No need time off, half time break is enough already. LOL...

dude, you have to be in possession to call time.

TS voted Yes?
screw you

shouldnt change.. football is a tradition..

funny la time out?? what for? re-organize defend? experience players will just put the ball out of play for the team to re-organize. No need timeout la

Timeouts? Hell no! They will only slow down the game and make it more technical. I want to watch a free flowing football match, not a chess match.

Yeah, i second that... might as well introduced unlimited subs or maybe team A and team B so that can switch just like defence and offence...

emm..... it is a timeout just walk, beside american football have no problem, but then again they do have a VERY LARGE squad compared to football so they can field team A nad team B

Absolutely correct about the ref being more and more stupid these days... not so sure about the challenge thing though... do you really think the ref will change his mind even if it is wrong, hell even now when the fourth official is using videos to monitor the game the ref still makes stupid mistakes... i'm not so sure that he can even see his own mistakes....

all in all, timeout in football is rubbish..just rubbish.... the game is very good already as it is now...

Time outs means there gonna be lots of commercial breaks for those watching on TV... damn annoying.

don't think time out should be in football..
goal line technology ok lah..

That's the biggest Michael Bollocks of Germany to the game. I wouldnt wanna watch anything so "american" because they have 4 halves to just complete their aim of carrying a ball, running into each other, and to either run past a line or kick the ball over some bars. Roberto Carlos may like this idea (remember WC06 vs France)

i think when your team is 1-0 down, sure they get a virtual kick up their backsides. don't want time out, players and managers will abuse it. you can bring the ball to penalty area and call time out to strategize how to best maneuver in the box. kills the actions of the game.

when soccer players get too rough, they get yellow and red cards. so it's a bigger punishment than in america...

managers will abuse the time outs!

1 on 1, then the manager calls for a time out.

I voted no... too Americano for me....

no la. managers cannot call for timeout if their team in defense mode. offense only like NBA. well, it doesn't matter rite? time out will break the flow of the game.

if want time out, use it when the ball is out of the pitch, 30 seconds to discuss + walk off from the pitch & only once for each half. so the managers need to use is wisely

hehe, just my opinion only. i'm sure no one will agree with me.

just like wat lille did to man u game in de 1st leg...

IF they ever use time-out, they should make the time-out very short and including the time players take to walk to dugout. otherwise, all the players slowly walk only and make the game really boring.

If football have timeout, expect to see cheerleaders on the field.
Cheerleader wearing valencia attire makes me drool.Valencia miniskirts makes me drool.

No IF for a time out..Haha..It's a totally NO!

Voted no. I remember watching the superbowl for the first time, every 2 minutes commercial. And thats the last time I watch american football.

When you think about American sports you think about the creation of opportunities for sponsors to show commercials all the time. You also think about the word "entertainment". Football may indeed be moving in that direction, and I dread the day it comes. The reason for so many stoppages in American sports is so that sponsors get more airtime. Also, the sport has been packaged as an entertainment event. Look at the All-Star games were players enter the arena accompanied by lights, music and sometimes pyro. Then think about the performances by recording artistes. Look at the cheerleaders, the mascots, etc. Everything points towards entertainment. It is no longer just about the sport. It is all about attracting as many fans as possible and milking as much money from the sponsors as you can.