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During the Bristol City Lincoln game the Lincoln Keeper was booked for delaying the goal kick. The Keeper was obviously time wasting and there was no countdown. Post booking the goal kick was then taken.

Can a Keeper still be booked for delaying a restart (goal kick) without five second countdown?

I question if there was some further guidance out there - I heard natural silhouette mentioned in relation in to Maguire.

What are you referring to?

You are confusing what is natural with what is trained. A involuntary reflex action cannot be trained, its involuntary. Reactions and reflexes simply are not the same thing. One is voluntary, and one is involuntary. Reflex has no brain involvement, reactions require the brain to a make...

A natural reflex reaction is not to move towards a threat.

Involuntary reflex.

Yes, if England do approach football in the same manner as Argentina, but England culturally do not share Argentina's viveza criolla do they?

If this is your when, could you summarise the how?

The question was when. What was your answer?

Could you highlight when England have approached football similarly?

Spence didn't move his right foot unnaturally, he moved to protect the ball, shielding of the ball is exaggerated, the body is used to create further separation between the ball and opponent by making the body larger. As a former player (defender) ... Well the Norwegian player was only going...

As an ex player and a coach I would want my player not to have got himself in a extremely poor defending position in the first place. The defender should have been goal side v wrong side, and once he is behind his opponent he has limited options to do anything as the normal defending D...

Getting away from a leg is literally part of the body, a player will frequently use their back foot and leg to create separation between them and their opponent to shield the ball. Spence used his right foot (back foot), and right leg to shield the ball, and was keeping the ball on his left side...

Would have? Passed or had a shot. Spence could do neither because his opponent who had got wrongside clattered into him, a foul, and a consequence of careless defending where the player challenged for a ball he could never win, and he did not.