Comments on: The Old Trafford Timekeeping

By: Georger

Georger — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:20:44 +0000

Yep. I don’t even remotely feel bad for city.

By: Lingering Bursitis

Lingering Bursitis — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:19:55 +0000

I said in my 1st comment, I already know I won’t be able to maintain this level of decorum and objectivity should we get screwed against Man U, or any team for that matter, in this fashion.

That said… gotta keep playin’ until ref says no more playin’

By: Georger

Georger — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:14:15 +0000

Though I’d imagine the City fans watching it would be getting super pissed as the fifth minute kept going up until the final whistle. It’s not something that goes unnoticed.

By: Georger

Georger — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:13:37 +0000

City kind of suck, that’s for sure.

By: Lingering Bursitis

Lingering Bursitis — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:12:21 +0000

If it were Webb, or Poll, or some other sop, I might be inclined to agree. Atkinson’s one of the few decent refs we’ve got, and has shown no such deference in his reffing history.

As I said earlier, if he plays those 5-6 minutes and there are no more goals, does anyone care? It’s a lame duck talking point obscuring the bigger picture: Citeh fell asleep at the wheel. What do they say on a Hail Mary in american football? Knock the ball down!

By: Georger

Georger — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:10:14 +0000

“as United do have an irritating history of succeeding in “bonus minutes””

Exactly. If this were an isolated incident, sure, no problem. But because of that history, I can’t believe that the ref was acting outside of the United factor. An appearance of a conflict of interest is enough to establish a conflict of interest.

By: Georger

Georger — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:08:44 +0000

Goddamnit you know what I meant they were about to drop points.

By: Lingering Bursitis

Lingering Bursitis — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:06:22 +0000

And no-one was behind! It was 3-3 heading into added time.

By: Lingering Bursitis

Lingering Bursitis — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:05:59 +0000

I’d normally agree with you, as United do have an irritating history of succeeding in “bonus minutes”, but this was one example where the ref appears to get it right.

For what it’s worth, Atkinson was pretty good yesterday, and is one of the better refs currently trolling around the EPL. Very rarely did he cave in front of the Old Trafford crowd, at least in my opinion. Some refs are careless and less detail-oriented, but Atkinson does his job properly and pays attention to such details (makes sense as he and the 4th official used to be police officers before becoming refs).

By contrast, it’s a guarantee that Webb would have done his utmost to gift the home side a win, and would have been transparent in doing so.

By: Georger

Georger — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:57:40 +0000

I’m sure City didn’t deserve to win and would have been lucky to get the point, I’m not saying they got robbed.

I’m saying that even if the time is accounted for, I think the only reason it was added is because of who was behind and where the game was being played. But the number of games I’ve seen people waste minutes feigning injury and no extra time is played, well I just don’t think the fact that it was accountable means that it should have been played.

F**k both teams though.