The subtle art of fouling when facing a counter-attack, or transition, is ugly, but a necessary evil for the best teams. Ask Manchester City.
Personally, I hate these type of fouls and have advocated the use of sin-bins as a punitive punishment.
However, until they come into force City could make use of this type of 'shithousery' to deliberately slow games down, say, when they're beating a top side.
If you can't beat 'em join 'em?
Or, do I not like that?