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The wasn't reckless thing did make me chuckle. As did the fact that the headline on BBC was that the decision was deemed to be incorrect but only upon reading the article does it explain that this was a 3-2 split vote and it was a 5-0 majority that said it wasn't a clear and obvious error.

Yeah I'm not a massive fan to be honest. The plus side is that my wife actually bought me that exact same training t-shirt for christmas last year. She must have had inside knowledge.

Quieter season for me! 19 x Middles 8 x Lines 2 x 4th Official 4 x Observation / Match Day Coach

Nobody said he wasn't likely to gain control of the ball, just that there is enough doubt there because of the distance and height of the ball played as to whether he will gain control. Could be tricky to control etc, keeper may get there quicker than expected. Too much uncertainty.

My thoughts exactly. A direct free kick would be whistle followed by parallel arm, a throw in would (usually) be no whistle and parallel arm. Difference being the rare occasions where a throw in does require a whistle, in which case a touch more communication may or may not be required...

It's almost similar to those who try to steal every inch on a corner by overhanging the ball over the quadrant as much as possible. It baffles me as to why they feel the need when they can comfortably reach where they're aiming for regardless. Perfectly legal but totally unnecessary!

Assessment days are on week commencing 20th May. You would imagine that this means those invited would be notified either week commencing 6th May or week commencing 13th May, however this isn't confirmed.

Fair play, I’ll hold my hands up on that one, you were correct and I was very incorrect. Apologies for my previous remark.

Agree now, having watched latest video. Pretty much agree with your previous comments.

Technically yes he was. I haven't seen the video posted above that shows the whole incident, so maybe my 'definitely' was a little incorrect 😆 (I saw a video on tiktok which very briefly shows the build up to the incident, but then stops.)

They may release further guidance regarding what constitutes deliberate, but for me it would have to be a players hand / arm making a clear movement towards the ball / trajectory of the ball to stop it entering the goal.

There definitely wasn't a foul. Even by 'safe refereeing' or 'protect the GK' standard there wasn't a foul, so I feel AT's signal was definitely a 'get on with it' signal. Had he thought there was enough for a foul / playing advantage I feel like he probably would have restarted with a DFK.

So as I expected, it's basically what's known as the 'double jeopardy rule' where it should only be a caution if a penalty is awarded if we deem the handball to be non-deliberate. I think a good example (and I speak purely from memory without actually watching it back, so may be mis-remembering)...

I've always done the same when the weather warrants it. I personally think it actually looks better than a long sleeved top! I did once get told by a fellow referee that a certain observer would slaughter me if he saw it, but I'm yet to meet an observer who has an issue with it and I'd like to...

You're responding to a point I'm not discussing regarding the injury. My comment saying that we don't know for definite Areola wasn't even slightly injured was in response to you suggesting AT told him to go to ground to fabricate an injury. AT may have gone over there and Areola say he needed...