Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher believes officials are doing more this season to address ‘time-wasting’ despite Leeds United’s frustrations on Sunday. Not for the first time in the Whites’ opening seven matches, Jesse Marsch felt that not enough was done to stop visiting teams at Elland Road from slowing the game down.
The Leeds boss said after the match: “Yes. I will be speaking to somebody from the league or I've already spoken with the referee committee that this is clearly a tactic. I was told, managers were told, and by the way, they took up another hour and a half of our time this past week to remind us that they're going to do better with controlling the play, the run of play in matches.
“I didn't create that dialogue, that's not my agenda, that's the league's agenda. I feel bad for our fans when they have to come to this match and they have to watch that, they want to see an energetic game that has a lot to see. So, I will be discussing that was somebody and we will as a club.”
