Time waiting yesterday a disgrace. From goal kicks taking an age to keeper running round with balk in hand for 24 seconds!!! The player tying his lace in our half after the goal with the ref stood next to him again for an age was basically taking the piss. Why didn’t the ref do something about it!! Set the rules early for both teams with a booking.
What really pisses me off about time wasting, is that their goalkeeper did so much, and ultimately it worked in their favour at the end of the match. If he wastes time like that but goes behind later on in the match, that time shouldn't be added on. Drives me mad. And that he spoke to Davies who wasted time in the second half for the first time, but barely said a word to their keeper who did it everytime he touched the ball in the first.
As said previously the standard of reffing is horrendous now. Earlier in the season a similar incident happened, think it may have been Southend at home. Their keeper took ages with his kicks every single time and the referee said nothing, was frustrating to watch. But the moment we went in front Davies took abit of time and the referee ran over and booked him. Rightly so too, but consistency is the problem these refs need to stamp their authority early otherwise it’s going to happen all game.
It is extremely frustrating when teams time waste from the first minute. Their keeper was shocking for it and yet the ref never did anything. Was funny when he had a go at Davies for it when we went 2-1 up. Reminded me earlier in the season when an opposition goalie (can’t remember the team) time wasted from the kick off with nothing being done to him but then Davies got booked the first time he did it. Comical refereeing.
I noticed that the ref never said a word to the Blackpool 'keeper but motioned Davies to get on with it the first time he slowed it down a bit in the 2nd half.
The goalkeeper thing is nuts, it seems goalkeepers cant be booked for time wasting until the last 5 minutes.
It’s hard for us to moan about it when Davies is the King at it. It is annoying when fouls get treated differently in different half’s
Maybe if, collectively, we all shouted out "one, two, three, four, etc." until the goalie kicked it, the ref might get the message.
Funniest thing yesterday was the abuse that steward at the Ponty end got when he kicked the ball back to Davies, who was obviously planning to take his time walking to get it himself.
What's cringeworthy about letting the ref know that he needs to get a grip? Or that the goalie is taking the p!ss?
