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    Russell Jones reacted to Big Cat's post in the thread Portugal v Croatia with Haha Haha.
    I might even be fit enough to make it as an AAR. Not sure though, need to shuffle around a fair bit waving one's wand
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    Russell Jones reacted to RefIADad's post in the thread US v Bosnia with Like Like.
    I don’t necessarily have a major issue with the Balogun SFP once the heat of my US fandom wore off. Enough of the considerations were...
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones replied to the thread Portugal v Croatia.
    I disagree. They certainly gave the impression of doing very little, because their primary rationale was simply to give comms input on...
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    Russell Jones reacted to LCCE's post in the thread Portugal v Croatia with Like Like.
    Its quite frankly too late to reverse the severe damage done. The sport is now permanently maimed. Too many shortsighted loudmouths...
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    Russell Jones reacted to RefIADad's post in the thread Portugal v Croatia with Like Like.
    Might have been brought to the monitor to confirm deflection compared to deliberate play. That’s really the only possible subjective...
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones reacted to RefIADad's post in the thread US v Bosnia with Like Like.
    That’s the problem with VAR. They use Hollywood slow motion to judge these, and everything looks worse than it is. The system simply...
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones reacted to ARF's post in the thread Bel v Sen with Love Love.
    It's nine minutes between play being stopped and kick-off following the penalty (117 to 126). Four minutes were put up on the board at...
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones reacted to socal lurker's post in the thread US v Bosnia with Like Like.
    Appreciate the responses. I’m surprised by those who say, in a vacuum, that this shouldn’t be red. I do see some validity in questioning...
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    Russell Jones reacted to RefereeX's post in the thread Germany vs Paraguay with Like Like.
    It is, yes. Remember they only have to have part of one foot touching part of the line (or behind / above it). Sometimes that can be...
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones reacted to bester's post in the thread Mex v Ecu with Like Like.
    Perception, plus it looks ridiculous anyway
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones reacted to RefereeX's post in the thread Germany vs Paraguay with Like Like.
    The contact is actually very minimal and only with the trailing leg. Player had completely lost his head granted, but the outcome was...
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones reacted to RefereeX's post in the thread L7-6 promotion with Like Like.
    I wouldn't say this with absolute certainty, but I'm at least 80% sure that if your county allowed that, they were kind of wrong to do...
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones replied to the thread IFAB changes for 26-27.
    Thus far in the tournament, all the various ‘time saving’ law changes seem to have been implemented sensibly and achieved the desired...
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones reacted to RefereeX's post in the thread IFAB changes for 26-27 with Like Like.
    I just feel like the whole 10 second sub thing is pointless but whenever a team are trying to wind down the clock that player will be...
  • Russell Jones
    Russell Jones reacted to RefIADad's post in the thread Norway - France with Like Like.
    I don’t see that as anything less than the dictionary example of a stonewall penalty. Oliver also couldn’t have been in a better...
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