Whitey Grandad

It's always been accepted and is understood that the time has to be added on to either half as necessary. You can't lump it all on at the end of the game because there may be environmental factors such as a strong wind, low sun or even an influential crowd behind a goal. The idea is to give each team half of the match kicking in each diretion.

Glad to hear that. I hope all goes well and you're soon running around kicking the @@@@ out of everybody.

You can't make it too cosy or they'll be dropping out of the cup every year.

That's down to the referee. For head injuries the games is normally stopped immediately. If a player stays down for a long time then the referee will normally stop the game at an appropriate moment, in this case when the ball is twenty feet up in the air. The Palace defender was playing everybody inside and if the game goes on too long then an ugly situation can develop. I must say that I was surprised that the ball was given back to them.

No, the ball was in the air. Atkinson deliberately waited until it was, and the dropped ball has to be taken from where it was at the time that play was stopped. Having agreed an uncontested drop among the players there would have been hell to play if Morgan had done that.

Please don't say that. That is the stuff of nightmares.

A couple of good articles from The Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2977608/Dave-Mackay-tribute-Scot-Tottenham-s-Iron-Man.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2978133/Dave-Mackay-hated-picture-no-bully-giant-game.html

I tend to agree but the Laws don't allow for this. In this instance nobody was in possession anyway.

I remember seeing him play at White Hart Lane in the 60s at the end of his career. 'Old barrel-chestie' I think they called him, but what a great character he was. He dominated the midfield. Rest In Peace, big man.

Don't you have to slice it in half first if you want to find its age?

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I can't remember the details. Was it a sheep and camel as well as a bear? Or did you just have double vision?

2. The ball was way up in the air. True, Forster had just kicked it there but play was stopped for treatment to a Palace player. The referee cannot demand that the ball be given back to either side, this is by agreement between the players. 3. Modern referees will allow a player time to retreat. Only if they dawdle deliberately will they be booked, although I have seen this happen in the early days of the regulation.

We didn't. The ref blew whilst the ball was way up in the air. Speroni later threw the ball out for Djuricic, who wasn't really injured and declined treatment.

Chelsea have a difficult game but I don't think we're going to catch them. Chelsea win would suit me. Liverpool are due a bad game but they're at home and it only needs one refereeing blunder to see them clear. A Burnley win would be too much to hope for. Tottenham are also at home but Swansea are going well and I wouldn't want them to catch us - a draw would be good. Arsenal's game is not a gimmee. It all depends on whether the QPR players are up for it - could go either way. Man Utd have been fluking wins so it's time they got their come-uppance. Stoke & Everton could draw, please.

Yes, you have a point.

In my view that makes a successful season. Now let's hope that those arrogant tossers up at Liverpool don't qualify either

I agree, Atkinson had a good game, especially as he refused to give them a penalty when Fonte took out Bolasie with a shoulder charge. As for giving the ball back to them, Forster had launched the ball into their half and Atkinson blew when it was way up in the air so it can hardly be said to have been in our possession. Dropped balls in these circumstances are normally uncontested but I have always thought that the team whose player had received treatment conceded possession.

Flipping Diver I think it is

The giveaway in our box was the worst but yes, he hasn't got a clue how to run down the end of a game. Thank goodness for Long.

This. With all the subs and the goal celebration 4 minutes is not unusual and as you say, first half stoppages are dealt with at the end of the first half.

Just to let you know... My Tapatalk HD is playing up since the update. The quotes are only displaying as text and sometimes all I get are blank posts.

Mané was superb - slippery as an eel. He still can't strike a ball properly but I'll happily take him clubbing the ball into goal for the rest of the season Djuricic looked lively, reminded me a lot of Gastón Ramirez. Forster made a couple of very important saves which kept us in the game. Still too many loose and sloppy passes, almost inviting the opposition to score. Overall, an enormous sense of relief, but I'm not sure what the rest of the season holds.

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