Anyone keep count of how many times Charlton went down "injured" last night, only to make miraculous recoveries.
The head injury they faked in their own box was the nadir but every other player seemed to have cramp every time the ball went out and at least two other occasions where we, rightfully, refused to stop play with a player down with a hair sprain.
I know the ref added 7 minutes but the net result was breaking up our play and frustrating players and fans alike, not to mention hundreds of fans who'd spent all night queuing nearly missing the last train back from London Bridge. And - guess what - it was exactly what Villa did.
It's beginning to look a lot like a deliberate tactic.
Can anything be done in addition to the much more rigorous additional time as seen in the World Cup? Any way faking injury can be dealt with by yellow card and / or free kick without encouraging even more play acting or endangering player safety, which still has to be paramount?
I'm struggling with this one.
The head injury they faked in their own box was the nadir but every other player seemed to have cramp every time the ball went out and at least two other occasions where we, rightfully, refused to stop play with a player down with a hair sprain.
I know the ref added 7 minutes but the net result was breaking up our play and frustrating players and fans alike, not to mention hundreds of fans who'd spent all night queuing nearly missing the last train back from London Bridge. And - guess what - it was exactly what Villa did.
It's beginning to look a lot like a deliberate tactic.
Can anything be done in addition to the much more rigorous additional time as seen in the World Cup? Any way faking injury can be dealt with by yellow card and / or free kick without encouraging even more play acting or endangering player safety, which still has to be paramount?
I'm struggling with this one.