The Added Time Debate

[Rammy Blue]

It was around 10 minutes when Dean told their goalie to speed up. He continued to time waste with impunity thereafter, apart from the very last one at the end, where he was cheered ironically.

One thing I did notice was that almost every time Wet Spam had a goal kick, apart from the time wasting, Dean turned his back and faced towards the City goal. It seemed to me that he was thinking "if I don't see it, then it isn't happening". Spineless. Also, does the 6 second rule still apply for holding on to the ball? If so, why isn't it applied?

Exactly. Said the very same about Dean, fucking wanker kept turning away, never once did he hurry him up after that first 10 mins.

 

[GSW Blue]

The 6 second rule has become obsolete presumably due to none of the four well paid officials being able to count reliably.

 

[Newtoncc]

The 6 second rule has become obsolete presumably due to none of the four well paid officials being able to count reliably.

Thought it was 10, but whatever it was still way over! Justice prevailed , you wonder whether Joe would have the bottle to do this had be been allowed to play, Only decent throw ins were when Zaba took them.

He got what he deserved in the end as did Foster, sadly this is going to be the norm now.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Nothing is being done, and won't be done until Ederson takes seven seconds to put the ball into play or Walker takes a smidgin too long over a throw in and then the card will be out! it's pretty obvious that time wasting is of no concern to anyone officiating nor anyone who is charged with governing the game. Opposition teams are given total immunity re sanctions no matter how much time is wasted that the paying public have coughed up to see.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

The only thing they did well was the 4 minutes at the end of the first half. Other than that turned a blind eye as usual. It's so frustrating to watch.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Thought it was 10, but whatever it was still way over! Justice prevailed , you wonder whether Joe would have the bottle to do this had be been allowed to play, Only decent throw ins were when Zaba took them.

He got what he deserved in the end as did Foster, sadly this is going to be the norm now.

But each result from the Bournemouth, Burnley, Huddersfield, Southampton and Wiiiist Hiiiim games should tell people that we will overcome the time wasting at some point. The only trouble is that the longer the unbeaten run continues the harder teams will try to knock us off our roost and time wasting is an integral part of their approach.

 

[caseball]

The issue the FA need to address with their refs is the limit of tolerance. Some team's player will no doubt push it too far one day but the rope seems to be a pretty long one. In the absence of any hard and fast rule, I think they should quietly tell them to pull out a yellow if the crowd starts to get annoyed with it. If supporters of Southampton or whoever are happy to watch their team do it at home then that's up to them, and their team can play accordingly, but City fans should have the say at the Etihad. But maybe I'm biased.

 

[BringBackSwales]

At one all when West Ham players were walking off slowly dean said and did nothing , but at 2 1 when ours did it dean came over and hurried them along off the pitch

 

[BringBackSwales]

Ps we should send Adrian a bill for new goal posts

 

[cyan]

I agree with the use of independent timekeepers - or at least transparency where we can see where time is being stopped and the real point that a game is up to. Not sure about reducing match to an hour to accommodate that because the clock won't be stopped every time the ball goes dead. Both Rugby codes stuck with 40 minutes when introducing a screen clock - be interesting to see whether that also creates more scores at the the end as teams tire. The clock doesn't actually stop every time the ball goes out of play, but will be stopped if something is delaying the restart. And of course the team with ball in hand doesn't need to wait for the defending team to be ready if they want to tap and go they can (unless referee has stopped game for injuries, sub, chat, review) - defenders need to be aware at all times.

However, a timekeeper linked to a screen clock won't change the tactics West Ham employed today - in fact it might encourage them to break the game up more as they can legitimately slow down pointing to the stopped clock - but of course they are getting time to rest and the flow of the game is being disrupted. It might be that some sort of shot clock also needs to be employed - tennis players have 20 secs to get the ball back in play - but then the 6 second rule for the keeper to have the ball in hand is never enforced anyway.

And of course it was very amusing once we were in the lead that every opportunity was taken to waste time - somehow the ball ended up with Ederson after the second goal, Sane switched wings before being subbed, the ball was knocked out of play so that an injury could be treated - shameful way to play :-)