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Sounds like a good title for a movie. Imagine Samuel L. Jackson walking along with what he thinks is a basket of bread rolls. Then he gets a call: he's actually carrying a basket full of deadly snakes and if he doesn't continue walking at at least 3.8 miles per hour they'll "go off" (whatever...

A case here I think of both being true rather than one or the other. He was 99% excellent and I thought a really awesome display. But, at the same time, I think he bottled the Suarez dive incident. Can we say if there were five minutes to go and/or Suarez wasn't on a yellow he would pretty much...

Tough gig being a referee... I self-overruled a penalty once: was for a handball but various things showed me I'd got it wrong and I changed my mind. I felt like such an idiot and didn't enjoy the rest of the game at all but it was the right thing to do. Certainly would've been easier in some...

Definitely had cases where it was more "low head" than "high foot" and not given fouls that were wanted because of that, but not because someone was short. Difficult one - but then I guess players have to be aware of what's around them, including people's heights. One way I rationalise this is...

It was self defence.

Very well said. :) So, to ask the question burning on everybody's lips...would you do it again? ;)

Can you explain that please? Except if a goal is scored. What would you do if a free kick in the penalty area was played straight to a striker who was then brought down by the keeper as he was about to score? What would you have done on Saturday if the incident had resulted in a deflection...

You're right! I've been looking on the FIFA website here - how silly of me to think they might be using the current Laws. ;) Not offside. ;)

From the interpretation of Law 11: Also: So, as we can see, there are still references to "distracting an opponent" and I think I can find justification in Law to flag offside on the above examples, perhaps with the exception of the Southampton one. Though only "perhaps". But I take your...

A lot of talk about the end of this game. Garry Monk and many Swansea fans saying Lee Probert shouldn't have blown up while they were on the attack. Monk's argument seems to be that - well, I'll let him tell it himself: Here's a gif of the end of the game, showing the whistle going at around...

Are you saying last year it would have been offside?

Exactly. :-)

I can put my hand in my heart and promise you I've never done any such thing. I defy any man to prove otherwise.

Disagree. Number one, the Laws are only about 50 (small) pages. Number two, you don't have to remember every sentence written. It's not about being able to repeat verbatim what you've read. Plus, I'm guessing pretty much every ref will be coming to the game with prior knowledge, so you're mainly...

Here are my proposed changes for the LOTG 2014/15, just in case Blatter or Platini are reading: Throw-in law changed so it doesn't matter too much about exact technique, so long as no significant gain in distance is made. Who cares whether the ball leaves the hands when they're in front of the...

Southampton's second goal against Tottenham the other day (play from about 1.18): I can't make up my mind 100% about that one but I really want to say it's offside. Definitely the two nearest attacking players are offside when the ball is played in and, in my mind, the defender has a totally...

I say clamp down on everything. Just as easy to do offensive language and throw-ins as it is to do one or the other.

Well illustrated. :)

Problem for me is that it's against Law. Also, that it could and quite often does result in an advantage. One way is that the other team may have set themselves up for a throw coming in from where the ball went out. Another is that it may make it easier for the thrower to reach the goalkeeper...

It's hard to make wagers about such things in this day and age, what with google and everything, but if you're up for a bet I am too. I'm willing to go in pretty heavy. Maybe I'm being foolish but what the hey. Whadya say? ;)