Dirty Harry
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JoeMercer'sWay said:Dirty Harry said:Joe, whilst I actually agree with you on the subject as a whole I do disagree on the above in bold, it was actually justifiable for me, my point being that Atkinson knew exactly to the second how much time he could actually JUSTIFY, the issue for me is that it wasn`t consistent with 99.9% of other games when time is totted up.
On the issue of ` well both teams have the chance to score in the added time`, let`s be honest, who is any extra added time at Old Trafford going to truly benefit, the rags at home going for the win who have a history of late goals or the away team ?
I don't think it was a) he gave a foul against Carlos for fuck all when full time should have been blow. b) ball cleared the box and he still didn't blown for full time but let United attack again.
Yet Everton despite an injury time goal being scored(which Bellamy's wasn't, it was in normal time when the ball hit the net), got pulled back on a clear break because United would have lost otherwise.
I don`t disagree with you on the Carlos foul mate, it was bollocks and I totally agree there, just the time issue, the key word here is `justify`, the meticulous way in which he/they calculated the added time was at the very least `suspect`if only for the fact it was literally done to the second, don`t think I`ve ever seen it done to that degree in over thirty years of watching the game.