I dont disagree, but he doesnt put enough effort into playing, spends more time arguing with officials and opposing players.

He doesnt realise, this is why he never got that move to a bigger club in his prime, if he goes now on a free, he will be a bench player.

Rugby is an excellent example of common sense officiating, (at least at the elite level) open communication on decisions through the ref mic, clock stopped when the ball is out of play & very few contentious decisions ( of course you can always disagree on specific calls but nothing like the situation we face where after every game there are whole pages of managers, pundits, reporters & fans disagreeing with the referee or VAR calls -

On the time wasting, its always been a part of the game to a greater or lesser extent but with the amount of money in the game now (at that elite level) the prize for this kind of "gamesmanship" is so great that clubs / players will exploit it to the max - I have seen several articles where its being reported that "ball in play" times have now dropped below 60 minutes for the first time on a regular basis - the "ball in play" time will only continue to lower until the officials take action -

Put in a clock watcher in the VAR room & have illuminated displays in the top tier grounds showing the amount of "ball in play" time left in the game instead of burdening the match official with this duty - Make substitutions a specific recognised time add on (for example 30 seconds) to lower the opportunity for it to be used as a time wasting measure, for sure there needs to be some meat put on the bones but you get the drift.

No, nor do I. But there's one thing that could help in a very small way, namely, making goalkeepers take goal kicks on the side of the goal where the ball crossed the line. So many pick the ball up on one side and take a leisurely stroll to the other side. Over a match it might add a couple of minutes of in-play time - not very much, but it could be easily policed, and every little helps.

Some interesting figures about how long the ball is in play.

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Against Newcastle Guaita took an average of 63 secs for each of his goal kicks.

So over the course of the match he spent over 10 mins.

Quite insane really

It takes me over 2 hrs to drive home, I have no desire to return to my abode after 8 PM following an afternoon game and in the 'Dead of night' after an evening match !!!