I would hope the FA have something in place for every eventuality after COVID!Can't really blame the referee for anything there, very difficult to know where the ball was when he stopped play given the stadium was in pitch darkness.
Would have been interesting if there had been a contentious decision whilst VAR was out of action.
Just like the wrongly disallowed Wolves goal in the first tie...Would have been interesting if there had been a contentious decision whilst VAR was out of action.
Can't really blame the referee for anything there, very difficult to know where the ball was when he stopped play given the stadium was in pitch darkness.
Would have been interesting if there had been a contentious decision whilst VAR was out of action.
Love the commentator trying to help but being totally wrong as per.When the lights went out Troare hadn't yet crossed it, give Marriner the benefit of the doubt he didn't know that as it's such an unusual occurrence.
Although EPL refs nearly always interfere with / manage drop ball restarts in the final third; when they do drop it to the attacking side they insist it gets passed backwards.
I've seen one or two instances where it looked as if that could have been what happened but it wasn't totally clear to me whether it was something the player decided to do by themselves or something the referee had advised them to do.Although EPL refs nearly always interfere with / manage drop ball restarts in the final third; when they do drop it to the attacking side they insist it gets passed backwards.
Agree, but with the old law there was nothing wrong with suggesting that one team kicked it back to the other. "They had possession lads when I stopped it, fancy kicking it back to them?". In my experience 99% of the time there were more than happy to.Nothing in the LOTG gives (or ever gave) the R any authority to tell players what to do on a DB. But the R does decide where to stand while dropping the ball, which can have the effect of forcing a back play.