Happy days might not be here again just yet, but we’re in much better shape than we could be.
Good to read and to see you Dave, definitely one of those ‘you were there’ nights.
The time-wasting by Watford was as bad as any I've ever seen. Are Watford a horrible, negative team or is it just that they've got a horrible, negative manager? Foster was even worse than serial time-wasters like Robinson or Howard. I can't understand why he wasn't yellow- carded (though this never stops keepers from time-wasting because they know they're never going to get a second yellow). As you say, what would Graham Taylor have made of Watford's negativity?
Quote from: frank on January 22, 2020, 11:36:43 AMThe time-wasting by Watford was as bad as any I've ever seen. Are Watford a horrible, negative team or is it just that they've got a horrible, negative manager? Foster was even worse than serial time-wasters like Robinson or Howard. I can't understand why he wasn't yellow- carded (though this never stops keepers from time-wasting because they know they're never going to get a second yellow). As you say, what would Graham Taylor have made of Watford's negativity?It seemed to me that the ref just couldn’t be bothered with the additional hassle of dealing with their time wasting. It was as blatant as anything I have ever witnessed but it made a late injury time winner all the sweeter.
I can see time-wasting being targeted in the next tech change after VAR. A clock counting the decimals in real time shows up on the big screen and once it gets to 10 seconds a klaxon sounds with a frowning Usain Bolt and a speech bubble saying something like "That's an unacceptable time. FREE KICK TO OPPOSITION!"