Recent content by gman1978

Clear penalty, no idea why he was ent to review it but glad he stuck to his decision. Then you have the clowns on MoTD saying it's "harsh".

I tend to take the stance that if you're tracking / shadowing the goal keeper along the area then that is an attempt to stop the GK releasing the ball into play. If the forward is stock still as in the OP then the GK has no excuse for kicking it straight at them.

The penalty given and then overturned for England was nowhere near as clear a penalty as the one that wasn't even given to Nigeria. Blatant barge in the back by Bronze reminiscent of the foul by France on Mason Mount

Isn't this exactly what happened when Arsenal scored a last minute goal v Bournemouth, no sanctions then I believe

I think all depends on ability as well as age. Lower league U12's you could be there all day taking TI's as both teams are struggling to take a proper TI. If this is the case and both teams are poor then i'll let it go, pulling the really poor. If it's a better level, or 1 team can take a proper...

Or you can try Boot Banana, they're very good

As said above, once you place hands on the opposition you give the ref a decision to make. Was there a need to place hands on him? No, and i'm a man Utd fan!

Glad you're getting back out there. Don't let the minority ruin it for you, because in my experience the majority of coaches, parents and players are just happy to have a ref and will treat you accordingly. It's just a shame the minority have a huge impact on us and are normally the games we...

technically it may well be a foul but there's no chance i'm calling that on a Sunday morning and finishing my game peacefully

Got to admit, one look at that in real time on a Sunday morning and I wouldn't be giving a penalty. I'm willing to admit i'd be wrong in many people's eyes, but honestly, i don't think i'd give it, unless i've got a great view of that trailing leg.

I remember my local team, Redditch Utd playing 14 games in 18 days in the 97/98 season with the last 9 being played in 9 days. I also think, but could be mis-remembering they had to play 2 games on one day, fielding 2 separate teams. I'm sure there's an article on it somewhere, they were in the...

Totally agree. I ref a lot of youth U13-U18 mainly and there are normally signs a player is frustrated or mistiming a tackle or two. Speak to them, attempt to calm them down but if that fails / the offence is so bad then you have to take appropriate action.

this still that's doing the rounds is very misleading. The ball is running away from Akanji, there's no way he's getting there 1st. Walker may have got closer to Bruno if he knew Bruno was the only option to score, but imo that's on Walker for switching off. Ederson however, i believe would have...

I'd disagree and say the madness lies in allowing clubs to wear black and therefore forcing referees to buy more kit. It's a simple rule for clubs: wear any colour you like but not black! what's hard about that?

I personally have no issue with VAR being used in one game and not another, like others have said it's the same for both teams. I said as much to a friend last season who pointed out it does affect other teams in the way (using the Swansea v City game above as an example) that one team drew City...