Recent content by dadofref

The USA should never, ever be allowed to host another Football tournament ever again.

Absolute waste of everyone's time.

There is no law against making yourself big. He doesn't have to shoot, dribble, or cross. He can perfectly legally choose to shield the ball.

Kane was fouled in the run-up to Norway's goal - yes the player got the ball but kicked through the back of Kane's legs in the follow through. Should have been disallowed. Haaland's push for Norway's second goal was blatant, did affect England's ability to defend the corner, and the rule...

What tiny contact there may have been did NOT make a material difference in the trajectory of the ball. It wasn't clear or obvious so VAR should stay out of it. It's not like Henry's handball in the WC Play-Off, or Madonna, or Suarez. If there was the tiniest touch it didn't make a material...

The spin of the ball may have changed ever so slightly, but I'd disagree with a swerve/direction change. But it's impossible to actually see if the fingernails or fingertips touch the ball. As I said before, you'd have been looking at a red card and penalty for the foul on Sesko a few seconds...

With the angles available it's neither clear nor obvious, and the ball would have gone in anyway. The VAR can't infer evidence of contact from ball movement only, they have to be sure. It was a correct outcome for VAR not to overturn, the only thing they did were wrong was watch the replays in...

So he just had an absolute stinker then? If we're prepared to put up with that, why bother with VAR at all? Even if neither decision on its own was a clear and obvious error, the second decision in the context of the first decision WAS a clear and obvious error...

Also not sure where the 9 minutes of stoppage time came from. It seems so inconsistent. It's at the point now where I'd rather the timekeeper was off-field, stop the clock whenever the ball's not in play, and reduce match length to two 30 minute halves. And if someone's gone down with a head...

Not sure how the referee and VAR have decided to not give a penalty to United, then give one to Bournemouth a few minutes later (and send Maguire off) with arguably far less force in the contact. Arguably both players went down a bit easily. Surely they either have to both be penalties (in...

For me, these are the stills that highlight the potential damage - he's flying in from the left of the screen, studs up, and it's arguably more luck than judgement that he misses getting full contact with Garnacho's lower left leg (as opposed to glancing contact), which would more likely than...

I'd love them to bring in guidelines where within 5 seconds of a penalty being awarded, any defensive players left in (or subsequently entering) the penalty area get an automatic caution (goalkeeper and injured players excluded), and anyone deliberately going within 2 yards of the penalty spot...

They do, but it's one thing breaking up momentum when you have the ball, or you've notified the 4th official in good time that you want to make a sub the next time the ball goes out of play; I'd say it's borderline unsporting conduct when you're further delaying the taking of a penalty that's...

Notwithstanding the baffling VAR decision, is it not time guidance was updated to stop teams that have committed fouls from making substitutions before the restart? Brentford's gamesmanship further delaying the penalty after two VAR checks was ridiculous, and they made no-notice subs a bit...

Where do people stand on the Rashford/Walker and the Garnacho/Ederson incidents? Personally for me, Rashford's running at full pelt, and at that point it doesn't take a lot to throw you off balance; Walker gains a clear advantage in grabbing at Rashford, it's not shoulder-to-shoulder. Yes it...