Graham Poll U-Turn

[moomba]

Well you could make the same case for Bellamy's goal. He scored at 89:54 so there should have been just 6 seconds added not any of this 59 seconds for celebrating bollox.

Owen scored at 95.25, the game ended in the 96/97th minute.

So I'm not sure how anyone can argue there were only 16 seconds added on.

 

[kippaxblue76]

I see that snivelling little c*nt Graham Poll has changed his tune from yesterday and is now fully backing Atkinson's dodgy time-keeping:

There were three goals and three substitutions in the second half at Old Trafford, which means that a minimum of three minutes had to be added, plus a minute due to other causes, hence the four minutes which were indicated.

Then, in stoppage time, there was another goal and a substitution, meaning that at least one more minute had to be added, with a fan running on to the pitch taking up further seconds.

Read more: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1215132/GRAHAM-POLL-Well-ref-timed-just-right.html#ixzz0RoiegjRz" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z0RoiegjRz</a>

Is it really any wonder that the game is held up to be corrupt when the authorities can justify blatant cheating by officials with such pathetic vagaries as "plus a minute due to other causes"?????

What "other causes" exactly? Come on, tell us.



Earlier in the same article, he says:

There is no need to add time on whenever the ball goes out of play for throw-ins, goal kicks or free-kicks, as they are viewed as natural stoppages.

So that basically leaves time-wasting and injuries then. Well there certainly wasn't ANY time-wasting in that game (why would there be?) and the game wasn't stopped at all for any injuries. So, again I ask, what exactly were these mythical "other causes"?

And why exactly are 30 seconds being added for each substitution? If the substitution takes 5 seconds, 5 seconds should be added. If it takes 40 seconds, 40 seconds should be added. Where does the arbitrary 30-second nonsense come from?

I'm amazed that football leaves itself open to such innuendo and ridicule when any doubts could easily be dispelled by having a central time-keeper whose clock is clearly on display in the stadium. Start it on 45 minutes and stop it for goal celebrations, substitutions and injuries. And the very second the 45 minutes is up, the game stops. Simple.

To be fair to GP he did say on sky that what you say in your last paragraph is what should be done but he couldnt see it ever happenning, is that the way its done in rugby?

 

[Dubai Blue]

The one thing the bent twat DID get right on Sunday was only playing 16 seconds after Owen's goal.

I know...I'm agreeing.
If the game is 6 seconds from the end I don't get why you add 50 odd seconds on.

Because there wasn't 6 seconds left, there was 4 minutes and 6 seconds left, of which Bellamy's celebration took up 55 seconds.

When Owen scored, there were 16 seconds left (according to the referee). Michael Owen's celebration can only possibly take up those 16 seconds, no matter how long it lasted for.

(By the way, I think it's a nonsense to add on the full amount of Bellamy's celebration. It certainly wasn't excessive and if the guideline is 30 secs, I don't see why it should be more than that)

 

[Dubai Blue]

Well you could make the same case for Bellamy's goal. He scored at 89:54 so there should have been just 6 seconds added not any of this 59 seconds for celebrating bollox.

Owen scored at 95.25, the game ended in the 96/97th minute.

So I'm not sure how anyone can argue there were only 16 seconds added on.

I think 16 seconds was the time between kicking off again and full-time.

 

[squirtyflower]

Why is nobody surprised that he has changed his angle overnight?
The FA will have been on to him to remind him which side is buttered on.

 

[kippaxblue76]

I know...I'm agreeing.
If the game is 6 seconds from the end I don't get why you add 50 odd seconds on.

Because there wasn't 6 seconds left, there was 4 minutes and 6 seconds left, of which Bellamy's celebration took up 55 seconds.

When Owen scored, there were 16 seconds left (according to the referee). Michael Owen's celebration can only possibly take up those 16 seconds, no matter how long it lasted for.

(By the way, I think it's a nonsense to add on the full amount of Bellamy's celebration. It certainly wasn't excessive and if the guideline is 30 secs, I don't see why it should be more than that)

Exactly. why a minute for Bellamy's and 30 secs for the others, we are all complaining about this but as quite a few on hear have said we should have kept the ball better and defended better, hopefully we will learn a valuable lesson from it.

 

[dario2739]

Two goal celebrations first half - zero seconds/minutes added to the normal extra time!

Basically the fact that they need to justify where the time comes from tells it's own story. If was fair and right there wouldn't be any need to make excuses for it!

 

[mike channon´s windmill]

NO POLL YOU COONT!!
There were FOUR GOALS scored in normal time and 3 subs
3 and a half mins - end of
even if you add on your minute for "fergie extras" or whatever you want to call it , still only 4 and a half
And if you want to add another 30 SECS for one - dimensional , square headed useless streak of Geordie piss´s substitution (which took up no more than 10 seconds) the MAXIMUM you can justify is 5
Poll - you are officially a PRICK!

 

[Balti]

'A minute due to other causes' !!!!

Like how much manCHEATSter utd need agoal for example?

 

[the kippax wall]

This silly twat gives three yellow cards to one player !! Who gives a fuck what he has to say ?