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I met him a season ago at a game he travelled a decent distance to mentor/coach a L4 whereby the game was postponed soon after his arrival because of a floodlight failure (only 1 out). He didn’t feel put out/or disappointed and spent some 1 to 1 time with the Referee.

Decent perspective.

Or a diplomat which those at the top of the tree often have to be. As to line of sight - it depends on how much detail there needs to be - for pinpoint accuracy was Robinson in line of sight - no. Was he line of sight from the position of the AR with the ball and goalkeeper going in the same...

Or a diplomat which those at the top of the tree often have to be. As to line of sight - it depends on how much detail there needs to be - for pinpoint accuracy was Robinson in line of sight - no. Was he line of sight from the position of the AR with the ball and goalkeeper going in the same...

I didn’t actually mean to include the first paragraph (I thought I had deleted it, but clearly I didn’t). However, I do agree with you that many are not clear & obvious. As to the 2nd/final para, I definitely agree with you that a basic skill within Refereeing is communication & those in the...

But many are not ****ups, but a subjective interpretation of Law that some/many don’t agree with. As to VAR, I don’t think it’s fair to say that it’s a lottery as to whether VAR will get involved or not - as far as I am aware, there is clear guidance when they become involved. What may be...

Which they need to accept.

If there was none the goal could well have stood.

And for those who have said it’s was an abysmal decision is ott.

This is where I don’t agree with the intervention from an AR when miles away with the Referee closer who didn’t see anything untoward, albeit not having the best angle. Though if it is sure that the AR didn’t provide any info then it took a while for the Referee to make her decision. I’ve seen...

Well with this being the case from the Wolves game then CK has judged the Liverpool incident as different, where there is at least one difference. I’m not saying he was right, but many can see why he has interpreted the incident in the way he did (and many can’t).

There are very many situations when although appearing similar they are not like for like, so not uncommon for different outcomes. In any event, as Jimmy Hill said very many years ago can only expect Referees to be consistent within the game they are currently engaged in. If we were to go on...

Fair point about the view of the goalkeeper yesterday, but I share the views of rusty ref on this matter. We can drill down into minutia of whether his view was blocked or not, but I would say that it can’t be guaranteed that with Robinson having to duck to get out of the way of the ball that it...

Thanks for posting. It does make me laugh when the quote at the place of the clip says controversy & involves Man City - so it’s controversial when a goal is given and when it’s not. However, being serious for a second there is certainly 1 main difference and 1 potential difference between the...

I can’t say that I have seen it. However, I think it’s fair to say that Referees are not robots. The ruled out Liverpool goal was subjective based upon what the AR & Referee identified from their positions & VAR confirmed not a clear & obvious error. Although everyone would like clarity on what...

That’s a reasonable point concerning ‘clearly’. Although I may be jumbling up Law, I just find it strange that there can be marginally tight active offsides from just inside the defending half whereby with VAR it is often accepted, but with a player in a clear offside position within the goal...

With Comms I am quite content to accept 13 seconds - they had a chat with each having part of the jigsaw and together they considered offside & as far as I am concerned I am happy with the outcome.

That’s a shame.

Possibly, though he did say it pretty quickly. Interesting that Robinson continues to do the same thing in the 2nd half except that he moves upfield and away from the goalkeeper quicker. May I just clarify. With any offside decision referred to VAR, is it the VAR Assistant Referee who makes a...

Possibly, though he did say it pretty quickly. Interesting that Robinson continues to do the same thing in the 2nd half except that he moves upfield and away from the goalkeeper quicker.