The Clock : Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:22 am  

During the last fracas when Manley were given their last penalty the ref. took a long time after he had stopped play to restore order and lecture a couple of players; but the clock was not stopped and at least a couple of miniutes were used up. You can check exactly how much time was used up if you watch a recording,

Would it not be fairer in situations like that to stop the clock. Those lost few minutes could have been valuable and may well have led to an interesting last few minutes after McGuire's last try.

Cheers

Ch.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:23 am  

IIRC they should be stopped by the ref before a lengthy intervention, not like I'm complaining about tonight merely that I beleive that is what is in the rules.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:44 am  

Well lets put it this way... a heap load of fights break out in front of you, what are you more concearned about? Making sure everything is sorted and you know who's involved or making a signal to the time keeper. In my youth game yesterday there was a big fight and it took me about a minute to stop my watch as I was more bothered about sorting it all out.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:58 am  

Hollywood Harrigan wrote:

Well lets put it this way... a heap load of fights break out in front of you, what are you more concearned about? Making sure everything is sorted and you know who's involved or making a signal to the time keeper. In my youth game yesterday there was a big fight and it took me about a minute to stop my watch as I was more bothered about sorting it all out.

Surely stopping your watch can be done in less than a second.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:06 pm  

Glenn Morangie wrote:

Surely stopping your watch can be done in less than a second.

I think he was referring more to priority in the thoughts of the ref, rather than actual time taken to do it

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:07 pm  

I thought the referee was great!

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:09 pm  

Surely the official time-keeper would be able to stop the clock on the Ref's behalf and whisper in his shell-like so that he doesn't have to worry about it??

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:10 pm  

leicester_rhino wrote:

I think he was referring more to priority in the thoughts of the ref, rather than actual time taken to do it

I'm sure refs can have more than one thing in their mind at a time.

When driving you constantly have multiple things you have to observe and do.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:10 pm  

paved area wrote:

Surely the official time-keeper would be able to stop the clock on the Ref's behalf and whisper in his shell-like so that he doesn't have to worry about it??

There's no communication between the timekeepers and the referees, and the timekeepers are bound to take the instructions of the match official in controlling the clock. They only stop it when he tells them to, likewise with restarting it.

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:14 pm  

Glenn Morangie wrote:

I'm sure refs can have more than one thing in their mind at a time.

When driving you constantly have multiple things you have to observe and do.

Sure they can, but just becuase it is possible to do two things or more at once, doesn't mean it will happen