Recent content by RefereeX

Arguably that’s worse 😉

No I agree, was just pointing out that it's there if there is a situation where the keeper carries the ball outside.

If a goalkeeper carries a ball outside the box then he can't be sanctioned for DOGSO or SPA (not certain where that is in the book, but I know it's there somewhere) Don't think that applies here, and a caution is a very odd decision.

Tom Hamer saw red after just 160 seconds for a reckless challenge on Joel Veltman Taken from the BBC's match report :facepalm:

If I remember rightly, the referee didn't give a foul on field did he? Had he given a foul and a caution I think VAR would have found it a lot easier not to get involved, but as no foul was given it made it trickier.

Yeah that is a valid point tbf, hadn’t really taken the red card context in to account, albeit he did take the unusual step of apologising after being sent off

Controversial opinion incoming... The way I read the opening post... there wasn't long left in the match and the man sent off wasn't causing you any issues. My personal opinion is that it was probably unnecessary to ask him to leave. With that said, you didn't do anything wrong and the league...

Makes me laugh to think how many times players must wear shirts with messages on to reveal when they score, get thumped 3-0 and the message never sees the light of day 😁

Not my job to determine how political a message is or isn't. That's for the authorities post match. In my opinion the punishment (if any) on field should be the same regardless of what the message is.

Spot the Liverpool fan 😆. Yes, he steps on his foot. No it's not deliberate. The force is as expected for that sort of situation, and as I said above, a mandatory caution in many places / situations, even if not written in law. I don't mind the opinion that it's a harsh caution or even that...

No. Unless you're being consistently poorly marked by clubs and there is a clear pattern, then the local FA may raise the concern with you and it could affect your promotion, but a couple of low marks from disgruntled clubs won't count against you.

100% he caught him on top of the foot - not to say Anderson didn't exaggerate it, but it was definitely enough for a caution in places where that guidance has been given.

Not sure you can say the caution is objectively wrong when Gravenberch's studs came down on top of Anderson's foot. In a lot of competitions thats a mandatory caution.

Possible step 5/6 referee vs step 2 specialist AR :hmmm:

In fairness, perhaps the AR thinks he's doing the right thing by giving himself a head start so that he's at the business end where the ball will be knocked in in case of any issues or a goal line judgement to make. He's wrong, of course, but there's a degree of effort there.