Ram-Alf

I just can't 
 
 
 
bear
 
 
time 
 
 
wasting 
 
 
of
 
any
 
any
 
any
 
 
ty
 
pe. 

Howe's teams are the absolute worst for that kind of thing. Proper 's' housing.

I remember that game well for exactly that reason- it was a pathetic performance from Burnley that day. I would be embarrassed doing it. Blackburn’s big number 9, who had a decent game, was an embarrassment and he wasn’t alone. Going down looking like you have had a serious injury when there is chuff all wrong with you should result in some sort of retribution after the game, where someone will give you the type of injury you were pretending to have so you can tell the difference next time. I think Blackburn will struggle to put a team out this week with the 4 or 5 career ending injuries they picked up in the last few minutes. Best team still won though, making it even more unnecessary. 

For those who can remember, Derby Vs Burnley, Eddie Howe was the manager, This is probly the 1st time I really noticed timewasting gamesmanship as a tactic to slow the game down, I think we lost 0-1, The tactic was to break play up, For us to lose control of the game and to see the players lose a little heart.
It's another tactic that has infiltrated physical sports, Predominantly in football, Player loses the ball, Ball moves forward, He goes down holding his head, A couple of passes later the opposition kick the ball out of play, 2 Physios come on one holding the players head the other giving instructions on how to combat the opposition.
It's a no win situation, The Ref is stuck between a rock and a hard place, There's so much within the game with dare I say "compensation culture" that just in case this is a genuine case the game has to stop, Eriksen of Denmark being a genuine case.
Rugby Union and Rugby league the Ref will signal "stop the clock" for an injured player, While their treatment continues, We have all the techknowledgy in todays world to do as other sports do...it's time we did it.
PS
Anyone watch the England Vs New Zealand Womens Rugby Union game at the weekend, Blood and snot all over the place, Even going face to face as no backing down...these Women put the mens football game to shame, And if Hannah Botterman told me Saturday was Tuesday...I'd agree with her

In fairness I didn’t get it until The second time around at which point I thought it was brilliant.
 
I mean understanding 80s song lyrics puns … it wasn’t really my era. If I do understand them first time round well .. I should be so lucky.

Blackburn were obviously well-schooled in the art of poor gamesmanship. They also had their 3 subs stood literally on the touchline (with them deliberately wandering into the field of play at times) - a psychological ploy to flood peripheral vision of the attacking team with extra defenders to affect split-second decision making and preventing them from attacking the flank.
no need for it - and the ref/linesman did nothing. 

I can see why grassroots football is struggling to recruit refs. Players feigning injury is almost impossible to prove with 100% certainty and clubs know this and instruct their players to go down to break the rythmn of the game when holding out for a win. Derby County do the same and we tolerate it when we are winning. This is not the referee's fault, it is the players who are cheating and given what happened to Christian Eriksson in the summer anybody feigning injury should be utterly ashamed of themselves. Boy who cried wolf and all that.

Weak, scared referees accurately describe most of the officials we see - the referee on Saturday escorted a Blackburn player being substituted when he should have been pointing him towards the nearest touchline 10 yards away to speed things up; they’ve completely given up on foul throws or taking the throw from where the ball goes out; I’ve seen one indirect free kick for obstruction in 10 seasons; and the worst thing they ignore is the sly kicking the ball away or interference to stop the opposition taking a quick free kick or to slow the game down
Referees today are fitter, better looked after, better trained and equipped, have less to do and are twice as incompetent as the well meaning amateur of yesteryear (apart from the crook in Madrid) - nothing to do with them making individual errors because they're human and largely honest but everything to do with their inability to do their job properly ie run the match according to all the laws of the game not just some of them.

Many years ago one of the National papers, possibly the Express, did an analysis of how much time the ball was actually in play, so pratting about, deciding which opposition player to throw the ball to,etc, was excluded. They'd just pick one game a week and do the timings. I think it averaged about 60 minutes.
And that was before the modern trend of feigning injuries etc.

I'm glad you're not taking over with that posh accent.

Thankyou 

The DET reported the EFLs dissapointment...below
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/Derby-county-efl-appeal-fine-5605588

Dark days those were..

Think it might be this:

A rich individual who used to be involved in a football club could probably find a few good reasons to take the EFL to a real court with a real judge if you know what I mean 

Boom!
Thou shall not upset the apple cart
ie, We(EFL)negotiated the TV rights with Sky and got what we THOUGHT was a good deal for all.
A few clubs including us(DCFC)knew we had a good product but the EFL under sold that product according to those who wanted a better deal for all.
The EFL have never forgotten or will they forgive, The EFL don't like to be told they're wrong, And some other Chairman are piling in for their own vanity.
 
 

Some would say it was the RPG who exposed the "3 amigos" and RT clung onto thier coat tails looking to claim the spoils.
 

JW will get all the credit he deserves, There's no axe to grind with this fella.

Just seen why the kid turned and bailed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Boom!
Thou shall not upset the apple cart
ie, We(EFL)negotiated the TV rights with Sky and got what we THOUGHT was a good deal for all.
A few clubs including us(DCFC)knew we had a good product but the EFL under sold that product according to those who wanted a better deal for all.
The EFL have never forgotten or will they forgive, The EFL don't like to be told they're wrong, And some other Chairman are piling in for their own vanity.
 
 

I had the good fortune to see Jeremy Keith on the subway in London not long after his release, I was on the same carriage, I shouted to him you "theiving Bas***d" I'm DCFC, The Ex Wife told me to be quiet, A good job for him that she was there.

They did a  superb job organising the protests..

https://Derby.vitalfootball.co.uk/rams-fans-mourn-death-of-club/

Rams Protest Group...Red Card out board, Harangued the 3 amigos ect ect.

I know how that started, with Lionel employing an ex-DCI from Derbyshire Police who had previously worked for the FA on the Chesterfield fraud, his company did all the pre-investigation and compiling evidence that enabled the Police to actually take it as a job.