with the throw-ins. I get where they're trying to clamp down on the whole time-wasting, getting the ball back into play and getting the game played. So it will stop the keepers that go, oh, I'll kick it from the left and then I'll go back. I'll clap my boots off the post to clear the dirt off my studs and then they go, oh, no, I need to take it from the right side actually. Repeat the feet. Arms up. Shout somebody to move this way.

[00:10:05] So hopefully it speeds the game up. But it's one of the things. Sounds good in theory. Practice will be another matter. It could end up in absolute chaos. So I don't know. Talking about chaos, the next one is going to be absolutely massive. And that's the one I saw happening this week already in the friendly match. It's a 10-second substitution rule. So when a player's number goes up,

[00:10:34] you've got exactly 10 seconds to leave the field at the nearest boundary line. And we already had the rule. You have to go out to the boundary line, but not exactly anyone. Everyone would take that rule in. But if you slander drag your feet to waste time, the substitution cannot enter the pitch for at least one minute at the next stoppage. So your team is forced to play with 10 men for a full minute if you are not fast enough.

[00:11:02] We did the maths just to make sure. Even if you're at the center of the pitch, that's 35 meters, you've got to go in 10 seconds. If you're a pro athlete, that should be easy manageable. And to make sure we... I said that with a very confident heart. I did try that this morning and even I could make it. So it is very much doable. Neil, what do you think? 10 seconds? Are we going to do the countdown in the full stadiums when people go substitution out?

[00:11:30] Given the World Cup is in America, Canada, they might probably be surprised. And all four stadiums. Fair enough. Yeah, but I wouldn't be surprised if they started doing countdowns on the big screen or something like that. But the way it's sounding, the way it's going, they'll try and Americanize it at all, by the sounds of it. It's not required, is it really? Let's be frank about it. Why do they don't think it's required? Players entitled to have a bit of a rest in the pitch. They actually shouldn't be expected to run 90 minutes full stop

[00:11:59] and not stop for a breather. If we're going to make a substitution, just add the minute on at the end. We've done that for so many years. I don't see the issue. Maybe that's just me. You're a part of people. I don't know. No, I think it could be a fair point. Graham, is taking the extra time from a substitution that it takes at the end not a better rule for this? Or is this a combination of? Well, they've tried that though, haven't they?

[00:12:28] If I throw in, sorry, a substitution takes too long, they add the time to the end of the game. And it's clearly, like you said, they added the rule of you have to leave from the clearest, the nearest point of the field and walk around. And it's still being sovereign navigated by teams. They'll still try and do anything to steal a couple of seconds. to slow down the game if they're winning. So,

[00:12:58] they've tried to be fair and give teams and players ways of keeping the game flowing without them wasting time. And it's not really worked. So, they went now down this way of further punishment. So, it is a bit harsh that you lose a player for a minute if your player won't come off within 10 seconds. But, if you don't follow the rules, there should be some sort of punishment. You can't just be rewarded for trying to ruin the game for everybody else. So, again,

[00:13:28] I think it's another one where it'll be interesting to see who's going to be the first ref to really step up and be the guy that goes, right, I'm going to punish you a minute now because that will come with a lot of kickback players. I think they all will do it. Like, from minute one, every referee that goes to the World Cup has been thoroughly briefed on these new rules and that they have to make sure they take accountability for it and implement them else they won't be

[00:13:58] refereeing much further in the tournament. Yeah, they should, but if it's like the 8th minute and the team's getting beat 4 now, are you really going to be that harsh on them and go or 10 seconds to get off here or I'm going to stop this guy coming on for a whole minute when the game's dead? Like, I can see some circumstances where it might not go as what's written as per the rules, but like I said, that whole time cheating

[00:14:28] like, oh, sub the guy that's at the further side of the pitch so he takes like 30 seconds to get off the pitch when he's done those across the whole field. So, it should in theory have a benefit for us as the viewing audience, but I think a whole minute is a bit of a harsh penalty. So, this happened this week when Japan played Iceland for the friendly. Iceland substituted

[00:14:57] in the 92nd minute, 90 minutes, something like that. No, it wasn't, no, I'm lying here, 84th minute, I think. 84th minute, they took a substitution and the player took long to be subbed off. So, that means Japan was actually, the players still had to go off. Japan was with one man extra for a whole minute and they actually scored from that. So, it sort of gave a good example how punishing this can be. And, to be fair, there is, like if you're close to the pitch, you can just step over the sideline and you're still

[00:15:26] out, right? So, there should be plenty of time to do it. But I think the biggest rule why Neil's extra time set doesn't do it all currently has to do with technical changes or managers taking the time during a substitution to put things better into place. And I'm a fault at that as well because what I do is I take one player out and tell him to take his time. Maybe even get a yellow card where I don't

[00:15:56] care too much. But if that allows me to talk to my tree center defenders to get their head back on straight, that's going to be so I call him in say to them be in form etc. But you can't do that if you just have 10 seconds anyways. So you take care of that as well. I think that's an added benefit for FIFA and a technical disadvantage. But we see that happen this week as well on the Champions League final. You take a player out and the manager starts talking to other players during the time they walk off and that's gone

[00:16:26] now as well. Like I said, I get where they're coming from. I like anything that tries to speed up a game. Gives us more, like I said, there's the viewing audience more football to watch because that's what we're obviously there for, not for time wasting or the dark arts. But I still think a whole minute is a bit harsh but we'll have to wait and see. Like you said, Japan and Iceland game was the perfect example where you get a double jeopardy basically. You're

[00:16:57] disadvantaged by being a man down and a goal down within that minute. But then, like I said, if it stops technically what the dark arts are cheating then it should be a good thing. So we just need to see how it goes. Yeah. Another similar rule is the one minute off-field treatment rule. We don't have to discuss that in depth. But basically, if a visual comes on the pitch to treat a player, the player must remain off the field for a full 60 seconds as well before being allowed back on.

