Recent content by RustyRef

That isn't how it is supposed to work though, 8.3 / 8.4 is the expected mark for a standard performance regardless of the level of the game or referee. Using your logic a referee observer who operated in both his country's top division and on UEFA games would be giving out higher marks on the...

Don't understand the 9.9 comment? If it was truly using the FIFA marking system, to get 7.4 you'd need multiple incorrect KMDs (or many more individual minor errors than any referee should ever make in a game).

I've never really understood why England don't use the FIFA marking system like most other countries do. Start at 8.3 / 8.4, lose 0.1 for minor errors, drop to 7.9 for incorrect KMDs, gain 0.1 for doing good things, etc. I've over simplified it, but it seems to work fine everywhere else so I...

I was just pointing out that the two scenarios were very different, and continually trying to compare one situation with another is neither helpful nor valid when they are very different. Clearly my post had zero fan nonsense given my team are on minus 3 points and don't even get close enough...

He holds his head and falls over if anyone goes anywhere near him. What I meant is when he has had his hair pulled previously he has made sure everyone knew about it, racing after the referee, he didn't do anything like that this time.

Apart from he didn't pull his hair though, his hand made contact with the hair. There was no reaction by Cucurella, and let's face it there would be if he had his hair pulled, you don't see the head move like you would do for a hair pull, there really is nothing to see here. Whereas Martinez...

A caution is correct here, he hasn't really used any language that could be deemed as OFFINABUS. Would be a real stretch to say that a player agreeing with a comment another player made could be classed as that.

Leagues will generally offer to provide this at the end of the season if you want it. They will probably be reluctant to provide it more frequently as it creates extra workload, and may also let you know which clubs have marked you down. I know of one referee from years ago who was told a very...

Wonder if other City players had one on, obviously wouldn't know unless they take their shirts off. Could fall under the EPTS part of law 4?

Surprised it wasn't given as VC, and pretty sure it would have been had Haaland gone down holding his head. But not sure VAR can get involved, if Taylor has said he saw it clearly and didn't think it was violent, or there was minimal contact, VAR doesn't really have anywhere to go. He saw it...

Which is why I specifically said the top part of the defender's arm, as that clearly is used to determine offside.

In that second image I can definitely see a case that the top part of the defender's arm is very close to the attacker's leg. Impossible to know for sure from that angle.

100% he forgot he had cautioned him, and I'd suggest a very similar percentage chance that he wouldn't have cautioned him again if he had realised. I only switched over from the Arsenal game at half time, and that's partly because I fell asleep so couldn't turn over, but from what I saw he was...

A 9V battery is a 9V battery in terms of powering. They will all work, some will work longer than others, some might be rechargeable, but down to personal choice. I always personally used Duracell batteries in my buzzer flags as they lasted longer than cheaper brands, I'd rather pay the...

Doesn't the fact he made two grabs at the hair sway you towards it being deliberate? I might give him the benefit of the doubt if it was just once, but can it be an accident twice in the space of a second? Possibly, but that would be incredibly bad luck.