by RoyalBlue »
12 Apr 2019 17:11
Hound windermereROYAL So our time wasting worked. because Norwich were winning at the end of normal time you have to wonder why the ref added that much?
added time is added time no matter who is winning. The ref should stop his watch when there is a delay. Slightly bizarre comment that
Anyway, they wasted a couple of minutes celebrating their goals. We actually wasted very little time at all - Martinez a little bit, but not really. Seen a hell of a lot worse
It's added time not additional or indeed extra time (the latter only applies in knockout scenarios!). Why do so many people struggle to understand that there is never more than 90 minutes of actual 'play' (the ball is always in play for far less than that).
Norwich fans would've been bitching like mad had they been chasing an equaliser/winner and the ref hadn't added time to compensate for that lost through stoppages.
I really don't understand why the authorities don't make it easier for everyone - have the ref stop and start a clock(s) that are clearly visible to everyone. When the clock hits 90 minutes everyone knows the game has run for its full duration.