New ball circulation and speed of game

[HIBS NUTS]

Obviously LJ has asked for more balls around the pitch, and for ball boys to circulate the ball quicker to the players.
This makes a huge difference to the pace of the game, i just wish it was in place for the Morton game.
The opposite can occur, if we want to waste time, retain some balls, and tell the ball boys to sit on their seats.
It’s home advantage after all.

[RMQ1967]

Obviously LJ has asked for more balls around the pitch, and for ball boys to circulate the ball quicker to the players.
This makes a huge difference to the pace of the game, i just wish it was in place for the Morton game.
The opposite can occur, if we want to waste time, retain some balls, and tell the ball boys to sit on their seats.
It’s home advantage after all.

Another positive for me. Slowing it down often comes back to bite the teams doing the time wasting and so I'd keep getting the ball back into play quickly and be confident about our ability to hold onto the the ball.

[Frazerbob]

St Johnstone removed half the spare balls and bollboys when they were trying to bore us all to death the other week.

[BoomtownHibees]

St Johnstone removed half the spare balls and bollboys when they were trying to bore us all to death the other week.

Same at Livi. There was a guy came out of the stand and told the ball boy behind the goal to roll his ball away under the office block in the corner

[DIXIHIBS]

Definitely a good idea to speed up our throw ins as they have been painfully slow for years. But we need to sort out the problem with 2 balls on the park when the other ball is thrown back by supporters. Its happening a lot. Refs will just stop play and order a retake. Hopefully fans will get into the habit of throwing it to the ball boys and not onto the pitch.

[SChibs]

Definitely a good idea to speed up our throw ins as they have been painfully slow for years. But we need to sort out the problem with 2 balls on the park when the other ball is thrown back by supporters. Its happening a lot. Refs will just stop play and order a retake. Hopefully fans will get into the habit of throwing it to the ball boys and not onto the pitch.

The ref doesn't need to stop play unless it is interfering with the game so shouldn't happen too often

[wookie70]

The ref doesn't need to stop play unless it is interfering with the game so shouldn't happen too often The ref should have stopped the game for two balls on the park against The Rangers. A Hibs player actually had to kick the ball out the way as he made his way to tackle his opponent. Shocking refereeing but I agree it shouldn't happen too often.

[CapitalGreen]

The ref should have stopped the game for two balls on the park against The Rangers. A Hibs player actually had to kick the ball out the way as he made his way to tackle his opponent. Shocking refereeing but I agree it shouldn't happen too often.

He didn’t have to kick it out, he could have just left it and played to the whistle.

[houstonhibbee]

I heard a commentator in an EPL game at the weekend say that the ballboys', irrespective of the score, have to treat both teams the same. That only applies in England obviously

[hibee-boys]

The Hibs ball boys have all had ‘training” for this season😎

[CentreLine]

The ref should have stopped the game for two balls on the park against The Rangers. A Hibs player actually had to kick the ball out the way as he made his way to tackle his opponent. Shocking refereeing but I agree it shouldn't happen too often.

Happily they changed the rule so that they only have to stop if the additional ball is interfering. They had to do something with the number of times fans held on to a ball then lobbed it back when play had restarted. Even players deliberately ensuring two balls were on the pitch to slow play down at times.

[Hibernian Verse]

I heard a commentator in an EPL game at the weekend say that the ballboys', irrespective of the score, have to treat both teams the same. That only applies in England obviously

They will be told to...but they're hardly going to give the ball back to the opponent quickly.