An Explanation For Mr. N Warnock

[Dolman Block B]

Apparently were a bunch of "thick fekers" as well!

http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=166071

[boadle]

Fact is, he should coach his team to play to the whistle. The ref is the final arbiter of timekeeping, not external clocks a la Rugby League. Whether it was right or wrong the Referees decision is final. If Warnock coached his players to play to the whistle (especially knowing our reputation for VERY late goals) it wouldn't have mattered.

Absolutely, and Warnock should be aware of that, as he himself is a fully qualified referee, according to Wikipedia.

[Alex_BCFC]

I did have to laugh at the counting out loud by the fans. It got quicker and quicker and from 8-12 seconds in all reality was about 2 seconds. I believe it should be 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 etc to get a better result. That said he probably was taking 8 whole seconds.

I always enjoy football fans counting...They haven't quite worked that one out yet have they?!

[Harry]

I did have to laugh at the counting out loud by the fans. It got quicker and quicker and from 8-12 seconds in all reality was about 2 seconds. I believe it should be 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 etc to get a better result. That said he probably was taking 8 whole seconds.

Oh come now Snuffles, it must have been at least 12 seconds on some occasions. Although I have to concede, the counting was somewhat quicker once a larger number of people joined in. I was doing ok by myself for a while.

Anyhow, they were still a bunch of time wasting c**ts!

[Redminster]

I think a few of the Palace fans should read this post. They seem to feel hard done by from looking at their board, and frankly they must be on some sort of crack for that to be the case.

I tried to resist posting on their board but couldn't in the end.

The general consensus on there is that the ref was a joke and that they were the better team. I really genuinely struggle to comprehend both of those opinions.

They also seem to think Bristol's a dump. *Cough* SOUTH LONDON *Cough*.

[bucksred]

No point in telling the Naaaarthern ######, his team should defend for the entire time the game is played, and not go to sleep, letting Boom boom slot in the equalizer, rather than pack in 90 seconds before the final whistle

[SimplyRed]

Some facts to help some people understand:

1. A football game consists of 2 45 minute halves - no more, no less (unless there is a penalty at the end of either half).

2. The referee DOES NOT ADD ON TIME - he simply stops his stopwatch whenever there is a break in play.

3. The board shown at 45/90 minutes is a courtesy gesture to the spectators regarding how much time is remaining in the half (note REMAINING - not ADDITIONAL time). It is NOT "official" timing!

4. The referee is NOT bound by that figure - his stopwatch is the SOLE timepiece used the govern the playing time of the match.

5. It VERY possible BECAUSE it is near the end of the half (especially the 2nd half), that the referee will stop his stopwatch several times - even after the board has been shown - due to what he may consider to be time-wasting tactics or substitutions or injuries, etc.

6. The game ends when the referee's stopwatch shows that 45 minutes have been played in the second half.

EVERYTHING else is media hype and the erroneous announcement on the tannoy that 'ADDITIONAL' minutes are being played, rather than the time 'REMAINING'. In fact it would be helpful if the announcer said something along the lines of "The 4th official has indicated that there is at least x minutes of time remaining".

At least then, it wouldn't be so controversial or inciteful.

[Tenyards]

Dear Mr. Warnock,

When the fourth official holds up the board indicating the amount of time to be added on at the end of a game, this is merely an indication of the minimum amount of time to be played. This point is underlined further by the person on the PA system saying "The fourth official has indicated there will be a minimum of four minutes added time."

What "a minimum" means is "there could be more". Hard to understand, isn't it? I'll explain further...

The board does not work in fractions of minutes, merely in whole minutes to give an indication of roughly how much time is left to be played.

Let's say, for example, the fourth official indicates there will be a minimum of four minutes added time. Now, this could mean four minutes exactly, but it could also mean four minutes and 1 second, four minutes and two seconds, four minutes and three sec... (you get my point?), all the way up to four minutes and 59 seconds.

As another example, let's imagine that you have a fat lump of lard playing up front who does little other than kick, elbow and niggle his way through 79 minutes of a game, then takes 35 to 40 seconds to drag his fat backside off the pitch when he's substituted, even stopping to shake the hands of the officials on the way to the dugout, in an attempt to waste time (I know, you're shocked, but believe me it goes on).

Now, the referee may decide to add that 35 seconds on at the end of the game. He may alrady have decided to add on four minutes and 10 seconds on prior to fatboy's antics, but now, thanks to aforementioned lard arse striker, he has to add on four minutes and 50 seconds.

However, as we previously mentioned, the fourth official's board only shows whole minutes, so it still says "4", because that is the minimum, and it isn't over 5 minutes.

So, imagine now that the referee adds on 4 minutes and 50 seconds and, after 4 minutes 35 seconds a goal is scored.

Can you see how the blame should probably be laid at the door of the obese centre forward rather than the referee who has noticed said rotund player trying to cheat and added on the requisite amount of time to cancel out his 'gamesmanship'?

Good. Then we can put that one to bed.

Let me know when you want to move on to discussing pulling a player's shirt off his back in the box and gaining an unfair advantage from handling the ball. I have loads to teach you about those points too.

Kind regards,

edson

Top class tutoring for Mr Warnock.

Other lesser known rules ofl Association Football include:

Rules 267.3: The referee may allow extra time to be played if a goalkeeper has spent an inordinate amount of time lying in the penalty area having his hair done by a member of the backroom staff after going up for a simple cross.

Rule 267.4: The manager and his entire staff are not permitted to wander across the pitch a minute into the second half after finishing their half-time cuppa a bit late. They must walk around the perimeter.

Rule 267.5: If you decide to attract the referee's attention to a desired substitution your player will be booked if he does this through the medium of a wrestling match.

[Northern Red]

Rule 267.5: If you decide to attract the referee's attention to a desired substitution your player will be booked if he does this through the medium of a wrestling match.

This is the one that got me. In that interview he was moaning that Soares was booked just as he was about to be subbed. I therefore assume Colin wouldn't have complained if, for example, Nick Carle had launched in 2-footed on one of theirs and escaped punishment just before he was taken off.

Bitter, whingeing, graceless ######. I hope he is hauled before the FA to explain his borderline slanderous allegation about the referee punching the air, but I won't hold my breath.

[greenun]

Some facts to help some people understand:

1. A football game consists of 2 45 minute halves - no more, no less (unless there is a penalty at the end of either half).

2. The referee DOES NOT ADD ON TIME - he simply stops his stopwatch whenever there is a break in play.

3. The board shown at 45/90 minutes is a courtesy gesture to the spectators regarding how much time is remaining in the half (note REMAINING - not ADDITIONAL time). It is NOT "official" timing!

4. The referee is NOT bound by that figure - his stopwatch is the SOLE timepiece used the govern the playing time of the match.

5. It VERY possible BECAUSE it is near the end of the half (especially the 2nd half), that the referee will stop his stopwatch several times - even after the board has been shown - due to what he may consider to be time-wasting tactics or substitutions or injuries, etc.

6. The game ends when the referee's stopwatch shows that 45 minutes have been played in the second half.

EVERYTHING else is media hype and the erroneous announcement on the tannoy that 'ADDITIONAL' minutes are being played, rather than the time 'REMAINING'. In fact it would be helpful if the announcer said something along the lines of "The 4th official has indicated that there is at least x minutes of time remaining".

At least then, it wouldn't be so controversial or inciteful.

Exactly. And if like me you attended the City versus Brentford league cup match in September 2000, when the fourth official displayed a minimum of 15 minutes injury-time at the end of a first-half punctuated by more doctors visits than an episode of Holby City, you'll remember that 22 additional minutes actually elapsed before the referee blew for the interval.