Should football introduce time-outs? – open thread

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Some of the world's best managers spent last weekend discussing ways to improve football and one of the main suggestions that emerged was the desire to introduce time-outs.

Fabio Capello, the Russia manager, and Juventus's Antonio Conte both said they would be in favour of time-outs during the eighth Dubai International Sports Conference.

Pep Guardiola was also in attendance and said that he would like to have more than seven players available to choose from on the substitutes' bench while Conte said on time-outs: "They would be nice things to have as, from the bench, it is difficult to communicate a message during the game. So a two-minute time-out would be useful for a manager.

Capello added that apart from the tactical advantages for coaches, the measure would bring health and commercial benefits."Time-outs to hydrate would leave players in better shape and would allow the clubs to get more revenue," the Italian said.

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