As I was wandering round my abode on Sunday, noting a happy wife and new couch (related incidences) drinking some home brew (new non-football activity), thinking about the money saved from my membership and beer spendage, looking at said new couch (more related incidences), taking a passing interest in the game, and you know what?
Bloody whistles. Every 3-5 seconds. Every 3-5 frickin seconds. Is there another game in the world which has the whistle blow to stop something happening, any more than this one does?
Take half the whistlers off the bloody field, and pay the ones left full time. Let a video ump pick up any infringements they couldn't see or get to. There's your free flowing footy, without 100 new rules.