Should have been 20 minutes.
Wolves cynical timewasting that the ref was completely unable to control.
It will never happen but they should play on and allow physios freedom to come on to the pitch and attend to genuinely stricken players. Would stop fake injuries completely as no possible advantage to be gained.
Their number 5 received treatment four times I think and each time the ref just waved him straight back on. Ref should have forced him to stay off the pitch for longer.
Their number 5 received treatment four times I think and each time the ref just waved him straight back on. Ref should have forced him to stay off the pitch for longer.
Couldn't believe he didn't know the rules when he made him leave the pitch after Bissouma's foul, absolute basics. Thought he was hideously out of his depth and that shit with his mic was unbelievable, completely ruined the flow of the 2nd half.
The basics being what? He wasn't fouled by Biss, the foul was given for Biss' next challenge
They did it against Citeh but ultimately got rumbled. With a crap ref they simply got away with it.
Most of these suggestions to cut down on time wasting end up punishing a team if their player is genuinely injured, which should never be the case if they're on the receiving end of a foul.
I think the Wolves players took advantage of the ref's inexperience and exploited it to their advantage.
All that obsessing over his headset was a bit embarrassing for him to. I have reffed 200-300 games in my time and managed to do so without looking like somebody from a 1980s telephone exchange. He should have got both managers and captains to agree to continue without his headset and got on with it.
Having said that, we could still be playing now and still be goalless
Which he was booked for, yet the ref still made him leave the pitch after treatment.