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“That gave us pretty good confidence that we should just cancel,” he said, “and save her a ton of wasted time and pain.”

It's almost back to the 54 minutes and 49 seconds recorded in 2022-23 - but the average match length was shorter then - 98 minutes and 27 seconds - so more time is actually being wasted.

Barr wasted no time, getting on an airline app and booking a new flight within minutes.

The Slovenian had already wasted a couple of opportunities when he suffered an injury three minutes from time chasing down a long ball.

Whether their patience will pay off, or be wasted, is in the hands of Rockstar.