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    Backpasses

    **For me, a GK can roll the ball out to a team mate who then controls it, realises there's danger, gets a shout from his GK to "Leave" who can then pounce on the ball and no offence has taken place since the ball wasn't deliberately kicked** That is an offence every single time. The control...
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    Backpasses

    Agreed. The question though is what is a deliberate kick and direction. Direction of the kick is not in the law so it can be in any direction as mentioned by Rusty Ref who was 100% correct and the ball is kicked when a player makes contact with it with the foot and/or the ankle. Foot control of...
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    Backpasses

    Hi While not a backpass the goalkeeper has released the ball from possession and he cannot touch the ball again with a hand until it comes from an opponent or legally from a team mate. So its an IDFK offence not the backpass one. Terminology is important. FWIW control with the foot is deemed a...
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    penalty shootout

    From the penalty mark I can’t see how the ball can clip the post and end up behind the net if it did not go in. Clip it on the outside and its going well away from the goal. Also while checking the nets is vital positioning is even more important. I once repaired a net before kick off and a ball...
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    Verbally distracting an opponent (DOGSO)

    The DOGSO red card offence can have a direct / penalty or indirect free kick restart. So the answer is red card.
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    Forest v Newcastle

    The decision hinges on the first Forest defender to play the ball, The 2nd Forest play can easily be justified as interfering by the player in an offside position yet that is not the key decision, Now was the first clearance deliberate or not. The IFAB advice and video examples would suggest...
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    CHE Spurs

    Play was held up for over a minute before the corner kick to allow VAR to look at the incident. Dermot Gallagher said on Sky that if AT had seen the incident on the monitor it would have been a red card. Seemed to know something? That begs the question what was VAR's opinion on it. Was it not...
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    CHE Spurs

    My take on the incidents The offside is not clear enough for me. Mendy has clear line of sight to the ball at the moment of the shot, Richarlison is not close to him and he almost gets to the ball inside the post. Throw in a Chelsea defender in the mix in front of Richarlison and its not...
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    Deliberate Play / Deflection / Save

    Flag up by AR, wave down by referee as a deliberate play and goal awarded. Based on the "new" advice its offside?
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    West Ham vs Arsenal

    In my opinion there are two offences here. Ramsdale was guilty of at the very least of playing in a dangerous manner with his boot raised and all six studs showing towards an opponent which is reckless. Contact and its a stone wall red card. It can also be challenging in a reckless manner Bowen...
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    Drop ball?

    I would say that if a straw poll was taken of referees on this part of the ball out of play law that it would not be consistent. The reason the question was posed was that cdsman went with a dropped ball rather than a throw in which I suspect was not challenged. Anubis wished he had went with a...
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    Drop ball?

    One of the downsides of the throw in restart is that most in the game expect a dropped ball for it hitting the referee. 99.9% of the time the ball will stay on the field of play and perhaps meet one of the three conditions so its a DB. Personally I think it somewhat "unfair" that if it hits the...
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    Offside? YouTube clip

    On that last clip it just cannot be offside. So was it a foul that was called? If it was the flag mechanics were incorrect for a foul. Its even wrong for offside. Fluttering flag and then pointed left with the left arm for a foul. No pointing in either to the location. The referee signals for...
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    Offside? YouTube clip

    One of the challenges I have seen in recent times is that many referees accept every offside flag. In the first clip it could not be offside just perhaps maybe a player in an offside position. I like many others have been there on incorrect flags and its a wave down with play continuing. Before...
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    Everton vs City

    In the Laws of the Game 20/21 there was a diagram showing an image with a green shoulder area and a red lower arm. The change stated that "For the purposes of determining handball offences, the upper boundary of the arm is in line with the bottom of the armpit" and the diagram was to represent...
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