For the rules they are a changing

Bob Dylan warned us long ago. Change is inevitable. New rules for the 2025 -2026 season.

Reduced Goalkeeper Holding Time

Goalkeepers can lie down and waste time for a maximum of 8 seconds. During the final 5 seconds, referees will raise their arm to visibly count down. If a goalkeeper fails to release the ball within the time limit, the opposing team will be awarded a corner kick from the nearest corner. Repeated infractions by the same goalkeeper will result in a yellow card.

Only Captains can talk to the referee

Competitions may adopt a rule permitting only team captains to speak directly with the referee. All other players must keep their distance, promoting discipline and minimizing conflicts during matches. So Halaand can only do this next season if he’s the captain- and the other two guys have to keep schtum.

His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. “What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table – Samsa was a travelling salesman – and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice.