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The AR is entitled to hold a view; in this case he was clearly wrong about line of sight.

As soon as line of sight is mentioned it throws into doubt the rest of what the assistant says. Clear and obvious is meant to stop re-refereeing if the assistant has misseen something then clear and obvious goes out the window. The referee also should've inputted that line of sight wasn't an issue.

Did it once with club linos. Looked over at the start and the assistants were in right backs position (team benches were on opposite sides). I decided to 'style it out'. Observer comes in at end and says positioning all over the place first half, nearly perfect second half. He didn't comment...

The referee gives a signal at the end of the clip which would make anybody think the game was off. Whether that was it's a no good at the moment signal, or he decided give it extra time after further discussions..

They're human too. With the old 17 penalty scenarios, an FA tutor who was a level 3 at the time got 3 out of 17 at a life seminar test. He must've learnt from that and he's now an FA core coach and one of the most high profile course tutors in the country.

Perhaps should as As not Seen on TV

@ChasObserverRefDeveloper OK

For a goalkeeper to be considered to have released the ball from his hands he first needs to have met the conditions for having control of the ball with his hands. My interpretation of @RefereeX scenario is the ball was never held so the ball can't have been released from the goalkeeper's...

The Scottish version is so much better. Get through 15-20 incidents in an hour Webb acts like a politician

My bad. Replace "possession with control.

There was a change at the top. The previous incumbent very strongly prioritised female referees for female competitions.

If the ball isn't between the hand and a surface it has to be held before the goalkeeper is considered to be in (edit) control. If people think deliberately touching the ball counts as holding the ball then that's there right. I didn't even think think was a debate anymore after the deliberate...

May 2025

Play on. This used to come under deliberate parry. Deliberate parry stopped being classed as possession 20 years ago? It's increasingly being used as a tactic to waste time now the 8 second law is in operation. I did propose the 8 seconds being counted whenever the goalkeeper is in possession...

Don't know what you mean 😮

Use the VAR lite system, it's very inexpensive. Two appeals each team.

Dermot Gallagher on RefWatch putting the on field decision solely on the assistant. Bit bizarre when he knows their would've been a conversation

@Russell Jones This is my issue with this, if he's just standing there was is no offence unless the ball hits him. There is no way the law intends ducking out of the way to be the obvious action that triggers an offside offence. Wait a few weeks then contact IFAB.

@RefereeX You cursed Stuart Burt...

@sanjay23 Generally discrimination laws in the EU are far more relaxed than in the UK. That wouldn't fly over here, even with a fudge.