08-04-2022, 12:48 PM
(08-04-2022, 10:56 AM)PompeyDB Wrote: Time wasting is just an accepted part of the game now. If you concede a free kick it's standard to toe poke the ball 20 metres away, and nothing is ever done about it. Taking free kicks, goal kicks and corners seems to take an absolute age. That stupid trend of the drinks break. The fans don't pay good money to watch footballers standing around having a chat and a drink.
Of course if a team needs a goal urgently all this bollocks goes out the window and we find they CAN cope with just getting on with the bloody game.
I don't think the drinks breaks counts towards time-wasting. Refs stop the clock for them - but I agree they are frustrating from a viewing perspective and should be limited to very hot days when it is genuinely a matter of heatlh & safety.