Allowance of added time according to Fifa

[gmtx]

There's a way all this controversy could be avoided. Having a count-down clock and stopping it at breaks in play. Take it completely out of the hands of the referee and we'd never have scenario's like this. Injury time is such a stupid and arbitrary rule.

 

[tueartsboots]

was sat watching in a North London pub, 2 miles from Emirates, most were following rags. At the end of the game I asked each and evry one are they proud of winning like that? They all said No. 2 bought me a pint CTID

 

[Pigeonho]

It really doesn't matter now does it.

Played 5, won 4, lost 1 to united away. Not a bad start at all is that. That goal stands and just like most things in life, it will equal itself out throughout the season. Old news now.

 

[stumpy_mcfc]

Never mind the extra 2-3 minutes.
Why was there even 4 minutes extra time?

This is the question that Hughes and others were asking - no lying on the ground to justify the time added.

 

[without a dream]

I was having some banter with a Rag and after the usual 'we did you over' shite he admitted that when we'd played 5 mins he was like why the hell are we still playing. That, for me, says it all.

 

[mikeyboy]

the facts are that 1m 30 secs was added on for bellamy celebration, and 16secs added on for owens celebration which included a one man pitch invasion also.