
Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
If Birmingham were keeping the ball alive for thirty seconds or so and keeping us under pressure, you could maybe understand the ref playing on for so long, but they were able to work the ball about ninety yards upfield at no great pace. The ref should have blown for half time once the ball reached the halfway line - forget about possible fouls against Etete or whether there was an offside in there somewhere, the first half went on for about half a minute longer than it should have done, that's why we lost the game (granted, our performance was so poor that we didn't deserve anything from it).