Recent content by Pembroke

Doesn't the body include the head? Try jumping upwards and not move your arms. Raising your arms is natural.

I am not giving anything like that at my level ever being a penalty. Any devils advocate here to explain what it was the officials were seeing to create an offence there from Trusty's header?

Lot of players having a waltz with each other, and its still a foul on the keeper. No goal.

Is this all part of the VAR protocol?

@RustyRef @Social Lurker thanks for the replies. I am looking at what the benefit is? And as somebody who has been employed to play football, coach football and athletics I am looking at what is the benefit of what UEFA/FIFA. The way this is interpreted is illogical. Players are being expected...

Thank you, but what is the purpose?

I think its just weird. Bi peds move limbs when they move, that really (it really is) in our DNA.

Why?

High and playing in a dangerous manner.

Lot of uncertainty. Probably is not an obviously. No red.

No from me. Even If the Blackburn players next touch was great the Millwall players are going to be shutting the door. There was going to be no obvious!

I didn't answer it as I didn't think it was relevant and law includes "threatens injury to someone including the player themselves.

As a half decent ex player but humble ref I am attempting to understand this decision. I sincerely do not understand how a player attempting a bicycle kick, or scissors, or bicey as the kids call it where a boot flies past centimetres past a player face is not dangerous. The result, score, I...

Stay with me here. I am even more confused. The ball was at a height where you would normally expect a player to head it. So a scissors kick with a boot going centimetres past a players face is not dangerous if the player does not pull out of the challenge?

I think watching the clip the Leicester players foot does marginally go past the Bristol City players head as it passes centimetres from his face narrowly missing it!! In the IFAB example the players foot is further away from the players face/head than the Leicester players. So attempting a...