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It's interesting though, not a single England player appears to appeal for offside. Did the AR have a moment and get caught out by ball watching? Some won't admit it, but I bet at some point, we have all had moments in games where we effectively zone out and it takes a few seconds to refocus...

Not going to complain about it, he lunged in and could easily have broken the Villa player's ankle on the follow through. More miffed about my team's inability to take clear cut chances, just like last season and the fact there was 2 other scissor like challenges at the weekend where players...

I never showed a card below u13 during my 10 years as a referee, on reflection was probably a few times I should have done at younger ages. Certainly not going to criticise a fellow ref who decides on the ultimate sanction at younger ages. Hopefully the lad in question learns from his red mist...

Don Goodman is another who's default co-commentary style is to question and criticise referee's decisions, with players the innocent victims! :mad:

Wow! It's an absolute shocker! Unfortunately judging by the number videos on various social media platforms, this sort of "challenge" seems to be far too common.

Burley keeper James Trafford rightly yellow carded after about 10 minutes for delaying taking a free kick near his own penalty area following an aborted stuttering run up. Vincent Kompany protests the decision with the 4th official. Just 20 minutes in, Burnley seem to be pushing the limits...

Soccer Saturday is also getting rather tiresome with this. Seems every time Mike Dean tries to explain anything, the panel especially Merson want to talk over and disagree with him! :mad:

Was this game an exception to clampdown on timewasting and gamesmanship or the Premier League reverting back to the old normal? Seemed to be numerous incidents of players blatantly delaying restarts and wasting time with little sign of a hurry up and only 4 minutes added on time signaled in the...

Of all the people they could have used to present the show with Howard Webb, they went with Michael Owen, absolutely zero charisma or personality! :confused:

Hopefully VAR drew their lines in the right place as it looked very tight from the original side on angle! :eek:

Somewhat agricultural challenge by Lindelof on the touchline and Saka's on the follow through wasn't clever either! :eek:

If it was never specifically stated, then fair enough, but seen it on many occasions in the past where a keeper would stand significantly behind the line until the kick was taken and the referee allowed it, but then again until the great VAR supported clampdown, we also saw the likes of Dudek...

Seen it a few times after a day's play in cricket test matches, where an umpire has agreed to appear on screen to explain/clarify a decision, but it's a very rare exception. Football is weird. In most sports, the umpires/referees/judges etc seem to be treated with fair greater respect than we...

Perfect restart....... if you want to cause a riot! :eek:

Maybe one of the resident law/history of the laws and subsequent change aficionados can help on this one.... Leeds keeper Karl Darlow was yellow carded during the penalty shoot out for advancing off his line early to save a Salford penalty, which officials picked up on and ordered a retake. (No...

The so-called crack down will be forgotten about by Christmas at the latest despite what Howard Webb says I suspect. Already being inconsistently applied and numerous incidents of dissent etc that would have resulted in yellow cards on week one being ignored this weekend. Chelsea Vs Luton being...

Naturally as a Chelsea fan, I was p'd off about the decisions that went against Chelsea in this game. Always been a big fan of Mike Dean and steer clear of ref/Mike Dean bashing stories especially on social media as trying to reason with people can be like p'n in the wind. I don't get how...

Pickford penalised for clattering Ollie Watkins on the follow through and eventually yellow carded for his usual ridiculous delaying tactics. Keepers often get away with those sorts of challenges, shouldn't do, but guessing after last week's Man Utd Vs Wolves game and the aftermath, a penalty...

Defender appeared to flick out her arm as she jumped towards the ball, just not sure why it took so long for the referee to be called to the screen and then the decision when she was at the screen. Did look like the keeper went early in real time, but still a very poorly taken penalty...

Utterly ridiculous, another green light for keepers to just wipeout an attacker without any consequence :confused: