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CAUC of a ref today, totally useless
Allowed Fulham to operate their time-wasting anti-football to absolute perfection.I think so
Yes please, I see no other solution. I'd even say if the keeper has the ball in his hands, then stop the clock. I don't understand why football refuses to learn from other sports.Today showed game needs to move to 30mins in ball halves, game stops whilst ball out of play. Today we’d still all be in the Amex
And it worked absolutely perfectly for Fulham today as it did for Villa in the 1st half of the season.The injury tactic is not just about time wasting - it is to disrupt the pattern of play of the opposition Which makes it all the more frustrating.
Thanks refSo this respect for referees and officials in general who are only human, the appalling culture we have in football towards, grassroots now needing bodycams etc….
….going well isn’t it?!!!!
Come on people, maybe we just lost a game of football and are in need of a scapegoat?
Exactly we play in a manner that leaves the opposition very little alternative.The injury tactic is not just about time wasting - it is to disrupt the pattern of play of the opposition Which makes it all the more frustrating.
The difference being that Oliver is probably the only ref that is good at his jobReally? No idea at all? Nip it in the bud early. Note Michael Oliver gave a yellow in the first half to Emerson for time wasting on Weds. It can be done.
The Qatar WC was brilliant on time, a game changer.Yes please, I see no other solution. I'd even say if the keeper has the ball in his hands, then stop the clock. I don't understand why football refuses to learn from other sports.
We definitely threw it away. So much control, a lot of chances. I'm sure it happened but I genuinely don't remember them being in our area apart from the goal.I know, however we wasted the first half ourselves and have long felt aggrieved by such time wasting antics going back seasons. Maybe we need to win ugly ourselves a bit more? Holding officials will protect us from etc is just naive. And believe it or not, Brighton have one games this way too. Every club does it.
We’re just feeling aggrieved because we lost and need someone to blame. Watch, I’ll get abuse for such that but if it helps people with short temperatures…
Definitely. Just play 14 minutes of injury time and yellow card players WHEN THEY START DOING IT not after 20 minutes of free hits and it stops in a weekend.The Qatar WC was brilliant on time, a game changer.
The moment English football resumed, the players through their powerful organisation said NO WAY, THAT’S NOT HAPPENING HERE, CITING WELFARE.
So were FIFA oblivious to player welfare in the WC?
The whole officiating side of things is a mess, and has been for a long time. This country is inept at resolving issues, from trains to aircraft carriers, we now accept the malaise hence I’ve no faith in standards improving. We’ll be having this conversation again in 5 years. Nothing will improve. Cheating, gamesmanship, time wasting…it’s been part of the game ever since I remember it being a particularly foreign ploy back in the 70s and 80s. As usual, we were just last to catch up but it’s been established for decades now.I just want refs to promote a flowing game and add on fair stoppage time.
Perhaps that's a cause by me.