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Checking VAR for an offside as well. Never seen that before. But guess the Aston Villa player wasnt deemed to have deliberately played the ball to VVD. But agree Mings very lucky to be on the pitch

I thought it was harsh if given for unnatural position. Would have been nice to hear the comm on this. I am not a West Ham supporter btw claiming conspiracies!

Didn't think it was enough for a foul, and maybe the ref had it in his mind, that if he had given it, he would have to send off the defender. More surprised that Guardiola only got a yellow card for 'manhandling the fourth official'. Looked like a pure shove on MOTD, "

I use them, but not enough. I try to use the stepped approach wherever possible but had an assessor the other week who said I tolerated too much abuse, which was a fair comment.

Can't give that, unless you are pretty close to the line. I thought the fella in orange was the ref at one point, I thought that was excellent positioning, before realising it's the keeper!

This needs to go the club, league or county safeguarding officer

The subs advice is amazing, thank you, as that is a big annoyance

Thanks for that, that’s really useful. Might leave them at home this weekend. Suffer from tinitus, so probably in the medium loss range. The hearing aid might be amplifying every sound anyway, including the backchat!

I was wondering if any other refs have experience reffing with hearing aids. This is my second season, and wear one, behind the year one, based during a match on Saturday really felt it was being used to make snidey comments, and querying decisions more than I think they should have. I couldn't...

Clear penalty, excellent decision, where the ball goes after is irrelevant. The fact nobody expected show the players doesn’t know the laws of the game. No second yellow also an excellent decision. Taylor has been excellent

Wouldn’t be devastated. Did that last year in my first season, and the county secretary politely reminded me of the sin bin process, as the game had another incident had gone to county. Move on, lesson learned for me, and have used them since

Have watched the 3 minute video showing every angle of the goal. None of which show the ball touching his arm, so not sure what VAR was supposed to do?

Surprised Guardiola didn’t get 2 yellows either. One for being on the pitch remonstration about a foul, and then arguing in AT’s face when going to VAR. PL refs need to enforce dissent, which will then make our life easier at grassroots when we do enforce it.

Have to disagree with that. First season reffing last year, and season finished with a FA hearing regarding a manager throwing punches at a linesman. I was asked questions by the manager, (over Zoom) and even questioned about wearing of reading glasses, for the hearing,from the manager, who was...

This was more of a foul for me a few years back at Old Trafford that wasn’t given. Think there is a home team influence on occasion!

Yes, I was surprised how poor the standard was, and some of the mens teams I ref on Saturdays have better players! The ref was definitely hot on the cards, something I sometimes hesitant with, so good to watch how he controlled the game

I went to watch an Isthmian League game today and was great watching the ref live. The ref seemed to be getting as much grief as I get when I referee men's games, which in a way was really reassuring, as I thought it was just me! However, he was doing absolutely nothing wrong, and he had a...

Just started second season of reffing. If I think I made a mistake or wasn’t sure I made the right decision, then I will look up that LOTG again, as that is part of the learning process. Come home and watch PL & EFL on the TV, as it’s good to watch the top refs. Lastly, it’s very unlikely you...

The Trippier ‘tackle’ fits SFP perfectly for me. Really surprised it was overturned Serious foul play A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play. Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging...