Substitions very late on in a game (1 Viewer)

Sutty said:

Don't know about time lost/wasted, I'd imagine the effect is more to disrupt the flow of the game. Other team can't get momentum going, more time for your defence to get organised, 30 second breather, etc.

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Otis said:

Could be a perception amongst managers that the ref's aren't always accurate with their time keeping and therefore they could possibly get away with taking some time off the clock.

30 secs is supposed to be allocated for a substitution, but that doesn't mean that refs are alloting that time accurately though mind.

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Otis said:

Man City v Chelsea.

Mourinho makes 3 substitions late on in the game (82 mins, 92 mins, 94 mins). The commentator says of the last one, Chelsea making one final substitution trying to take some time off the clock.

Right, well as we all know, time shouldn't be taken off the clock should it. The watch is supposed to stop and not start again until play restarts.

Can understand teams making substitutions to disrupt things a little, take away the tempo and slow things down, but they should never be able to run time down by making substitions.

My question is therefore, does this actually happen or is it just commentator talk? Does a team making a substitution actually make any gain time wise in a match? If so, then surely that is down to the incompetence of the referee isn't it?

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6 Generations said:

i do not profess to be an expert on anything, but i understood it that a referee should allow 30 seconds for a substitution and 30 seconds for a goal. They just never do!!

As football in general has assumed more importance in terms of financial implication, i have advocated for sometime that as referees already have sufficient responsibilities, the time-keeping should be governed by another party, possibly the much under employed 4th official.

In my opinion the clock should be stopped on any occasion when the ball is not in play. It should be stopped in the same way adopted in both codes of rugby.

Until such time as the ball is 'in play', the clock should not start. This will reduce delayed throw-ins, goal-kicks, free-kicks and feigning of injury to 'eat up the clock' ( commentator speak). And, of course, regardless of how many late subs are introduced, there will be no wasted time.

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Sutty said:

Don't know about time lost/wasted, I'd imagine the effect is more to disrupt the flow of the game. Other team can't get momentum going, more time for your defence to get organised, 30 second breather, etc.

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