Nothing new and has been discussed many times on this forum, but so much for the supposed clampdown of timewasting as haven't seen much evidence of it so far!
Was at the Southampton Vs Chelsea game last night. (Chelsea were awful and deserved to lose, could have played till midnight against no opposition and still lost), however the timewasting by Southampton was beyond a joke and made a mockery of the narrative that the Premier League were going to get tough on it.
5 minutes were added on at the end of the second half, but with numerous injury/faking stoppages, drinks breaks, substitutions and standard bit for time wasting, even 10 minutes still wouldn't have covered the stoppages!
At one point during the 2nd half, the Southampton keeper embraced his inner Pickford with a theatrical delayed dive on the ball, wait for everyone to clear the area before slowly standing and then wandering around his area. In all he held the ball for 31 seconds before eventually releasing without a hint of a hurry up from referee Michael Oliver!
Then there was the throw ins and goal kicks, all of which took an eternity, again without hint of encouragement to speed things up.
I am in no way blaming Michael Oliver, he is no doubt just acting under the instructions of his paymasters.
I saw the Leeds managers interview this morning, where he also raised the issue of timewasting, with Pickford and his trademark 1minute + to take a goal kick mentioned.
As I said in another recent thread, so much for the so called show, because the public are being seriously short changed in their value for money of the show due to the actions of the players and suits inactions and unwillingness to properly tackle the issue!
