Yesterdays ref

[coluka]

Have they changed the rule where a player has to leave the field following a head injury?

I think they can be assessed on field and only need to leave the field if deemed to have suffered concussion or a risk by continuing on, if not concussed then its just treatment like any other. A keeper does not need to go off and wait the 30 seconds after treatment before being allowed back on, only outfield players.

Someone will correct me if i’m wrong

 

[Johngannonsunderpants]

Inconsistent as ever

 

[Scrote]

I think they can be assessed on field and only need to leave the field if deemed to have suffered concussion or a risk by continuing on, if not concussed then its just treatment like any other. A keeper does not need to go off and wait the 30 seconds after treatment before being allowed back on, only outfield players.

Someone will correct me if i’m wrong

It's just dumb law-making if that's the case.

If the ref stops the game for a player claiming to have a head-injury then that player should be obliged to go off for a concussion test of a least a couple of minutes.

 

[JesmondJ]

I thought the ref was weak, not addressing the constant fouling of Lath when receiving the ball. And the Linesman on the East side touchline....obviously already thinking about his half-time bovril and calling an offside when we had a really good break on, which was no-way offside.

 

[TheYorkshireTerrier]

Faked head injuries are really starting to p*ss me off. Especially when it’s keepers that are doing them as they can’t be forced to leave the pitch.

 

[Liamo]

Have they changed the rule where a player has to leave the field following a head injury?

Depends what you mean by "rule." It's never been part of the Laws of the Game. The laws only say that if medical personnel come on to treat an injury, the player must leave the field (with a couple of exceptions, such as goalkeepers). The nature of the injury doesn't matter.

Then there's the FA's concussion protocol (which is not a law or rule, just a guideline) which says that:

Footballers who sustain a suspected concussion, either during training or in a game, should immediately be removed from the pitch and not allowed to return until the appropriate treatment has been administered.

In this regard, it should be noted that not every head injury automatically falls into the category of "a suspected concussion."

 

[On The Bob]

I thought the referee in the main was okay - we’ve had a lot worse. I thought Silvera went over way too easy. A few fans were getting on the referees back but they were never free kicks.

Only a few things spring to mind for me. Late in the first half their blond central midfielder made a tackle which was a nailed on yellow. He didn’t give a card. Then 2 minutes later we caught them on the break and the same midfielder cynically brought down Rogers and then got a booking. It would have been a second yellow or would have meant he couldn’t make the challenge. Frustrating but I’m potentially nit picking.

The head injury annoyed me too. For me, it should be standard. If you go down with a head injury, it should be mandatory to go off. It’d make players thing twice before feigning them.

Lastly, Huddersfield wasted about 2 minutes minimum in stoppage time. None of it got added on. Just topped off a very frustrating game overall.

 

[uncle_rico]

Depends what you mean by "rule." It's never been part of the Laws of the Game. The laws only say that if medical personnel come on to treat an injury, the player must leave the field (with a couple of exceptions, such as goalkeepers). The nature of the injury doesn't matter.

Then there's the FA's concussion protocol (which is not a law or rule, just a guideline) which says that:



In this regard, it should be noted that not every head injury automatically falls into the category of "a suspected concussion."

Obviously I meant law, not sure there's need for pedantry this early.

 

[Liamo]

Obviously I meant law, not sure there's need for pedantry this early.

No, all I was meaning is that there is a law on injuries and then there is a protocol for concussions so depending on which one of the two you meant - the law or the protocol, there are different things to consider.