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RK · 8th November 2009, 18:49

This may seem petty, but if we're going to be given a hard time about it when we (fairly) get a high amount, I'm going to bring it up when it goes against us.

I was surprised by the 5 minutes (expected at least 6), so decided to look through the BBC minute-by-minute updates (I know this won't be entirely accurate but it's likely to give a decent representation). According to the timings there should've been more than 5 minutes just from the Drogba injury/fit, the goal, and Carvalho's cheating. That's not even taking into account general stoppages and of course substitutions.

Then he added 5 seconds for the Anelka substitution (onto what turned out to be the bare minimum of 5 minutes). He's a quick guy, but I doubt got off the pitch that fast.

I'm not saying this massively affected anything, but remembering how many late goals we've scored, every little helps.

8th November 2009, 18:49	#1 (permalink)
RK First Team Regular Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 13,924	Stoppage Time This may seem petty, but if we're going to be given a hard time about it when we (fairly) get a high amount, I'm going to bring it up when it goes against us. I was surprised by the 5 minutes (expected at least 6), so decided to look through the BBC minute-by-minute updates (I know this won't be entirely accurate but it's likely to give a decent representation). According to the timings there should've been more than 5 minutes just from the Drogba injury/fit, the goal, and Carvalho's cheating. That's not even taking into account general stoppages and of course substitutions. Then he added 5 seconds for the Anelka substitution (onto what turned out to be the bare minimum of 5 minutes). He's a quick guy, but I doubt got off the pitch that fast. I'm not saying this massively affected anything, but remembering how many late goals we've scored, every little helps.