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One-armed advantage signal given in NI vs Ukraine yesterday. I thought it was confusing - there was a foul and it looked as if the ref had given the foul from his arm signal but play continued. Obviously there had been no whistle but in a really noisy stadium I can well imagine a defender stopping.

I'd be interested on views on another incident in this game. On 87 minutes Neuer came out to a long ball, Mustafi didn't see him and headed back over him. The Ukrainian striker, Seleznyov, was running through on the loose ball and Neuer blocked him off. Does anyone think there is a case for a...

So does that mean that a GK can pick the ball up after parrying?

No, technically he's not allowed to pounce on the ball. By parrying the ball the keeper has gained possession of the ball and immediately released that possession and so he is not allowed to pick it up. The grey area is what is the difference between a save and a parry, for me it would have to...

But losing against Holland three days later tells us that they are not World beaters... Hmm... Yup, beating the 13th best team in the world...;):)

How does beating World Champions Germany fit in to this?

Could we not use the word Yid on here? I recognise that Charlie didn't intend it this way but for many people this is a very racist epithet. Thanks.

All I am saying is that something which you dismiss as "verbals...not enough for an abandonment" is actually quite a serious criminal offence. Yes, there are things which happen on a football pitch which would incur severe peanlties elsewhere but are accepted within the game but threatening to...

But as I have pointed out, saying the words is a) completly unacceptable behaviour to a referee, behaviour for which it is completely reasonable to abandon a match b) a criminal offence. You suggested that this sort of behaviour is "easily managed" and that SM was wrong to dismiss in these...

No, I am supporting referees that abandon matches when they are threatened with violence. I am at a loss as to why you think that this is not the correct response.

Words fail me! Someone saying: "I'm going to fudging knock you out you c-word" is not only a perfectly good reason to abandon, it's a criminal offence, and not a minor one at that. Potentially 12 weeks inside. https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/threatening-behaviour.pdf

Should have been disallowed for offside! When the final shot is made there is a player in an offside position directly in front of the keeper.

But then you are effectively rewarding the defender for standing over the ball - something that he is specifically not allowed to do and can be immediately cautioned for. The defender wants to delay the re-start and you have let him do exactly that.

There was a view on the highlight show from behind the goal which showed that at the very least it was extremely close. Far from being a terrible decision and possibly a very good one. https://www.my5.tv/the-championship-football-league-tonight/season-1/episode-39 - 21m40s in.

Alli lashing out was Alli's fault and Alli's responsibility. This is the classic sort of nonsense that we all have to put up with each week with people blaming the ref for the players' lack of self control.

No - has been reworded as: The ball is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves. Couldn't possibly comment...:D

So could you define what "throws the ball from behind and over the head" means for the 1%?

My point is that the law as written doesn't explicitly support either of our positions. I'm not actually sure what you consider to be a correctly taken throw but if you are saying that the ball has to be both behind and above the head at the point of release then technically almost every throw...

This is the main problem with the law as it is written - it doesn't explicitly say that the ball is delivered from above the head, it says that the player "delivers the ball from behind and over his head". To me this means that the ball must start behind the player's head, must then go over his...

The caution for a player removing his shirt is only mandatory if it is done when celebrating a goal so you don't have to caution in this instance although you certainly could do if you wanted to - "shows lack of respect for the game" if nothing else. From what you say above, it sounds like the...