Recent content by Murri O

Thanks but I'm wondering what the actual law is. What's IFAB say?

What's 'pound sand' mean?

I may have missed it or misinterpreted in the past but how many people are allowed to stand in the technical area at any given time? I see this extract from Law 1. It says 'only one person at a time is authorised to convey tactical instructions' but does that mean more than one person can be...

What sh#ts me about this is the the refs already have the tools at their disposal to deal with this but they don't. Worse still they tolerate it at the highest level which is seen by literally billions of people who think that sort of behaviour is fine at grassroots. 10 in the bin for a...

Comments? England's Lauren James - intentional foul (violent conduct) = 2 match suspension. Nigeria’s Deborah Abiodun - unintentional foul (serious foul play) = 3 match suspension...

Pen given to Netherlands for push in the back. VAR reviews, no pen. Absolutely baffled as to how that wasn't given so here I am hoping to understand why. Cheers.

Yep would have carded her for diving. (But would have been harsh.) There was slight contact but not enough to warrant a full front flip. Isn't that in line with the guidance about contact in the box these days? Is the action following contact commensurate with the contact initially.

Haha that's right. That was the Aussie lass. Couldn't be more Aussie if she tried.

The VAR announcements are good but could be better. (Below is copy pasted from another forum I'm on so I realise some of the ground has already been covered.) Regards the penalty shout when England played Haiti. The VAR check which flashed up on the screen said 'Checking possible penalty'. On...

Handball is easy to judge. I honestly do not understand the angst. Once you come to grips with, was it deliberate or was the arm is in a weird position, you'd be lucky to give one a game. 99% of the time when it hits the arm/hand I'm yelling 'keep playing' or 'ball to hand'. They catch on...

I do it all the time and feedback seems to be OK.

Far out mate. Pass on our condolences. Just terrible. Let him know plenty of people are thinking of him. Has been the talk of the town.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/amateur-boxer-charged-over-alleged-attack-on-referee-at-soccer-match/news-story/c652771f7632068943fb34d10e2f4130

Will just say about the hesitancy of players and officials to get in the way of this roided up freak. That team is full of wannabe, and actual gangsters. Just a few weeks ago one of the players from that team was shot dead in the carpark at the gym execution style over some alleged grievance...

A disappointing aspect of the game that's creeping in is the fake injury and the eternity to get up after a tackle to make sure VAR has time to review it