WSL Liverpool v Aston Villa

[CaptainsPlease]

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To my eye this looks like a missed offside offence, interesting one to watch due to the nature of offence and player movement. I wonder if anything was discussed over comms. The commentators take no notice.

 

[RustyRef]

Certainly looks to be offside, but probably quite tight if they got the lines out due to the defender's head.

 

[DavidObs]

Good one to provide a clip of which is certainly a discussion point. In my world with no complaints received from the defending team, I would be seeking to return to the half way line & re-starting the game as quickly as possible. lol

 

[RustyRef]

Good one to provide a clip of which is certainly a discussion point. In my world with no complaints received from the defending team, I would be seeking to return to the half way line & re-starting the game as quickly as possible. lol

That's a good point, a lot of referees will say if there is no appeal from the keeper they aren't interested in a flag.

 

[socal lurker]

That's a good point, a lot of referees will say if there is no appeal from the keeper they aren't interested in a flag.

Which is a philosophy that leads to many player’s appealing all the time. And punishes the good citizens. I hate that reffing philosophy.

 

[DavidObs]

Which is a philosophy that leads to many player’s appealing all the time. And punishes the good citizens. I hate that reffing philosophy.

Fair enough, but that it’s commonplace in Referees pre match instructions from L3 to L2 and perhaps beyond.

 

[RustyRef]

Which is a philosophy that leads to many player’s appealing all the time. And punishes the good citizens. I hate that reffing philosophy.

You may do, but it happens. I'd say in pretty much every game I did at step 2 that was in the pre-match instructions, and I would hazard a guess it is the same with the EFL and EPL referees.

 

[RefereeX]

You may do, but it happens. I'd say in pretty much every game I did at step 2 that was in the pre-match instructions, and I would hazard a guess it is the same with the EFL and EPL referees.

I wouldn’t suggest it’s going to be the same in the EPL because they know it’ll be checked by VAR and KMIs judged, but agree at lower levels including EFL

 

[one]

That's a good point, a lot of referees will say if there is no appeal from the keeper they aren't interested in a flag.

They are predominantly cricket umpires filling in as football referees

 

[Johnson]

They are predominantly cricket umpires filling in as football referees

I mean cricket has less officiating controversies. Maybe we should borrow Law 31.1 (I Googled the citation, I don’t have the cricket Laws memorised lol).