Quote Originally Posted by Bushwacka View Post
Problem is, 'time wasting' is subjective. Far more so than, say, handball or a dangerous tackle. If a player says he has cramp or needs the physio on, the ref has no way of knowing if he's lying. It's not really even time wasting, is it, it's just slowing the game down and disrupting the opposition's rhythm. I don't see that it's got worse, it's always been part of the game.
But can't it reach a point that football has to intervene and come up with solutions to protect the sport? When they already know that 95% of physios coming on in the last 30mins are for teams in the lead...