[Football] Not giving the ball back to the opposition....

I remember the good times said:

Premier League reality started at Old Trafford season one. We had an injured player, genuine, but Man U refused to put the ball out. In the end we did but at the restart Man U kept the ball.
From then on I realised life was different in the Prem.

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Deadly Danson said:

I may have misremembered but wasn't that Knockaert who was injured? I seem to remember him being fine as he usually is after going down clutching one part of his body or another. Every team has a few who do it and we have our fair share. I have no problem with players carrying on. Simple rule change will stop all the nonsense - ref can call on the physio to attend the player whilst the game continues around them. 90% of the "injured" players will soon get up. If they are seriously injured the ref can stop the game.

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LamieRobertson said:

I'm more in favour of a drone with some sort of grabbing mechanism that can fly over and pick up the player and drop him at the side of the pitch

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DavidinSouthampton said:

It might need to be the size of a helicopter. A Chinook?

Playing on with one of those around might be a bit impractical.

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LamieRobertson said:

I'm more in favour of a drone with some sort of grabbing mechanism that can fly over and pick up the player and drop him at the side of the pitch

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Mellotron said:

It's really bizarre this idea that suddenly the players should become the referee. Why would they? They're a bit busy worrying about being in position, anticipating the ball etc.

What logic is there to it being their responsibility rather than the referee's?

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