The cheating goalie con

[kpbw]

My local man in the know (ex-Premier League Ref Pete Jones) had told me earlier this season that there are moves afoot to put a stop to this blatant sportsmanship. Not before time either. The Blades' goalie used it to good effect yesterday when we had belatedly built up a head of steam and the consequent time out and chance for them to regroup after a briefing from Wilder had the desirable effect.

Edit to add: how there was only 4 minutes added on time after this debacle and all the substitutions was another mystery of the game.

Plan to combat tactical timeouts to be discussed

A move to force teams to temporarily remove an outfield player if a goalkeeper goes down injured is being discussed by football's lawmakers in an effort to combat sides using a loophole to create a "tactical timeout".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[rob]

We thought an extra 6 or 7 minutes should have been added.

 

[Mountsorrel Malc]

My local man in the know (ex-Premier League Ref Pete Jones

Pete was a good player himself back in the 70s we were team mates at Syston Town.
Him and another player Brian Smith, both quit playing early to take up refereeing, and Pete made it to the prem.
Next time you see him remember me to him,
(Malc Anderson)

 

[kpbw]

Pete was a good player himself back in the 70s we were team mates at Syston Town.
Him and another player Brian Smith, both quit playing early to take up refereeing, and Pete made it to the prem.
Next time you see him remember me to him,
(Malc Anderson)

Will do Malc. He’d told me he played for Syston. Really nice bloke who’s always happy to chat about City (he’s still a fan) reffing and footy in general. I often see him round our village or at Quorn FC.

 

[HughJanus]

I once heard him say that towards the end of his playing career, his eyes were going, his hair was falling out and he didn’t have many friends so he decided to become a ref

 

[Adders]

Surely you didn’t want any more time added on to that shit show

 

[kpbw]

Surely you didn’t want any more time added on to that shit show

Actually we did Adders. Us remaining keep the faith die-hards who stayed to the bitter end had got behind the team in the second half as they actually played positively(!) and went for it. Admittedly that only happened after the first half shit show so not the best game plan to get our arses in gear but there was a stark contrast in performance levels after the break.

 

[Adders]

Actually we did Adders. Us remaining keep the faith die-hards who stayed to the bitter end had got behind the team in the second half as they actually played positively(!) and went for it. Admittedly that only happened after the first half shit show so not the best game plan to get our arses in gear but there was a stark contrast in performance levels after the break.

Fair play to you main reason I miss is getting a dog sitter rather that because we are crap which was the case yesterday

 

[channys6thswan]

My local man in the know (ex-Premier League Ref Pete Jones) had told me earlier this season that there are moves afoot to put a stop to this blatant sportsmanship. Not before time either. The Blades' goalie used it to good effect yesterday when we had belatedly built up a head of steam and the consequent time out and chance for them to regroup after a briefing from Wilder had the desirable effect.

Edit to add: how there was only 4 minutes added on time after this debacle and all the substitutions was another mystery of the game.

Plan to combat tactical timeouts to be discussed

A move to force teams to temporarily remove an outfield player if a goalkeeper goes down injured is being discussed by football's lawmakers in an effort to combat sides using a loophole to create a "tactical timeout".

www.bbc.co.uk

Efforts to close that loophole have been going on for some time Kev. Before our first relegation, Prem clubs had reached an agreement in principle that any malingering goalie staging a ‘strategic time out’ would have to be replaced by that team’s official mascot ‘for a minimum period of ten minutes’. Leicester then submitted a dossier which revealed that the sheer weight of the Filbert Fox outfit, combined with the setting of its googly eyes, meant that the wearer had extremely limited lateral movement and zero peripheral vision. The other teams then called off the deal, on the grounds that the enforced substitution of Danny Ward for Filbert Fox would give Leicester City an undue advantage over other clubs.