The campaign to save time starts here. And would an all-star game really be that horrible?

There's a warning in the mailbox that we'll be sure to waste time when he's gone. Also: reaction to All-Star suggestion; Potter's First Impressions; and the Spurs team.

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Dump HavertzThere is one thing I hope Potter learned from this evening and that is to never play Havertz or Ziyech again. Is it two things?Will cfc

The strength of SpursI mentioned recently that someone was going to have to do a position-by-position depth comparison for Arsenal/Man U/Spurs to show me exactly where their respective advantages lie in overall team depth (in response to various views taken on F365 and elsewhere).

After watching Spurs-Sporting highlights (I understand it's not the full game but still) someone is also going to have to further analyze Spurs football vs the other top 4 competitors to show me why some people favorite them over others. Stop saying "Conte is a serial winner" (look at his CL record); stop talking about their depth (what if Kane gets hurt? what about 2 of their MCs at the same time like we're dealing with now?); stop talking about last year (seriously, it doesn't matter - we're clearly a team moving forward). In fact, show me something… other than what we were playing with a back three 2 years ago - just with better players.MAW, LA Gooner (Barry Fox said Spurs would win the league this year - never forget.)

Appreciation of a dark artI would like to thank James Outram for his letter about wasting time. He managed to convince me to change my mind and completely oppose any attempt to curb this deplorable practice. The 60 minute timer was muted for a while and I still nodded with the arguments of logic and fairness, still sounding reasonable. James changed that. By the time I finished reading his Time Crimes rap sheet, I had a wide grin on my face as I recalled countless occasions for sh*thosery.

It's not that I don't find all of this time-wasting behavior frustrating, I certainly do, but therein lies the joy. When it's an opposing player performing these tricks I get mad and I yell and I swear and I make obscene gestures and I don't speak loudly to anyone in particular about how footballers are panzies and they just need to get up and carry on. Although when my team acts this way, I know for sure that there are fans who experience the same grief and fury as I do and that makes me immensely happy.

I don't want to give that up. It's part of the theater, part of the acting that I love. I want the slow-walking substitute to be pushed off the pitch by the opposing captain. I want the aborted goal kicks and delayed throw-ins. I want the excessive cramps and broken legs that heal with a whistle. I want anger and frustration because that goes hand in hand with joy and schadenfreude. If you take one away, the other goes with it, and what's left is soulless.

We seem to be heading towards a more sterile technocratic version of football and in some ways necessary and welcome, but I think we also have to be very careful not to kill the drama in a quest for greater fairness . The game is completely fine at 90 minutes, leave it alone. Dave, Manchester

Timely Suggestions To Paul, Wirral's suggestion of stop-clock style timing, I say that while in theory this will negate the need to waste time, it may actually make the problem worse. That's not the only reason players hit the deck. Killing the moose is a major factor. Nothing cuts the wind from the opponent's sails quite like 2 minutes of scratching your ass. on the ground every 45 seconds? Of course, they won't. Simeone's 30-minute halves will last 90 minutes.

I have a few solutions to this problem. First of all, as Paul and the ancient messenger said, cramps don't count. If I'm gassed and can't catch my breath because I sprinted the length of the court, I'm not going to stop the game for that, so cramps shouldn't either.

Second, let the 4th official keep track of saves. Referees on the field have enough to keep up with and can suck that. Why give them anything more to suck on? You can even let managers know mid-game how much currently needs to be added for tactical adjustments.

Third, let the physios step in when the game is going on if there is an injury other than the head and let them make an initial assessment. If a replacement is necessary, the game c...