Or dare I say it, actively encouraged!
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No, Iāve described a referee. They are not omniscient or all seeing.
Your mention of Collina is interesting. Magnificent referee but those were different times. Players time-wasted in front of the referee with fake injuries and there was no fourth official; no head injury protocol and so on. In the current climate he would have had the same issues as all refs. You cannot address that which you cannot see.
Youāve literally just described the solution re: time-keeping which was trialled last season and withdrawn within weeks. Iāve given several examples of why we already know cards donāt work as well. Not sure what else needs to be said really.
Iād be very happy with a mid-table finish, Chris, like I would to enjoy a pint of HSB with you in the Still & West. 
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To implement stopping the clock you also have to reduce game time and introduce time outs. Was that trialled? But refs & their assistants have all the tools they need. They simply choose not to use them.
No it wasnāt trialled like that but your version is surely impractical. No football fan I know will tolerate less game time given the associated costs of a game.
I donāt see how you can argue officials have all the tools they need but choose to not use them. How does an official see something half a pitch away and behind them and, having not seen it, conclude that itās time-wasting and not genuine? How do they decide in an instant to not follow, for example, the head injury protocol and just issue a yellow card? In reality there is just no way they do.
I thought my examples of why cards havenāt worked and wonāt work were both from the real world and pretty detailed. Iām genuinely intrigued as to whether you have examples to the contrary or itās just a strong feeling so to speak.
Good to hear. I have a shift with the Evening News this Satā¦will you be in town on Friday evening for your early KO v Luton on the Saturday? Iām thinking of a couple, early doors, say 6pm in the Stillā¦
Not to prolong the debate but weād actually get more game time. We got 47 minutes v Portsmouth. Basically one half of football. Itās probably different at Wrexham but this is a week in week out issue at ER. Itās amazing how the serial time wasters suddenly speed up when theyāre behind. So yes, the best way to deal with it is to get in front and stay in front but that isnāt always possible.
When players go down off the ball itās not going to be a head injury so play on. Remarkably when refs do this the āinjuredā player who previously looked like heād never play football again is up and at āem in a flash.
Refs need to be more pro active.
Now Iām off for a ride in my bike 
Definitely not different for us. EFL far better on the issue than NL but not so much that thereās any meaningful difference.
Unfortunately your off the ball theory founders when one realises that a head injury could be sustained from a crowd missile. No referee will be stupid enough to go āNah, thatās not a head injuryā if they didnāt see it. Imagine if a player was down way away from anyone and it turned out a broken bottle had taken their eye out.
Having said that, the rules around the whole protocol need examining again. Discovered on Saturday that our ref. was absolutely right to play on when a Wycombe player went down clutching his head at our corner. Unbelievably the current protocol allows a ref to play on of the collusion was sustained with a player from your own team. Words fail. He got up and played on with a black bandage.
Local paper reports Delia has handed over majority ownership to Attanasio.
Good news as multiple ownership was inhibiting any progress.
Attanasio has stated they are investing in sport as a business proposition so it will be interesting to see how this pans out.
Better hope Norwich City F.C. is worth more than Carrow Road redevelopment value!
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Shame itās not scheduled to happen until end of March next year.
After Saturday we could well be a League 1 side by then.
Will it also mean stagnation this season with the board not wanting to do anything until the sale or will Mr A demand some signs of progress before finally signing on the dotted line?
Hoping this will wake a few up at CR, especially those currently, laughingly called, players.
I hope Norfolk Holdings take over immediately as itās obvious from the structured handover that Delia could not manage the current debt levels.
Norfolk Holding will take on the debt for shares with no payment to Delia.
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Chris, as it happens I have got tickets for the Luton game for me, son and two grandsons, but weāll be travelling down to the game from South London on Saturday morning so wonāt be in the city on Friday evening.
Totally fair enough Mike, would be good to do another time.
Idah has finally gone to Celtic for Ā£8.5 million + Ā£1 million + 15% sell on.
Good deal for both sides.
Sara gone, Idah gone, Rowe on his way and we still have Hanley, Barnes and Duffy.
Iām sure a little while ago Ben Knapper said he wanted to reduce the average squad age. Strange way of going about it but typically Norwich.
Surprised at how vulnerable Lutonās defence looked this evening. They couldnāt cope with Burnleyās pace, yet persisted at playing a rather high line. Unlike Luton, Burnley looked a team with recent PL pedigree.
Scott Parker though. Didnāt exactly convince as an EPL manager with his outburst and the relative success of his immediate successor. Iām sure Burnley will have a decent season but thatās all it will be. Straight back down if they go up. An utterly pointless appointment.
@JohnF and @Canaryfan congratulations. You will soon have a new era. Nothing quite like the buzz of not knowing what comes next witha new owner. Itās like having a second pre season, but good 
Everything about your new owner says āslow buildā but I donāt see that as a bad thing. I shall watch with great interest. One thing clear already. The disciplinary actions against Idah and Rowe were apparently led by your new owner. Doesnāt seem keen on player power or a basic lack of manners.
Far better than our owners ludicrous ābut why canāt we do that and nowā guns ho approach encouraged by the idiot Harvey. A stage up comedian, actor and writer is literally our only voice of reason.
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From what heās said and brief videos I like Mark Attanasio. No big promises but obviously a very successful man with considerable wealth behind him.
What is interesting to me is if he can turn Norwich into a viable business worth investing in.
Iāve often tried to figure out how to make Norwich City a viable business and the only thing I concluded was the self funding model Delia came up with would never work.
Interesting times ahead.
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Well, I am struggling to say exactly what happened tonight other than we were well beaten by a much more organised and purposeful Burnley side - canāt even blame the ref/VAR/dodgy decisions. Kaminsky actually kept the score down but to be honest Burnley could have had another 3. Also not sure what we are thinking we have sold Barkley (who would have gone anyway) & lost Lokonga who bossed our midfield last season, Osho moved to France & we let Giles go to Hull permanently: are we thinking that we will just bank the money and keep our fingers crossed that we can perform miracles again? Yes we have injury problems (still! - amazing at the start of the season) but we looked threadbare, could not defend and offered nothing in attack. Any talk of an immediate return to the Premier was shot down pretty quickly tonight. Oh, please donāt tell Portsmouth that we canāt defend - better that they find out for themselves in our next game.