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If they were satisfactory then why have they changed constantly since then? Or do you suggest a return to those rules - no crossbar, you can catch the ball with your hands, no corners, no substitutions... Hell, the rules didnt even say that a game is 90 minutes, so what are you moaning about?

Good question... I dunno, 20 or 25 minutes effective time without a break in between (10x2 feels a bit jumpy)? Not a fact, just your opinion. In my opinion, being able to waste 45 minutes (which happened a lot in the Stoke days) preparing for a throw in or taking a very slow goal kick or...

60 minutes effective game time is not shortening the game. The ball is in play for 55 minutes on average. If you add 10 minutes of injury time rather than 5... how much of that will be wasted? Not like time wasting decreases the longer a game goes on. Injury time is often a psychological...

It is probably the future. Bit sad to lose the whole 90 min tradition but when timewasting is everywhere, throw ins and goal kicks take 30 seconds and free kicks over a minute, then it is pretty much the only sensible way to go.