Recent content by RustyRef

I've just never heard of a situation where an AR tells a referee something that is factual and the referee has chosen to ignore them, really can't see it happening as the referee would be chucking both himself and the AR under the bus.

It isn't just whether you heard it or not, you also need to know who said it and that can be a lot harder to work out. I've heard comments over the years that have had me twitching, but if you don't know who said it there isn't a huge amount you can do about it. Where it is discriminatory...

Have you not thought that there might be a reason for them going AWOL? I've done that role over a number of spells, it is hard work, unpaid in most cases, and is often done by people who have full time jobs. I was normally quick in responding to emails, but if I'd worked a 12 hour day staring...

They will be even tighter next season. The current system has a margin of error in favour in favour of the attacker, meaning if the lines overlap it is deemed to be onside. With semi-automated offside there is no such margin, it the attacker is 0.01mm offside it will be given as offside.

Thanks, certainly agree that the supposed foul in the build up was nowhere near a clear and obvious error. I had to watch it three times before I could even see it. Red card and disallowed goal for offside correct though.

That isn't allowed. VAR cannot do anything until an on-pitch decision has been made. It really couldn't be any more clear about this.

Certainly not mandatory, but when the game hasn't been on TV it would be useful to post a link to the highlights with the time of the incident(s). Whilst I would love to watch football highlights whilst I should be working I'm not sure that would really be welcomed by my management 😂

What could he have done differently with the card? AR hasn't flagged so he has to assume he was onside, mandatory caution, and he has to make the decision before VAR can get involved. Really struggling to see what else he could have done.

Gentle reminder, refereeing forum. Fans forum this way ==>

Suspect most, myself included, haven't seen it. Wasn't on UK TV, and MoTD was on far too late for anyone having to get up for work.

You could play the game if the lines are feint or broken, but struggling to see how you would do it if they are non-existent as was the case here.

Still have to keep shouting. I was on the line at Wealdstone with over 1,000 there, the majority of those seemingly in the home stand right behind me, when the referee missed my offside flag and the tech had evidently failed as no amount of buzzing was getting his attention leaving me resorting...

Not sure on that one. Would agree if the AR has signalled a foul or offside, but less so for ball out of play or restarts. Perhaps there are very rare occasions where the referee is more credibly placed than the referee to rule on ball out of play (e.g. ball over goal line on far side to...

I was going on the fact that the person you said was trying to help with his spray paint can drew his line straight down following the blue line. If the blue line wasn't in the right place what help was this exactly?

I mist be missing something obvious, but looks to me like there were lines, just in blue / green rather than white?