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Anthony Taylor with 2 questionable performances in consecutive weeks, he didn't make many Roma friends last year and is now gearing up for a summer of European Championship refereeing. Whilst none of us would condone the abuse an official recieves, and we can only imagine the challenge of...

Another huge absentee from that video is Luis Garcia's goal against Chelsea in the Champions League. Apologies for bringing it up because I know a lot of Chelsea fans still haven't got over it

Whilst not a great yardstick, Match of the Day summarised it pretty well. They also summarised VAR pretty well last night in all fairness, the guidance is changing on a weekly basis making it almost impossible for officials to be consistent. The defender knew what he was doing and was backing...

🤣 To be fair, my tongue in cheek comment isn't even backed up by the facts (https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/38196464/how-var-decisions-affect-premier-league-club-2023-24)

Whilst it is probably a foul, is it a clear and obvious error? Why has Pawson missed it? Would it be given on the half way line? Others have rightly said, we have seen far worse fouls go unpunished this season. Interestingly, there are no real appeals for the foul from Villa players...

Is the OP feeling okay? Not sure how this isn't DOGSO, applying the laws of the game: "Where a player denies the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence, the player is sent off wherever the offence occurs (except a goalkeeper within their penalty...

IMO Anthony Taylor and Areola made an absolute howler between them. AT gave an advantage for the challenge on Areola once he had the ball in hand. Areola then took some time to compose himself (pulling up his socks) and then went to restart play with a freekick, assuming AT had given a...

Was going to say the same... Attwell looked like he froze in the moment and must've taken information from AR or 4th.

Surprised there wasn't a thread on this already, but seemingly another poor night for PGMOL and Jarred Gillett. Free kick given to Foden after he appeared to slip over, from which Man City scored (I tried to find this in the highlights, which Sky have conveniently redacted it, despite...

Refchat forum members running to start this post -- Well Well Well... The PGMOL might have some questions to answer this week. Grealish's wasn't enough for a handball but Aaron Wan-Bissaka's was? Either both are handballs or neither. All football fans want to see is consistency and PGMOL...

Ah! My bad I made the assumption Luton were involved.

Really poor by Forest. Agreed would love to see them get a points deduction (won't happen) but a hefty fine will do nicely. HOWEVER What are the PGMOL doing appointing a Luton fan to a game involving Luton? (corrected) when the result directly impacts Luton's place in the PL. Bias or no bias...

Handball for me, outside of the “silhouette” we keep getting educated on and he has made his body bigger. The only mitigation is - “the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation.” Of course we aren’t going to...

Had a scan through previous posts but nothing conclusive with some who have bought the watch and others who haven’t. One post suggests it’s just an expensive stopwatch so curious as to whether it will add to my armoury or is it just a bit of a gimmick. For context I use an Apple Watch with...

In law you were spot on: An indirect free kick is awarded if a player: plays in a dangerous manner impedes the progress of an opponent without any contact being made -- As others have said, far easier to give a DFK for careless/reckless tackle/challenge to avoid confusion. Still fresh in...

Terrible decision by the FA. Sutton United's 2017 run earnt them enough money to pay their annual wage bill with the prize money and then make investments in the ground and facilities using the sponsorship and gate receipts. Lincoln City went a step further that same season, the cup...

First things first, thank you for sharing. Talking is the hardest part when you are struggling with your mental health. As mentioned you have the RA available to you, if the RDO isn't available, consider your safeguarding officer. If you are in employment, see if your employer offers counselling...

The only thing that probably saves him is height and minimal contact Harry Maguire got away with one a few weeks back which was far worse than this But agreed, it should be a red card

This really annoyed me! Mainly because he’s such a regular offender, with his toddler-like throw of the arms and offensive language Bear in mind Anthony Taylor sent off Lewis Dunk for calling him a “f-ing bellend” earlier this season, so he does have the ability to dismiss for OFFINABUS, but...