Recent content by JamesL

If you could sum up everything that was wrong in football with a single clip, this is the one. Kudos to the one Libyan TA occupant who came to the aid of the official. And sadly the referee has not backed his mate with the clear red card offences committed

This is slightly different as they are being kicked to, not from, where the restart should be taken.

Criteria in law. Ball stationary, inside goal area, kicked and clearly moves.

In England we have had a clear directive that this situation now has to be a penalty. So looks like that has gone further as well.

I think the absence of spa is generally covered by the type of spa e.g. trip, pushing or pulling etc. It's how I report it anyway.

The GK was impacted, you see him make an instinctive reactionary movement as the ball goes past Fernandez. The fact he probably couldn't get to it anyway is neither here nor there, it's not the standard, the standard is impact and opponent and that I think that is pretty undeniable. Offside is...

Minor language point here. He cannot be guilty of interfering with play as he did not play the ball.

Camera angle changes perception. That's why as an AR it is imperative to be in line and not have angles distortion your perception. To be honest I was pretty certain he was onside from the broadcast view, adding a mental allowance for the angle.

He is not..the semi automated visual proves he was in an onside position. Which is why the goal has been awarded. To understand what's happend. 1 AR has indicated that Haaland is offside. 2 This is disproved by the SAOT. 3 They then make a judgment that Fernandez has not played the ball or...

It is absolutely not a deliberate play.

Ah you are misreading the visual. They draw the line at the defenders foot as that is the "onside line" at the point the ball is played. Haaland is onside due to Dorgu's outstretched leg. Only Fernandez is in an offside position.

Why would they draw the line at a play by a defender? They drew the line as the man city player crossed the ball as that is the point offside position is judged. They need this point to determine Haaland position and then when Haaland was offside they moved to the potential play. If was a...

They've deemed that as a deliberate play? Where has that been mentioned. I can't see how that's a deliberate play myself.

I don't think this matters. It only has to impact an opponent, not their ability to play the ball (that's the next bullet). Both remake an instinctive reaction to the action which to me gives rise to an offence under the playing a ball that is close clause.

I'm not sure. They haven't deemed it a possible offence so I don't think it needs OFR.