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    DavidObs reacted to one's post in the thread Barnet red card with Like Like.
    I see your view however I feel that control would have also been an obvious one. Not easy to get from still images but the initial foul...
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    DavidObs reacted to Russell Jones's post in the thread Barnet red card with Like Like.
    @one, the GK is out of his area attempting to ‘sweep up’. I would absolutely be expecting the referee to be checking with his AR the...
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    DavidObs reacted to RefereeX's post in the thread 2026 Potential Law Changes with Like Like.
    I think he means buying in to when defenders go down under minimal contact knowing it's easier to give them the foul than risk being the...
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    DavidObs replied to the thread 2026 Potential Law Changes.
    Safe Refereeing is quickly becoming an over-used term similar to what the game expects & I agree with Big Cat. I expect to see a climb...
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    DavidObs reacted to one's post in the thread Palace v Chelsea with Like Like.
    In the laws language, "accidental handball" is one that the ball touches an attacker's before entering goal. If the ball touches a...
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    DavidObs reacted to RefereeX's post in the thread Palace v Chelsea with Like Like.
    I did ask my coach for clarification though and he told me that it was felt unfair that an arm denies a goal and thus this has been...
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    DavidObs reacted to one's post in the thread Palace v Chelsea with Like Like.
    Though from time to time IFAB give answers I don't agree with, this for me is pretty straight forward. The law clause is very clear on...
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    DavidObs reacted to one's post in the thread Palace v Chelsea with Like Like.
    That comes from not understand why a law was introduced (apart from misreading the phrasing of the law). Here is the explanation given...
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    DavidObs replied to the thread Palace v Chelsea.
    What I find the most disappointing is that the Laws of the Game were meant to be simplified for all to understand & although I believe...
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    DavidObs reacted to JamesL's post in the thread Palace v Chelsea with Like Like.
    We actually received the same misinterpretation at CORE. I queried it and was shot down. I was pleased to see a PGMO video which...
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    DavidObs reacted to socal lurker's post in the thread Palace v Chelsea with Like Like.
    Well, that ship has sailed . . . . “Unnaturally bigger” came to us originally as a way of identifying deliberate handling—why else was...
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    DavidObs reacted to DJIC's post in the thread Palace v Chelsea with Like Like.
    I think this highlights how IFAB law makers/interpretation has made determining hand ball so difficult. Our elite referees are...
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    DavidObs replied to the thread Hackett.
    Absolutely agree with you about Graham Scott. He writes for a few organisations including Substack which until recently I had never...
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    DavidObs reacted to RustyRef's post in the thread Hackett with Like Like.
    Same as I've said for ages, he will almost always say the opposite to what the referee did, even if that means contradicting himself...
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    DavidObs reacted to Tealeaf's post in the thread Barnet red card with Like Like.
    For some reason I can’t get the sky video either, but saw it on the ITV show. It looked like there was other stuff going on around him...
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