Ball in play

[BanosSwan]

Interesting who appears in the lowest table and who appears in the highest since 06/07 table...


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61342349

 

[K23]

interesting. I remember quite a few years ago wanting to watch a recording of a WC match which I wanted to see before another was starting but I didn't have the 90 odd minutes in which to do it so I used the 2x or 4x fast forward facility every time the ball went out of play or there was an injury stoppage and iirc I managed to watch the whole match in around 65 minutes.

 

[3swan]

interesting. I remember quite a few years ago wanting to watch a recording of a WC match which I wanted to see before another was starting but I didn't have the 90 odd minutes in which to do it so I used the 2x or 4x fast forward facility every time the ball went out of play or there was an injury stoppage and iirc I managed to watch the whole match in around 65 minutes.

Should we get nearly half our money back as we only get to see nearly half the playing time?

 

[JustJack]

Not so sure about this, I find watching a whole '90 minute' game a task these days, hypothetically, if that were to stretch another 30 mins then I don't think I could ever watch a game in its entirety.

Evening games would have to kickoff far earlier, we're talking at least 7.15pm and 3pm kickoffs would be lucky to finish before 5.30 I feel

I think the quality would decline as players are playing for longer aswell

 

[BLAZE]

Not so sure about this, I find watching a whole '90 minute' game a task these days, hypothetically, if that were to stretch another 30 mins then I don't think I could ever watch a game in its entirety.

Evening games would have to kickoff far earlier, we're talking at least 7.15pm and 3pm kickoffs would be lucky to finish before 5.30 I feel

I think the quality would decline as players are playing for longer aswell

The article advocates a 60 minute match with the clock paused whenever the ball is out of play. Kick off to final whistle would still be roughly 90 minutes give or take

 

[Glyn1]

Hmm.
So if the playing time v Forest was about 60 minutes. They had the ball for about 30% of that time, which is about 20 minutes, and in those 20 minutes scored 5 goals and had another 10 shots at least?

 

[JustJack]

Not so sure about this, I find watching a whole '90 minute' game a task these days, hypothetically, if that were to stretch another 30 mins then I don't think I could ever watch a game in its entirety.

Evening games would have to kickoff far earlier, we're talking at least 7.15pm and 3pm kickoffs would be lucky to finish before 5.30 I feel

I think the quality would decline as players are playing for longer aswell

The article advocates a 60 minute match with the clock paused whenever the ball is out of play. Kick off to final whistle would still be roughly 90 minutes give or take

Ahh I see, that makes sense because stopping the clock with a 90 minute duration would be unworkable