[00:17:27] There are zero exceptions unless it's a goalkeeper or, and this is an important hiatus, if the opponent was booked for the fall. So the dying swan act in stoppage time is now officially dead. But if you actually got injured by a player that gives you a kick and he gets a yellow card for example, then it's fine. You can go off and you can go back in immediately as well. I think that's a golden addition because when I first got told these rules, someone says

[00:17:56] if you now get injured you can't go and then a red rule. No, that's not true. It's an important thing to note there. Neil, does this is anything you want to highlight or pay extra attention to or is it just fine? No, I can understand more than that one than any other ones. If somebody is going to try and fake an injury, then they'll be punished for it if they're getting taken off for a minute. I'd imagine the fans or their teammates won't be too displeased if they're trying to feign injury and punishes them for it when they're a man down for a minute when they're

[00:18:26] mounted on the pitch. That's a good one. I can get on board with that. Cool. Graeme, what if a player is generally hurt but physically can't sprint off the pitch in 10 seconds? Is the team going to be unfairly punished with 10 men just for having an injured player? Or do you think a referee would be like, okay, this makes sense, let's go. That's the only what I could see happening which doesn't make much sense. But then if they're taken off for the whole minute because they're hurt, should they're really going back

[00:18:56] on? No, but they can't go off the pitch in 10 seconds because they are hurt. So the first rule goes into line, they play with 10 men because he couldn't get off if I'm not on the ball here, my teammates are going to be punished. So there should be a bit of smartness going on where you go like,

[00:19:25] say if it's a centre back, then they say to the right back or a centre mid, you drop in, cover me and I'll stay further out here so that as soon as I can get off for a sub, then I'm off the pitch and we can get somebody else on and the team can continue at full strength. So there's a lot of positives but there is a few negatives that come with all these changes and I think like Neil pointed on here, as a teammate you would be really annoyed if you're winning one now it's the last couple minutes and

[00:19:56] somebody's lax or slow cost you a whole minute without another teammate on the pitch when you try to battle a win say it's like the semi-final you would be livid so you would expect your teammates will switch on a little bit they'll be a bit smarter they'll be off the pitch for 10 seconds it's true though but now everyone is trained to take their time going off when they are in the lead now they got a rush off so I can see some mistakes happening there

[00:20:26] where maybe they're still in their old habits but I agree this could be a tremendous update for the rules and for the pace it could be much more fun to watch because honestly the Champions League final was a good example of some of the poor things I see every week in football honestly so I think there's plenty of examples from that that don't work anymore the rule that's already causing the most controversy online though players covering their mouth

[00:20:55] Neil you can't cover your mouth during a podcast but we see it constantly on the pitch players putting their hands on the shirts he's covering the mouth now over their mouths during an argument to hide what they're saying from cameras and lip readers and that stops now because if a player sees a player cover the mound in a confrontational situation with an opponent and the term is to conceal abuse of discriminatory language it's a straight red card Collina actually said if it's a friendly chat go ahead in a confrontation hiding your mound

[00:21:25] means you have something terrible to hide and this was pushed through after massive incident in the Champions League between Christiana and Vinicius Junior well Graham this is I think this is really good and I don't see much exceptions I think what Colina says might be right or am I missing something oh it's a good change to be honest I don't think you should be covering your mouth in any instance whether it's friendly or not

[00:21:55] friendly if you're not seeing anything that's anything other than pleasantry or informative to anybody on the pitch why do you need to cover your mouth but I know somebody will say oh but what if you're trying to pass on a tactical instruction like most teams have code words and the code words are known so nobody shout you're not allowed to shout oh it's minds if the balls in the coming every team has a code word and everybody knows that code word because once you hear it once or twice

[00:22:25] in the game you know exactly what it is so I don't think there's any need or any reason for you to cover your mouth so I think it could be extended to any situation where you cover your mouth but when it is a controversial flip moment like the one in the Champions League yeah send them off because why are they hiding in their mouth other than to be something negative in the game so a good change fair enough Neil last one is for

[00:23:23] you my I think VAR should review yellows personally because there's a lot of rubbish yellows especially if you make a challenge in the first five minutes and you get a very harsh yellow card for it that's true for the rest of the game you're in trouble so I think VAR should depends how quickly these guys can review it some of these VAR stuff can take ages some can take really quick but I'd imagine they're looking at it and say it's a booking no it's not a booking I think they should just review all cards personally

[00:23:53] why not I agree I think second yellow especially has too much of an impact on the game right yeah because the second yellow people are trying to get you sent honestly my opinion I would love to have everyone else opinion in the comments below this episode on YouTube or on socials I think most of these are from a good point of view it's all has to do with implementation and my biggest concern is

[00:24:22] that it actually works like we've seen before with world championships having new rules but they won't be implemented in competitions or implemented differently across leagues after World Cup which is even more annoying so but let's come back during this topic during the rest of the week weeks of football in the next couple of days and weeks there are lots

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