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Meerly John

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Aug 4, 2021
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Just finished the first round of games. Wow! This is gonna be a good one.

I've noticed the stoppage time has been extreme. Are they running a stop watch to catch every second the ball isn't in play now? 7 minutes seems like the new average.
 
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Jun 9, 2018
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Just finished the first round of games. Wow! This is gonna be a good one.

I've noticed the stoppage time has been extreme. Are they running a stop watch to catch every second the ball isn't in play now? 7 minutes seems like the new average.
Apparently it's a new directive so any lost time and time wasting is added on. If you're winning the match it's a bad thing and you're screaming at the ref to blow the whistle already. If you're losing the match it's the best rule change in history 😂.

The England match the other day, the Iranian keeper took a bad knock to the head and there was a lot of stoppage time added on because of that. Iirc it was about 14 minutes ⌚😲
 
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mawnansmiff

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Oct 14, 2015
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I just had a mini heart attack when I saw that tonight's 3-1 drubbing of the USA wasn't listed for 7pm on the Beeb.

It never occurred to me it might be on ITV (which is where I found it).

I think this will be only the second soccer match I will have watched in my life :oops:.

Regards,

Jay.

PS. Chris, you really threw me with your new avatar!
 
Jun 9, 2018
5,004
16,229
England
I just had a mini heart attack when I saw that tonight's 3-1 drubbing of the USA wasn't listed for 7pm on the Beeb.

It never occurred to me it might be on ITV (which is where I found it).

I think this will be only the second soccer match I will have watched in my life :oops:.

Regards,

Jay.

PS. Chris, you really threw me with your new avatar!
LOL that's Stouffer the cat. Harry Hill's sidekick😂.

Shame the game is on ITV btw. Bloody adverts!