Recent content by Tealeaf

A blanket increase, regardless of a freeze or not, without warning is unwelcome. I can’t defend it even if I like the idea of the additional funds being directed towards support. Given the money in the system I do feel that this is a bit of a grab, rather than a solution to a liquidity crisis...

Seeing a lot of suggestions that time was or wasn’t up, or no final whistle etc. Remember the referee is the sole timekeeper, so as far as that is concerned, time was up. Whether anything is affected by the actions of the idiots who attacked players, is of course another matter.

Think he’s been saved by the lower degree of force and minimal contact. Anything more than there was and that’s a trip to the screen.

If a penalty is given then yes red card. But is there a foul? I’ve seen several times and can’t decide. There’s an event of the boy who cried wolf for me here too, and it’s why I’m also totally disregarding Keith Andrew’s comments about “no reason to go down”. That’s totally disingenuous-...

Not quite how I’m seeing it, but definitely think there’s an issue around serious foul play recognition. First one I needed a replay, second one is the sort of challenge we can’t yellow card at our level, let alone at elite level. I’m in disbelief that that was “played safe”. As for Marco...

Posts have been deleted this weekend. Agree, disagree, counter argument all fine. Let’s leave the fan nonsense stuff out please. This includes referring to others pejoratively because you feel they don’t like your team. That stuff belongs elsewhere.

How have you arrived at that? Two opposing forces, one removed, the other continues motion. In this case, both pushing forwards, Haaland steps away removing his resistance and there’s nothing to stop Gabriel moving forwards anymore. Simple physics.

I’m on board with that having now seen it myself. On the original image I couldn’t see why it was only a caution. No mutual contact and he’s walking for certain - feigned butting or not. An argument is feasible that the forward motion comes as part do the “rutting stags” (beloved of tutors...

A week early for a Cup Final last season. I’d hit bad traffic due to roadworks on the way down too so was running late for the agreed meet up time - or it would’ve been if I’d been 7 days later. For the actual game with the previous journey in mind I allowed extra travel time and sailed through...

The other thing to note in that case is that County FA borders don’t always reflect the administrative counties, with some teams falling under a different FA. BBFA cups includes teams in Shrivenham for example and that’s in Oxfordshire!

Presumably you’re on or close to the border anyway? It’s fine to do so. Up here in the northern reaches of BBFA we’ve got referees working the Bedfordshire leagues too so you wouldn’t be an outlier in that regard. Contacting the Hants league officer is the way to go to get them. The only...

Am I serious? Yes. Did I immediately think red when I first saw it? No. And that’s the clincher - there’s still doubt for me and I have to be absolute to go red. Maybe my definition of high differs, or maybe I’m a little more detached emotionally from it. For me, ball, boot, and low...

Was thinking similar myself. As for the Ugarte incident, don’t recall a caution other than for dissent? Even went through BBC text commentary and can’t find a mention of it either.

Not seeing it myself. For all Lee Dixon banging on about that being red in the Premier League, I very much doubt it. I know we do t take pundits into account but there’d be a few going on about how harsh it is etc. And had that been an England player, and he’d been sent off, we’d never hear...

Likewise here.