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If we compare to the Fulham incident whereby the player was aggressive prior to, at the time of the push & subsequently compared to the Arsenal incident should both be treated the same - not in my eyes.

I would say your comments are spot on James.

So the introduction of IFAB to make the Laws of the Game simpler and worldwide are continuing to become more complicated. I truly do understand what they are trying to do (well, I think I do), but apart from the basics, they are becoming more unwieldy.

It was not classed as anything not even unsporting behaviour. Something just not right about it. Is this a case of different guidelines operating between the FA and our European counterparts!

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Good shout - I hadn’t broken the code at the time of my reply (looked to tell you the truth)!.

Just because 2 pen decisions may have gone the other way, does not mean he had a stinker. That’s a comment that could easily be made by players, managers, spectators and armchair viewers. I would expect more constructive comments from a fellow Referee (or Observer).

I don’t think you should ever worry it will look sh#t to the Observer for something that needs to happen, especially if you could have incorrectly sent the player off. Which would have been worse. In events you got away with it, but you put yourself under a lot of pressure.

Very harsh imo.

I wouldn’t say they rely on VAR, but they are clearly always aware there is a back stop! Perhaps that’s the same thing, but I would like to think there is a subtle difference.

From the angle behind looking towards the defending/wrexham half it looks like it could be a yellow, but looking at the angle looking upfield it looks like a red. I’m content with a red - he should have just tried to play the ball - always helps!

Only have to have watched the Preston NE v Oxford game last night to see that although there was some grappling (nothing more than usual over the years), the PL is at a different higher level. The amount I saw at PNE is as about as much as I see at grass roots. However, if they continue not to...

Though I would say v difficult to be consistent with that kind of scenario. My feeling is that in many cases it should just be treated as a coming together/normal football contact.

Not Oliver ?

Ridiculous about players wanting to go on strikes when they play less time in the FA Cup than they ever used to & want all the trimmings of everything they receive - chauffeur driven cars to games/personal PA’s/pampered etc. It would not surprise me that with smaller squads of players in the...

Clubs consider there is often a breakdown between Referees & themselves, but there is now becoming a disconnect between a Manager & spectators. The Manager dictates a tactical injury which spectators/neutral/television public do not want. They say VAR is killing the game, but this is too -...

I truly do understand where you are coming from, but I think that a hair pull has to be a red card, accidental or not - it happened. It may not be the most violent of acts in most cases we have seen, perhaps not even violent at all, but I think with the Laws covering the World for both male &...

I get it, but I think we have to examine ‘consistency, so in my world, it’s where a Referee does something different from exactly the same or a very similar incident/situation. So in the situation described, if the Referee did 2 different things from the same position during the game, then that...

No territorial advantage so allows play to continue. He could have stopped it, or since it was taken from the incorrect place, awarded it to the opposition, but really, is that what we want to see.

I can’t see why they can’t. I would say the most challenging thing for a Referee on their own is being able to remember all the idiosyncrasies of the Laws of the Game which are rarely used eg the incorrect outcome of the penalty kick involving Rochdale & Scunthorpe with 4 officials (not that I...