Skoorb
Alert Team
When is taking too long to get the ball back into play out of order?
Ederson’s booking at the end of the game as it entered added time. Did he take any longer than Foster did at the start of the game when it was nil-nil?
There were 17 seconds between the ball going out of play and Ederson being carded for ‘time wasting’ (delaying the restart). I counted. At the start of the game in the 2nd minute after David Silva skied his shot over the bar Ben Foster took 27 seconds to get the ball back into play but was not booked. I dare say that he took equally as much deliberation over every subsequent goal kick he took until City took the lead but was not challenged by the referee (or commentators) on this tardiness.
Seems somewhat imbalanced to me and the referee appeared to apply a variable time limit before acting.
Many times we play teams there is zero sanction for the time wasting committed early on in games when the scores are level as opposing teams try to take the sting out of City’s pressure. Referees do**ck all about this, they never bat an eyelid.
Is this acceptable?
Ederson’s booking at the end of the game as it entered added time. Did he take any longer than Foster did at the start of the game when it was nil-nil?
There were 17 seconds between the ball going out of play and Ederson being carded for ‘time wasting’ (delaying the restart). I counted. At the start of the game in the 2nd minute after David Silva skied his shot over the bar Ben Foster took 27 seconds to get the ball back into play but was not booked. I dare say that he took equally as much deliberation over every subsequent goal kick he took until City took the lead but was not challenged by the referee (or commentators) on this tardiness.
Seems somewhat imbalanced to me and the referee appeared to apply a variable time limit before acting.
Many times we play teams there is zero sanction for the time wasting committed early on in games when the scores are level as opposing teams try to take the sting out of City’s pressure. Referees do**ck all about this, they never bat an eyelid.
Is this acceptable?