Recent content by santa sangria

Screaming is the answer. And if the ref doesn’t hear at least you tried and kept trying.

Also the card lark was a bit daft. You’d think they’d have better video operators 🤷🏽‍♀️ What? They put referees in the video room, really? You’re ‘avin’ a larf!!!

Yes old thread but this is a top Google hit. I just changed the battery. The strap screws are really frustrating and they kept turning like the thread was broken - but they did come eventually with the help of very small pliers and tight grip (damaging the strap a bit). The reset button also...

Rusty is bang on about sample rate and some watches publish, some don’t. And some also have a basic and advanced setting for it. There are a handful of good articles to be found on this. None I’ve found on our application but some on changing direction and sampling.

Hackett sounded embarrassing. He and Clattenburg are not helping referees generally and I’m looking forward to them getting some comeuppance.

I always have this in the pre-match: “If I wave you down, it’s a good thing. You give me the information with the flag. If you think the attacker played the ball, you flag. If I see the defender has played the ball, I will wave you down. It’s a good thing. It’s up to the players to play to the...

Also it was really close and we don’t all have your feline intuition!

It’s clear in the laws under powers and duties. Second ball, interferes with play. No goal, dropped ball to the team in possession. Crystal clear. More, I am interested in how the ball ended up on the field… if it was deliberately put on the field, then the individual needs a very public...

I think 2 (or more) interpretations is exactly what we have. But this is also like the prem mantra to avoid cards and keep 11 on the field. Or the major international tournament syndrome of suddenly lowering the bar to card. There seems to be a constant power struggle with the prem wanting...

I like the Razor… and I think Liverpool fans would also like Atwell to never VAR them again. Is it possible that a) the powers were daft to make Atwell VAR without more training, b) double daft to appoint him to the Forest match, and c) Atwell also daft to mess up the third penalty appeal.

I think one big problem is UEFA’s guidance is being followed in European competitions and some leagues - but it is extreme and I personally don’t think it’s what football wants or expects - and it is not what UK football, the prem or PGMOL want. Which puts PGMOL and prem refs in a tough spot...

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No, not in the law book. Any balls in use should be the same and competition rules normally specify how many identical balls should be provided. But at grassroots, hobby cups, it might be smart to be careful in case you end up with a different type of ball in the middle of a shoot out. In...

Just to add… if you take a long look at the Uefa handball videos - they take an incredibly harsh line, basically unenforceable, where anything away from the body is punished, and there are no positions justifiable!

Wow - Finland-Holland in Helsinki. Finland equalized with 1 second remaining. Went to penalties. Spanish refs. One big call, 6th foul, where one cut the grass and the other gave it. And there was a vicious off the ball hand straight arm to the face missed. Quite eccentric ref who was kinda...