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hi Is there not a legacy issue here on what constituted illegal feinting in the past. Many will recall that it was seen as unsporting to stop on the run up (anywhere) and many examples were shown of players that stuttered but never came to a stop on the run up. As I recall it I suspect that...

Hi Cannot be offside. Kompany was onside so Sane's position is irrelevant. If the shot went in directly close to Sane then Sane's position might be a factor. Sane had no effect whatsoever on the Kompany kick. Put it like this. If Gundogan had passed the ball to Kompany would offside be even...

Hi Some chose not to understand when it does not suit. GK dives to save shot and the ball is deflected by Kompany who is clearly onside. In fact had Sane interfered with the GK causing him not to dive it would have been to his advantage! Opening line of Law 11 needs to be spelt out.

Hi As Lovren has " played" the ball albeit poorly it is a reset of offside in which case Kane was not offside. To quote Law 11 ** A player in an offside position receiving the ball from an opponent who deliberately plays the ball (except from a deliberate save by any opponent) is not considered...

Hi The game allows for the use of strength and physical contact such as a fair charge. Tactic knowledge tells us that shoulder to shoulder in a way that moves a player off the ball is fair. Obviously running at distance to crash a shoulder into the opponents shoulder, back or chest is not legal...

Hi A few options Selective deafness. Just blank the dissenter by ignoring him. Give it and Go. A mistake I tend to make is hang around for the dissent rather than give the call and just getting out of there. Harder to dissent with a referee some 20 yards away and moving further away.

Hi Hoosier Ref The part that I did not like in the description was turning back into the opponent making heavy contact. That reads more like a charge than a shielding action. If it is a charge it has to be shoulder to shoulder not into the opponents chest or back. Another factor is whether the...

Hi Chrisp72 Good advice from One Also sometimes the level of the foul is not the issue. The temperature of the game / location can be the deciding factor. So the first foul by White on the defender needed to be dealt with and the game stopped with a strong whistle. Did the push merit a caution...

Hi Yeah but that is not what is being suggested. It is in my opinion a caution and an IDFK or nothing. It is not an IDFK on its own. To use the spitting analogy it cannot be a DFK without a red card.

Hi Sure any verbals whatever it is be it distraction is "other verbal offences". The real question is whether it is separate from the caution of "verbally distracts an opponent during play or at a restart " I would seriously doubt that it is as it would not make any sense that there is a caution...

Hi the game has got itself into this problem. It has now become accepted practise for player to run in front of the ball to prevent the QFK or for the player beside the ball to stay there and not retreat the 10 yards. Referees have many times *allowed* this to happen by not cautioning. The...

Hi CM The infamous Adriano goal for Shaktar Donetsk springs to mind. It was for that type of reason that the law was changed so that multiple touches did not nullify direct. Now two players have to touch the ball. However even in the Adriano incident the ball was passed to him so under the...

Hi Let me throw this into the mix. Nowhere in the Laws does it say that a signal is required for a free kick to be taken unlike a PK. It is in the Advice and Interpretation but not the Laws. Also whose benefit is the whistle for? So for me the player has not heeded the instruction, he has taken...

Hi In a DOGSO situation it would be a red card as it is not a genuine attempt to play the ball. I suspect some referees take a dim view of a cynical kick of an opponent when the ball is not even close. Sure remove the ball and it will be viewed as VC as a kick of an opponent.

Hi Jon Moss thinks it is a red card!

Hi The best way to imagine this is that there is an imaginary wall of water on the pitch side of the touch line. Once the ball is * wet* by breaking that plane of water after release from the throwers hand it is in play. If the ball crosses out again over the plane then it is throw the other...

Hi Nalbi Thanks for the link. Makes sense at higher levels. At grassroots there is going to be few A technical infringements that is going to warrant removal. Most times it is going to be B offences such as dissent, OFFINABUS, coming on the FOP which are all cards IMO.

Hi For me the player manager gets treated as a substitute. If I have occasion to speak with him during play I treat him like a player / substitute. If the action deserves a caution such as dissent, entering the FOP without permission,USB then he so be it he gets a yellow card. He carries that...

Hi Regular spectacles are dangerous and the frames can cause puncture wounds. The glass is probably no longer an issue as they are made from hard plastic. Saw this quote recently **Notes on Safety - Always use eye protection, There are no workshop manuals here for eye repairs and replacements...

Hi The laws do not specify the type of footwear to be worn just that it must not be dangerous to the player or his opponents. I would allow a player to wear running shoes as they are no different from the modern ,slippers' that pass for boots. As regards a local competition rule on footwear that...