Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
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Couldn't really decide where to put this, but I found an interesting nugget in the Guardian's live feed from last night:
'"I don’t think Utd would have scored if they played for another 90 minutes,” begins Samuel Campbell, “but that penalty took over four minutes to get sorted yet the referee doesn’t add on any more injury time? Seems a bit strange.” I could be very wrong, but I’m pretty sure Andre Marriner blew up for full time after United finally cleared the corner. Three elongated peeps. The clock was certainly over the allotted additional five minutes. If that is indeed the case, that’ll be why no additional time was tacked on after Mac Allister converted the penalty … and given what happened at the end of this fixture three years ago, there’s a weird narrative purity to it.'
Anyone any idea if that is what happened – effectively the same situation as the 2-3 defeat a few seasons ago? Also, it's a bit odd because MUFC kicked off after the pen, no? Or was that just a formality?
'"I don’t think Utd would have scored if they played for another 90 minutes,” begins Samuel Campbell, “but that penalty took over four minutes to get sorted yet the referee doesn’t add on any more injury time? Seems a bit strange.” I could be very wrong, but I’m pretty sure Andre Marriner blew up for full time after United finally cleared the corner. Three elongated peeps. The clock was certainly over the allotted additional five minutes. If that is indeed the case, that’ll be why no additional time was tacked on after Mac Allister converted the penalty … and given what happened at the end of this fixture three years ago, there’s a weird narrative purity to it.'
Anyone any idea if that is what happened – effectively the same situation as the 2-3 defeat a few seasons ago? Also, it's a bit odd because MUFC kicked off after the pen, no? Or was that just a formality?