i also have another fault with the game and its something that really annoys me. Why do we keep seeing these professional footballers take corners and freekicks and never beat the first man???? I used to take corners and it really isen't that hard.
I've often wondered why direct freekicks are quite frequently dreadful. Surely if you're paid to be a professional footballer, then you could spend enough time at training to master the art of placing the ball in the correct spot from a dead ball situation?
I'd like to see sin bins introduced for yellow cards, like in rugby. As the current system is, the team that is opposing the yellow carded player does not get the advantage they deserve, and in the case of suspensions for yellows, then a random team gets the benefit that should have been given to the other team. Bit tricky to explain, but I'm trying to say that with sin bins then the correct team gains the advantage from the foul play.
I'd like to see diving dealt with more harshly as well. The problem is that referees are too scared to book players for simulation because they'll look bad if they are wrong.
Another thing I'd like to see is managers being banned from criticising referees after matches. The referees don't get the opportunity to criticise the manager's tactics, so why should it work the other way around? I think football should penalise abuse of referees by players using the system in rugby. Any dissent is penalised by moving the freekick 10 yards further forwards, and possibly a yellow card. Only the captains would be allowed to speak to the referee on behalf of his players. This would hopefully increase the respect players have for the referee.
Final change I'd like to see is that if a player is injured, then they should immediately be taken off the field an play continued. More accurate time-keeping would ensure that the correct period of injury time would be added. Hopefully this would discourage feigning injuries. Or, as Lee said, stopping the clock when the ball is out of play (again a rule used in rugby) would work.