Originally Posted by
sheepcrooky
You can generally tell when a game should really be stopped due to a bad injury. Hoban last week and GMS in the cup final spring to mind.
Stopping the game for a “hammy” or even worse, cramp is unnecessary. Those types of injuries (seemingly Christie today was a hamstring) are not going to deteriorate if a couple of minutes lapse.
Celtic today (and almost all clubs nowadays) kick the ball out so the team is not disadvantaged, nothing to do with the player’s injury. It’s quite right in those circumstances they should forfeit possession.