This!I honestly don’t think we were going to score today if he added 30 minutes.
That said, it was terrible timekeeping. 4 substitution breaks, @ 30 seconds each, several knocks and delays, such as all the corner shenanigans.
I expected 6.
That always pisses me off. I don’t see how any ref can feel they’ve timed the stoppages so precisely that they can blow up with a good attack in progress. Either return to the old convention (Clive Thomas aside) of the ball being near the halfway line or rugby-style continue until the ball goes out of play.I was more annoyed he blew up mid-attack, couldn’t wait to give them the point they came for
Don’t think we’d have scored if it was 20 mins
Oh, we wouldn’t have scored if he’d added 300 minutes, but even so…
Thank god, I don’t think I could’ve sat through another second of that old shite.Really?
Saw him go over to the ref and gesticulate at him. Must have been deemed dissent.Why did Verbruggen get booked after the final whistle?
As far as I know the only official change is that 30 seconds is allowed after scoring a goal before time is added on but that obviously didn't apply today but there seems to be the suggestion that what we saw last season won't happen again. Which is nonsense. Just stop your watch when a player goes down, when a sub is made or when you spend 2 mins sorting out a corner - it really shouldn't be rocket science.Have they reduced it generally?
A couple of years ago we saw the emergence of 8, 10, 11 minutes added time. For the first time in history rules applied properly.
Then FIFPro and some whingers on nsc started screaming about player welfare.
Yeah this.I was more annoyed he blew up mid-attack, couldn’t wait to give them the point they came for
The bit that sticks in the mind is the corner that must have chewed up about 2 mins in the second half. From about 65-75 mins if was all very fragmented.No goals, no physio on the pitch…..not that unreasonable imo.
I actually liked the fact he blew up bang on - I HATE it when the ref waits for the ball to end up in a neutral midfield position - that's just wrong,!Yeah this.
3 minutes was a travesty, but to blow up mid attack bang on 3 minutes was ridiculous.