[Albion] Three minutes added time

[kevo]

What I find strange is that they can introduce VAR to make decisions more 'objective' but they are incapable of introducing technology that times the length of a match correctly.

 

[METALMICKY]

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.

This!

 

[A1X]

I was more annoyed he blew up mid-attack, couldn’t wait to give them the point they came for

 

[Meade's Ball]

I feel for Ipswich and their floored players. I'm surprised any could walk off of the pitch with the endless clubbing we gave them. Brave little tearaways.

 

[Cheggers]

Burns spent 20 minutes rolling around on the ground alone. He seemed to faint every time someone got within 10 metres of him.

 

[Zeberdi]

Frankly I had enough after 93 minutes.

 

[trueblue]

I was more annoyed he blew up mid-attack, couldn’t wait to give them the point they came for

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.

 

[Triggaaar]

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…

After the game I was expecting some 'we wouldn't score if we'd played all night' type posts, but the truth is you never know. It's not like we weren't creating chances, and we've scored last minute winners before.

So in conclusion, if the ref had correctly given 5 minutes added time, we would definitely have won.

 

[Weststander]

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.

 

[Shaktarman]

Poor - 5/6 I thought

 

[Lush]

Why did Verbruggen get booked after the final whistle?

 

[the wanderbus]

Really?

Thank god, I don’t think I could’ve sat through another second of that old shite.

 

[oldboyroy]

Was expecting about 7 at least!

 

[pigmanovich]

Why did Verbruggen get booked after the final whistle?

Saw him go over to the ref and gesticulate at him. Must have been deemed dissent.

 

[Deadly Danson]

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.

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.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I was more annoyed he blew up mid-attack, couldn’t wait to give them the point they came for

Yeah this.

3 minutes was a travesty, but to blow up mid attack bang on 3 minutes was ridiculous.

 

[dazzer6666]

No goals, no physio on the pitch…..not that unreasonable imo.

 

[trueblue]

No goals, no physio on the pitch…..not that unreasonable imo.

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.

I’d have thought 6 mins was about right but it’s immaterial really.

 

[raymondo]

Yeah this.

3 minutes was a travesty, but to blow up mid attack bang on 3 minutes was ridiculous.

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,!

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Absolute nonsense.

Not that it mattered. We wouldn’t have scored if still playing now.